Best intros to rather crap songs.

[Moonhawk]

After watching Guardians of the Galaxy - one song struck me as having a great intro - but the actual song was pretty crap.

The Raspberries - Go All The Way

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=voKihZAN4ng

Any other suggestions?

[anonymous-user]

For the music forums.

[BigMacDaddy]

I'm sure I'll get shot down for this, but Money For Nothing by Dire Straits. Not that it's not a fine tune of course, but nothing could live up to that intro IMHO....

[northwest monkey]

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

[Moonhawk]

sleepera6 said:

For the music forums.

Not heard that one

[IanJ9375]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG02L5tnZf4

[Spiritual_Beggar]

"Spirit in the sky"

What a riff.........all downhill from there.

[Ayahuasca]

northwest monkey said:

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

I was going to say the same.

[AdamIndy]

BigMacDaddy said:

I'm sure I'll get shot down for this, but Money For Nothing by Dire Straits. Not that it's not a fine tune of course, but nothing could live up to that intro IMHO....

That's a good shout actually. The intro is epic, the actual song is a bit, well, meh.

[andy-xr]

Panama by Van Halen

Great intro, then they ran out of ideas or tried to throw 3 ideas together and call it a song

[MG-Steve]

Smells like teen spirit - nirvana

[Silverage]

Party Fears Two by the Associates. Great intro but the singer sounds like he's gone mad by about half way through.

[Ste1987]

Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of

[Monkeylegend]

Tragedy by Steps.

[davepoth]

Ayahuasca said:

northwest monkey said:

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

I was going to say the same.

IIRC the only reason it has a good intro was because John Peel played it at 45 instead of 33. those were the days...

[Hoofy]

northwest monkey said:

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

Haha. I bought the single just for the intro alone.

[numtumfutunch]

Ayahuasca said:

northwest monkey said:

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

I was going to say the same.

Ha! I opened the thread to post exactly the same as well

Surely the definitive answer?

[GC8]

Moonhawk said:

sleepera6 said:

For the music forums.

Not heard that one

You hum it and I'll join in...

[glazbagun]

Technically they are two seperate songs but theres no break and it was released on vinyl so it plays as one-

Future Legend which serves as the intro to Bowie's Diamond Dogs is amazing- a post apocalyptic ramble that really sets up some high expectations... When Diamond Dogs finally fires up it sounds like the theme to Only Fools and Horses by comparison:

This ain't rock and roll... This is Genocide!

Fortunately the rest of the album is ace!

[Teppic]

Hoofy said:

northwest monkey said:

"Spaceman" by Babylon Zoo has to be in the list.

Haha. I bought the single just for the intro alone.

I think everybody did, didn't they?