Best Music Intro

[Alfiembra]

What’s your favourite intro to a tune?

I heard the O’Jays Backstabber on the radio this morning and although it’s not one of my favourite songs the intro, for me anyway, is superb.

https://youtu.be/hzTeLePbB08

Do you have a favourite, I’m interested to see what you come up with.

[Wilson]

What’s your favourite intro to a tune?

I heard the O’Jays Backstabber on the radio this morning and although it’s not one of my favourite songs the intro, for me anyway, is superb.

https://youtu.be/hzTeLePbB08

Do you have a favourite, I’m interested to see what you come up with.

GNR - Welcome to the jungle.

https://youtu.be/o1tj2zJ2Wvg

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=PLPf4YgJhxM

The Trammps - Zing went the strings of my heart

[Hiber-nation]

Where to start!

Smoke On The Water
Layla
Won't Get Fooled Again
Baba O'Riley
Brown Sugar
Anarchy In The UK
All The Young Dudes

I could be here all week!

[Peevemor]

I've got loads too. My favourites tend to have nothing to do with the tune that follows.

Steve Hartley - Come Up and See Me

https://youtu.be/coSFq73_epA

Average White Band - Pick up the Pieces

https://youtu.be/3ISLeHByD-I

Madness - My Girl

https://youtu.be/Pw-8AGRcyvk

And the most complicated intro chord ever

https://www.beatlesbible.com/features/hard-days-night-chord/

[Hiber-nation]

A less well known one....love this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtNV3pOqcjI

[speedy_gonzales]

Not exactly an intro, but the start of the instrumental in the final 3rd of Fleetwood Macs "The Chain",,,, everyone knows that baseline!

I'm saying is not an intro, but technically it is because the Chain is actually a few songs spliced together with all members getting equal credit.

[Hibby70]

Gimme shelter is good
https://youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os

But it has to be Baba O'Riley

https://youtu.be/x2KRpRMSu4g

[McD]

Sweet child of mine :greengrin

[Hibrandenburg]

I could go on all night :greengrin

Paper Plane from Status Quo

Nutbush City Limits from Ike & Tina Turner

My Generation from the Who

Alternative Ulster from SLF

Tears of a Clown from Smokey Robinson

Down Under from Men at Work

Come on Eileen from Dexy's Midnight Runners

Psycho Killer from Talking Heads

[patch1875]

Tough but...


Lucky Man - The Verve
Dr Feelgood - Motley Crue
To The End - Blur
Been Caught Stealing - Janes Addiction
Lust for Life - Iggy Pop
All Right Now - Free
20th Century Boy - T Rex
No Woman No Cry - Bob
Aisha - Death in Vegas

to start with

[NORTHERNHIBBY]

Pretty Vacant-Sex Pistols.

[Billy Whizz]

Great thread, got my mind thinking

[Logie Green]

This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody) by Talking Heads.

[jonty]

Ones I always seem to crank the volume up on:

new order - blue monday
Stereophonics - Dakota
Sweet - ballroom blitz
Ram Jam - Black Betty

[nellio]

Poison by Alice Cooper!

[weecounty hibby]

Die Young, Black Sabbath.

[Jim44]

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty
One of These Nights - The Eagles
Sunshine of Your Love - Cream

[Killiehibbie]

Ghost Town

[bigwheel]

Would make a great playlist this !

A few from me:

Marvin Gaye lets get it on

NWA straight outta Compton

Jacksons. I want you back....


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[blackpoolhibs]

November rain GNR.

[Mibbes Aye]

The Doors ‘LA Woman’

The Stones have been mentioned already but they have several great intros.

[marinello59]

California Girls by the Beach Boys.

[Northernhibee]

Roseability - Idlewild
Human Behaviour - Bjork
Angel - Massive Attack

[Hibrandenburg]

You Really Got Me from The Kinks

Being Boiled from Human League

[Jones28]

There are countless but Supersonic by Oasis is a spine tingler for me, the heavy drums with the guitar over the top is class.

