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Title: Best Song Intros..
Post by: midnight Target on March 15, 2008, 09:35:45 PM
I love a rock song with a cool intro, one of my favorites is Roundabout (the live version). There are a few out there though that are really definitive:

Jumping Jack Flash
Spirit in the Sky (Norman Greenbaum)
Born to be Wild
Purple Haze
Pinball Wizard
Money For Nothing

just to name a few.

Any more?
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: gpwurzel on March 15, 2008, 09:45:20 PM
Sweet child of mine - gets me every time.....

While my guitar gently weeps - Jeff Healey
Big Log - Robert Plant
Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore

Loads more of them, but I'm way to lazy to type em all out.

Wurzel
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: NUKE on March 15, 2008, 09:47:12 PM
Money (Pink Floyd)
Hotel California (the live acoustic version and the original studio version)



Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: storch on March 15, 2008, 10:03:58 PM
my wave soundgarden
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: AKIron on March 15, 2008, 10:14:28 PM
You guys already got the ones that first spring to mind. How about:

inagaddaavida

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzjOzjoF8Yg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JzjOzjoF8Yg)


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: LePaul on March 15, 2008, 10:16:41 PM
"I need a girl who wont drive me crazy" John Mellencamp
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: midnight Target on March 15, 2008, 10:18:16 PM
Good ones.. just thought of

Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: AKIron on March 15, 2008, 10:23:12 PM
Another good one:

Dream On

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNzEQ8hG1zA&feature=related
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: NUKE on March 15, 2008, 10:23:53 PM
Definetley, Rocky Mountain Way, good one

Made me think of:

Life's Been Good, Joe Walsh. That guy just kicks butt on guitar.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: gpwurzel on March 15, 2008, 10:24:32 PM
More obscure (and I love this peice of music)

Rumba Clar de Luna - Gustavo Montesano


Wurzel
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: lasersailor184 on March 15, 2008, 10:27:33 PM
Bright Lights Keep Shining, Comeback Kid.  The opening riff is awesome and very easy to (begin to) rock out to.

Unfortunately, it drops off from there for the song.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: AKIron on March 15, 2008, 10:28:11 PM
This one's all intro:

Flight of the Valkyries

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jf-qrA4TxfI
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Dace on March 15, 2008, 10:30:18 PM
Have A Cigar - Pink Floyd
Live Wire - ACDC
It's a Long Way to the Top (If You Wanna Rock & Roll) - ACDC
Into the Void - Black Sabbath
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
Andy - Frank Zappa and The Mothers
...And Justice For All - Metallica
Battery - Metallica
Have You Heard - Bluesbreakers
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: xNOVAx on March 15, 2008, 10:31:31 PM
A few from my list of music I like..

L.A. Woman - The Doors
Mother - Danzig
Keep Hope Alive - The Crystal Method
The End of Heartache - Killswitch Engage
Misty Mountain Top - Led Zeppelin
Are you gonna go my way? - Lenny Kravitz
My Jekyll Doesnt Hide - Ozzy
Cemetary Gates - Pantera
Black - Sevendust
Down - Stone Temple Pilots
Sober - Tool
Baba O'Reiley - The Who
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Mustaine on March 15, 2008, 10:32:55 PM
Superstition - Stevie Wonder

What I say - Ray Charles

Cherub Rock - Smashing Pumpkins

Alive - Pearl Jam

Remedy - Black Crowes

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: SOB on March 15, 2008, 10:37:21 PM
For Those About To Rock - AC/DC
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: SLCR on March 15, 2008, 10:41:16 PM
The Aaaaaaahhhhhhh's have it!

IMMIGRANT SONG - Led Zeppelin

"Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh...
Aaaaaaahhhhhhhhh...
We come from the land of the ice and snow,
from the midnight sun where the hot springs blow."


 :rock

 

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Rollins on March 15, 2008, 10:41:39 PM
Rusty Cage-Soundgarden
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ChT3AJAwGo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ChT3AJAwGo)

I Never Cared for You- Willie Nelson
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diX4LPC8qlQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diX4LPC8qlQ)

Jordan-Buckethead
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-woe3SCAaA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-woe3SCAaA)

Just a few off the top of my head.  I always love Tool intros though.

And great call on The Who- Baba O'Riley.  My fave.  :aok

EDIT: How could I forget the MAN?!

