Best Intros

[Countdown]

Baba O'Riley. The Who
Bat out of Hell. Meatloaf
Walk of Life. Dire Straits
Born to Run. Bruce Springsteen

[vournikas]

interloper said:

Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath, a near perfect intro for the band, rain thunder church bells then those threetwo sinister notes.

G and D flat

It is a majestic intro, though. Good call.

[interloper]

vournikas said:

interloper said:

Black Sabbath's Black Sabbath, a near perfect intro for the band, rain thunder church bells then those threetwo sinister notes.

G and D flat

It is a majestic intro, though. Good call.

Well b@@@@r me, it is just two notes! This is probably why I am a bad guitarist rather than a decent musician. I actually had to get the guitar out and play the intro to confirm that the second note is simply G again but an octave higher, its the third note which is actually a different note.

[freddytin]

Great selection of classic intros.

For me, there can only be one..... " Crazy Train ", from the lovable, cute Ozzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZtbBZuqb0 ( special lyrics for the PH lads )

Truly mental at Max volume.

[Bernd Tost]

Fly People Fly by The Scorpions. Can still remember vividly the first time I heard it, aged 11!
Voodoo Chile by Jimi Hendrix.
Perfect Strangers by Deep Purple
Alive by Pearl Jam
Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon (any banger racing fan will agree..)

But really it has to be Gimme Shelter

[anonymous-user]

freddytin said:

Great selection of classic intros.

For me, there can only be one..... " Crazy Train ", from the lovable, cute Ozzy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZDZtbBZuqb0 ( special lyrics for the PH lads )

Truly mental at Max volume.

On another thread someone mentioned a good stereo sound, this at the start would be a good candidate.

[lockhart flawse]

Dandy Warhols

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGHZ5h54Xkc

Blue Aeroplanes

pick a card ....any card

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

[Vocal Minority]

oh - nearly forgot

Dire Straights - Money for Nothing

[Evoluzione]

Dire Straits.

[vournikas]

I've only recently discovered this guys work, and I - personally - love this intro:-

Deadhead by Devin Townsend

Quite difficult to play as well, as Devin uses open C tuning for his guitars.

[beerexpressman]

Am I Evil? Diamondhead (see also Metallica cover version) is a good one.

[Eddie Strohacker]

toon10 said:

Good thread with some good choices so far.

Ones that came to mind...

Then by The Charlatans
Love Spreads by The Stone Roses
Unfinished Sympathy by Massive Attack (someone got this one in before me)
Fade to Grey by Visage
Tainted Love by Soft Cell.

My kind of thing, but having read all six pages of this, I'm astonished to find not one mention of Little Wing. Absolute tour de force from Jimi.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bh9Q_xQUxNM

[Penelope Stopit]

Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Then Jerico - Big Area
The Charlatans - The Only One I Know
Pink Floyd - Run Like Hell
New Order - Temptation
Gary Moore - Moving On
Primal Scream - Miss Lucifer

There are literally thousands

[anonymous-user]

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head.

[anonymous-user]

Ever Fallen In Love by the Buzzcocks - I always liked the way it starts @ 100mph!

[skahigh]

Some great ones posted already, I'd second led zepp and Chuck berry and add the following...

Fleetwood Mac - oh well
AC DC - you shook me all night long
Lynyrd skynyrd - sweet home Alabama
Sweet home Chicago - various versions

[vournikas]

In the classical world, forget Beethoven's Fifth this is one of the best intros:-

J.S. Bach's Toccata in Dm

Worth watching this ^ one, as it's one of the best I've heard.

[dandarez]

skahigh said:

Some great ones posted already, I'd second led zepp and Chuck berry and add the following...

Fleetwood Mac - oh well

I followed Greenie (and Kirwan) like no-one else in the late 60s until the acid got him and Kirwan (+alcohol).
Oh Well has not just a super intro, it's still a great record.
I agree with a lot of answers on here. There are so many great intros, a fortnight ago I would have put up a very long list.

After last Sunday (9th) Hyde Park concert I have been playing one band constantly, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers.

I just bloody love this record, always have since I first saw them live in 1980 - the intro is addictive.
Guitar playing has always been my love. The ending is f brilliant.
I could honestly play this forever and never, ever, tire of it!
Plus, they play it live almost better than the recordings.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCdKRp98qag

[Little Pete]

DrSteveBrule said:

One Night in Bangkok - Murray Head.

Good call!

Once upon a time in the west-Dire Straits
Across 110th street-Bobby Womack

[twizellb]

Jeff Beck and Imelda May, Walking in the sand.