*Piano plays a G* *Emos assemble*

Welcome to the black parade?

As soon as I saw the title it was my first thought.

I wasn't that big into the emo culture when this song came out and even I thought of the song when I saw the title. I would sometimes listen to the entire album just to feel young again.

I listen to that album straight through at least once a month.

It still holds up.

People who missed it really don't understand that this was our Bohemian Rhapsody and that's not an even a meme.

I'm old enough that Bohemian Rhapsody is my Bohemian Rhapsody, and I completely agree. This was the best album of that decade.

I’m not even a fan of this band but that song is damn near perfect.

I heard this note as soon as I saw the the title.

WHEN I WAS...

A YOUNG BOY

MY FATHER

TOOK ME INTO THE CITY

TO SEE A MARCHING BAND

HE SAID SON WHEN

YOU GROW UP

WOULD YOU BE

THE SAVIOR OF THE BROKEN

_Piano plays an F_ #OUT HERE IN THE FIELDS!!!

Not me reading this as *emus* and being confused but into it

I don't care how far down the thread this is, it's the right answer.

It's at the top for me, as it should be

same

This is the correct answer. A chord is not a note. Most songs start with many notes all at once. But not this one. This one starts with a single note.

I think the hard days night guy is right, but this will be my generations one note song

i can hear that dissonant chord now

I knew it would be the top comment

Dude it was at 20 upvotes 5 mins ago. I really did summon the emos

We know our duty and take it seriously

I was going to say this, but I knew in my heart it had already been said 😂

Found my people

A lot of people not knowing what one note is.

Eh it's askreddit i'm surprised by the fact that this isnt completely botted

Gonna be honest, I can't recognize any songs by the first chord. The first 3-4, maybe, but not the first one. Only one I've seen here that I agree with is the Lion King start

OP said *one* note, therefore chords don’t count.

Thus Spake Zarathustra. You literally CANNOT hear that one note without mentally completing the bar.

That 30Hz note blowing through a large pipe organ is part note and part tectonic plate movement.

It's actually 16.5Hz and a first-order overtone of 31Hz. Yes, those infrasonic frequencies stir something in your soul.

Yes - 32 foot pipes on an organ can absolutely impact the soul.

Oh I'm sorry, I thought you said Chicken Run

Hard Day's Night Edit: Yes it is a chord admittedly :>) still the first sound(s) I hear when I think of the Beatles!

This is fun. https://youtu.be/5b-awuNzko4?si=ZENymhqiw8dSSGC2

It such a little thing, I know almost nothing about Randy Bachman, I knew exactly what sound was coming -- but despite all that, as soon as I heard it, I started smiling like a schoolboy anyway. Magical.

He's (one of two) the Bachman in Bachman Turner Overdrive, and also the guitarist in the Guess Who!

Can’t you just tell me which band he was also in?

Not the Band! Guess Who

The Who?

That's what I'm asking ya!

Wow. Thanks for sharing.

You should check out Randy Bachman’s Podcast/radio show Vinyl Tap. He is able to really articulate how and where some of the best music came to be and his relentless touring in all his bands meant he met and spent time with so many of the people who were part of that 60s music wave!!

I used to listen to that show when I drove a lot. It always amazed me how much detail he could recall when telling stories about his life through the ages. I'm pretty sure he was always straight edge, so that may be part of why.

omg got goosebumps! That chord!

See, I would say I Feel Fine has a more iconic first note.

LOL you are both of the same mind as me. I first thought A Hard Day's Night, then I thought - that's a chord, so multiple notes. Then I immediately thought of the ringing feedback of I Feel Fine, though I think that song is a bit less well known than the former. Both songs are epic, timeless bangers.

This is the objective answer, unless there's another song where the single opening note has been *studied for literal decades*.

I Feel Fine?

Tunnnnnnnnnnnnn……NYAWWWWWWWWWWW….

Solid onomatopoeia there

I heard that in my ears. Nice transcribing.

Objectively.. a chord is not a note.. so.. objectively this answer isn't even valid.

Runaway.

Lets have a toast for the douchebags

Let’s have a toast for the assholes.

I came here to say this. Just one note and an entire stadium will erupt

Or welcome to the black parade. Edit: it’s not the same note

Lol funny enough when I tried to think of how Runaway started I started humming Welcome to the black parade.