Liar-Rollins
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vgQalXaIxs&feature=related (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vgQalXaIxs&feature=related)  :D


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: midnight Target on March 15, 2008, 10:52:46 PM
Sweet Home Alabama... Turn it up!

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Motherland on March 15, 2008, 11:19:18 PM
I like the intro to Whole Lotta Love by Led Zeppelin myself.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Mustaine on March 15, 2008, 11:42:15 PM
Just a request to the original question, Led Zeppelin made so many amazing songs and Jimmy wrote so many things they should be removed from the available list at hand  :rock
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Holden McGroin on March 16, 2008, 12:16:54 AM
How about dueling banjos?

5 notes and you know what's up.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: NUKE on March 16, 2008, 12:20:04 AM
How about dueling banjos?

5 notes and you know what's up.

That's hard to top, as far as instant recognition goes.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: GodinagreyHoody on March 16, 2008, 12:26:53 AM
Broon's bane/The Trees  Rush

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kqg1IbZm_sQ&feature=related
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Masherbrum on March 16, 2008, 12:28:24 AM
A few that come to mind:

Shine on you Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) - Pink Floyd
Echoes - Pink Floyd
The Gold it's in the.. - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Achilles Last Stand - Zeppelin
When the Levee Breaks - Zeppelin
Wearing and Tearing - Zeppelin
Celebration Day - Zeppelin
Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Stones
Star, Star - Stones
Crazy Mama - Stones
Rocks Off - Stones
Let it Loose - Stones
Jailbreak - AC/DC
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Hotel California - Eagles
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Telegram Sam - T. Rex
Get it on (Bang a Gong) - T. Rex
Richard III - Supergrass
Unglued - STP
Crackerman - STP
Helter Skelter - The Beatles
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
The Show Must Go on - Queen
Time - Bowie
Born on the Bayou - CCR
Baby Blue - Badfinger
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Animal - Pearl Jam
This Is Shangrila - Mother Love Bone
Last - Nine Inch Nails
Smack my B**ch Up - The Prodigy
Mr Tinkertrain - Ozzy
Wherever I may Roam - Metallica
Baba O' Reilly - The Who
Superbeast - Rob Zombie
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Running With the Devil - Van Halen
Love Song - Tesla


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Latrobe on March 16, 2008, 12:34:50 AM
I just can't get enough of "Planet Hell" intro by Nightwish. Love Jukka's drumming, Nightwish rules!  :rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WPtVAAxUE
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Masherbrum on March 16, 2008, 12:35:19 AM
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purple (I realize it's over played, but you know what it is when you hear it)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Holden McGroin on March 16, 2008, 12:41:19 AM
How about dueling banjos?

5 notes and you know what's up.

'course Beehtoven's 5th symphony does it with four.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Slash27 on March 16, 2008, 02:10:12 AM
Flirtin' With Disaster- Molly Hatchet
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: rpm on March 16, 2008, 02:23:41 AM
Altho cliche, I always thought Stairway To Heaven and Freebird had the best intros. :rock
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Mr No Name on March 16, 2008, 04:13:58 AM
So many of my very top faves have already been named... I will try not to repeat.....

Would?  -  Alice In Chains

Beautiful Girls  -  Van Halen

Smooth Up In Ya - Bullet Boys

Sex Type Thing  -  STP

Lips 'N' Hips  -  Electric Boys

Devil Inside - INXS


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: AWMac on March 16, 2008, 05:00:03 AM
Riders On The Storm - Doors
Rust Never Sleeps - Neil Young
Hotel Califonria - Eagles
La Grange - ZZ Top
The Wizard - Uriah Heep
If I Saw You In Heaven - Eric Clapton
Shine On You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd

Just a few off the top of my head.

Mac
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Rollins on March 16, 2008, 05:08:55 AM
A few that come to mind:

Shine on you Crazy Diamond (Parts I-V) - Pink Floyd
Echoes - Pink Floyd
The Gold it's in the.. - Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd
Achilles Last Stand - Zeppelin
When the Levee Breaks - Zeppelin
Wearing and Tearing - Zeppelin
Celebration Day - Zeppelin
Can't You Hear Me Knockin' - Stones
Star, Star - Stones
Crazy Mama - Stones
Rocks Off - Stones
Let it Loose - Stones
Jailbreak - AC/DC
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Hotel California - Eagles
She Sells Sanctuary - The Cult
Telegram Sam - T. Rex
Get it on (Bang a Gong) - T. Rex
Richard III - Supergrass
Unglued - STP
Crackerman - STP
Helter Skelter - The Beatles
Tie Your Mother Down - Queen
The Show Must Go on - Queen
Time - Bowie
Born on the Bayou - CCR
Baby Blue - Badfinger
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Animal - Pearl Jam
This Is Shangrila - Mother Love Bone
Last - Nine Inch Nails
Smack my B**ch Up - The Prodigy
Mr Tinkertrain - Ozzy
Wherever I may Roam - Metallica
Baba O' Reilly - The Who
Superbeast - Rob Zombie
Bitter Sweet Symphony - The Verve
Running With the Devil - Van Halen
Love Song - Tesla




