Best intro?

[rupert the dog]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Adz7yCXZG18

[Fantuzzi]

Lots of Great stuff from Ritchie, Highway star (great build up) and Smoke on the Water (obvious reasons!)spring to mind.

NIB Black Sabbath is the definitive answer from me. Sabbath are the masters of the intro, Wizard, Snowblind, Heaven and Hell, Wheels of confusion (shame the rest of the song isn't more like it) Tony Rocks the intro, as he does everything.

Sleeps Dragonnaut is a good shout.

Red King Crimson, Actually Starless is fking ace. So is Matte Kudasai.

Jason Becker Altitudes is so pure emotive rock lead, Mables fatale fable is crazy 80s Floyd rose action and some rather tasty sweeps.

[silverthorn2151]

An intro that has always stuck with me is 'stargazer' by Rainbow .the album version with Cozy Powell banging away rather than the live versions where they arsed about with it.

[keithsmith777]

Neil Diamond hot August night -prologue, great build up to him coming on stage

[darreni]

Turn it up!

http://vimeo.com/73639449

[Fantuzzi]

silverthorn2151 said:

An intro that has always stuck with me is 'stargazer' by Rainbow .the album version with Cozy Powell banging away rather than the live versions where they arsed about with it.

Ah forgot to put that one down! How could I. Epic song. In the true sense of the word.

I think an alternative version has a synth intro, but I prefer just the drums. Cozy is insane, such a loss.

[DukeDickson]

My standard answer, which isn't the so far metal stuff, is Creative Source - Who is he....

Thick end of 5 minutes of funk/prawn music intro

[mp3manager]

Propaganda - Duel (Bittersuite Mix)

All 2 mins and 2 seconds of it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAix55PbNrk

[selym]

Layla - Clapton.

I'll have a word with myself-----Derek and the Dominos.

Edited by selym on Friday 11th July 11:41

[Asterix]

One intro that always makes me very happy for what's about to come - Gimme Shelter..

[singlecoil]

Asterix said:

One intro that always makes me very happy for what's about to come - Gimme Shelter..

Seconded, and as usual with the Stones, the studio version was the best version.

[Crackie]

Rolling Stones ~ Gimme Shelter

Bloc Party ~ Helicopter

The Charlatans ~ Wierdo

Doves ~ Rise

The Human League ~ The Lebanon

Ride ~ Paralysed Nominate for best last 90 seconds too.

Roxy Music ~ Love is the Drug, Lets stick together, The Price of Love

Stone Roses ~ Begging You

The Cult ~ Hollow Man

Theater of Hate ~ Do you believe in the Westworld

Placebo ~ Allergic

Kate Bush ~ Prelude

Queens of the Stone Age ~ No one knows

The Passions ~ I'm in love with a German filmstar

The Cure ~ 10.15 Saturday night

A flock of Seagulls ~ I Ran

Above and Beyond ~ World on Fire

Van Halen ~ Mean Street

Iggy & The Stooges ~ I wanna be your dog

Siouxsie & The Banshees ~ Hong Kong garden

Royal Blood - Figure it out

[EskimoArapaho]

Best ever? Well, we can all list dozens, but just one?

Has to be 'Shine on You, Crazy Diamond'.

[Tom_C76]

Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent.

[goldblum]

Tom_C76 said:

Cat Scratch Fever by Ted Nugent.

From Double Live Gonzo perchance?

[rhinochopig]

An intro in more than one respect. I always loved the intro to the show The Equaliser and the best part of that is the musical intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uB1NiNKwueE

[Dr Murdoch]

I always liked Money for Nothing - Dire Straits

[boyse7en]

Just for it's non-musicality and instant recognisability

Firestarter by The Prodigy

[MarshPhantom]

Warren Zevon - Excitable Boy

www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJefPK_UkdM

Neil Young - Cortez the Killer

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G0qroTL51U

[rover 623gsi]

Simple Minds

Love Song - extended edition

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mpNyKyoM194

Waterfront

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tE51zPBHa1M

Themes for great cities

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJDx-1L3V9U