WANTED: Songs with count-ins
Jim Webster
I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
similar) count-in. So far I've found several Beatles songs that do this ("I
Saw Her Standing There", "Sgt. Pepper's LHCB reprise", "Yer Blues",
"Taxman"), plus U2's notorious "uno dos tres quatorze", and ELO's "Four
Little Diamonds."
Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in? (Unfortunately,
most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
TIA,
Jim
dickydoo
jon
Jim Webster wrote:
>Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
There is only one.
Mark Rae
news:C15BFF42.7BA8%jsibley...@mindspring.com...
> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
Pink Floyd - Free Four
Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers (album version)
Matthias Knoche
"jon" <mcdad...@hhotmail.ccom.invalid> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:E9zZg.158815$N72....@fe12.news.easynews.com...
>
> Jim Webster wrote:
>
> >Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
A Song in German:
Nina Hagen - Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo
real punk sounding german count-in
Dave Watson
If you're looking for unusual count-ins:
* Negativland--"Car Bomb" ("3, 2, 1, 0!", which recurs throughout the song)
* John Lennon--"Nobody Told Me" ("Ein, zwei, hickle, fickle!")
* Boredoms--"Telehorse Uma" (starts with several of the members
hesitantly saying "1, 2, 3, 4" in odd voices and different tempi all
together, which is then cut by one of them screeching it at high speed)
* Boredoms--"Pop Kiss" (opens with all the members chanting "1, 2, 3, 4"
four times, which kicks into a short freeform song that doesn't follow
any tempo)
* Wire--"12XU" (part announcing the song, part counting it in)
* Big Black counted off songs live with "1, 2, 1, 2, fuck you!"
* Peter Gabriel--"Games Without Frontier" ("1, 2, 1, 2, 4")
* Boss Hog counts in a song with "1, 2, fuck school!"
* The The--"I've Been Waiting For Tomorrow (All My Life)" (opens with a
tape of a NASA rocket launch countdown, with the number 7 edited out for
some reason)
* Queens of the Stone Age--"I Was A Teenage Hand Model" ("1, 2, 5, 9")
* Def Leppard--"Rock of Ages" ("Unten lieden louten loben!")
* Joy Division--"Warsaw (original version)" ("3-5-0-1-2-5 Go!" 31G
350125 was the PoW serial number assigned to Rudolf Hess after his capture.)
OK, to be fair, I nicked a lot of the above from this:
http://ilx.wh3rd.net/thread.php?msgid=2118748
--
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Rich Ardini
"Jim Webster" <jsibley...@mindspring.com> wrote in message
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>
> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
> similar) count-in. So far I've found several Beatles songs that do this
> ("I
> Saw Her Standing There", "Sgt. Pepper's LHCB reprise", "Yer Blues",
> "Taxman"), plus U2's notorious "uno dos tres quatorze", and ELO's "Four
> Little Diamonds."
>
Wilson Pickett: Land Of 1000 Dances
Gary US Bonds: Quarter To Three
George Harrison: Ding Dong, Ding Dong
Joan Jett: Do You Wanna Touch
Frosty
22:56:25 GMT, and Jim Webster <jsibley...@mindspring.com> vomited
forth this bit of wisdom :
>Jim\
Does it *count* if it's somewhere in the middle of the song?
"Fish Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish.
jack
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Turn It On Again Genesis
>
> TIA,
> Jim
>
R H Draney
If it does count, two other internal count-ins, both in German:
"H-A-T-R-E-D" by Tonio K
"Hi Hi Puffy Amiyumi Show Theme" by Puffy Amiyumi
I used to annoy my ballroom dance teachers by counting off "two, seven,
twelve"....r
--
"Keep your eye on the Bishop. I want to know when
he makes his move", said the Inspector, obliquely.
Randall Post
Jim Webster wrote:
1-2-3 by Len Barry (not really a 'count-in', since a count-in alerts the
musicians so they can start together)
http://www.leoslyrics.com/listlyrics.php?hid=cKUqrLz1ZXg%3D
Mark Rae
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> Pink Floyd - Free Four
> Peter Gabriel - Games Without Frontiers (album version)
Velvet Underground - After Hours
jon
Frosty wrote:
>Does it *count* if it's somewhere in the middle of the song?
>"Fish Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish.
That's the one.
Mark Rae
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>>Does it *count* if it's somewhere in the middle of the song?