 :aok
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Nilsen on March 16, 2008, 08:01:47 AM
Sweet child of mine - gets me every time.....
Wurzel

there are so many, but this one has to be one of the best
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Xargos on March 16, 2008, 08:14:32 AM
Screaming in the Night - Krokus (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OPJND0fl0-A)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: DrDea on March 16, 2008, 08:35:12 AM
 Honky tonk Woman  Stones.
 Echoes                  Floyd
 Working man           Rush
 Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughn  :aok
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Treize69 on March 16, 2008, 08:45:45 AM
Hot for Teacher. I'm a drum nut.  :aok
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: bj229r on March 16, 2008, 09:30:56 AM
Lazy--Deep Purple--nuff said.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Skuzzy on March 16, 2008, 09:48:03 AM
Gimme Some Lovin: Spencer Davis Group/Blues Brothers
We won't be fooled again: The Who
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: LePaul on March 16, 2008, 09:57:49 AM
I just can't get enough of "Planet Hell" intro by Nightwish. Love Jukka's drumming, Nightwish rules!  :rock

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-WPtVAAxUE

Ooooh very cool, just grabbed it on iTunes.

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Treize69 on March 16, 2008, 10:04:14 AM
How about dueling banjos?

5 notes and you know what's up.

Actually its intro is the two players tuning up, the famous five notes are several rejoinders in.

God I need a life.


Actually, if you wanna talk WWII era music, "Song of India" is a great one too.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: storch on March 16, 2008, 10:06:49 AM
Honky tonk Woman  Stones.
 Echoes                  Floyd
 Working man           Rush
 Anything by Stevie Ray Vaughn  :aok
yes on honky tonk women
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Sombra on March 16, 2008, 10:27:52 AM
Close to the Edge - Yes (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNJJPEN-bp0)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Flatbar on March 16, 2008, 10:36:13 AM
Ike and Tina

Proud Mary
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: DREDIOCK on March 16, 2008, 11:10:15 AM
baba O Riley --The Who
Tush -- ZZ Top
American Woman -The Guess Who
Bad to the Bone --George Thorogood


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: MoeRon on March 16, 2008, 11:30:31 AM
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k40m7oxgXbY (http://youtube.com/watch?v=k40m7oxgXbY)




for you old timers out there.... :rock :rock :rock
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: CpMorgan on March 16, 2008, 11:56:38 AM
How bout,

Get Over It- Eagles
Strange Brew- Cream
Southbound- Allman Brothers
Cat Scratch Fever- Ted Nughent

 :rock
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Cypher on March 16, 2008, 12:27:02 PM
The first that come to mind are

Carusel-Blink 182 :rock
rock me like a hurricane-Scorpions :rock
one-Metllica :rock
stormtroopin-Ted nugent :rock


That's all that i can think of right off the bat. well, that have yet to be named (I think)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Blooz on March 16, 2008, 12:32:04 PM
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: storch on March 16, 2008, 12:54:23 PM
Can't You See - Marshall Tucker Band
yup another goody
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: LEDPIG on March 16, 2008, 01:12:27 PM


The Intro to Enter Sandman i always liked.. when i first heard that song i thought hmmm this is going to be interesting.

The way they construct the main guitar riff of the song note by note in the intro itself. If your a guitar player and you know how to play the song you'll know what i mean. The whole song is basically written around one scale.

The intro to Smells like teen Spirit is one of the most dank, dirgy, depressive, things i've ever heard. Very foreshadowing of whats to come.

As for intros i've got some pretty cool ones myself.....

