Songs with a Twist

[Nick.RevenueJet]

Hey

I've been compiling a playlist of songs from all eras that has a simple twist:
The song's intro has (almost) nothing to do with the actual song.

One of the best examples is an oldie (but goldie) song by Wet Wet Wet:



Here is the complete list I've compiled so far. Additions are welcome!!
Wet Wet Wet - Love Is All Around
Paul Mccartney - Live and Let Die
The Beatles - All You Need is Love
Scissor Sisters - I Don't Feel Like Dancing (album version)
Oasis - Don't Look Back in Anger
Chumbawamba - Tubthumping (Album version)
The Cranberries - Linger
Eels - Novocaine For the Soul
Stevie Wonder - Sir Duke
Snoop Doggy Dog - Who Am I
Janis Joplin - Piece of My Heart
Belle and Sebastian - I Love My Car
David Bowie - Oh You Pretty Things
Radiohead - Anyone Can Play Guitar
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
Madonna - Papa Don't Preach
Jamiroquai - Too Young to Die
Skunk Anansie - Secretly
Blur - Villa Rosie


Nick

[Maria F]

Thank you for the compilation, some of my favorite’s songs are included.

Wild Cherries – Play that funky music white boy
George Thorogood- Bad to the bone

[Gabriel_LCP]

Awesome songs, Im going to look for a similar song like that and add it... Im going to need to find it first!

[Renee]

Hmm I dont think I understand this one..

I've listened to a couple of the songs and I haven't been able to say that the intro has nothing to do with the song..

Can you give an example? Maybe I'm having a blonde day.

[edgarf76]

The Beatles and The Stones are awesome. Zepplin, Jimi, Eric Clapton ext..

[Christiaan]

My opinion on the first 5 songs only:
I see the twist in Wet Wet Wet and The Beatles. But why do you think the intro of Paul Mccartney, Oasis and The Sissor Sisters don't fit in the rest of the song? The sound of the intro comes back in the rest of the song.


A song you can add to the list:
Def Leppard - Rock of Ages
In that song they say some strange words before they start the song "Gunter Glieben Glauchen Globen". I don't think those first words have a exist in any language.

[Nick.RevenueJet]

Thanks all for the feedback.
Boljoro -
Live and Let Die - it's not really the intro, but the dissonance between the verse and the chorus (if you can call it a chorus) that made me put it there.
Oasis's song tributes John Lennon's "Imagine" so that's where I was going with it. I remember watching MTVE's debut of Don't Look Back in Anger and thinking to myself, during those first few seconds - "have Oasis gone mad???".
Scissors Sisters - that may be a bit of a stretch, sure, but still whenever the song comes up on Spotify I'm not sure which song I'm listening to.

Nick

[Nick.RevenueJet]

Oh, and totally forgot -
That Def Lepard intro got tribute on Offspring's "Pretty Fly for a White Guy"

[Renee]

Nick - so you're saying the actual music doesn't fit with the rest of the song, not the words?

[Nick.RevenueJet]

Nick - so you're saying the actual music doesn't fit with the rest of the song, not the words?

That's what I was going for, yes.

Have found a couple of more Israeli songs that match. Not sure if to post them or not.

[Christiaan]

That's what I was going for, yes.

Have found a couple of more Israeli songs that match. Not sure if to post them or not.

Most affiliates won't understand a word of it. Most managers will love it.

[Nick.RevenueJet]

Most affiliates won't understand a word of it. Most managers will love it.

That's so true. Funny how you don't really see any Israeli affiliates on the forums (though god knows there's plenty of them out there), yet the #1 language on the floor of a conference is Hebrew.

So here's Berry Sakharof's Od Hozer Hanigun (roughly, The Returning Song).
The next is Gidi Gov's Ani Shuv Mitahev (Falling in Love Again).