Name that tune in one note

[panache45]

An entire opera: Verdi’s La Traviata.

[Common_Tater]

@jaycat

I’m surprised no one has mentioned the downbeat that kicks off Like A Rolling Stone.

I know! How does it feel?

[P-man]

“Baba O’Reilly”
“Brown Sugar”
“Peaches en Regalia”
“Foggy Mountain Breakdown”
“White Room”

[hogarth]

There was a thread last year on memorable song openings:
Most recognizable song intro

[JKellyMap]

@Just_Asking_Questions

There are a few live recordings that I can recognize by the crowd sound before the music even starts. Such as Frampton’s Baby I Love Your Way. I think I may have heard them a few too many times.

That could be a whole other thread.

“Everybody seems to be ready…”
“Bon soir, ce soir…”
“Play it pretty for Atlanta…”

[Asimovian]

First organ chord from Prince’s *Let’s Go Crazy *.

[Annie-Xmas]

This morning at the grocery store I heard one note and thought “Horse With No Name.” And it was!

[PatrickLondon]

Not a song, but Debussy’s La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin. Hear a piano strike the Dflat, and it couldn’t be anything else, AFAIK.

[K364]

@PatrickLondon

Not a song, but Debussy’s La Fille Aux Cheveux de Lin. Hear a piano strike the Dflat, and it couldn’t be anything else, AFAIK.

and go up a semi-tone and you’ve got “Fur Elise”

[x-ray_vision]

You Shook Me All Night Long
Smoke on the Water
VH - Jump
Ziggy Stardust
Rain Song
Moonage Daydream
Detroit Rock City

[pulykamell]

@K364

and go up a semi-tone and you’ve got “Fur Elise”

You mean three semi-tones, no? Für Elise starts on E.

[I_Love_Me_Vol.I]

@somepumpkin

Came in here to say just that.

“The Spirit of Radio” from Rush has a unique opening.

Don’t think many people could get it in one note, though. In three, yes.