[.Sean.]

The marching boots at the start of Holidays in the Sun

Morning Glory turned up as loud as possible

Down in the Tube Station at Midnight

[Peevemor]

There are countless but Supersonic by Oasis is a spine tingler for me, the heavy drums with the guitar over the top is class.Cigarettes & Alcohol is by far my favourite Oasis intro.

[Moulin Yarns]

Another vote for Baba O'riley, the first one that came to mind.

I heard it through the Grapevine is another good one.

[Northernhibee]

The Bends by Radiohead as well.

[Billy Whizz]

The key to a great intro, is you know the tune after 2 notes
Something like Sailing, you can almost identify after 1 note

[bigwheel]

I might not have got them all...but here is a playlist with most of them....


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6k2uOg6Su5euBt9JdwTSB2?si=Qt9svBuESrG_QbMBeJNs_Q


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[brianmc]

Master of Puppets-Metallica.

[Bangkok Hibby]

Stay with me...The Faces.
And as a really nice way to wake up in the morning the intro to "even in the quietest moment" by Supertramp is great to use as an alarm sound on your phone.

[Peevemor]

I might not have got them all...but here is a playlist with most of them....


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6k2uOg6Su5euBt9JdwTSB2?si=Qt9svBuESrG_QbMBeJNs_Q


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[Smartie]

Cigarettes & Alcohol is by far my favourite Oasis intro.

The first few bars of Cigarettes and Alcohol live at any Oasis live concert are simply magnificent.

This is mine though - the 12 in version of Elephant Stone by the Stone Roses.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picVsVudTkQ

[Peevemor]

Another of my favourites

https://youtu.be/ik9HDX8hJV0

[Pretty Boy]

There She Goes - The La's
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Come Together - The Beatles
Men's Needs - The Cribs
Toxic - Britney Spears
Fix Up, Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascal
No One Knows - QOTSA
The Rat - The Walkmen
Crazy On You - Heart

[bigwheel]

There She Goes - The La's
Chop Suey - System of a Down
Come Together - The Beatles
Men's Needs - The Cribs
Toxic - Britney Spears
Fix Up, Look Sharp - Dizzee Rascal
No One Knows - QOTSA
The Rat - The Walkmen
Crazy On You - Heart

Some great additions. Have added them and the others to the playlist (link in earlier post)

[The_Exile]

Radio Gaga
Sunshine on Leith
Seven Nation Army
Come Together
Under the Bridge
Stairway to Heaven
All Along the Watchtower (Jimi version)
Thunderstruck

I could list dozens of classical pieces :greengrin

Edit: Forgot about Parklife by Blur, that intro sort of defined the genre and Britpop era.

[Hiber-nation]

Stay with me...The Faces.
.

Yesss...great shout!!

And Down Down by Status Quo, much maligned or not, has got to be in there.

[Hibby70]

Johnny Was - SLF version

[Eaststand]

Paint it Black ~ The Rolling Stones
Golden Brown ~ The Stranglers

GGTTH

[Northernhibee]

Cannonball - The Breeders
Here Comes Your Man - Pixies
Danny Nedelko - Idles

[Mon Dieu4]

Survivor - Eye of the tiger, I can be totally relaxed and doing nothing but if it comes on I have to get up and shadow box around the house :agree:
Sigur Ros - Hoppipolla
Oasis - ****in' in the bushes
Beastie Boys - Sabotage
Rage against the machine - bulls on parade
Marilyn Manson - the beautiful people
Dr Dre - the next episode
House of Pain - Jump Around
Led Zeppelin - immigrant song
Dire straights - money for nothing
Johnny Cash - Ring of fire

[heretoday]

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds.

[Just_Jimmy]

Morning glory by oasis.

What a great thread. There's literally hundreds.

