# 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:** 3
**Author:** ![Frank\_Burly](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frank_burly/32/24_2.png) [@Frank\_Burly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frank_Burly)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/41 "2019-05-29T19:39:46Z")
4’33 by John Cage. ---
**Author:** ![plankter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ba0ec/32.png) [@plankter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plankter)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2019, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/42 "2019-05-29T19:45:04Z")
U2, “Where the Streets Have No Name”. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/43 "2019-05-30T18:53:16Z")
> [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](#): > > First one that came to my mind is Elvis Costello’s [Man Out of Time](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAOaTYnWluI). > > A scream followed by a short guitar riff that has nothing at all to do with the rest of the song. > > It’s perfect. > mmm What I came in to say. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [May 30, 2019, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/44 "2019-05-30T19:41:36Z")
[Roundabout](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cPCLFtxpadE) by Yes, which fades in on a backwards-running grand piano chord, (I only recently had that pointed out to me). ---
**Author:** ![ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chockfullofheadygoodness/32/511_2.png) [@ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ChockFullOfHeadyGoodness)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/45 "2019-05-31T02:04:17Z")
The Beatles and Kinks have already been mentioned. I’ll go with [Space Oddity](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo) - David Bowie ---
**Author:** ![Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/marvin_the_martian/32/2898_2.png) [@Marvin\_the\_Martian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marvin_the_Martian)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/46 "2019-05-31T06:21:33Z")
[Karn Evil 9, First Impression, Part 2](https://youtu.be/IwSTe9uit48) from ELP. song continued from side 1 to side 2, the transition made by fading out a synth sequence at the end of side 1 and fading it back in at the start of side 2. If you’ve only heard the album on CD it’s kind of “WTF?” ---
**Author:** ![Magdalenna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/magdalenna/32/6692_2.png) [@Magdalenna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Magdalenna)\ **Post date:** [May 31, 2019, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/47 "2019-05-31T15:50:45Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/54W8kktFE_o/maxresdefault.jpg "Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54W8kktFE_o) ---
**Author:** ![cieskokid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cieskokid/32/5374_2.png) [@cieskokid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cieskokid)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/48 "2019-06-03T15:48:55Z")
Yes :eek:! Of all the great songs mentioned here, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” [Parts I-V] AND [Parts VI-IX] on Side Two of Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” album are 2of THE greatest, most dramatic uses of fade-in. They did it on “One Of These Days” from the “Meddle” album too, & “Dogs” on “Animals” but “Shine On…” stands above 'em all! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/49 "2019-06-03T19:20:26Z")
> [@plankter](#): > > U2, “Where the Streets Have No Name”. This. ---
**Author:** ![Covfefe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ee7513/32.png) [@Covfefe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covfefe)\ **Post date:** [June 3, 2019, 7:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/50 "2019-06-03T19:58:12Z")
Gruntruck - [Machine Action](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2trq-rMPXOY) Gruntruck - [Push](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qE1H5crtBk) Steve Roach - [The Calling](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3IZKB57A94) ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 12:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/51 "2019-06-04T00:17:28Z")
> [@plankter](#): > > U2, “Where the Streets Have No Name”. I don’t even like U2, but that is a bad-ass intro. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/52 "2019-06-04T00:25:03Z")
“Mountain Jam” - Allman Brothers. They couldn’t fit the song on _At the Fillmore East_, so they just faded it out at the end. Then they faded it in on _Eat A Peach_. ---
**Author:** ![Quercus\_alba](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quercus_alba/32/4061_2.png) [@Quercus\_alba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus_alba)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/53 "2019-06-04T01:33:37Z")
> [@plankter](#): > > U2, “Where the Streets Have No Name”. +1 I’ve also always liked the layered entrances on “Magnificent”, though I know that a lot of fans and critics aren’t as fond of that particular album. (The video is pretty amazing as well.) ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [June 4, 2019, 2:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/54 "2019-06-04T02:05:53Z")
Fleetwood Mac’s _Station Man_. Less than 40 seconds but sets up the rest of the song. ---
**Author:** ![Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Snake\_Plissken\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snake_Plissken_1)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/55 "2019-06-12T11:45:48Z")
…a bunch from Van Halen /Van Hagar: ‘Hot for Teacher’, ‘Right Now’, ‘Finish What Ya Started’, ‘Runaround’ and ‘Poundcake’ (that features a ‘Frankenstrat’ painted electric drill used on Eddie’s guitar strings). ---
**Author:** ![Evin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/59ef9b/32.png) [@Evin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2019, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/56 "2019-06-12T14:13:58Z")
\*Honey Hi \*Christine McVie [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WNeAdfrPPco/maxresdefault.jpg "Honey Hi (2015 Remaster)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNeAdfrPPco) ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2019, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/57 "2019-06-13T02:36:03Z")
I Want To Tell You – The Beatles Echoes – Pink Floyd ---
**Author:** ![Sparky812](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/eb9ed0/32.png) [@Sparky812](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sparky812)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2019, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/58 "2019-06-14T19:55:16Z")
> [@Snake\_Plissken](#): > > …a bunch from Van Halen /Van Hagar: ‘Hot for Teacher’, ‘Right Now’, ‘Finish What Ya Started’, ‘Runaround’ and ‘Poundcake’ (that features a ‘Frankenstrat’ painted electric drill used on Eddie’s guitar strings). Except… none of those are fade-ins… “Hot for Teacher” - starts right in with the infamous drum intro. “Right Now” - starts right in with the piano “Finish What Ya Started” - starts with Alex counting them in "One- Two, One-Two-Three-Four. “Runaround”- starts immediately with the G-A-G-D riff “Poundcake” - doesn’t fade in either, it starts with a Makita 9-volt cordless drill motor hovering over the DiMarzio Custom Humbucker bridge pick-up of an Ernie Ball Music Man guitar. No FrankenStrat at all. FTR, he had drill and guitar painted his signature red, white, and black striped pattern for the video. He kept the drill, but I have never seen that particular guitar again. ---
**Author:** ![CurrlyD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/4af34b/32.png) [@CurrlyD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurrlyD)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/59 "2019-06-18T00:13:41Z")
> [@cieskokid](#): > > Yes :eek:! Of all the great songs mentioned here, “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” [Parts I-V] AND [Parts VI-IX] on Side Two of Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” album are 2of THE greatest, most dramatic uses of fade-in. They did it on “One Of These Days” from the “Meddle” album too, & “Dogs” on “Animals” but “Shine On…” stands above 'em all! 🆒 Yeah, you said it! ---
**Author:** ![Periwinkle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Periwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Periwinkle)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2019, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149/60 "2019-06-18T16:56:14Z")
Magic Carper Ride by Steppenwolf [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/U4WiyxXpyZc/hqdefault.jpg?sqp=-oaymwEmCOADEOgC8quKqQMa8AEB-AH-BIAC4AOKAgwIABABGHIgYyg6MA8=&rs=AOn4CLAzTL8ED99mGTklhm1wIz9YbGckTg "Steppenwolf - Magic Carpet Ride 1968 HQ") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4WiyxXpyZc) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-song-fade-ins/834149.md?page=4)