[Music] Iconic 70’s Anthems. Best openings

[GT49er]

Geez! - there's a lot of 'You must be f***in' kidding' suggestions on here! Honourable exceptions for Cum on Feel the Noise, Kashmir and Bat out of Hell.
Two to add:




OK, since you ask, I can think up a couple more!


........or a spot of piss-take punk from my one time mates in Edinburgh!

 

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[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Come on!!!!!

 

[Weststander]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Is this magic the same decade?

 

[Weststander]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Menacing piano intro to a brutal epic track

 

[GrossTurn]

 

[Pevenseagull]

I'm assuming that 'Another Girl, Another Planet' has been cited.

If not, it f***ing should be

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Not normally a fan of these flaired-trousered ninnies,

But this is stunning. And yes I did see them at the Dome.

 

[Weststander]

 

[Pevenseagull]

I'm assuming that 'Another Girl, Another Planet' has been cited.

If not, it f***ing should be

Everything else is mere detail.

 

[Pevenseagull]

'Children Of The Revolution' is a pretty good intro.

However, 'Another Girl, Another Planet' is better.

 

[Weststander]

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Utterly brutal. ELP's masterpiece. From delicate intro to brutal synth takeover.

 

[Harry Wilson's tackle]

Possibly the track I'd post in a thread entitled 'surprising' in terms of how it starts and how it unfolds.

 

[Red Squirrel]

 

[Blues Guitarist]

Don’t make ‘em like this anymore.

My favourite band of the era. I've seen Akkerman live many times - awesome guitarist. But Van Leer is both brilliant and bonkers.

 

[Blues Guitarist]

What sort of question has Kashmir, Cum on Feel the Noize and Wuthering Heights as the answers?