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I always find the intros to most of the Rats songs pretty gripping and distinctive so got to wondering which were amongst my favourites.These intro's often remind me of the first few times I had ever heard these songs, and always seem to stir memories. Does anybody have any favourites or opinions about these 'songs within songs'?
There's the piano at the start of Mondays
The piano/sax at the start of Rat Trap
The bass on the Banana Republic intro
The acoustic strum/ emotive na na na's on Someone's Looking At You
The 'ga ga ga' bit on She's So Modern and express train speed of the intro.
The tick tock/ tick tock of Like Clockwork
Gerry Cotts Spanish guitar at the start of When The Night Comes
Intro to This Is My Room
Intro to Go Man Go
Intro to Dave (always gets me)
In terms of mini drama I really like the start of Go Man Go, the music and the call and response set up -'what sort of day is this?' 'a cup of tea for three, and six including v.a. t....'.
Intro to Banana Republic is pretty good and every time I hear it I think it sounds better than I think for some weird reason. There are few Rats intros that sound iconic to me.
I've always loved the immediate intro to Living in an Island, the Rat Trap intro, also Go Man Go, A Hold Of Me, Talking In Code, Me and Howard Hughes, Blind Date and She's Gonna Do You In. The start of Do the Rat still raises a smile 30 odd years on too.
That's a good call Ian. Not sure if there are too many records with a dripping tap effect to set them up. Goes with the line about 'cabbage and grey water'.