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[Alfiembra]

I might not have got them all...but here is a playlist with most of them....


https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6k2uOg6Su5euBt9JdwTSB2?si=Qt9svBuESrG_QbMBeJNs_Q


:top marksHuge thank you to big wheel for creating the playlist....Wow!! what a fantastic selection, so diverse and so many I’ve never heard before, hours of listenening ahead. Keep them coming and thanks to everyone for their suggestions.

[bigwheel]

:top marksHuge thank you to big wheel for setting that up.....Wow!! what a fantastic selection, so diverse and so many I’ve never heard before, hours of listenening ahead. Keep them coming and thanks to everyone for their selections.

I’ve updated it with recent additions....the thing I like about it is you get to hear music you wouldn’t naturally pick yourself...I hadn’t heard a few, and really enjoyed them...


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[Hibby_Paul]

The first few bars of Cigarettes and Alcohol live at any Oasis live concert are simply magnificent.

This is mine though - the 12 in version of Elephant Stone by the Stone Roses.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=picVsVudTkQ

Great shout with that Roses version - Reni’s drumming at start is great!

[Hibrandenburg]

I’ve updated it with recent additions....the thing I like about it is you get to hear music you wouldn’t naturally pick yourself...I hadn’t heard a few, and really enjoyed them...


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Thanks for taking the time.

[Peanut Shaz]

Smells like teen spirit - Nirvana

[CmoantheHibs]

Los Campesinos - you me dancing

[PeeJay]

https://youtu.be/ZzlgJ-SfKYE

[.Sean.]

The Vapors - Turning Japanese

SLF - Alternative Ulster

[Mixu62]

Sproston Green by the charlatans.
Last night by the strokes

[degenerated]

New Rose - the damned

Holiday in Cambodia - dead kennedys

The serenade is dead - conflict

[Northernhibee]

Y Control - Yeah Yeah Yeahs

[CmoantheHibs]

U2 where the streets have no name
Lynyrd skynyrd free bird

[matty_f]

Block Rockin’ Beats - Chemical Brothers
The Only One I Know - Charlatans
Sing - Blur
Rock ‘n’ Roll Star - Oasis (and a shout to Morning Glory as well)
Ring the Bells -James
Strange Ways - Moby
Song 2 - Blur (also Beetlebum)
Enola Gay - OMD
Take On Me - A-Ha

[Ayrshire Hibee]

Circus Games - SkidS

Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedy's

Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Fear of Drowning - British Sea Power

Samaritans - Idles

[Northernhibee]

Circus Games - SkidS

Holiday in Cambodia - Dead Kennedy's

Goodbye Mr MacKenzie - Goodbye Mr Mackenzie

Fear of Drowning - British Sea Power

Samaritans - Idles

Remember Me by British Sea Power is great too.

[Hiber-nation]

Remember Me by British Sea Power is great too.

I was so disappointed at how the song turned out after such an epic intro.

[Hiber-nation]

Circus Games - SkidS



Good shout. Into The Valley would have to be in there as well though.

[cammy1969]

The jam in the city
Or any other jam song they had so many great intros to their songs

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[SneakersO'Toole]

Has to be 'Can't you hear me knocking' by The Rolling Stones.

[weecounty hibby]

Black Sabbath by Black Sabbath. Not only the intro to the 1st song on the 1st album but also to a new type of music. Even if you are not a Sabbath or even heavy rock fan have a listen and you'll get what I mean

[Ayrshire Hibee]

Remember Me by British Sea Power is great too.

Superb band seen them 20 times!

[Ayrshire Hibee]

Good shout. Into The Valley would have to be in there as well though.

Definitely! That bass :-)

[Mibbes Aye]

‘Dreams Burn Down’ by Ride. Shoegazer-tastic.

’(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher’ by Jackie Wilson. An intro where your feet or fingers are tapping within the first bar.

’Get Ready’ by the Temptations. The intro sets you up for a quick-tempo Motown Classic.

‘Electricity’ by OMD. Electropop in fine form.

[Smartie]

‘Dreams Burn Down’ by Ride. Shoegazer-tastic.