> If it does count
Genesis - Turn It On Again
Bruce Springsteen - Born To Run
Frank Zappa - Flakes
Peter Hammill - Open Your Eyes
The Beatles - A Day In The Life
Blue Oval
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"Goodnight Vienna"-Ringo Starr
Frosty
10:40:40 GMT, and jon <mcdad...@hhotmail.ccom.invalid> vomited
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>
What do I win?
jon
Frosty wrote:
I don't care; I don't give a damn.
allenk...@hotmail.com
Prince -- Raspberry Beret
New Radicals -- You Get What You Give
--
Allen Kirshner
(the alt.music.lyrics TV theme guy)
R H Draney
A non-verbal count-in appears on Nilsson's "Coconut"...instead of numbers, Harry
establishes the beat by muttering "zuh, zuh, zuh, zuh"....r
Jim Webster
"Frosty" <clau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
In this case, the "1-2-3-4" is part of the song lyrics, not the count-in.
Sorry.
Jim Webster
%QIZg.37860$r61....@text.news.blueyonder.co.uk, "Mark Rae"
<ma...@markNOSPAMrae.co.uk> wrote:
Wow, A Day In the Life's is subtle...it comes right before "woke up, got out
of bed" and is for just one count. Though it's in the middle of the song,
since it starts a new section, I'll count (so to speak) this one...
Mark Rae
> Wow, A Day In the Life's is subtle...it comes right before "woke up, got
> out
> of bed" and is for just one count.
In fact, immediately before that, you can just make out George Martin
keeping count of the bars for the orchestra who, of course, had no music to
play... :-)
jIM
Jim Webster wrote:
>
> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in? (Unfortunately,
> most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
>
> TIA,
I have an album called "stairway to heaven/highway to hell" which
includes remakes and live versions of songs of bands with people which
died. I THINK the following songs have count ins:
Anarchy in the UK (Motley Crue)
there is a live version of song on same album, Vince Neil is singing,
but I don't remember song (Hounddog?)
Bill Marcum
Next stop is Vietnam.
--
Biology grows on you.
jon
Jim Webster wrote:
>Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
JJ Cale - Call me the Breeze
Frosty
forth this bit of wisdom :
>
>Frosty wrote:
>
>>I downloaded new messages from alt.music.lyrics on Thu, 19 Oct 2006
>>10:40:40 GMT, and jon <mcdad...@hhotmail.ccom.invalid> vomited
>>forth this bit of wisdom :
>>
>>>
>>>Frosty wrote:
>>>
>>>>Does it *count* if it's somewhere in the middle of the song?
>>>>"Fish Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish.
>>>
>>>That's the one.
>>
>>What do I win?
>
>I don't care; I don't give a damn.
Well, I didn't want a damn anyway.
Frosty
16:34:49 GMT, and Jim Webster <jsibley...@mindspring.com> vomited
forth this bit of wisdom :
>On 10/18/06 8:14 PM, in article fbrdj2hmsr9josk4h...@4ax.com,
>"Frosty" <clau...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> I downloaded new messages from alt.music.lyrics on Wed, 18 Oct 2006
>> 22:56:25 GMT, and Jim Webster <jsibley...@mindspring.com> vomited
>> forth this bit of wisdom :
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
>>> similar) count-in. So far I've found several Beatles songs that do this ("I
>>> Saw Her Standing There", "Sgt. Pepper's LHCB reprise", "Yer Blues",
>>> "Taxman"), plus U2's notorious "uno dos tres quatorze", and ELO's "Four
>>> Little Diamonds."
>>>
>>> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in? (Unfortunately,
>>> most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
>>>
>>> TIA,
>>> Jim\
>>
>> Does it *count* if it's somewhere in the middle of the song?
>> "Fish Cheer" by Country Joe and the Fish.
>>
>
>In this case, the "1-2-3-4" is part of the song lyrics, not the count-in.
>Sorry.
Damn. <---hey there's that damn I didn't want.
OK, how 'bout "Hello It's Me" by Todd Rungren?
Frosty
--
Anulos qui animum ostendunt omnes gestemus!
jon
Frosty wrote:
>I downloaded new messages from alt.music.lyrics on Thu, 19 Oct 2006
>13:19:42 GMT, and jon <mcdad...@hhotmail.ccom.invalid> vomited
>forth this bit of wisdom :
>>I don't care; I don't give a damn.
>
>Well, I didn't want a damn anyway.
Hmmm. I might have to rope in my 13 yr old daughter to continue this
threadlette
She is *so* not bovvered
Invisible Friend
Billy Joel - A Matter of Trust
--
Invisible Friend
Mathilda Jane
> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
> (Unfortunately,
> most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
A couple that I did not see mentioned so far:
Black Horse and the Cherry Tree - KT Tunstall
Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
MJ
Mark Rae
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> Sweet Home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Doesn't that start with Ron saying something like "Turn it up..."?
