What's your favourite song intro....

[Glassman]

Pink Floyd: Coming Back to Life (Pulse, live)

PF: Shine On You Crazy Diamond (Pulse, live)

Prodigy: Smack My bh Up

Most tracks by Cinematic Orchestra

[ClintonB]

Creative Source's version of Who Is He And What Is He To You - 4 1/2 minutes of fine funk.

[AndrewTait]

Quite a few here that I would have quoted - even got money for nothing as my ring tone on my mobile.

One no one has mentioned yet - Eagles: Hotel California - Classic intro

[Jack Blag]

Guns'n'Roses - Sweet Child of Mine
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

[suthol]

21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson

[Los Palmas 7]

"She Sells Sanctuary" by The Cult - brilliant intro and always reminds me of "Layer Cake".

"Honky Tonk Women" by The Rolling Stones - some simple, seminal drumming there, Mr Watts Sir.

[Asterix]

okgo said:

Invisible man said:

Gimme Shelter by the Stones

Hell yeh.

+8,928,363,928,237,202

Amazing intro - and you just know that you are about to be treated to one of the greatest Rock 'n' Roll songs of all time.

[Invisible man]

La Grange by ZZ Top

[daphantom]

Paradise City, Mr Brownstone - GNR
Sharp Dressed man - ZZ top
Thunderstruck, Whole lotta rosie, Highway to hell - ACDC
4 kicks - Kings of leon
Purple haze, hey joe - Hendrix
where the streets have no name - u2
ghostdancing - simple minds
when the musics over, light my fire, roadhouse blues - the doors
sultans of swing - dire straits
bad love -clapton
ohio - CSN+Y
once- pearl jam


sorry theres so many but once i started , i couldnt stop

[Alfanatic]

daphantom said:

Paradise City, Mr Brownstone - GNR
Sharp Dressed man - ZZ top
Thunderstruck, Whole lotta rosie, Highway to hell - ACDC
4 kicks - Kings of leon
Purple haze, hey joe - Hendrix
where the streets have no name - u2
ghostdancing - simple minds
when the musics over, light my fire, roadhouse blues - the doors
sultans of swing - dire straits
bad love -clapton
ohio - CSN+Y
once- pearl jam


sorry theres so many but once i started , i couldnt stop

Ooh yeah, thanks for the reminder: Waterfront - Simple Minds. Bum, ba-dum, ba-dum, ba-dum ,ba-CHISSHHHSSSHHH

[71notout]

Sisters Of Mercy - This Corrosion
Pet Shop Boys - Left To My Own Devices

[KANEIT]

My absolute favourite intro has to be LCD Soundsystem - Get Innocuous with its 2 minute build up, a simple yet infectious beat that escalates all the way. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Vz_01o6Nao
And some others.
Stone Roses - I wanna be adored. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g09GzbctlA
This one builds up slowly, so chilled out.
Goldfrapp - Lovely Head. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBq-XCKePWg
Straight in with Alison Goldfrapp's piercing whistling.
Mister Mister -Kyrie. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNKbHJ3PTu4
Proper stadium rock and overdrive guitar!

Bryan Ferry - Is Your Love Strong Enough. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e2m__rbD2IM

Underworld - Pearls Girl. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSbn-0c--lI&fea...

Simple Minds - Hypnotised http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sqxc51AFGQk
Kicks in with a haunting guitar solo.

The Isley Brothers - Who's that lady http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18C5bGDWmas

[Mutley]

Foo Fighters:
All My Life
The Pretender
Everlong

[jesusbuiltmycar]

Tool Eulogy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s57FtD2HKLw


The intro is about 3 minutes!

[Hub]

You can't beat a (ridiculous, but addictive) nearly five minute slowly building intro...

http://new.music.yahoo.com/death-cab-for-cutie/vid...

(Death Cab For Cutie - I Will Posess Your Heart)

Edited by Hub on Monday 25th May 11:45

[Invisible man]

jesusbuiltmycar said:

Tool Eulogy...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s57FtD2HKLw


The intro is about 3 minutes!

Tool......what a band

[qube_TA]

Marillion - Assassing
Pink Floyd - Shine On
Metallica - For Whom The Bell Tolls
Tangerine Dream - Poland
Iron Maiden - The Prisoner

[anonymous-user]

suthol said:

21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson

Ooh yes, what about Red, from the album of the same name. Although to be fair the intro turns out to be mostly the rest of the track as well

[rockinatmidnight]

can't believe no one has said Metallica- one!!!!

Trivium- kirisute gomen
Acdc - hells bells
Pantera- planet caravan

[paulmurr]

"Baker Street" by Gerry Rafferty