Best song intro's

Freebird

This one is great from a compositional perspective ..

Brad

Metallica - Battery. Played loud it's just huge!

Pretty much any Gospel artist... they do all the best intros IMO

axisus

Difficult to recall many at the moment, but a classic for me is Dream Theater's Pull me under.

Deadman

QOTSA - Song for the dead. 

guitars4you

I think best ='s favourite

I agree with @axisus in to many to mention - Many classics, Layla, Sweet Home Ala etc are great for a reason

Yet sometimes I like songs that start off with little and it builds up as more instrumentation added - Stevie Wonder Master Blaster - Black Eyed Peas I gotta feeling - The drum intro on Toto and Rosanna because a) a great groove and b) few/no drummers can play it properly 

I like Billy Idol Rebel Yell

Gassage

Layla.

/debate.

blobb

I always loved the start of Paradise by All About Eve, especially when they did it live at Glastonbury.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HNuNubYGAg

EricTheWeary

Thousands!!!

munckee

Another girl another planet springs to mind. 

TTBZ

This always comes to mind when I think of a great intro. Drums, bass, feedback into pick slide.

Also this just because it opens with the t-rex from Jurassic Park then that relentless riff

Freebird

guitars4you said:

I think best ='s favourite

Not really, intro's are interesting, and I like to see the different approaches taken to what can be a tricky situation once all of your intro ideas have been used up! They are also quite important since they are the first thing that everybody hears. It's a very underated topic 

Jonathangus

Welcome to the Jungle
Hanging on the Telephone
The Immigrant Song

not_the_dj

Any Ramones song....”1,2,3,4....”

Logie

Two off the top of my head but let's face it, we could all choose loads.

Sails of Charon- Scorpions. Uli on top form
Wildhearted Son- The Cult

Freebird

not_the_dj said:

Any Ramones song....”1,2,3,4....”

I think they've already cornered that market, so everybody else would always be an imitator 

Winny_Pooh

All a similar flavour

Springywheel

Zep - When The Leve Breaks - great pumping drum sound
Hendrix - Voodoo Child - funky guitar, prepares you for the overdriven blues onslaught 
My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow - delicious wall of sound. 
Sabbath - Hole In The Sky - Heavy as anything
Floyd - Have a Cigar - Groovy

And for something off the wall



Coke driven tribal jazz funk 

axisus

munckee said:

Another girl another planet springs to mind. 

Ahh yes, a nailed on classic!

Cols

https://youtu.be/HQmmM_qwG4k 

BloodEagle

Slayer - Hell Awaits

Philly_Q

Kind of an obvious one, but it still gives me a chill down my spine every fucking time.