What was the Best "Intro" to a Tune that you ever heard....?

[RagAss]

Here's mine....Remembered it thanks to an earlier thread here in the lounge.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=AslDzpaCURs

[6000eliot]

1. Mine is also Steely Dan

"The Caves of Altamira."
http://youtube.com/watch?v=EsiG6WiHHPQ

[RagAss]

3. Cool....Love the horns !

[onlyadream]

2. The intro to Freebird. nt

[MrCoffee]

4. The bass intro to "Gigantic"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LK0CJqMK6f0

[Crabby Appleton]

5. Alvin Lee - 10 Years After - I'm Goin' Home

http://youtube.com/watch?v=tHw9b4BBV9Y

[Tuesday Afternoon]

24. yeah....nice. Brings back memories

thanks for the link.

[ornotna]

30. No doubt

There can be only one. Fabulous performance.

[Ohio Joe]

6. Well duh

Overture - 2112 - Rush

[blogslut]

7. "I've a beau, his name is Jim...

He loves me and I love him.
He makes me rant.
He makes me rave.
He makes me muss my permanent wave.
But when he asks me to misbehave,
My reply is No."


Intro to Cole Porter's The Laziest Gal in Town

sort of my theme song. :)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=IGwJYefGFMM

[kentauros]

8. Kraftwerk

Autobahn :D

[Arugula Latte]

9. I love the opening to The Chameleons' "Swamp Thing"

Can't find a link to post a video, though ... Everything is removed due to copyright crap. :(

[HopeHoops]

10. Meatloaf - Hot Summer's Night - "I bet you say that to all the boys"

Would you offer your throat to the wolf with the red roses?

[bluethruandthru]

11. Layla n/t

[begin_within]

12. A few...

Rolling Stones "It's All Over Now"
Beatles "I Feel Fine"
Michael Jackson "Beat It"

[bluesbassman]

13. Hey, this one intros with cowbell - beat that!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzN-p6NQEsA&feature=related:)

[RagAss]

17. You can't beat cowbell !

[Justyce]

14. Hotel California.

[Deja Q]

15. This one

http://youtube.com/watch?v=DrOmc8Evo0Q

(first 45 seconds pull ya in and keep ya there - sounds better on the actual album than this monotonic youtube clip)

[Tikki]

16. "Long intro into DEVO's "Gut Feeling"..and the extraordinary

two minute (part 1) intro into the 5 minute long song.."Smash it Up" by The Damned.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ux1Za8Wmz_s
"Smash it Up (Prts 1 & 2)....The Damned

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=px1428f4qas
"Gut Feeling"....DEVO


Tikki

[ghostsofgiants]

36. Good call on The Damned.

One of my all time favourite songs.

[MrScorpio]

18. This Right Here...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vozNQX6Ye1A

[abq e streeter]

19. Springsteen's Backstreets, Stones' Gimme Shelter

My Girl and Jumpin Jack Flash weren't half bad either

[RagAss]

23. Backstreets.....Great intro !

[Dyedinthewoolliberal]

20. The first two minutes

or however long it is of the studio version of "My Papa was a Rolling Stone" by the Temptations. Listen to it with headphones! :party:

[DarkTirade]

21. Nice and simple... Day Tripper.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=04YRe7m_QMY

[PVnRT]

22. "Love Song" by Tesla

[Tuesday Afternoon]

25. Not what you had in mind -but, this one always cracked me up:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwWEoMM4PDY

[bluesbassman]

27. Damn TA, I love the tunes you pick. Here's another intro...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e0_KBe8z0h0

[Tuesday Afternoon]

31. oh yeah...!!

still have that album :D
we are really rocking now :headbang:

and thanks btw :blush:

its nice to know that someone around here even knows who I am ;)

[Doc_Technical]

26. One of these days- Pink Floyd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQvG2SMVl84

Long ago watching the dancing VU meter needles
during the bass guitar tremolo middle eight.

[Zavulon]

28. It's listed as a separate track on the album, but

my favorite is "Without Warning," the intro to the title track on Dokken's "Tooth and Nail" album.

[qnr]

29. Well, talking about a different type of "intro"; probably Alice's Restaurant n/t

[Initech]

32. Frank Zappa - "Absolutely Free"

The word of the day is "discorporate".

We're Only In It For The Money FTW!!!

[Jamastiene]

33. Blackened by Metallica

Angels on the Balcony by Blondie
The Attack of the Giant Ants by Blondie

Jet Airliner by Steve Miller Band
Rocky Mountain High by John Denver

[Flaxbee]

34. just heard this today - had forgotten how much I like it. Paul Simon's Boy in the Bubble

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I_fu6i55Udo

[ghostsofgiants]

35. Refused - "New Noise"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3AoiVMQqX4

[Zomby Woof]

37. "Like A Rolling Stone" - Bob Dylan

In 1965, that explosive drum crash, cascading piano, and the rollicking organ were unlike anything heard in rock and roll before. A whole new world began.

Runners-up:

"Purple Haze" - Jimi Hendrix Experience

"Sweet Home Alabama" - Lynyrd Skynyrd (produced by Al Kooper, who played the groundbreaking organ on "Like A Rolling Stone")

"Gimme Shelter" - The Rolling Stones

[jobycom]

38. Sweet Home Alabama

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E7DxpQKjXk

[XemaSab]

39. Spirit in the Sky

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAwo-F9CpVE

[Iggo]

40. Somebody's gotta say it....

Stairway To Heaven.

Sheesh.

[JCMach1]

41. The Cure- "Lullaby" or as my daughters call it these days

'The Animal Planet Song'

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYtYe9K6zv4

[WinkyDink]

42. The opening to The Searchers' "(Every Time that You) Walk in the Room."

[Symarip]

43. Eight Days a Week - The Beatles

Short and simple. The perfect build up.

[SoxFan]

44. Smash Palace-"Count the Days"

Unless you were a college radio nerd in mid-'80s Philly/Baltimore/DC, you've never heard it.