The Sound Of Sirens

[Land Waster]

Your favourite songs which feature the sound of police/ambulance/fire brigade/air raid sirens, usually in their intros.

What would Ghost Town be without that wail of siren and strong gust of wind? Likewise, imagine White Riot without that opening burst of police siren.

Here's a lesser known one, perhaps. Midnight Oil.

https://youtu.be/-DPQwofAu2s

[Sean of the Shed]

The Sound Of Sirens

There's a Kim Jong-Il sings Simon and Garfunklel joke to be made with regard to that thread title.

[Sean of the Shed]

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War Pigs by Black Sabbath and Two Tribes by Frankie Goes To Hollywood, two songs with air raid sirens at the start.

[Amor de Cosmos]

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Riot in Cell Block No.9 — The Robins (Coasters)

Springsteen used to use sirens to conclude Incident on 57th Street

As heard live from the Main Point in early 1975. Sirens appear during the final minute, but you'll cheat yourself if you don't listen to the whole thing. The violin is gorgeous.

[Incandenza]

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The Sweet - Blockbuster

[evilC]

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Tubeway Army - 'Bombers'

[G-Man]

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R. Dean Taylor - Indiana Wants Me

[Jah Womble]

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Babylon's Burning - The Ruts

[IronSeaPower]

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British Sea Power - Atom.
Air raid siren, hand cranked, at the end.

It made several appearances at gigs too until it broke and was flung off the stage at a gig at the National History Museum.

[dalliance]

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And yet there are no sirens that I can remember in Song to the Siren.

[Ray de Galles]

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More of an intro than a song but 'Countdown to Armageddon' by Public Enemy :

"London, England. Consider yourself...warned!

Later nicked by the Manics for 'Repeat', of course.

[Jah Womble]

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Whenever I hear that US-style police siren (which seems to be more and more often these days), I'm given an earworm of the intro to Odyssey's Native New Yorker.

[MsD]

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They're Coming To Take Me Away ..

[Levin]

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Daft Punk - Revolution 909

There is also a siren in a György Kurtág piece I want to say Songs of Despair and Sorrow or Four Poems by Anna Akhmatova. I'll have to check.

[Various Artist]

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IronSeaPower wrote: British Sea Power - Atom.
Air raid siren, hand cranked, at the end. It made several appearances at gigs too until it broke and was flung off the stage at a gig at the National History Museum.

That's the most middle-class rock 'n' roll kit destruction I've ever heard of. Nothing so commonplace as smashing your guitars or chucking TVs out of hotel windows for BSP. Outstanding.

[Jah Womble]

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The fact that it was at the NHM makes it even better. I'd like to think that someone in the crowd cried 'corks!'

[Heatwaving Not Drowning]

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https://youtu.be/obfFc-eMI8s

[Heatwaving Not Drowning]

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https://youtu.be/3jKBMm0V3Hc

[Excitable boy]

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Dizzee Rascal - Sirens

[Alderman Barnes]

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13th Floor Elevators - Fire Engine

[Gangster Octopus]

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Sonic Attack - Hawkwind

[tee rex]

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Possible spin-off thread: songs that you think have sirens, or should have, but don't.

Like 10cc "Rubber Bullets". Having said that, now I'll have to go and check ...

[tee rex]

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Wrong. One second of sirens, two minutes in.

New spin-off thread: songs that you think should have sirens but don't, but do ...

[Land Waster]

The Sound Of Sirens

I'm building up a nice playlist now. Cheers everyone.