Let's post rock songs that start out slow....

[BrendaBrick]

and eventually build up & end up really kicking it:

I'll start with two:

Rolling Stones: Midnight Rambler:

Second: Foghat: Slow Ride - extended version (a most under-rated song & band, imo!)

(OK - freebird goes without saying....just trying to be a little original here ~)

[RZM]

1. Here are a couple

Nirvana, 'D-7'

Hum, 'Stars'

[BrendaBrick]

26. Interesting. New material I was not aware of. Thanks.

[Iggo]

2. FREEBIRD!!!

[BrendaBrick]

27. But of course.... :-)

[bluesbassman]

4. Space Station #5 - Montrose

[BrendaBrick]

28. New one for me - I like it.

[bluesbassman]

5. Green Grass and High Tides - The Outlaws

This one's got about four gears. Just like a 1970 SS Chevelle, which would be nice to be cruising down the highway in with this tune blaring out of the speakers.

[BrendaBrick]

29. Forgot all about this one..........

thanks for the classic reminder!

[Swede]

6. The Who - Behind Blue Eyes

[BrendaBrick]

30. Exceptionally profound (and I would add - least understood) lyrics....

[nolabear]

7. The original Proud Mary, of course.

WHOOEE!

[BrendaBrick]

31. Great extended link nolabear!!!!

...and what - no standing ovation after all of that energy???????

[guitar man]

8. Highway Song

By Blackfoot

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[BrendaBrick]

32. EXCELLENT CHOICE!!!!!!!!

towards the very end, I did detect more than a few licks reminiscent of Freebird...or the other way around. Slightly. Good one!

[Art_from_Ark]

9. Elton John-- Funeral for a Friend

[graywarrior]

21. My favorite!

[BrendaBrick]

33. Oh gawd.....

I had the biggest crush on Elton (aka - Reginald Dwight) when I was younger. Excellent montage of all his magnificent stages. Thanks for posting.

[Doc_Technical]

10. Stairway to Gilligan's Island.

Moody Blues- We're just a singer in a rock and roll band

Camel- Lunar Sea

[BrendaBrick]

34. little bit *out there* for my tastes....but I'm down with it ~

[bluesbassman]

11. Gallows Pole - Led Zeppelin

[BrendaBrick]

35. Lawdy - I forgot all about this one!!!!!!!!!!!

Classic. Thanks for the reminder!!!!

[progressoid]

12. Aztec Camera's cover of Jump.

[BrendaBrick]

36. LOVE the pops & creeks of an LP recording....

adds everything to amazing lyrics. New to me - thanks. Kicks butt at the end - doesn't it? Love it. Had to crank this one way up towards the end. Where oh where did you ever find this hidden jewel?????

[progressoid]

60. I heard it on college radio back in the 80's.

I wasn't really a huge fan of either Van Halen or Aztec Camera but I really liked that song. I probably still have a cassette of it somewhere.

[eShirl]

13. Yes - I've Seen All Good People

[Systematic Chaos]

15. This Yes gem takes a while to go from near zero to completely insane...

...but it's worth the experience.

[BrendaBrick]

37. YES.........

indeed. Good choice.

[Systematic Chaos]

14. I can think of a few.

Gentle Giant -- I Lost My Head

Starts out typical GG Medieval instrumentation and arrangement and then goes balls out halfway through.

Rush -- In the End

One of their best early songs, IMHO.

Van der Graaf Generator -- Man-Erg

The entire Pawn Hearts album is among the best in all of progressive rock. Very experimental and intense.

[BrendaBrick]

43. Ummmm - very intersting posts

most I have never heard from before. thanks.

[Motown_Johnny]

57. I can see what you mean,

it just takes me longer

[cyberswede]

16. "I'm Sick of You" - Iggy & The Stooges

[BrendaBrick]

44. Head-banging good times

...especially that last minute or so.....awesome. New one to me. Thanks for sharing!

[AsahinaKimi]

17. KURANAI ~X-JAPAN

JUST LOVE THIS!!!!!!! YAY

[BrendaBrick]

45. OMG - this absolutetly ROCKS!!!!

So fortunate to be privy to the wonderful acts in other parts of the world!!!!!!!!!!

[Populist_Prole]

64. Yes yes! Thanks

Great rousing music from a band I've never heard of before.

[HopeHoops]

18. "Here we go again."

My wife and I always start slow dancing to it and just keep on slow dancing through the fast parts. Hey, anything for a slow dance.

[pipi_k]

19. Blasts from the past...

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[BrendaBrick]

48. really interesting pipa_k

First one was like, meh - OK. (To be completely honest.) The second one, I was really grovin' on. Then - what the heck happened after 6:40? Went blank. Oh well, such is life I suppose...every here and there...

Flat-lining...then again - if you're privy to that in the first place...kind of, sort of, ya got a second chance - ya follow...if ya finally cross the finish line and make it to that next.... course!!!

