Name that tune...

[Mikey]

...in one note.

How many songs can you name in ONE note? I'm not looking for two or three note bullshit, but songs you can name from the first note of the recording?
(It could be a single note, or an opening chord)

I'll start with two that are probably, to most here, a little obscure. But I've had recordings of both since I was 10 or 11 years old.

I was listening to Sirius XM this morning when "Baby, Scratch My Back" by Slim Harpo came on. I heard that first harmonica note and I absolutely knew the song. This was on a collection put out by our local AM radio station way back in 1967. KFRC's 21 Golden Rocks. This got me thinking about the subject of the thread.




Beatles 65, Surfin' USA and Shutdown Vol II were the first LPs I ever bought. "I Feel Fine" was on Beatles 65. If you know this song, the first note is pretty obvious.




I can prolly come up with a few dozen more, and I'll add to this list at some point.

Anybody else? I'm sure everybody has their own list. I think there may be a lot of Beatles songs that I could name.

[Mikey]

Now that I've considered this for a few more minutes, I could probably identify most of the Beach Boys' Pet Sounds.

[Mikey]

Ok most of Joni Mitchell's Court and Spark too.

So, never mind.

[Mike Ditka]

Whiskey River - Willy Gluenose Nelson

[Mikey]

OK rules...you have to post the song.



Yeah, that one's another that if you know it, you know it.

[bungle clone]

[Sudden Sam]

[Meat Head]

Sounds like sonar pings of someone trying to find their truck in Cinders garage. Where the hell is Marty anyway.

[Mikey]

OK, now I know where that's coming from when I try to go to sleep. I though maybe I was having some tinnitus. I was going to ask Pikkkle about that before he "left".

[bungle clone]

any tard who this they are know floyd names this in one note, iodiots.


nice parade of white flags, I WIN

[Mikey]

any tard who this they are know floyd names this in one note, iodiots.

Really nice job with this one, bungle.

You definitely win.

You doing some early prep for Tune Town?

[HighPlainsGrifter]

Can I get some of bungle's pain killers? Keerist.

[Sudden Sam]

any tard who this they are know floyd names this in one note, iodiots.

I think I understand this…

My point exactly. Waaaaaayy too obvious.

But yes…you win.

[Diego in Seattle]

any tard who this they are know floyd names this in one note, iodiots.


nice parade of white flags, I WIN

One's mind is a terrible thing to waste.

[bungle clone]

Seriously?



As Dinsdale was fond of saying,

one more time for the slow people:

any tard who this they are the same is an iodiot


do a search of the board for that exact wording. It's a Kierland classic, from his battle with Mike the Lab Rat. I repurposed it.

That lil formulation also used to be under the T1B logo, where "Sordid Clambake' is now.

[Mikey]

Alas, we are not worthy of the bungle.

[Roach]

Hard Day's Night



Purple Rain



Wish You Were Here

Nice thread Mikey

[Mikey]

Hard Day's Night



Purple Rain



Wish You Were Here

Nice thread Mikey

Great choices, Roach.

I'm not so familiar with Prince, unfortunately. If I heard just the first note of Purple Rain I might get it mixed up with Hard Day's Night.

[Dr_Phibes]

Maybe a little obscure, but fits the bill for me.



spot this anywhere and yes, the opening note .

[Mikey]

Great choices Phibes. Yes, a little obscure, but I think that’s really what I was going for here. Everyone has a song or a few that have been with them for years, but that most of the rest of us wouldn’t recognize so quickly. We all have different experiences.

[bungle clone]

I STILL WIN YOU CAN'T FADE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

[Sudden Sam]

I STILL WIN YOU CAN'T FADE MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!

No question.

Here’s one you’re probably all familiar with…

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