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Best rock song intro?
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I see that and raise you a "Pour some sugar on me" by Def Leppard.
"Rock of Ages" has a great intro too.
What do you expect, Mutt is behind all of these tunes.
Awesome guitar solo too
You really got me - The Kinks
A few more as well
Love the Kinks, but Van Halen did this one miles beyond what the Kinks were capable of.
That dang chord has haunted me for decades. It may not be the "best" intro but it certainly is a memorable one. Kudos to the Beatles for their many signatures!
After stumbling across this thread and reading through it I have had to register simply to add 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' by Iggy Pop and the Stooges
What Horace Silver piece is quoted in this intro? I've never heard mention of this before!
This isn't the same style as most of what has already been mentioned, but its role as an introduction is superb: Funeral for a Friend/ Love Lies Bleeding
[playlistId=256673234&i=256673381]Misery Business[/playlistId] by Paramore has a surprising intro. It's a tinny low-fidelity preview of how the song really starts. The first time I played it after buying the album, I thought that was how the whole song was going to sound!
One rock intro I like isn't really an intro, it's a separate song. If you listen to the album [playlistId=257736651]The Colour and the Shape[/playlistId] by Foo Fighters with the songs in order, the short and very quiet song "Doll" precedes the hard rock of "Monkey Wrench" and makes a great lead-in. When they played Doll in concert here in Los Angeles, the crowd got excited because they knew what was coming.
One rock intro I like isn't really an intro, it's a separate song. If you listen to the album [playlistId=257736651]The Colour and the Shape[/playlistId] by Foo Fighters with the songs in order, the short and very quiet song "Doll" precedes the hard rock of "Monkey Wrench" and makes a great lead-in. When they played Doll in concert here in Los Angeles, the crowd got excited because they knew what was coming.
New Wave Jacket by Polysics has an incredible intro that fuses 8 bit, acoustic drums and surf guitar. It's one of my favorites.
Fell In Love Without You by Motion City Soundtrack makes the rest of the song that much better. It's like an orchestra tuning up until the Moog comes in and blasts the rest of the song in. They also have a song called Cambridge that catches me off guard when it comes in.
As for two track intros, We're So Starving into Nine In The Afternoon on Pretty. Odd. by Panic At The Disco, and The End into Dead on The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance are very good ones. I aimed for a similar progression on my record, Core.
There's probably a bunch I'm missing, but those are the best ones off the top of my head.
Fell In Love Without You by Motion City Soundtrack makes the rest of the song that much better. It's like an orchestra tuning up until the Moog comes in and blasts the rest of the song in. They also have a song called Cambridge that catches me off guard when it comes in.
As for two track intros, We're So Starving into Nine In The Afternoon on Pretty. Odd. by Panic At The Disco, and The End into Dead on The Black Parade by My Chemical Romance are very good ones. I aimed for a similar progression on my record, Core.
There's probably a bunch I'm missing, but those are the best ones off the top of my head.
Bulls on Parade - RATM
Capillarian crest - Mastodon
Blood And Thunder - Mastodon
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed & Cambria
Capillarian crest - Mastodon
Blood And Thunder - Mastodon
In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth - Coheed & Cambria
Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria
Money by Pink Floyd
Time by Pink Floyd
In the Flesh? by Pink Floyd (I believe these are all seconds and thirds)
Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd
Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Deadbolt by Thrice
Girls by Beastie Boys (doesn't really qualify as rock I suppose)
Day Tripper by The Beatles
I really like the intro on Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash, short but distinct.
As you can tell I kind of like Pink Floyd.
Money by Pink Floyd
Time by Pink Floyd
In the Flesh? by Pink Floyd (I believe these are all seconds and thirds)
Have A Cigar by Pink Floyd
Shine On You Crazy Diamond by Pink Floyd
Wish You Were Here by Pink Floyd
Deadbolt by Thrice
Girls by Beastie Boys (doesn't really qualify as rock I suppose)
Day Tripper by The Beatles
I really like the intro on Should I Stay Or Should I Go by The Clash, short but distinct.
As you can tell I kind of like Pink Floyd.
Holy thread resurrection Batman!!!!
Lots of really good suggestions here, but my favourite (and my ringtone) is Rush's Spirit of Radio.
Lots of really good suggestions here, but my favourite (and my ringtone) is Rush's Spirit of Radio.
The Damned's Smash it up (pt. 1) is an excellent intro to Smash it up (pt. 2).
Cannot find them apart at iTMS, the version on my Machine Gun Etiquette has the tracks separated, but iTMS hasn't.
Cannot find them apart at iTMS, the version on my Machine Gun Etiquette has the tracks separated, but iTMS hasn't.
The following is Queen's best intro IMHO
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_LVxb2JyNUs
It goes for 1:36 before the song starts and not a second is wasted, along with some pretty good guitar work from Brian May and some creative use of distortion and backmasking.
This was one of the first records I ever bought.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=_LVxb2JyNUs
It goes for 1:36 before the song starts and not a second is wasted, along with some pretty good guitar work from Brian May and some creative use of distortion and backmasking.
This was one of the first records I ever bought.
