# Songs that have awesome intros and then turn to crap: **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 17, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033 "2012-03-17T05:35:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/1 "2012-03-17T05:35:22Z")
Exhibit 1: The Eagles - [One of These Nights](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmmWJBwxvz0) The beginning of this song kicks ass! It sounds like the foreboding baseline of a Lou Reed and Tom Waits Duet about loneliness and decadence in the big city, and instead, exactly 36 seconds into the linked video, it turns into a shitty shitty interchangable Eagles track when Don Henley leans into the mic. Exhibit 2: Sheryl Crow - [My Favorite Mistake](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AmIlUKo4dQc&ob=av2e) With that backbone slippin’ guitar riff paired with a simple yet satisfying beat, it sounds - when the crooning oooooohs come in, like the beginning of an epic Stones or even Zeppelin track. Nope. At the 28 second mark, shit flips, and it’s your mom’s favorite Sheryl Crow song. Fuck. What do you have? ---
**Author:** ![drastic\_quench](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e36b37/32.png) [@drastic\_quench](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drastic_quench)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/2 "2012-03-17T05:40:04Z")
ETA: I wrote oohs with a lot of Os. You pedantic assholes better abide my onomatopoeia-for-effect. I swear to Christ. ---
**Author:** ![Steophan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steophan/32/9595_2.png) [@Steophan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steophan)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 7:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/3 "2012-03-17T07:16:52Z")
Band On The Run, by Wings. ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/4 "2012-03-17T07:45:09Z")
INXS seemed to have too many songs like this. “Heaven Sent” is the first one that comes to mind. Say what you want about the band but they did know how to do openings. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/5 "2012-03-17T07:51:05Z")
_Hooked on a Feeling_ It’s the one that starts with the ooga chocka, then turns to crap. ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 8:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/6 "2012-03-17T08:27:10Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > _Hooked on a Feeling_ It’s the one that starts with the ooga chocka, then turns to crap. Agh! Beat me to it! Ok, for my distant second choice: I used to dislike the turn that the Specials’ [Ghost Town](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZ8428GSrI&feature=related) took at the part that starts “Do you remember the good old days before the ghost town?” But I was stupid - this song is now one of my favorites. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/7 "2012-03-17T08:59:24Z")
_Spaceman_ by Babylon Zoo. It was used in this groundbreaking Levi’s ad from 1994: [beautiful interplanetary daughter scandalises residents of Martian Truman show by wearing Levi’s (and oh how she wears them)](http://youtu.be/g5TXolwA7cE) - which still stands the test of time IMO. However, the bit used by the Levi’s campaign was actually from someone else’s remix. The original song was [a dirge](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMkEcR7qpP8). They re-released the song with the remix intro, but I believe in the long run it proved profoundly disappointing for the people who propelled it to no. 1. ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 9:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/8 "2012-03-17T09:33:55Z")
Peter, Bjorn, and John - [Young Folks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0) ---
**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/9 "2012-03-17T11:44:49Z")
In my group of friends we call that phenomenon a “monkey man”, named for [the Rolling Stones song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4). ---
**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/10 "2012-03-17T12:17:28Z")
I don’t see anything wrong with ‘Hooked on a feeling’ at all.Nice late '60’s pop and a pretty good example. [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNnnWfUpYGg) ---
**Author:** ![Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/5f8ce5/32.png) [@Ian\_D.Bergkamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ian_D.Bergkamp)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/11 "2012-03-17T12:17:41Z")
[Around the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0tITMsafgY) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It’s like the first 25 seconds are a rocket preparing for liftoff, but instead of blasting into space, it turns into bubbles. It doesn’t help that the lyrics (which start after the 25-second mark) are insipid. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 1:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/12 "2012-03-17T13:01:39Z")
> [@Steophan](#): > > Band On The Run, by Wings. Along that vein, “Uncle Albert” by Paul McCartney just turns ridiculous after Uncle Albert’s done. ---
**Author:** ![fessie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@fessie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fessie)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/13 "2012-03-17T13:21:46Z")
The Stones’ “Gimme Shelter” is that way, too. ---
**Author:** ![amanset](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/8dc957/32.png) [@amanset](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/amanset)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 1:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/14 "2012-03-17T13:30:39Z")
> [@GuanoLad](#): > > Peter, Bjorn, and John - [Young Folks](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51V1VMkuyx0) Wrong. ---
**Author:** ![joebuck20](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/74df32/32.png) [@joebuck20](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/joebuck20)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/15 "2012-03-17T13:47:43Z")
I love the violins at the beginning of Aerosmith’s “Don’t Want to Miss a Thing.” Too bad the rest of the song is glurge. ---
**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:** [March 17, 2012, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/16 "2012-03-17T13:57:13Z")
> [@mr.jp](#): > > In my group of friends we call that phenomenon a “monkey man”, named for [the Rolling Stones song](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNY8eYmzdH4). Well…I love this song end-to-end…but then I’M A MONKEY! ---
**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:** [March 17, 2012, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/17 "2012-03-17T13:58:25Z")
> [@I'm Not Dennis Bergkamp](#): > > [Around the World](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0tITMsafgY) by the Red Hot Chili Peppers. It’s like the first 25 seconds are a rocket preparing for liftoff, but instead of blasting into space, it turns into bubbles. It doesn’t help that the lyrics (which start after the 25-second mark) are insipid. OK - this is the one I came in to post. Seriously. So much promise the first time I heard this one on the radio. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/18 "2012-03-17T14:34:17Z")
Led Zeppelin- Whole Lotta Love, and Rolling Stones- Can’t You Hear Me Knocking Both songs have a great beginning and great ending but everything else in between is a LONG meandering jam session. I know musicians and music reviewer snobs love the jam sessions but not me. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/19 "2012-03-17T14:34:34Z")
> [@casdave](#): > > I don’t see anything wrong with ‘Hooked on a feeling’ at all.Nice late '60’s pop and a pretty good example. > > [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNnnWfUpYGg](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNnnWfUpYGg) That’s the original version. **TriPolar** was referring to the wacked out cover by [Blue Swede](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RdkbbUF9D88). ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2012, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033/20 "2012-03-17T14:36:43Z")
It’s probably heretical to say it, but for me Michael Jackson’s _Beat It_ qualifies. The lyrics are borderline silly to me. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-that-have-awesome-intros-and-then-turn-to-crap/616033.md?page=2)