Here’s my top ten picks for music to come in on at the start of an improv show.
(*indicates the songs I have actually used)
Seven Nation Army – the White Stripes*
This is the track I’ve used the most. Something about that bass line resonates with the butterflies in my stomach.
Intergalactic – Beastie Boys*
Iron Man – Black Sabbath
I hope one day to do a show where it will be appropriate to start with this song.
Blitzkrieg Bop – The Ramones*
Can’t go wrong with a bit of punk. I’ve also used a bit of Sex Pistols (but only on Queen’s Birthday weekend).
Can’t be Stopped -DLT*
My first entry music. I might be wrong about the name of this song, but I remember the chorus goes something like
‘we can’t be stopped, we can’t be blocked, we can’t be pimped, we can’t be fooled’
Amos Moses – Jerry Reed
The Yeah Yeah Yeah Song – the Flaming Lips
Nice upbeat song.
Eye of the Tiger – Survivor
I guess there should be a special category for 80’s classics like this, Danger Zone, Final Countdown, etc.
Toccata in D minor – Bach
The Gummi Bears theme music
Bonus points for nostalgia value.
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What’re your favourite entry songs?
June 1, 2007 at 12:26 am
Devils Haircut – Beck … my theme song since 01
40 ft – Franz Ferdinand … sassy build up, big explosion
Antichrist Superstar – Marilyn Manson … dzzt dzzt HEY dzzt dzzt HEY. create the mob mentality.
Lucky 13 – Smashing Pumpkins … insane drumfill opening
Souljacker Part 1 – The eels … my new favourite opener. 22 miles of hard road. 33 years of tough love. 44 skulls buried in the ground crawling up through the muck. OH YEAH!
June 1, 2007 at 5:03 am
Young Crazed Peeling by the Distillers – I used to have an edit of it where in the middle it broke in to People Get Ready by the Blind Boys of Alabama and then back into Young Crazed Peeling.
Ain’t No Sunshine – DMX
Du Hast (in English) by Rammstein
Ruby Soho – Rancid
Dancing Queen – Red Kross’ version of the Abba classic
I Want It That Way – Dynamite Boy’s cover of the Backstreet Boys. We did an incredibly pretentiously hilarious opening once where we just posed to this song for about two minutes.
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I’ve stopped using run-up music for Drum Machine for the most part because sound people never understand what I mean by “PLAY THIS LOUD” and quiet punk makes me sad.
June 5, 2007 at 1:20 am
*Do you wanna – Franz Ferdinand
*Bohemian like you – Dandy Warhols
*Walk Idiot Walk – The Hives
Sure Shot – Beastie Boys