Best intro to a song ever?
 

The Bronx - Heart Attack American

Other suggestions?

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I don't have a link, but I have two suggestions, albeit they are kind of sketchy.

Eruption (Van Halen) is probably the best intro for a song if you group it with You Really Got Me.

One I also like is called The Hellion, and it's Judas Priest's intro to Electric Eye.

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I like The Bronx, but Queens of the Stone Age do the same intro, only better, on Songs for the Deaf (I forget which song, sorry). Better because its not so obvious when the unfiltered song is gonna start.

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this seems more like a job for OOT, but as long as we're talking

Led Zeppelin--When the Levee Breaks
John Lennon--Imagine
Richard Strauss--Thus Spake Zarathustra

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http://w3.rz-berlin.mpg.de/cmp/beethoven_sym9_1.mp3

Beethoven's Symphony No 9 - Allegro Non Troppo

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Symphony_No._9_(Beethoven)

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Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond.

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Little Wing by Hendrix

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Korn - Blind

Disturbed - Down with the sickness

Doesn't Hot for Teacher start with a motorcycle engine, then roll seamlessly into a drum beat?

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static x-this is not

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The most common answers I would expect are Iron Man and Smoke on the Water.

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Im old but I have always had a preference to Foreplay/Longtime from the first Boston LP, also from Van Halen Eruption/You Really got me, and their best IMO Intruder/Pretty Woman. That one from the Bronx is sweet though.

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Day of the Eagle, Robin Trower

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Fade To Black - Metallica
Right Now - Van Halen

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buying new soul- porcupine tree

smashes the rest of these titles by a mile...

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I'm a big fan of the beginning of Gimme Shelter by the Stones.

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Fade To Black - Metallica


this would win the best outro. the intro doesn't compare.

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We do this thread every 2 weeks and the top 2 are always

Money for Nothing

and

Gimme Shelter

EDIT: Top three would include Brick in the Wall

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I also like Dreams by Van Halen, Where the Streets Have No Name by U2, and Rough Boy by ZZ Top.

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RHCP - cant stop

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I always loved the beginning of Enter Sandman

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Babe Im gonna leave you - Led Zeppelin

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Most of the intros on VH's Women and Children First rock.

But then there's always 'Unchained'(Fair Warning) that just explodes.

Not to mention Kickstart My Heart by the Crue. The stuff where just hearing the opening notes makes the fur go up on your arms.

b

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I'm a big fan of the beginning of Gimme Shelter by the Stones.

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Great intro, also beastie boys sabotage, Welcome to the jungle G-n-r, and sweet child of mine.

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The only reason I disagree is that I think the whole song is awesome from beginning to end.

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Wow, another song (and band) that I completely forgot about that belongs on my iPod. Thanks!

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The Who - Baba O'Riley

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There's an Alan Parson's Project song that I used to think was the best intro ever.

I can't remember the name of the song (it's not the one the Chicago Bulls used to use, although that's a great intro too).

Another that comes to mind is "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis.

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There's an Alan Parson's Project song that I used to think was the best intro ever.

I can't remember the name of the song (it's not the one the Chicago Bulls used to use, although that's a great intro too).

Another that comes to mind is "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis.

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Games People Play?

"Where do we go from here, now that all of our children are grown up..."

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No love for "Back in Black" yet?

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There's an Alan Parson's Project song that I used to think was the best intro ever.

I can't remember the name of the song (it's not the one the Chicago Bulls used to use, although that's a great intro too).

Another that comes to mind is "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis.

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Games People Play?

"Where do we go from here, now that all of our children are grown up..."

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That was one of their more commercial numbers (although decent as well).

No, the one I'm thinking of is probably not as well known. It starts out very soft with just a syntheziser (keyboards), then drums enter to add kind of an off beat, then organ for melody all the while building in crescendo (sp?). In fact, I think it's an all instrumental tune. I don't think there are any lyrics to this song. It's also one of the older songs I believe. I wish I could remember the friggin name!! Thanks anyway.

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Good one! I also like the intro to "For those about to Rock".

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All of the above plus...

Love Lies Bleeding--Elton John

Dance To The Music--Sly & The Family Stone

I Just Want To Make Love To You--Foghat

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the alan parsons project song your thinking of must be the intro to "eye in the sky" and i think the intro is called sirus.

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Thanks, but I don't think that's it. I believe this song was before "eye in the sky". I think it was from the early seventies. It sounds almost space-like and is all instrumental. I wish I could describe it better. I'm on a mission now to find it for my iPod. I'll post back here when I do.

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What About the Spoken Prolouge to "You Took the words right Out Of My Mouth" by Meatloaf? Priceless

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I'm another old guy, but have any of you ever heard how Springsteen used to intro into Because The Night in the '70's. Clearly his best guitar work ever. Youtube has several clips of the song from that era. Check it out!

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Devil Driver "End Of The LIne"

The intro and build up to this song is musical bliss Listen till the vocals kick it's an incredible intro.

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There's an Alan Parson's Project song that I used to think was the best intro ever.

I can't remember the name of the song (it's not the one the Chicago Bulls used to use, although that's a great intro too).

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You sure it was APP? I thought it was Rush.

Cool intro.

b

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There's an Alan Parson's Project song that I used to think was the best intro ever.

I can't remember the name of the song (it's not the one the Chicago Bulls used to use, although that's a great intro too).

Another that comes to mind is "Dance on a Volcano" by Genesis.

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Games People Play?

"Where do we go from here, now that all of our children are grown up..."

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That was one of their more commercial numbers (although decent as well).

No, the one I'm thinking of is probably not as well known. It starts out very soft with just a syntheziser (keyboards), then drums enter to add kind of an off beat, then organ for melody all the while building in crescendo (sp?). In fact, I think it's an all instrumental tune. I don't think there are any lyrics to this song. It's also one of the older songs I believe. I wish I could remember the friggin name!! Thanks anyway.

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"Fire on high" is the name of the tune.

Best intros : Yes - "Close to the Edge" and "Heart of the sunrise" and it doesn't even scratch the surface of awesome Yes songs; Pink Floyd - a ton of stuff; Santana some of the older stuff; a number of Van Halen tunes (Didn't see "Hot for Teacher" mentioned)...