Best song intros

[twinrider1]

Funeral for a Friend/Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John

This one really is amazing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3p_xAToFzck

 

[DaveSimmons]

Matthew Sweet - "Divine Intervention" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELwRW_2cdBE

Yes - "Hold On" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HzyCflwVu4

The Waterboys - "Fisherman's Blues" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VKouBHarIo

Honorable mention:

Camper Van Beethoven - "Eye of Fatima" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=51PP8TwXrxE

Power Station - "Some Like It Hot" - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rgYqIvnPvqQ

 

[Chaotic42]

Baba O'rielly?

/thread

 

[stargazr]

Jimi Hendrix - All Along the Watchtower
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

Jimi Hendrix - Rainy Day Dream Away
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIeMQgtbWD4

Rolling Stones - Can't You Hear Me Knocking
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fa4HUiFJ6c

Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvPr9YV7-Xw

Allman Brothers - Statesboro Blues (Live at the Fillmore East)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DNUbrhapPp4

The Who - Magic Bus (Live at Leeds)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3Y64dpZGnE

 

[Iron Woode]

not much different from the rest of the song, but Born on the Bayou rules:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIjUY3pjN8E

 

[Poulsonator]

Already covered in post #10:

http://youtu.be/3p_xAToFzck

 

[Chaotic42]

Already covered in post #10:

http://youtu.be/3p_xAToFzck

Dream Theater did a cover which I really like. I heard the DT version first, so it sounds "right" to me, but the original is good too.

 

[gorcorps]

Hot For Teacher

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OlAx4Dok38

 

[Spoooon]

Schism - Tool

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iamw9OX0DUA

 

[glenn1]

Baby got back - Sir Mix a Lot comes to mind.

 

[Chaotic42]

I'll give honorable mention to Night Time in the Switching Yard by Warren Zevon

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Artillery - 7:00 From Tashkent/Khomaniac
Dark Angel - Darkness Descends (gets going 35 seconds in, and drum-wise a likely source of inspiration for the "Darkness imprisoning me..." section of Metallica's One)
Gospel - A Golden Dawn
Voivod - Overreaction

 

[BrokenVisage]

Lot's of Yes songs as some have already listed, I like 'Love Will Find A Way' the most of them all though, the orchestra music leading into just a guitar riffing is near perfect.

 

[Borkil]

Alt - J - Intro I love when his voice comes in.

The Kills - No Wow

OK Go - This Too Shall Pass

Wolfmother - Joker and the Thief Since all you old farts like classic rock

 

[ahenkel]

QOTSA Better Living Through Chemistry-http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKrDXLHkEUk

Floater Settling http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIiZ2EltyzA

 

[UglyCasanova]

Smashing Pumpkins - Today

 

[UglyCasanova]

Guns n Roses - Paradise City

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

Edit:
Godspeed You! Black Emperor - Dead Flag Blues

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9thvHDskYvA

GYBE - They Don't Sleep Anymore On The Beach

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQcE4_7-X78

For GYBE I like Storm. Epic buildup and a great way to open the album.

 

[thestrangebrew1]

Always like Tool's Eulogy intro and I'd agree with the previous poster about Parabol being an intro to Parabola.

I'd like to also throw in Nugent's Stranglehold intro as a favorite of mine but it could be longer.

 

[John Connor]

Zombie - The Cranberries.

 

[John Connor]

Billy Jean - Michael Jackson

 

[John Connor]

Audioslave - Be Yourself

 

[datalink7]

Not sure if this is quite what you're looking for, but the start of this live performance is incredible:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YhLinEY7Zn8

 

[cubby1223]

anything from van halen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMV-fenGP1g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEvBm01cWhk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCwigPhpiXs

follow me:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nzSnQYHFZOE

the never-ending intro:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1J6ZVaaFxA

probably not even close to best but i like cake:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pSlu2okpqM

the locals Lucky Boys Confusion:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1cOKOU0bMY

and just for fun, the best song intro ever:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HCTJeT2i9QU

 

[ahenkel]

More Queens of the Stone Age. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfS_B1lu16k I love the build up on this one.

 

[Cerpin Taxt]

Son et Lumiere - The Mars Volta