any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

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any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

Brown Sugar? Plenty more -- I'm guessing -- must end with a little drum flourish.

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any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

Brown Sugar? Plenty more -- I'm guessing -- must end with a little drum flourish.

i thought of BS - but technically it ends with keith's little laughter thingy....

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any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

Hot Stuff

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any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

How Can I Stop - of course!

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any other songs end with the drums aside from Respectable"

How Can I Stop - of course!

i kinda "brushed" that one aside....

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George Martin may have something to do with the intros
to those Beatles songs. Can't Buy Me Love is a good example.
He changed it to where it started on the chorus rather than the verse.
It's a great songwriting idea, actually; you need a good intro.
The song Help! wouldn't have worked if it started with the verse.
With that chorus, it pulls you in,

Not only does 'Help!' start with the vocal, but it's b-side ("I'm Down") does as well.

Indeed. And now that I think about it, McCartney does it a lot
(starting with the vocals): Hey Jude, Long and Winding Road, I Will,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, For No One, Eleanor Rigby, Too Many People,
Heart Of The Country, Uncle Albert, Tug Of War, No More Lonely Nights, etc...

That is because Paul has this incredible gift for the opening melody and line.

Neighbours

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but I would call the beginning of that cut an intro--it's two bars of intro ("Neighbours! neighbours! neighbours! neighbors!"), then into the verse ("Neigh-borrrrrs! / have I got neighbours...".

I don't think "without intro" can mean simply "without vocals." The key point is whether the verse or, I suppose, the chorus starts straightaway as it does later in the song as well. So to me, "Mother's Little Helper" has an intro (somewhat like "Neighbours"'s, in fact).

You Can Make It If You Try

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George Martin may have something to do with the intros
to those Beatles songs. Can't Buy Me Love is a good example.
He changed it to where it started on the chorus rather than the verse.
It's a great songwriting idea, actually; you need a good intro.
The song Help! wouldn't have worked if it started with the verse.
With that chorus, it pulls you in,

Not only does 'Help!' start with the vocal, but it's b-side ("I'm Down") does as well.

Indeed. And now that I think about it, McCartney does it a lot
(starting with the vocals): Hey Jude, Long and Winding Road, I Will,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, For No One, Eleanor Rigby, Too Many People,
Heart Of The Country, Uncle Albert, Tug Of War, No More Lonely Nights, etc...

....We Can Work It Out,Paperback Writer,Hello Goodbye,Pipes of Peace,My Brave Face,Live and Let Die,Here Today,Only Love Remains,Bluebird,Spies Like Us,Another Day,Long Haired Lady,Tug Of War ...

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You Can Make It If You Try

this is closer, but the fact that the rest of the band lays out for the first line to me constitutes an arranged intro. The song is beginning directly with the verse, but with a special twist, appropriate to introducing the song.

The closest to me that have been mentioned here are "All Sold Out" and "Tie You Up," but even these have brief drum fills rather than no intro.

It seems to me that it's much more common to have some kind of opening arrangement than not. I think the Beatles, or perhaps just paul, are the exception rather than the Stones here. Though comparing simply the two groups seems specious to me.

...got to admit, I'm lost on this one!

Non-Stones-
I Can't Quit You
What Is and What Should Bever Be
Inside Looking Out (GFR-if you don't count the high hat countoff)
Fat Bottom Girls (voices)
I could go on, just a few I thought of

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George Martin may have something to do with the intros
to those Beatles songs. Can't Buy Me Love is a good example.
He changed it to where it started on the chorus rather than the verse.
It's a great songwriting idea, actually; you need a good intro.
The song Help! wouldn't have worked if it started with the verse.
With that chorus, it pulls you in,

Not only does 'Help!' start with the vocal, but it's b-side ("I'm Down") does as well.

Indeed. And now that I think about it, McCartney does it a lot
(starting with the vocals): Hey Jude, Long and Winding Road, I Will,
Maxwell's Silver Hammer, For No One, Eleanor Rigby, Too Many People,
Heart Of The Country, Uncle Albert, Tug Of War, No More Lonely Nights, etc...