’(Your Love Keeps Lifting Me) Higher And Higher’ by Jackie Wilson. An intro where your feet or fingers are tapping within the first bar.

’Get Ready’ by the Temptations. The intro sets you up for a quick-tempo Motown Classic.

‘Electricity’ by OMD. Electropop in fine form.

Good shout with Ride - although I would have gone for "Polar Bear" or "Leave Them All Behind".

Leave Them All Behind is a masterpiece.

[patch1875]

The album version of Bob Marley’s Exodus

[patch1875]

Party Fears Two - The Associates

[Sudds_1]

John im only dancing
When the leveebreaks,whole lotta love

So many more!!!!

[Hibs Class]

My Sharona by The Knack

[YehButNoBut]

She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
20th Century Boy - T Rex
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Du Hast - Rammstein

[CmoantheHibs]

The Cramps - Human Fly
The Damned - New Rose

[patch1875]

Sugar Kane - Sonic Youth

If you like guitars they have so many great intros Thurston Moore is an amazing guitarist.

[BS44]

Don't you want me

Human League

[Pretty Boy]

You Might Think - The Cars

Elliot Easton is one of the most underrated guitarists ever. Some of the licks and riffs of his that you can pick out under the 80s 'noise' are sublime. I felt suitably vindicated a couple of years back when Slash named Easton as one of his favourite guitarists.

Guiding Star - Cast.

Only a few bars but a quality intro.

[Mixu62]

How soon is now - The Smiths.
Love will tear us apart - Joy Division
Leave them all behind - Ride
Rebel Rebel - David Bowie
Thunderstruck - ACDC

[Moulin Yarns]

Oh Well - Fleetwood Mac 42 seconds of a 3 and a half minute song :greengrin

[Pretty Boy]

Dreams - The Cranberries

[G15 Hibs]

Just happened to see the title of this thread while This Charming Man by The Smiths was playing on the radio. Cracking intro and I'm pretty sure we're still allowed to like the Johnny Marr bits.

[bigwheel]

I've brought the playlists up to date...now 11 hours of very varied music...nice one guys.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6k2uOg6Su5euBt9JdwTSB2?si=f36ASJOJTlqWwLPCM9Vyqw

[Mibbes Aye]

Just happened to see the title of this thread while This Charming Man by The Smiths was playing on the radio. Cracking intro and I'm pretty sure we're still allowed to like the Johnny Marr bits.

The Smiths had loads of great intros, not necessarily long ones, but just a really tight sound from, Marr, Rourke and Joyce.

As per Billy Whizz’s post earlier in the thread, there are several Smiths songs I am confident I could name after hearing just the first note. And I can’t remember the last time I listened to them. That probably reflects how talented Marr and John Porter, their producer, were in exploiting sound.

[matty_f]

I've brought the playlists up to date...now 11 hours of very varied music...nice one guys.

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6k2uOg6Su5euBt9JdwTSB2?si=f36ASJOJTlqWwLPCM9Vyqw

Good work!

[G15 Hibs]

The Smiths had loads of great intros, not necessarily long ones, but just a really tight sound from, Marr, Rourke and Joyce.

As per Billy Whizz’s post earlier in the thread, there are several Smiths songs I am confident I could name after hearing just the first note. And I can’t remember the last time I listened to them. That probably reflects how talented Marr and John Porter, their producer, were in exploiting sound.

The first 45 seconds or so of Barbarism Begins at Home is a thing of wonder.

[CmoantheHibs]

Cloudburst - Oasis
Concrete Blonde - Bloodletting

[stantonhibby]

Ceelo Green - Bright Lights Bigger City

[Billy Whizz]

A wee cracker of a song I love, with a great intro is “Young at Heart” by the Bluebells

[Peevemor]

A wee cracker of a song I love, with a great intro is “Young at Heart” by the Bluebells

Good one. Another great "violiny" intro (although a completely different style) is You Are My World by the Communards.

[Billy Whizz]

Good one. Another great "violiny" intro (although a completely different style) is You Are My World by the Communards.

