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My two to kick things off:
Martha and the Muffins - Echo Beach
Boomtown Rats - I Don't Like Mondays
And yours?...
Bryan Adams Summer of 69? actually all of his songs pretty much.
Dead or alive- spin me right round Mickey etc.
Dire Straits Money for nothing.
Nasty Nasty - 999
ring of fire - Johnny Cash
Single chord at the beginning of 'A Hard Days Night' The Beatles
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Dum Dum dum Dum
compay segundo - chan chan
instantly recognisable four chords
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coffeeking - MemberGuns n Roses, Paradise City
or is it [url=
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edit - you changed it!
Single chord at the beginning of 'A Hard Days Night' The Beatles
Aye - I can hear that in my head straight away too 🙂
How soon is now.
Or even for that matter, This Charming Man
The Clash - White Riot; the sirens followed by the riff at the start
Blur - Song 2; not a fan but can't miss this when it starts
ac/dc - back in black
No Surprises - Radiohead
Bruce Hornsby, The way it is.
Guitar intro to Hotel California
Smells Like Teen Spirit? Blue Monday? Probably just because they're overplayed though...
That Michael Jackson had a couple - if you didn't recognise Thriller before after a few seconds, I'm sure we all will by the end of the summer!
We will rock you by Queen?
edit - you changed it!
😯 I didn't change anything?!
oh yeah - i saw the sweet child second post and thought you'd changed your mind. forget it. except do listen to fine time on the link i put up and then come back here and agree with me. 🙂
Welcome to the Jungle - GnR
then come back here and agree with me.
I concur, theres certainly a little "borrowing" going on there!
Nasty Nasty - 999
Recognisable by you maybe.
The longest-running thematically linked etc. ...The Chain
Y'know, the formula 1 song
But I always loved the tour de France one when that was on C4
Nirvana - Teen Spirit.
Dire Straights - money for nothing
Elgar Cello Concerto (ok not a song, but recognised in about 1 second flat)
Many Queen songs.
She sells Sanctuary -the cult.
Smoke on the water -Deep purple
The Faith healer -SAHB.
more recently, seven nation army -White stripes
baggy trousers
Last boat Cairo
There's thousand to chose from.
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
You got the love - Candi Staton
On a topical note - Billie Jean by Michael Jackson has got to be up there.
that AC/DC song where he plays a little riff & they all shout "angus" at him between repeats (- or maybe "****er"?) it's a VERY recognisable intro
Whole Lot of Rosie?
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Time Of Your Life (Good Riddance) - Green Day
Song 2 - Blur
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Money - Pink Floyd
Whole Lotta Love -Zep
Used to have Song 2 as a ring tone on my mobile. 8)
gimme shelter - the rolling stones
shine on - the house of love
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Money isn't that recognisable - I sometimes think it's the theme tune to "Are You Being Served?"
Paint it Black by Rolling Stones
Hallelujah by Happy Mondays
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(definitley "****er" I reckon 😀 )
Do doo do do. Da daa da da
The spoken intro to Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Ghost Town and Too Much, Too Young - The Specials
The tolling bell Hells Bells - AC-DC
Dancing Queen - Abba
Alright now - Free
Teenage Kicks - The Undertones
Rock Radio in manchester has a 'guess the album' comp in the morning - short snippets of an album which you have to guess.
they played the first 0.5sec of The Who's Baba O'Riley and the first caller got it.