Opening Vocal Salvo

You know what I mean..great vocal opening lines to fave albums.
Here's a couple of mine from two fairly well known British groups:

" One , two , three , fawh ! Well! She was just seventeen..."

" Oh ! A storm is threatenin' my very life today!"

 

Ringo's little shout at the beginning of "You're Sixteen." I love it! I Also usually stop listening to the song shortly thereafter. Haha.

 

"Hey hey mama said the way you move, gonna make you sweat gonna make you groove"

 

So are we talking the first song of an album only, or any song?

 

Accidents Will Happen -- Elvis Costello

Ohhhh, I just don't know where to begin

Opens Armed Forces with a bang

 

Good choices so far. Here’s another:

 

"Mother earth is pregnant for the third time, for 'y'all have..." Maggot Brain - Funkadelic

 

I'm open to any and all possibilities and permutations because sometimes nothing is a real cool hand , Luke.

 

The way I see it, Barry, this should be a very dynamite show.

 

"Can you tell me where my country lies?"
said the unifaun to his true love's eyes.
"It lies with me!" cried the Queen of Maybe,
For her merchandise, he traded in his prize.

Dancing with the Moonlit Knight

Genesis Selling England by the Pound

 

Hmmm, seems even though I only included the first few words my post was still removed. So, I'll just say Maggot Brain - Funkadelic this time.

edit -- oh, it's because there are multiple versions of the same topic started.

 

“Brothers and sisters, I wanna see a sea of hands out there, let me see a sea of hands... I want everybody to kick up some noise. I wanna hear some revolution out there brothers, I wanna hear a little revolution! Brothers and sisters, the time has come for each and every one of you to decide whether you are gonna be the problem, or you are gonna be the solution... [that’s right!] you must choose brothers, you must choose!! It takes five seconds... five seconds of decision... five seconds to realize your purpose here on the planet... it takes five seconds to realize that it’s time to move, it’s time to get down with it! Brothers, it’s time to testify and I want to know, are you ready to testify? Are you ready? I give you a testimonial... THE MC5!!!!”

~Brother J.C. Crawford, intro to Kick Out The Jams.

Not even sung, more like a sermon, so maybe not an ideal choice for this thread... But as an intro? Worthy of James Brown, who probably inspired it, to some degree.

 

Round round get around, I Get Around

 

My ineptness has allowed me to post the same thread twice. Reported same to moderators.

 

Yes...my inept Ness has allowed me to post the same thread twice. Reported same to moderators.
Thanks.

 

Have you seen the living
Tired of their own shells
All the non-believers
Torso in the well

Every Mars Volta album starts with some sort of dramatic, swelling prelude before Cedric arrives... except "The Bedlam in Goliath", that most haunted and aggressive of their albums, where "Aberinkula" seems to start mid-verse, full-tilt, and stays there for the next hour.


And another one, a little less obscure...

HEY, YOU! DON'T WATCH THAT! WATCH THIS!

ok.

 

From Cries From the Midnight Circus off Parachute by The Pretty Things -
In the concrete valleys the electric storm
We members of the midnight circus
Our bodies so brightly adorn

Of course from the pen of John Entwistle -
Look he's climbing up my wall
Black and hairy very small
Now he's up above my head
Hanging by a little thread

And from Funk # 49 by The James Gang
Sleep all day, out all night
I know where you're goin'
I don't think that's a-actin' right
You don't think it's showin'

 

"Eeeeeee E Brahim.."

 

Maybe not the most epic, but I love the "Oh Mercy" at the start of "Looking For The Magic" by the Dwight Twilley Band.

 

There's a great scream on the intro to “Keep on Growing” (or maybe it' s “Anyday”, I can't remember) on the 20th Anniversary (?? also not sure) Layla CD.

It may have been taken from another song and pasted in there...

I'm sure some Eric freak will confirm (or most likely correct ) what I've posted here.
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You just made my day pal....I'm glad we have no failure to communicate

 

I am a victim of the Science Age-uh. A child of the storm, whoa yes.

 

The little yelp Prince does at the beginning of “Why You Wanna Treat Me So Bad?”

 

Screamin' Jay Hawkins - I Put A Spell On You




...and my favorite version, Fogerty almost makes the song his own!

Creedence Clearwater Revival - I Put A Spell On You