Best song intros

[Mixolydian]

Nobody said "Free Bird"? I am disappoint.

 

[Caravaggio]

There are great song intros.
Leaving plenty of room for more

Good list. Got 70% of those.

I'll go with Keb Mo, 'Soon as I get paid'. Starts all country picky, then blasts off into a great blues rhythm.
Jo Cocker, 'Space Captain'
Joe Diffie, 'John Deere Green'. Starts cheesy, gets cheesier. Brilliant.
'Stepping Out', Clapton with Mayall on 'Bluesbreakers'. Starts tight then just rips up the frets.
John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison, 'I Cover the Waterfront'. Starts sad gets wistful. Then the resolution.
Macy Gray, 'I Try', Best she ever did.
'Different Class' by Pulp. Serious message after a contrived start.
'Six Days on the Road'. Taj Mahal, from Giant Step. I can't hear that without seeing a huge Kenworth with two plumes of diesel smoke driving over the Rockies.

Now for something completely different:
Fantasia on a theme by Thomas Tallis, by Vaughan Williams. You check to see if the amp is still on, then it sneaks up on you.
Lastly,
Days Rheingold, Wagner. You can hear the earth waking up in the overture.

 

[stargazr]

John Lee Hooker and Van Morrison, 'I Cover the Waterfront'. Starts sad gets wistful. Then the resolution.

:thumbsup:

 

[dawp]

Nazareth - ballad of Hollis brown

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoNoUw9br5M

 

[ProchargeMe]

Immigrant song - zeppelin
Hot for teacher - van halen
Poison - Alice Cooper
Ace of spades - motorhead
She's So Heavy - The Beatles

 

[dawp]

David Bowie - rebel rebel

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U16Xg_rQZkA

 

[dawp]

nothing else matters - metallica

I think enter sandman has a much better intro than nothing else matters

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CD-E-LDc384

that is one song I've never have gotten tired of.

 

[Loop2kil]

Metallica/Diamond Head - Am I Evil?

 

[Billb2]

Status Quo:
Whatever You Want
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krK7Q49o6uA
45 Hundred Times
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zx-9b13wsXQ

 

[Loop2kil]

Pantera - Revolution is my Name

 

[KidNiki1]

some really good ones have already been mentioned, but i didn't see either of these:

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve

forgot this one

Clocks - Coldplay

 

[LookBehindYou]

Ice Cube - "Ghetto Bird"

 

[dawp]

The Dandy Warhols - Bohemian Like You

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CU3mc0yvRNk

Godsmack - voodoo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SSUQxGjZZ4

 

[spacejamz]

Some of mine:

Seek and Destroy - Metallica (live version on B-side of the Jump in Fire single - IMO better than the studio track on Kill 'em All)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5z_ZBm9Sg8

Iron Maiden - The Trooper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2G5rfPISIwo

Dokken - It's Not Love
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2sxyBMHtMM

Aha - Take On Me (keyboard actually kicks in at the 0:19 mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=djV11Xbc914

Say What You Will - Fastway
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D5_oPyavUaw

Crazy Train - Ozzy (whole intro rocks, guitar kicks in at 0:19 mark)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3MLp7YNTznE

 

[grohl]

Metallica - Enter Sandman

 

[zinfamous]

Tom Sawyer Motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ProchargeMe]

Soundgarden - Spoonman. Hands down one of my favorites
Also I feel like Purple Haze and Voodoo Child should be a given. Two of the most memorable intros almost any generation can get behind.

 

[JTsyo]

Count of Tuscany (Dream Theater)

I actually don't like the song that much but the intro is pretty cool. Reminds me of old school video games.

 

[xeledon20005]

Tank! -- The Seatbelts

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKAP1BmRs3k

Baccano opening theme- Gun's & Roses -Artist: Paradise Lunch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wInHktd7hU

 

[Ns1]

Count of Tuscany (Dream Theater)

I actually don't like the song that much but the intro is pretty cool. Reminds me of old school video games.

When they played it live when I saw them, the video background WAS a video game. It was a custom Mario type video iirc

 

[Oyeve]

Rio - Duran Duran

yeah, I said Duran Duran.

 

[GagHalfrunt]

Nobody mentioned Smoke on the Water yet? ATOT fail.

 

[Craig234]

Nobody said "Free Bird"? I am disappoint.

Ah, man - I had meant repeatedly to check again and list it, and forgot. Added.

 

[surfsatwerk]

Tom Sawyer Motherfucker!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

:awe:

 

[Rudee]

The intro to the Who song 'You Better You Bet' has always been one of my all time favs.