Steffen Buehler
> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in?
Still not mentioned:
Yes - Going for the one
Peter Gabriel - Waiting for the big one
Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Jeremy Bender
Pink Floyd - Waiting for the worms
Regards
Steffen
Mathilda Jane
That part comes after the 1, 2, 3. Listen close, you'll hear it.
MJ
Mark Rae
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> Still not mentioned:
>
> Yes - Going for the one
> Peter Gabriel - Waiting for the big one
> Emerson, Lake & Palmer - Jeremy Bender
> Pink Floyd - Waiting for the worms
<hangs head in shame>
I *really* should have got those...
theorigina...@yahoo.com
I'm shocked that no one's mentioned anything by The Ramones yet.
Others...
Motorhead - R.A.M.O.N.E.S.
AC/DC - Go Down
Van Halen - Finish What Ya Started
Sammy Hagar - Mas Tequila!
The Rugburns - Dick's Automotive
Tom Waits - Gun Street Girl
Monty Python - Eric The Half-A-Bee Song
-B.
rblask
Jim Webster wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
> similar) count-in. So far I've found several Beatles songs that do this ("I
> Saw Her Standing There", "Sgt. Pepper's LHCB reprise", "Yer Blues",
> "Taxman"), plus U2's notorious "uno dos tres quatorze", and ELO's "Four
> Little Diamonds."
>
> most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
>
> Jim
go to http://lyricsfly.com/lyrics/ and type in one two three four... it
comes up with over 100 titles with those lyrics in them.
Jim Webster
In case you missed the thread, I've been looking up songs with
count-ins--usually as "one two three four" but sometimes done in different
languages or in other creative ways. I got an EXCELLENT response, put
together a playlist of 38 songs on iTunes, and then took it a step further:
I copied & saved clips of the count-ins from each song, played them together
and audio hijacked them into one "song" that's slightly under 3 minutes
long.
The file is on my web site: copy and paste the following into your browser
(remove NOSPAM first):
http://www.mindspring.com/~jsibleywebsterNOSPAM/Play/AllCountIn.mp3
Can you identify every song sampled, in the right order? (hint: they were
all mentioned in this newsgroup),
Have Fun and Damn the Attorneys,
Jim
Randall Post
To borrow from John Lennon in the song "Get Back", I'd like to say 'thank you'
on behalf of the alt.music.lyrics newsgroup, and you passed the audition.
Randall
Mike Meyer
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
> similar) count-in.
Soul Asylum - Misery
Mike Meyer
> Hi,
>
> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
> similar) count-in.
Belinda Carlisle - Shot in the Dark
SRS
>> Hi,
>>
>> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
>> similar) count-in.
Steve Forbert - Sure Was Better BAck Then.
Dave Watson
I forgot one of my favourite countoffs: Blondie's "Living in the Real
World," win which somebody emits eight rhythmic karate shouts in a
reverby room before screaming out "waaaaaaaaaan twooooooooooo
waantwoothreefooo!", which then slams into the fastest song on the _Eat
to the Beat_ album.
--
Dave Watson, Severed Heads Liberation Front (Stretcher CD-R--sevcom.com)
Frezier Balzoff (aka Ottawa), Ontario, Canada Email--shlf[at]ncf[dot]ca
(Remember to remove the spamtrap word before E-mailing a reply.)
My music and anime webpage: http://eyevocal.ottawa-anime.org/
Yvette Watson, 1942-2002--You will be greatly missed and always loved.
Craig Hall, 1975-2005--Good friend and kindred wild spirit.
Kill worms!! http://www.symantec.com/avcenter/
pippi...@yahoo.com
Better Back Then" (from his great album Mission of the Crossroad Palms)
does not start with any count in...it's starts directly with the guitar
riff featured throughout the song.
How about the "2, 3, 4" of Springsteen's "Bobby Jean" from Born in the
USA?
Donnie
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Lorraine
> I'm doing a playlist of songs that start with a "one two three four" (or
> similar) count-in. So far I've found several Beatles songs that do this ("I
> Saw Her Standing There", "Sgt. Pepper's LHCB reprise", "Yer Blues",
> "Taxman"), plus U2's notorious "uno dos tres quatorze", and ELO's "Four
> Little Diamonds."
>
> Can you think of any other songs that start with a count-in? (Unfortunately,
> most lyrics sites don't include these as part of the song lyrics)
Did anyone mention Bad Company's "Can't Get Enough [of Your Love]"?
