best song intro

[Coffee]

Fade to Black - Metallica
Sanitarium (Welcome Home) - Metallica
Three Libras - A Perfect Circle
Killing in the Name - Rage Against the Machine

just to name a few...

[Hiltonian]

Radiohead-Everything in its right place

[jonnyd]

GNR - welcome to the jungle. comes to mind, Foreplay was what popped into my head when i read this thread title, but i cant believe no one mentioned elton john - funeral for a friend/love lies bleeding.

holla

[niss]

Billy Joel -- The Stranger

Eric Clapton -- Layla

Deep Purple -- Smoke on the Water

My 3 contributions. And a bababooey to y'all.

[Duke]

How about Sirius as an opening to Roundball Rock watching old Bulls games on NBC?

Beethoven's 5th.

The beginning to Canon is pretty good too (Pachelbel).

~D

[fluorescenthippo]

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nice. im gonna listen to this right now. although it doesnt really get going until the 39 second...

[Magisastar]

A couple more.

Thunderstruck, AC/DC. IMO, the best AC/DC intro.

Knights of Cydonia- Muse

RATM has so many its not funny.
Know your Enemy!
Wake Up!
Sleep now in the Fire.

[cold_cash]

Hotel California
Highway to Hell
Fortunate Son
Sultans of Swing (although its too short)
Night Moves

[GooseHinson]

Crazy on you and money for nothing are tough to beat, here are a few others:

Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith
Fast Train - April Wine
Radar Love - Golden Earring
American Woman - Guess Who
Over the Hills and Far Away - Zeppelin
Lunatic Fringe - Red Rider
Little Bones - Tragically Hip
La Grange - ZZ Top

[bugstud]

there a million answers to this thread. I imagine you would have to split it into heavy - not heavy, and whether it's on the intro's own merit vs awesome impending song recognition. For example, distinctive openers for great songs, like under the bridge perhaps, how do they rank?

random ones I like

maiden - aces high
chimaira - down again
coheed - welcome home