And not dissimilar to Come on Eileen, with another violiny riff

[bigwheel]

And not dissimilar to Come on Eileen, with another violiny riff


must be a "violiny" theme on intros...this one is already on the playlist...have added the others....

[J-C]

Love Spreads - Stone Roses

Anastacia - Slash and Myles Kennedy

[Billy Whizz]

must be a "violiny" theme on intros...this one is already on the playlist...have added the others....

Sorry must have missed it bigwheel, keep up the good work

You just have some classic soul intros you could add

[bigwheel]

Sorry must have missed it bigwheel, keep up the good work

You just have some classic soul intros you could add


tbh - I had too - it was when I tried to add it, it told me it was already there :)

I could add quite a few from the soul side..but actually have enjoyed the eclectic variety so far. Great background listening while home working :)

[Peevemor]

And not dissimilar to Come on Eileen, with another violiny riff


must be a "violiny" theme on intros...this one is already on the playlist...have added the others....

Come on Eileen intro.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believe_Me,_If_All_Those_Endearing_Young_Charms

While we're on Dexy's, the intro to Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven...) is brilliant, especially when the alto sax kicks in. Better than Van Morrison's original simply for the quality of the recording.

[Caversham Green]

I thought Stevie Wonder's Superstition might have got a mention by now.

One I had to dig deep in the memory files for was Robert Plant's Big Log (oo-er Missus?). All I could remember about it was the intro.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k

[Hiber-nation]

Simple and brilliant:

Happy Hour - The Housemartins
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World

Also Feeder have got some crackers, Feeling A Moment maybe the best. Or Seven Days In The Sun.

[The Modfather]

It’s all subjective but here’s a few that get my foot tapping as soon as I hear the intro.

Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
https://youtu.be/_Blyvv9MdjU

One of my favourite songs, Dusty Springfield - Ain’t No Sun Since You’ve Been Gone https://youtu.be/UOcdHBRf0lg

Sure they will have already been mentioned, but Chuck Berry - Rollover Beethoven & Johnny B Goode.

[weecounty hibby]

Ace of Spades - Motorhead

[CmoantheHibs]

Makthaverskan - Vi var manniskor fran borjan
Nirvana - Aneurism

[Frazerbob]

Walking In My Shoes by Depeche Mode
One Step Beyond by Madness

[Alfiembra]

Donna Summer “I feel love”

[matty_f]

The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen.

[Mibbes Aye]

A few other suggestions, based on it being intros.

Europe”The Final Countdown” - cheesemungous but impossible to hear and not dream of being a Scandi bubble-permed astronaut.

Prince “Let’s Go Crazy”. I can already think of a few other shouts when you contemplate his back catalogue.

U2. “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. It is a short intro but so visceral.

Jimi Hendrix - I think “All Along the Watchtower” has been rightly mentioned. “Hey Joe” and “Voodoo Chile” need to be in there too. Hendrix was a fantastic guitarist but his bassist and drummer are probably not given the credit they deserve. The intros to all those tracks are just accomplished, they sound loose but are actually super-tight, musicians on the top of their game working perfectly with each other.

I will slip in a personal favourite or two. I love the intro to “I Believe” by R.E.M., love the whole song TBH, this was just before they became really famous and were still more student-indie than MTV. It was on their album ‘Document’ IIRC, which was followed by ‘Green’ which had ‘Orange Crush’ and other hits and the next album had ‘Losing my Religion’ and they went stratospheric.

And in a complete change of tack, the intros of ‘Chime’ and ‘Belfast’ by Orbital. Hearing the opening notes of either of those takes me to a happy place :greengrin

[Scott Allan Key]

Gimme shelter is good
https://youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os

But it has to be Baba O'Riley

https://youtu.be/x2KRpRMSu4gThose were my two choices, but if you've not heard it I'll give you 'Los Conquistadores Chocolates' by Johnny Hammond from his 'Gears' album. https://youtu.be/oDUfOORmUtw



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[wallpaperman]

Some great choices, could I add ‘Union City Blue’ by Blondie. Great rumbling bass to start with, leading into crashing guitars before Debbie starts singing.

