What's Your Favourite Song Intro?

[Lex Foutish]

I read a few threads here tonight and my old buddy, Cav, wants more music threads.

What is your favourite song intro? (Not the one that you regard as the greatest intro of all time!) Just your favourite one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Don't slag off someone else's favourite track. It's their favourite one, and not the greatest one of all time, in your opinion, etc., etc.

Mine is definitely Knocking On Your Back Door by Deep Purple.

I lived and worked in the American mid west in the mid 80's and it was constantly played on radio. I got to see them in Detroit and that song was the highlight of the show, for me.

Gonna see them in The Marquee in Cork again in a few weeks time. Really looking forward to it.

Here it is.............. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7GERh0sQzY

 

[Homer]

The first one that popped into my mind was Do It Again by Steely Dan

I also like the intro to Smells Like Teen Spirit by Nirvana

And The Boys Are back In Town by Thin Lizzy

Come On Eileen by Dexy's Midnight Runners

I could go on and on ...

Homer

 

[mathepac]

Has to be one of my favourites - Life's Been Good, a kind of personal anthem

 

[Ciaraella]

The song isn't the best but i love the start of 'i don't like Mondays'

 

[Firefly]

ac/dc Thunderstruck

"na na na na na na na na na...Thuunndderr"

Class up load in the car

 

[Caveat]

The song isn't the best but i love the start of 'i don't like Mondays'

Yeah love that too. +1 on Come on Eileen as well.

Whiskey in the jar (Lizzy version of course)

A lot of Portishead stuff has great intros.

Big Brother by David Bowie - the intro gives me the shivers.

 

[TarfHead]

Jangling indie guitar, followed by 'Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate'

 

[Staples]

The first one that popped into my mind was Do It Again by Steely Dan

Excellent choice!

 

[Betsy Og]

Moonchild by Iron Maiden - not the greatest song of all time but a real thumping intro - get the adrenalin going

 

[Ciaraella]

Daytripper is brilliant too, so recognisable from the first note

 

[Kine]

Moonchild by Iron Maiden - not the greatest song of all time but a real thumping intro - get the adrenalin going

Quite a lot of Maiden songs have great intros

Of course, you can't forget the most recognisable intros in the world:

Queen - We will rock you;
Queen - Another one bites the dust.

 

[elefantfresh]

Jangling indie guitar, followed by 'Punctured bicycle on a hillside, desolate'

Absolute classic!
Just listening to the Moonchild intro - forgot how good that was!

 

[mathepac]

Just heard this featuring the late great Mick Ronson with Bowie's Spiders from Mars

 

[z107]

Just best intro?

Dire straits, money for nothing
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5ZEzWwKJnY&feature=fvsr

I quite like some fields of the Nephim intros as well

 

[gabsdot]

Money Money Money by ABBA.
I'd love it as a ring tone

 

[Mouldy]

Plainsong by the Cure from the Album Disentegration.

 

[DrMoriarty]

...Kazaam!

 

[carpedeum]

This is going back a bit:

The first track on the original Hot August Night live double album recorded by Neil Diamond at the Greek Theatre in the 1970's - Prologue & Crunchy Granola Suite. This doesn't really match the original, but, is the reprise he did at Glastonbury a couple of years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEnirmJIvno&feature=youtube_gdata

 

[thedaras]

Best intro for me is....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r8rnFKo4PAE

 

[mathepac]

This is going back a bit: ...

Believe me it's not far enough.

I thought Neil Diamond posts were banned, particularly in light of the facts that this is a music thread and he's still alive-ish.

I referred this post to the Great Moderator in the Sky, [broken link removed].