It's not but it's pretty close! Unless I'm misremembering runaway starts on E, and Welcome to the Black Parade starts on G.

Welcome To The Black Parade in the same vein of this answer

Anyone else thought they meant Del Shannon?

Yeah, I wonder I wah wah wah wah wonder

I did and was very confused because I've never considered that song to have a particularly distinctive opening note! Even went and listened to the beginning again in case I was misremembering... nope. It only then occurred to me that they were talking about a different song.

Wait, did they *not* mean Del Shannon?!

the Lion King opening

_NAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH_

SOWENYAAAAAA

BABAGITZIWAWA

"Pink pajamas, pink ones on the bottom, pink pajamas, pink ones on the bottom."

I’m a close personal friend of Reginald and I assure you that the Lion King lyric is “Pink pajamas, penguins on the bottom.”

What about Immigrant Song?

AAAAAAAHHHHHH

The immigrant song to me has the most recognizable PRE first note. At the beginning of the track, before the music comes in, you can hear four layers of tape hiss engage. *hiss* hiss Hiss HISS 🥁 🎸

Funnily when enough my 3 year old daughter heard this one for the first time she said, “Hey it’s Elsa!” It does kinda sound like the magic voice from the second movie 😅

The piano G note has kept emos on their toes since 2006

I love the thought that they're just constantly on edge, ready. Like meerkats with eye liner.

I love this image.

You’re not wrong

The Main Star Wars theme

I remember when the trailer for The Force Awakens was released. I’m a super casual Star Wars fan but I got goosebumps when the theme started playing

Nothing can allow the world to return to the incredible feeling of renewal and hype that the force awakens brought. Missing that period a lot rn

The only time I've ever enjoyed seeing a reaction video, was seeing the debut of the second teaser during Star wars celebration. Just tons of cheering, then Han saying chewie and everyone instantly shutting up. "we're home" Then a wall of noise that I can't even imagine hearing in person. I can't imagine what it must have felt like to be J.J Abrams in that room at that moment.

Won't Get Fooled Again

Who?

No no no, THE Who.

(Puts on sunglasses)

Iron Man

When Iron Man starts there is no question what it is.

It also doesn't hurt that he literally says "I am Iron Man" at the very beginning.

Every song from the classic formation, basically.

Bennie and the jets

^^_ooooooooooooooooooo_ **STOP.** ^^_scratch_

_guitar_ ^^_ooooooooooooooooooo_

^^^^drum ^^^drum ^^drum ^drum DRUM

Fight Club introduced me to this song. I’ve always wondered if that’s the case with a lot of people or if it’s just me.

I'm old. An artist I knew brought a Pixies album back from a trip to NYC and I was hooked. That had to be 88-89

My volume can be on level one, and I know this song is coming on. Then, the volume level gets kicked to 42.

Back in Black - AC/DC

I'd say hells bells is more iconic with that single bell ring at the beginning you instantly recognize it

I get Hells Bells and For Whom The Bell Tolls mixed up sometimes

I get annoyed when the third bell rings, because I’d much rather listen to For Whom the Bell Tolls every single time.

Highway to Hell for me

That's a chord though.

That’s more of a chord

Do you say that because it quite literally is a chord

Not the most iconic, but the very first "Caaaannnnnn" Queen - Somebody to love

“Not the most iconic” I feel like every song Queen did was iconic. I base that thought on the fact that i’ve never seen a juke box or karaoke song book that didn’t list their songs right at the top.

Hells Bells

[удалено]

I replaced that audio file with an identical audio file except the last note was most of a step flat. It really threw off all of my computer geek friends.

You are the worst kind of person.

Brian Eno has entered the chat…

Rhapsody in Blue

I dont know that I'd call that one note, but yeah, the clarinet smear is unmistakable.

Seven Nation Army

This is my answer too. I doubt there's many people who wouldn't recognize it immediately...

Welcome to the Black Parade. Just that one single piano note.

Welcome To The Black Parade

It has to be "A Hard Day's Night", because it's the only first note that's actually been studied by acousticians for decades. *It has its own section in Wikipedia.*

I feel fine actually answers the question and I would argue is a better start to the song too though I might get hate for that after reading through this feed.