I could name many songs by The Church, but ‘Reptile’ has a great guitar intro from Marty-Willson Piper from the most underrated band of the last 40 years.

[matty_f]

Some great choices, could I add ‘Union City Blue’ by Blondie. Great rumbling bass to start with, leading into crashing guitars before Debbie starts singing.

I could name many songs by The Church, but ‘Reptile’ has a great guitar intro from Marty-Willson Piper from the most underrated band of the last 40 years.
Atomic by Blondie has a really cool intro as well.

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Probably been said but, Do I Wanna Know? By the Arctic Monkeys is immense

https://open.spotify.com/track/5FVd6KXrgO9B3JPmC8OPst?si=1YQJN5NyT82F5yqkSps7BQ

[GreenNWhiteArmy]

Also, Sunshine On Leith

[CropleyWasGod]

There's a YouTube series on the best guitar/bass/piano etc intros of all time. It's a bit heavy on "rawk" IMO, but it's good fun.

https://youtu.be/VqFbwbLQPsc

[Smartie]

Has "Can't stand me now" by The Libertines been mentioned anywhere?

That's a cracker.

[Hiber-nation]

There's a YouTube series on the best guitar/bass/piano etc intros of all time. It's a bit heavy on "rawk" IMO, but it's good fun.

https://youtu.be/VqFbwbLQPsc

Ah, Radiohead's The National Anthem pops up surprisingly amidst all that hard rock....excellent.

[Hiber-nation]

Just remembered another classic - The Flaming Lips' In The Morning Of The Magicians....that bass!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTuKHKIT4w&ab_channel=FlamingLipsMusic

[Mon Dieu4]

There's a YouTube series on the best guitar/bass/piano etc intros of all time. It's a bit heavy on "rawk" IMO, but it's good fun.

https://youtu.be/VqFbwbLQPsc

That guy does great break downs on why certain songs are so good, goes into the way they are recorded and the instruments etc, it's fascinating to see someone who knows what they are talking about go into it all

[StevieT]

The Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden

[Hiber-nation]

The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev....spine tingling.

[Eaststand]

Loving this thread, so many classic songs getting a mention. Another 4 from me,

Barcelona - Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Cabballe
I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Whiter shade of pale - Procul Harem
Waterloo sunset - The Kinks

GGTTH

[Alfiembra]

Heard another classic on the radio this morning.

Bruce Hornsby and the Range - The way it is.


https://youtu.be/GlRQjzltaMQ (https://youtu.be/GlRQjzltaMQ)

[Peevemor]

Another classic. The same note 25 times on a saxophone.

https://youtu.be/FhYaFplWam0

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Perfection

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D1UPY3kQoQ1o&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjwhZK_0-fsAhU7QEEAHfZvDOYQtwIwAHoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3td00X3qOF93LSksW1LxRV

What a great programme Cold Case was for putting old school tunes out there.

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

We have a winner!

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DFmvv3zJwu2s&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwj7qI2d1efsAhVLhlwKHXaRDjMQtwIwAHoECAMQA Q&usg=AOvVaw093j9-NHH5sqDg4gI4nzKB

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Take your pick from the last two.

[Peevemor]

Perfection

https://www.google.com/url?q=https://m.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3D1UPY3kQoQ1o&sa=U&ved=2ahUKEwjwhZK_0-fsAhU7QEEAHfZvDOYQtwIwAHoECAUQAQ&usg=AOvVaw3td00X3qOF93LSksW1LxRV

What a great programme Cold Case was for putting old school tunes out there.Was one of the reasons they stopped making it not that they were having to pay too much in royalties for all the music they used (urban myth maybe)?

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Was one of the reasons they stopped making it not that they were having to pay too much in royalties for all the music they used (urban myth maybe)?

Couldn't tell you mate. 😶