[Populist_Prole]

20. Judas Priest 'Beyond the Realms of Death'

Priest in their best era

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[BrendaBrick]

51. Lawd have mercy - that most incredible....driving..... force.

Crank it up. Sorry ya'll. (shrug) I really and truly surely support each and everyone's contribution....thus far. For Real. It really and truly has all been good ~ And...ya know, there have been some really good ones.....but this one, ya'll - THIS ONE - really fricking takes the cake.

Listened to it now - like - what? 4 times.

Judas Priest - "Beyond the Realms of Death"

......kicks fricking a** ya'll!!!!!!!!!!!!

Really, sad that this classic is not more well known....you know?

[BrendaBrick]

53. many thanks to Populist Prole for sharing this exclusive and ellusive jewel/song...for all to enjoy!

[Bennyboy]

22. That is the Grateful Dead's specialty.....

Stella Blue

Comes A Time:

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Morning Dew:

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Jack Straw:

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[MiddleFingerMom]

23. Dave Matthews Band - All Along the Watchtower - Folsom Fields

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[BrendaBrick]

55. NOT the original.....

but not bad either ~

[progressoid]

63. +1

[IcyPeas]

24. Bolero, Emerson Lake and Palmer

[Systematic Chaos]

39. ELP really did a lot with a simple concept with this one.

I love how they keep adding layers upon layers with this track, until it's a total shitstorm of cool at the end.

[IcyPeas]

76. yes, you could almost call it systematic chaos

loved ELP

[BrendaBrick]

56. A real stretch....

but most folks, I would venture to say had no idea about them. They were surely in a league of their own! Waaaaaaaaaay ahead of their time.

[Arugula Latte]

25. Live -- Lightning crashes

I can never decide if I like this song or if it find it too annoying.

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[Systematic Chaos]

40. I really like it.

Alternative came along and brought me back to listening to current radio after top-40 took a massive shit along about 1988.

Too bad it didn't last beyond the late 90s, really.

[BrendaBrick]

58. yeah. I know what you mean.....bordeline *irratating* alright....

Has some good points to it - but overall, I dunno....really, sort of, falls flat in the end.

[boston bean]

38. Bohemian Rhapsody

[Systematic Chaos]

42. Ah yeah, such a classic!

I'm not sure how the hell I forgot it, honestly.

And the same can be said about 'We Will Rock You/We Are the Champions', although that one starts intense, then dips way down before another huge crescendo, so I'm not sure if it counts, but here it is anyway:

[BrendaBrick]

61. kick-ass, heart-wrenching, honest classical stuff.......

Classic. In all shapes & forms imaginable....

[Nye Bevan]

41. Runaround Sue nt

[amerikat]

46. Boz Scaggs Loan Me a Dime

With Duane Allman on lead guitar.

[ElboRuum]

47. War Pigs - Black Sabbath

[kentauros]

49. Emergency Broadcast Network

If you watch those all the way through, I waive responsibility for any resulting mental distress

[Shrek]

50. "Party" by Boston n/t

[HughBeaumont]

52. Surprised no one's mentioned two obvious greats: One Pre- and one Post- . . .

. . . Gabriel, that is.

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[bluesbassman]

54. Sorry amerikat, didn't see your post. Here's a replacement, Meadows by Joe Walsh

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Little bit different as the slow, or more accurately mellow, part is in the middle.

Great choice BTW on "Loan Me A Dime" amerikat.

[yankeepants]

59. American Pie by Don Mclean

Anybody got a link?

[Motown_Johnny]

62. "Stairway to Heaven" seems the most obvious choice

"Gallows Pole" is another good one

here is one that starts slow and finishes strong, maybe not exactly what you were looking for but still a great song

[TBF]

79. Blue Oyster Cult

this one's for you guitar man -

[WhoIsNumberNone]

65. Krokus- Playin' the Outlaw

[WhoIsNumberNone]

66. Voivod- The Unknown Knows

[WhoIsNumberNone]

67. Black Sabbath- Megalomania

[WhoIsNumberNone]

68. The Butthole Surfers- Who Was in My Room Last Night? (Album Version)

[WhoIsNumberNone]

69. Jane's Addiction- Ted, Just Admit It...

[WhoIsNumberNone]

70. sHEAVY- Electric Sleep

(Demo version often hoaxed as lost Black Sabbath track)

[Systematic Chaos]

71. Another amazing late 70s prog rock suite which builds wonderfully throughout:

UK -- Carrying No Cross

Soon after this album, John Wetton would leave UK to form Asia.

[dana_b]

72. not a rocker, but "Try A Little Tenderness"

is the first one that came to my mind.

[lastlib]

73. "Suite: Madame Blue"!! (Styx)

"Gaze at your looking glass, you're not a child any more!...
So, dressed inyour jewels, you made your own rules,
You called for the world...and more...Heaven's doo-oo-oor"

[lastlib]

74. "Ridin' the Storm out"!! (REO Speedwagon)

Or, "A Man I'll Never Be" (Boston) -- luv that tune!

[lastlib]

75. "Comfortably Numb"

Ends with one of the best guitar riffs ever recorded.

[Arugula Latte]

77. Not really a "rock" song, but in honor of Donna Summer ... "Last Dance"

[Sweet Freedom]

78. Well dang, Midnight Rambler was my first choice

How about Salt of the Earth....