Check out my song "Pig Killer'

http://www.myspace.com/groovegrinder
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: ChickenHawk on March 16, 2008, 01:29:12 PM
Boston - Foreplay/Long Time (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URrJTSHkS1w)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: CyranoAH on March 16, 2008, 02:15:46 PM
Come with me - P. Diddy (it's actually Kashmir from Led Zeppelin, but this opening is much more powerful)

http://www.goear.com/listen.php?v=766c15c

Daniel
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: C(Sea)Bass on March 16, 2008, 02:44:59 PM
Blue Monday - Orgy
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Phnld-XX0tM

Master of Puppets - Metallica with the San Fransico Symphony :rock
http://youtube.com/watch?v=m2Bg3tLUlJk
(pretty much any of the S&M songs work. Fuel, No Leaf Clover, One, etc..)

squeak (accoustic)- Sevendust
http://youtube.com/watch?v=l73vMSWzQhc


Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: SteveBailey on March 16, 2008, 03:09:26 PM
Eruption as the intro to You Really got Me    Van Halen

Kickstart my Heart       MC


I need a lover   Mellenkamp ( I know.. already mentioned)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: mentalguy on March 16, 2008, 03:28:23 PM
guns & roses - knocking on heavens door
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: DrDea on March 16, 2008, 06:32:27 PM
 Unskinny Bop   Poison

http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=5511888
 Gotta love CC's intro on the vid :rofl
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: FBplmmr on March 16, 2008, 07:05:22 PM
Children of the sun-Billy Thorpe
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: DrDea on March 16, 2008, 07:29:13 PM
 Ah yes.Thats a classic :aok
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Blooz on March 17, 2008, 08:28:32 PM
Wildfire - Michael Murphy
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: SuBWaYCH on March 17, 2008, 09:11:45 PM
Foreplay/Long Time - Boston
Through the Fire and Flames - Dragonforce
Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who
 
and lastly......

Don't Fear the Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: tokenjo on March 17, 2008, 10:41:31 PM


Disturbed - Down with the sickness. 

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Tuesday's Gone (like the Metallica re-mix to)

Ted Nughents - Great White Buffulo and Stangle Hold.



Got digital drums cheapies costco over the Winter... hooked up to a amp ... usually, use them durring a long climb out ... kill some time... love the drums ...  YYZ

Token
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Mini D on March 17, 2008, 11:38:03 PM
Road to Nowhere - Talking Heads
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Dux on March 17, 2008, 11:49:38 PM
Who remembers Lunatic Fringe? :)

Red Rider's only hit.


Eminence Front by the Who is a good intro, too.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Hajo on March 18, 2008, 03:37:12 AM
Gimme Shelter    The Stones

Itty bitty Pretty one  (an oldie but goody I can't remember the artist)
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Barnes828 on March 18, 2008, 08:01:21 AM
Carry On my Wayward Son - Kansas
Hells Bells - AC/DC
La Grange - ZZ Top
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
I Don't ant To Stop - Ozzy
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Crossroads - Cream
On the Road Again - Canned Heat
Big Bad John - The Charlie Daniels Band
The Devil Went down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Thruster on March 18, 2008, 09:16:02 AM
"This band has come all the way down from an acid trip just to play for you.....
Would you please welcome......Crack The Sky"

Hold On - Crack The Sky- Live Sky

It's the Elmer Fudd voice that makes it stick.
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: loser on March 18, 2008, 03:06:07 PM
Generator - Bad Religion


hehehehe :devil
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Blooz on March 18, 2008, 05:48:12 PM
sorry...thought I had another...already been said
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: BOXGIRL on March 20, 2008, 03:02:35 PM
~Fake it~ Seether

~Ring of Fire~ Johnny Cash

just 2 of my favorites
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Furious on March 20, 2008, 03:48:45 PM
Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

How Soon Is Now - The Smiths

Unsung - Helmet

Papa Don't Take No Mess - James Brown

Teenage Wasteland - The Who

I Confess - English Beat
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Furball on March 20, 2008, 03:59:43 PM
AC/DC - I love rock and roll
Queen - Another one bites, Bohemien rhapsody, We will rock you, Don't stop me now, Fat bottomed girls (actually, pretty much anything by queen)
Supergrass - King richard III
rolling stones-  Satisfaction
Arctic Monkeys - Brainstorm
Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: storch on March 20, 2008, 04:46:32 PM
money talks AC/DC
Title: Re: Best Song Intros..
Post by: Mustaine on March 20, 2008, 06:05:28 PM
Teenage Wasteland - The Who

Umm

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baba_O'Riley

It just Irks me when people mis-name a song.