Theme piece openings

[Ram27]

Or general openers by the band, how they first come out on stage. how do you feel about each era?

MCIS era was perfect imo - this sad, nostalgic, familiar piano played over the PA set the tone as the band came out for WBFTT

SD and gish i believe it was just house music playing, then they'd walk onstage and play

pale scales was excellent

acoustic intros are bad [machina and post-reunion], excluding of course the pajama shows, which weren't intros so much as separate sets

[Reyngel]

Machina had Aphex Twin for the house PA music to set the scene, and that would blend into the “Where would we be without content?” atmospheric thing looped into them beginning to play.

The 97 era had them playing that Yard Birds “Glimpses” instrumental.

And weren’t there a bunch of SD era shows that had circus music over the PA before they launched into some rocker?

[New Art Rioter]

Suspiria in 2007 was pretty good too

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by Ram27

MCIS era was perfect imo - this sad, nostalgic, familiar piano played over the PA set the tone as the band came out for WBFTT

even prior to mellon collie there was a beautiful operatic piece that played before the house lights went off

there was a thread about it from long ago. i’ll see if i can find it. i think someone was able to identify the piece

[Shallowed]

Pink Elephants on Parade in 1992

[cork_soaker]

Originally Posted by cork_soaker

even prior to mellon collie there was a beautiful operatic piece that played before the house lights went off

there was a thread about it from long ago. i’ll see if i can find it. i think someone was able to identify the piece

thread

[jakobtheliar]

Symphony of Sorrowful Songs. Henryk Gorecki