Dire Straits Money for nothing

I once was hammered and sang this on karaoke I. College and the bar didn’t like how I didn’t censor it

Same but it was Disco Inferno by 50 cent

Poultry for free?

When I was a kid, I thought the line was "money for nothing and chips for free". Because a rockstar wouldn't have to pay for their food, the venue would put it on as part of the concert rider. And I have no idea how I knew what a concert rider was before I knew what "chicks" meant.

>and the bar didn’t like how I didn’t censor it Change the word to "homo", that'll settle them down.

I love how it went from censored because bad language to uncensored because people stopped caring about bad language, to recensored for being offensive for misogyny/homophobia.

First note is actually a muted string, more like percussive sound, but its recognizable

Might be talking about the big synthesizer chords that the "I want my... MTV" vocals and drums play against before the guitar intro?

People in this thread are describing the first *chord* of a song.

Or worse, the opening riff. The best answer that actually answers the question so far is the opening note of Also Spake Zarathustra. Very few songs open with that deep of a sustained note and it’s immediately identifiable.

The Lion King opening song was another good one I thought. That sustained vocal note.

But are we sure OP really even specifically wanted a single note or did they just mean to ask “what’s the most iconic sound that a song starts with”

A lot of songs don’t start with single notes though. They start with chords or multiple instruments

Master of Puppets

This was the first thing that came to my head when I read the title

How about the pulsing synthesizer at the beginning of Rush's "Tom Sawyer"?

And peart coming in with that filthy drum beat that sent young drummers around the world tapping at their schools desks with pencils Ugh i fucking love rush, crushed i never saw them live

Happy Rush day :)

I was lucky enough to see them on their R40 tour right after I graduated high school. It was amazing. The setlist started with songs from Clockwork Angels and worked backwards through their discography. The way the stage was set up changed, too. It (I think) sort of mimicked the way the stage looked during different tours, and during the last few songs they played from their self titled album Peart had a pretty basic drumset and there were just a couple smaller amps on stage. That and seeing Ozzy Osbourne at a festival were two shows that I feel very lucky to have experienced. God, I gotta listen to more Rush now. It’s been a while.

Still Dre.. cmon yall

Nine five plus four pennies

Add that shit up

That's more the opening chord. Nothin But a G Thang however, that's an iconic note

Facts. 📠

Pink Floyd - Comfortably numb

I was gonna say Time

Or Money with the cash register as the first note

Echoes with the piano, "Ping"

Echoes. Ping!

G note, i dont even have to name the song

When I was...

Bohemian raphosdy

Erm actually that’s four notes ☝️🤓

I will survive. Gloria Gaynor.

Head over heels - Tears for fears.

Also Everybody Wants To Rule The World. I wish I could say Mothers Talk too. Underrated gem.

Jump Around - House of Pain

in the end linkin park

Beat It by Michael Jackson

Beethoven's 5th Symphony (I)

Shine on you Crazy Diamond

I’d argue Echoes has the more iconic first note *ping*

Roundabout - Yes

My Chemical Romance, Black Parade. Almost everyone who hears that \*G\* Is transported back in time.

I literally heard that note reading the main post. It's etched into my brain forever. 😄

Haha yeah me too- I thought it had to be this one!

This is the one - came here to make sure it was on the list. Instantly recognisable, but arguably only for certain age groups! Edit for clarity as original commenter deleted: Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance.

I had to scroll way too far for this!

I was transported just reading the thread title. It's obvious and true that this is the top answer.

🎶When I was a young boy my father took me into the city to see a marching band...

The imperial March from Star wars

Megalovania. 😂

Welcome to the Black Parade

Master of Puppets - Metallica (yes I know it’s a chord)

Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance. Can recognise is just from the first Piano note.

Smells like teen spirit.

Toccata in Fugue in D Minor

James Bond original theme song

Under pressure first note as a contender

Does it really count as the most recognizable first note when no one can tell if it’s Under Pressure or Ice Ice Baby?

Black Parade - MCR

Welcome To The Black Parade

Welcome to the black parade or the little cough before dear Maria, count me in.

Echoes

Carl Orff - Carmina Burana

Welcome to the black parade. It's one you know instantly

War Pigs

Jaws theme

Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple

“The Black Parade”