# Favourite song fade ins **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 18, 2019, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149 "2019-05-18T12:49:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/21 "2019-05-25T14:07:08Z")
[Fanfarra](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Cd6Kaf0ag0), Sergio Mendes. I used to crank this up when I had a good sound system. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/22 "2019-05-25T16:40:38Z")
This is probably cheating, but [the opening 30-or-so seconds of the “Close Encounters” soundtrack](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDDThITaAhw). Back when I got the LP, my brother was asleep one late morning after a night of carousing and I put it on, started it up, and really cranked the volume when the big CRASH came. Wake up, party animal! ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/23 "2019-05-25T16:48:34Z")
> [@JKellyMap](#): > > The Police, “Invisible Sun” Synchronicity, too. ---
**Author:** ![ZonexandScout](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/zonexandscout/32/544_2.png) [@ZonexandScout](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZonexandScout)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/24 "2019-05-25T20:21:53Z")
“Key to the Highway” from\*\*\* Layla and Other Assorted Love Songs\*\*\*. It tickles me that it wasn’t really planned for when it was recorded as a jam. I’m also surprised that nobody has mentioned “Tubthumping” yet. I certainly consider it to be a fade-in, even though it’s fading into an intro that is not really a part of the song itself. ---
**Author:** ![Wargamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/df705f/32.png) [@Wargamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wargamer)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/25 "2019-05-25T21:04:29Z")
_Telegraph Road_ by Dire Straits. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/d8bWGGA-5HM/maxresdefault.jpg "Telegraph Road") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM) ---
**Author:** ![P-man](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/p-man/32/3606_2.png) [@P-man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/P-man)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/26 "2019-05-25T22:12:01Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > _Telegraph Road_ by Dire Straits. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM) Man, I had forgotten just how good a song that is. Knopfler’s playing may not be the “best”, but it’s sure the most expressive I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [May 25, 2019, 10:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/27 "2019-05-25T22:12:13Z")
> [@Wargamer](#): > > _Telegraph Road_ by Dire Straits. > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8bWGGA-5HM) Thank you. That is… well, beautiful. The interplay of piano and guitar reminds me of Knopfler’s _Local Hero_ soundtrack. Where [some pieces echo the “wild theme”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_apFYhqBk-4&list=PL7a4u6KlnMXbLnXAsfIWCQMhLNTEKJ9SZ&index=7) from earlier in the film. Mark Knopfler. All those perfect pauses, all those notes not played… like tears in the rain. ---
**Author:** ![Nonsuch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/nonsuch/32/2922_2.png) [@Nonsuch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nonsuch)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2019, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/28 "2019-05-26T07:32:35Z")
“Travels in Nihilon,” XTC “Don’t Give Up,” Peter Gabriel “Dogs,” Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/29 "2019-05-28T08:34:36Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > … > > [Orion](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8qrwON1-zE) Great call! Love this one… ---
**Author:** ![LLCoolL](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/llcooll/32/3596_2.png) [@LLCoolL](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LLCoolL)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 8:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/30 "2019-05-28T08:38:57Z")
“I Wanna be Adored” by Stone Roses. [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/kmAZWKdCvmI/hqdefault.jpg "The Stone Roses - I Wanna Be Adored") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmAZWKdCvmI) ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/31 "2019-05-28T11:26:00Z")
Over the hills and far away - Led Zeppelin I was always a big big fan of that guitar. ---
**Author:** ![Reeses\_Monkey](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reeses_monkey/32/2885_2.png) [@Reeses\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeses_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2019, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/32 "2019-05-28T23:09:21Z")
Boston’s “More Than a Feeling” ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/33 "2019-05-29T08:27:37Z")
[“down in the tube station at midnight”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxhN7MQ6uYw) by The Jam ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 9:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/34 "2019-05-29T09:56:08Z")
_[Temptation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDv_RTdLQo)_ - New Order [_Porcelina of the Vast Oceans_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6C_zj2g5I) - Smashing Pumpkins _[What Do I Get](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EEPvXlTUnU)_- Buzzcocks _[Dirty Boots](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7XdYnh729IQ)_ - Sonic Youth [_Blind_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14b_yqIVeLg) and [_Jane Mary, Cry One Tear_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9HU3V-ne5U) - Swans [_These Days_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2LmLpC4TYw) and [_Shadowplay_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juD4ayBbHdY) and [_New Dawn Fades_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsT_PvMR4j4) - Joy Division _[She’s In Parties](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qxqq5vahHKk)_ - Bauhaus [\*Sweetness and Light \*](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7cqkpy4QrQ)- Lush [_Seal Driver_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHa_5mWhQyI) and [Pibroch (Cap In Hand)](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1LYUTDGwWY) - Jethro Tull Spot the prog one out in that list… > [@road\_lobo](#): > > The Smiths - Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others Also _[Hand in Glove](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiN-n990oE8)_ (at least, the single version) ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 10:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/35 "2019-05-29T10:15:41Z")
> [@MrDibble](#): > > _[Temptation](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxDv_RTdLQo)_ - New Order great choice, that was the first 12 inch single I ever bought. ---
**Author:** ![Novelty\_Bobble](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/a3d4f5/32.png) [@Novelty\_Bobble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Novelty_Bobble)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 10:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/36 "2019-05-29T10:59:54Z")
Also a couple of classics from Krautrock giants NEU!, [Hallogallo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zndpi8tNZyQ) and [Seeland](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VfLsCvLfFiI). You could make a case for them both being one long fade-in and fade-out and as with a lot of Brian Eno’s work, none the worse for that fact. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/37 "2019-05-29T11:43:39Z")
There’s no bigger than the infamous “car horn chorus” fade-in from Van Halen’s [“Runnin’ with the Devil”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bl4dEAtxo0M) Or the nostalgic jangling guitars of [Come Dancing](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRUE0aAI5o8) by The Kinks One of my favorites is the haunting chimes, guitar and bass fron Rush’s [“Witch Hunt”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MWzDKE4zbY) Of course, they.ve used a fade-ins many many times. [“Take a Friend”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hGCdLw_OlfA) from their debut album has a particularly lengthy one. ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/38 "2019-05-29T13:38:20Z")
The Kinks “borrow” the ametrical opening chord from the Beatles’ “A Hard Day’s Night” but give it a fade-in crescendo to open [“Do it Again”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lqil8_JFCVU) ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/39 "2019-05-29T14:23:30Z")
The searing [“Hot Smoke and Sassafrass”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Xgl8gSbbv8) fade-in by Bubble Puppy and Alex’s extended fade-in for [Red Barchetta](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FAvQSkK8Z8U). Not the beginning of the song, but there’s “Helter Skelter”'s [fade-in](https://youtu.be/vWW2SzoAXMo?t=224), (along with creepy “seagull” guitar peels). Hitler Skelter? ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/40 "2019-05-29T14:36:11Z")
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