Best Intro To A Song

[bouffy]

minipower said:

'voodoo child' by Jimi Hendrix. The intro just tells you, you are about to hear a master at work.

Sounds awesome as the Yanks drive / fly out to Mogadishu at the beginning of Black Hawk Down...a perfect choice of track, I'd say.

[andymadmak]

Some other great intros (apologies if already mentioned)

TV is king - The tubes
Walk this way - Run DMC/Aerosmith
Do Ya! - Electric Light Orchestra
Highway Star - Deep Purple
Down Down - Status Quo
You aint seen nothin yet - Bachman Turner Overdrive (not arf!)
Brontosaurus - The Move
Whole Lotta Rosie - AC/DC
Pump it up! - Elvis Costello

Andy

[slikk]

Cant be ar$ed to look back.

Layla

[caro]

Many, many brilliant intros mentioned on here, so I'll add one instead of repeating -
The Doobie Brothers - China Grove.

ps how did we get this far before Layla came in?

[fido]

slikk said:

Cant be ar$ed to look back.
Layla

me neither. it's got the best ending as well (nice Piano).

[love machine]

Mack the Knife by Jimmy Smith,

Bass line with his feet a few soft chords before he fully launches into the ice rink style hammond. ing awesome

[twit]

3 come to mind...

Vagabonds - New Model Army - Classic stomp and top song!
Prime Mover - Zodiac Mindwarp - All time classic 'Listen here wolfchild...'
Beaver patrol - Poppies - Another dance enducing classic

[toastboy]

I would've thought the Chain by Fleetwood Mac would be popular here.

[shouldbworking]

For pure cheese value -

On a hot summer night, would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Will he offer me his mouth?
Yes!
Will he offer me his teeth?
Yes!
Will he offer me his jaws?
Yes!
Will he offer me his hunger?
Yes!
Again, will he offer me his hunger?
Yes!
And will he starve without me?
Yes!
And does he love me?
Yes!
Yes!
On a hot summer night would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?
Yes!
I bet you say that to all the boys'

Meat Loaf - You took the words right out of my mouth

[lightningghost]

I Feel Fine - The Beatles
Baby Come Home - American Hi-Fi
Sweet Child O' Mine
Layla - Derek and the Dominos
Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine - Killers

[pombstard]

Just re-read the original post (bizarre moment, I know) and I reckon we ought to include

Step On - Happy Mondays
Paint It Black - Rolling Stones
Wonderwall - Oasis

and

Baggy Trousers - Madness

[TheDarkSide]

toastboy said:

I would've thought the Chain by Fleetwood Mac would be popular here.

Not if we're only judging the intro...

Lots of good suggestions here though. I'll add the Stones' Jumpin' Jack Flash for consideration.

[dinkel]

Magic Man - Heart

[Fat Audi 80]

You are all wrong!

Goldie - Timeless (Album version )

Faithless - Insomnia

BassHeads - Is there anybody out there?

Can a Mod padlock this now please?

[ferg]

toastboy said:

I would've thought the Chain by Fleetwood Mac would be popular here.

If you are referring to it's F1 connotations, that's not it's intro.....

[onomatopoeia]

toastboy said:

I would've thought the Chain by Fleetwood Mac would be popular here.

The famous bit is the end, not the intro. The rest of the song is rather different.

[900T-R]

BossCerbera said:

gretchen said:

New Order - Blue Monday...

Good choice.

Apart from that, no one mentioned Faithless - 'God Is A DJ' yet, so I just did.

[ErnestM]

Black Dog by Zeppelin

Hey, hey, mama, said the way you move, gonna make you sweat, gonna make you groove

que guitar rift


ErnestM

[ahhh moneypenny]

Is this the world we created By Queen:

Just look at all those hungry mouths we have to feed
Take a look at all the suffering we breed
So many lonely faces scattered all around
Searching for what they need

Is this the world we created?
What did we do it for?
Is this the world we invaded
Against the law?
So it seems in the end
Is this what we're all living for today?
The world that we created

[Adam B]

christ there is some old people on PH

Blue Monday for me, hopefully mentioned before by someone born post 1970