....We Can Work It Out,Paperback Writer,Hello Goodbye,Pipes of Peace,My Brave Face,Live and Let Die,Here Today,Only Love Remains,Bluebird,Spies Like Us,Another Day,Long Haired Lady,Tug Of War ...

Paul definitely knows what he's doing.
Look at all those terrific songs that start that way.
Songwriting 101 perhaps.

>> I don't think "without intro" can mean simply "without vocals." <<

but cc honey, what the original poster is asking about (i think?!) are songs that start with the vocals,
without any instrumental prelude. he/she isn't asking about songs that start with the chorus.
you can start your own question, of course, but it is confusing to discuss both at once.
have some rice krispies - it's too early for popcorn :E

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Non-Stones-
I Can't Quit You
What Is and What Should Bever Be
Inside Looking Out (GFR-if you don't count the high hat countoff)
Fat Bottom Girls (voices)
I could go on, just a few I thought of

I would say a few candidates for most well known songs in this category would be three of Elvis' most well known hits, all of them from 1956 - Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog.

Oddly, it wasnt a trait that he used quite as regularly after that.

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but cc honey, what the original poster is asking about (i think?!) are songs that start with the vocals,
without any instrumental prelude.

You are correct, sssoul. My original intent was to see how many Stones songs began by jumping right into the vocals, with no instrumental intro. I have kind of been fascinated with how many Lennon/McCartney songs began this way, and because of the postings by others, I have learned that McCartney is quite adept at writing this way. No matter what everyone has posted, I have learned a few new things and found all the thoughts to be interesting. Thanks everyone!

The Lennon and McCartney list just keeps growing now that I think of them:
Julia, Yer Blues, YOur Mother Should Know, Starting Over,
Here There And Everywhere, No Reply, I'm a Loser, You're Gonna Lose That Girl,
Another Girl, Nowhere Man, Wait, Penny Lane, Honey Pie, Power To the People,
Mother, Gimme Some Truth...

And Elvis had a lot: Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Moon of Kentucky, Good Rockin Tonite, Hound Dog, Blue Suede Shoes (Perkins, too), plus others.

No More Lonely Nights is another.

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but cc honey, what the original poster is asking about (i think?!) are songs that start with the vocals,
without any instrumental prelude. he/she isn't asking about songs that start with the chorus.
you can start your own question, of course, but it is confusing to discuss both at once.
have some rice krispies - it's too early for popcorn :E

fair enough! ...though I actually suspected the original post for a troll, trying to toss a stealthy "Beatles vs. Stones" bomb. But now the Beatles' alleged "inability" to write an intro (whatever that is) has by consensus turned into a strength--snap, crackle, pop!

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Non-Stones-
I Can't Quit You
What Is and What Should Bever Be
Inside Looking Out (GFR-if you don't count the high hat countoff)
Fat Bottom Girls (voices)
I could go on, just a few I thought of

I would say a few candidates for most well known songs in this category would be three of Elvis' most well known hits, all of them from 1956 - Heartbreak Hotel, Blue Suede Shoes and Hound Dog.

Oddly, it wasnt a trait that he used quite as regularly after that.

Sorry, Gazza, didn't see your earlier post regarding Elvis.
I think he has more than we've mentioned.
Crying In The Chapel comes to mind. I'm sure there's more.

To recap the various topics being discussed here:

* Songs that don't start with instruments... instead they start right in with singing.
* Songs that don't start with instruments, instead they start with some kind of sound effects (my own confusing contribution, thank you)
* Songs that start with a chorus instead of a verse
* Songs that end with drums
* ???

Weezer - buddy holly

-TomR

I'm A King Bee

Roadrunner

I'm having trouble thinking of anymore that have not been mentioned.

Listening to this album today reminded me of this thread.

A non-stones entry to the mix...