What are your favourite intros?

Fazer

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Fazer

snowflake midnight by mercury rev, all awesome from start to finish:

Fazer

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chemical brothers:

Fazer

this was my introduction to stereolab, still one of my favs

lasermonkey

Don't Fall (The Chameleons)

Leave Them All Behind (Ride)

Transmission (Joy Division). I still get a massive rush when that bassline kicks in!

The Concept (Teenage Fanclub)

Angel (Massive Attack)

Into The Void (Black Sabbath)

robinbowes

lasermonkey said:

Don't Fall (The Chameleons)

underdog

Anastasia - Slash, love that, also love the main verse riff, oh and both solos. Ok I love that song.

Little Wing - Hendrix just beautiful

And then in the same vein

Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
Starlight - Slash

breakstuff

Good call on Anastasia @underdog

Stand out song of that album.

While we're on GnR I'll stick You Could Be Mine in there.

stimpsonslostson

No mention of Tom Morello/Timmy C yet! 

A high proportion of Rage songs start memorably, but for me it has to be

Audioslave- Cochise. Wait for it… wait for it…. RIFF!!!

Thunderstruck by AC/DC is rather good too.

BigMonka

underdog said:

Little Wing - Hendrix just beautiful

That's probably my all time favourite intro, those sliding chords just before the singing starts are proper gorgeous.

BigMonka

Roland said:

One, two, three ... seems to work well most of the time.

An intro is supposed to build up a bit of anticipation before the song starts, you'd be better off using "1, 2, a 1, 2, 3, 4"

richardhomer

Telegraph Road by Dire Straits is a good 'un.

underdog

stimpsonslostson;632472" said:

No mention of Tom Morello/Timmy C yet! A high proportion of Rage songs start memorably, but for me it has to be

Audioslave- Cochise. Wait for it… wait for it…. RIFF!!!



Thunderstruck by AC/DC is rather good too.

Never got audioslave, it was Rage without the good bit. I like RATM I like sound garden but audioslave was a poor mismatch to me.

RobDavies

Virtually every eighties thrash album began with a dreamy acoustic part followed by five minutes of absolute mayhem.

This still makes me smile now.....

Deadman

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Deadman

No feelings - Sex pistols

Neat, neat, neat - The Damned

If you have to ask - Red hot chili peppers

Tommy gun - The Clash

Blood on the ground - Incubus

Get a grip on yourself - The Stranglers

Bell boy - The Who

Avon - QOTSA

PolarityMan

underdog said:

stimpsonslostson;632472" said:

No mention of Tom Morello/Timmy C yet! A high proportion of Rage songs start memorably, but for me it has to be

Audioslave- Cochise. Wait for it… wait for it…. RIFF!!!



Thunderstruck by AC/DC is rather good too.

Never got audioslave, it was Rage without the good bit. I like RATM I like sound garden but audioslave was a poor mismatch to me.

Also chris cornell is a better guitarist than tom morello so that band was such a waste of talent in so many ways

stimpsonslostson

I've never been an Audioslave fan either: I much prefer RATM & Soundgarden, but I STILL love the intro to Cochise. It was a great start to a mediocre musical venture.

Can I also suggest Welcome to the Jungle by G'n'R.
Brilliant intro to a brilliant lead track to a brilliant debut album.

Alnico

The Who - The Punk and the Godfather, from Quadraphenia.

Simple but brilliantly executed.