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In the same vein as Blir's "Greatest Signature Starting Notes" thread let's list the the tunes that kick it off immediately with a vocal utterance of any sort be it a word or an "ooh" or a "la". Let's not make the list some kind of completist list and try to keep it to real signature songs. Songs that you recognize instantaneously by that first kick off vocal sound.

Angel, Eurythmics
Catch Me I'm Falling, Real Life
Fascist Groove Thing, Heaven 17
Rainy Day, APB
This Is Not A Love Song, Public Image Limited
Work For Love, Ministry
You Spin Me Round (Like A Record) Dead Or Alive
This Corrosion, Sisters of Mercy


<a href="http://www.worldwildlife.org/cetaceans/index.cfm">I dig whales.</a>

Wow, in thinking about this, there are some classics! Really different than an instrumental start - kinda like annoucning "here I am and here is this song", then usally, bang, right into the song. Cool.

The The - Jealous of Youth - "It's funny how, we grow old...."
Joy Division - Warsaw - "3-5-0-1-2-5-Go!"
The Clash - London's Burning - "Londong's Burning!", freaking classic exclamation
Gang of Four - Cheeseburger - "I need a cheesburger to go!"
New York Dolls - Looking for a Kiss - "When I say I'm in love..."
The Smiths - This Night Has Opened My Eyes - "In a river, the color of lead..."
Sparks - Eaten by the Monster of Love - "Don't let it get me..."
Depeche Mode - Master & Servant - "It's a lot, it's a lot..."
The Bangles - Want You - "I...I...I...Want You!" off their epic EP
Buzzcocks - Orgasm Addict - "Well you tried it just for once..."
Pretenders - Stop Your Sobbing - "It is time, for you to stop..."
Culture Club - Do You Really Want to Hurt Me? - "Ooh, give me time..."

Buzzcocks - Do You Still Love Me
Gangway - My Girl & Me
Erasure - Oh L`Amour

Not exactly new wave, but sort-of...
Alphabet Street - Prince

"Never give a sucker an even break, or smarten up a chump" W.C. Fields

I want you - Cabaret Voltaire.

Elvis Costello & the Attractions - No Action
Madness - One Step Beyond

It's short but
"Sex" by Berlin

Elvis Costello - Accidents Will Happen

The Cure - Hot, Hot, Hot

For some really cool spoken intros, check this thread:

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3978

My first reaction to this thread was how frustrating it was to try to record songs off the radio onto your trusty cassette when the song started off with vocals ! Remember that ? It would drive me crazy. I hated getting a recording when the first few notes were cut off. What was even more obnoxious was when the DJ talked over the first few notes--urgh! Hopefully, you got a DJ who actually announced ahead of time what he was playing, so you could get ready, fingers excitedly poised over RECORD.
Instantly recognizable opening vocals? How about
"Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran.

[quote][i]Originally posted by i_like_lectric_motors[/i]
<br>The Cure - Hot, Hot, Hot

For some really cool spoken intros, check this thread:

http://www.nwoutpost.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=3978
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Wow, Jason already beat me to "3-5-0-1-2-5-Go!"

"The message is perfectly simple/the meaning is clear:/Don't ever stray too far/And don't disappear/no don't disappear..."

ABC, "Be Near Me"

Dead Milkmen's "Bitchin' Camaro". Whole lotta dialogue.

"Hey, Jack, what's happening?"
"Oh, I don't know"....

[quote][i]Originally posted by BigBri[/i]
<br>Dead Milkmen's "Bitchin' Camaro". Whole lotta dialogue.

"Hey, Jack, what's happening?"
"Oh, I don't know"....
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Funny song! Anyway, the only one I can think of that hasn't already been mentioned is "Madonna of the Wasps" by Robyn Hitchcock

Urban Struggle - The Vandals
Don't Fall - The Chameleons (by the way, can one of you cinema buffs id the movie where those lines originate?)