Best Intros

[singlecoil]

elbandito1980 said:

Gimme Shelter - Rolling Stones

That will be the one with the most votes so far, which is hardly surprising as it is by far the best intro ever.

[Hub]

realjv said:

The long slow build

Death Cab for Cutie - I WIll Possess Your Heart
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFnYlkDtz00

Doves - Cedar Room
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GWJ0xr0Zv0Q

I seem to be a huge fan of long slow building intros, and those are two of my favourites! Plus:

Ride - Leave Them All Behind

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xcyfPXF770U

Oceansize - Music For A Nurse

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BWfBUMipul8

And the bombastic, rocking, Amplifier - The Consultancy (which the rest of the song fails to live up to the great intro!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdzvQjvuI-M

[Finlandia]

Lou Reed - Sweet Jane (from Rock N Roll Animal)

[Trophybloo]

Finlandia said:

Lou Reed - Sweet Jane (from Rock N Roll Animal)

Not really an intro (2-4 bars) but an extended twin guitar jam
Still great though

Opening bars of All the Young Dudes

[prelude4ws]

So many to choose from, and some cracking suggestions already.
I would like to add:

Guns and roses - Welcome to the jungle
Paul Simon - Diamonds on the soles of her shoes
Metallica - Fade to black, One, For Whom The Bell Tolls (too many others!)
Led Zeppelin - Since I've been loving you, Rock and roll, No Quarter, way too many to choose from!

But my favorite has to be:

ZZ Top "La Grange"

[Blayney]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQRDPOd88gA

YouTube does it no justice. Gary Moore's 'End of the World'

[doosht]

Stay with Me - The Faces
Bela Lugosi's Dead - Bauhaus
Magical Mystery Tour - The Beatles
I Feel Fine - The Beatles
For Your Love - The Yardbirds

[anonymous-user]

I always post this when these threads come up, but:

Rainbow Brown - Till You Surrender

Has a brilliant buildup.

[dinkel]

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

"Did I have any ideas?"

[Mymk5zs123]

Nirvana- smells like teen spirit
Metallica- enter sandman
Metallica-one
Oasis- slide away

A few of my personal favourites.

[Markh]

When the levee breaks, Led Zeppelin

[rumple]

Pothole said:

Stevie Wonder - Superstition

Good call.

[Mymk5zs123]

Markh said:

When the levee breaks, Led Zeppelin

Good call also.

[rumple]

Led Zep Rock and roll, with that Earl Palmer influenced intro.

[TheDoggingFather]

Mymk5zs123 said:

Metallica-one

I love One, it's a truly awesome song, but the intro I very much dislike. Overly drawn out to my mind.

Mr Bungle - Carousel.

[Rouleur]

Unfinished Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmrfgj0MZI

Doves - The Pounding. A proper foot tapper! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg3uiu0g1c

Bittersweet Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

This Charming Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnjrTkv1gs

Dancing Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

New Order - Thieves Like Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ldXDJicY and Age Of Consent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahU-x-4Gxw

And then there's Transmission http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnWPGSQjFUc

[Starfighter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

[Markh]

Starfighter said:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MRu8N2K0NY

Warren Zevon - Werewolves Of London

yeah right haha

[Crackie]

Rouleur said:

Unfinished Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWmrfgj0MZI

Doves - The Pounding. A proper foot tapper! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Leg3uiu0g1c

Bittersweet Symphony http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lyu1KKwC74

This Charming Man http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kGnjrTkv1gs

Dancing Queen http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFrGuyw1V8s

New Order - Thieves Like Us http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fc1ldXDJicY and Age Of Consent http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ahU-x-4Gxw

And then there's Transmission http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnWPGSQjFUc

Great selection there Rouleur

New Order - Hurt http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tgo37g9B0gE&lis...
New Order - Procession http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jq_pjdZJAQs&lis...

[darreni]

PIL : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ylOCIP54PIQ

On a similar theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6GDdKrQ8EI