best song intro

[Dominic]

i don't remember if we've done this yet, and it didn't turn up in a search, so...

What's your favorite opening thirty-forty seconds of a song? A song where as soon as it comes on it's instantly identifiable?

My picks:

Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

Perhaps the first use of feedback as an intentional piece of the song in popular music.

Just Like Heaven - The Cure

The most deleriously infectious opening in pop music history, IMO. It just builds and builds and builds until Robert Smith's vocals finally, breathlessly, joins in.

Just What I Needed - The Cars

duh duh duh duh DAAA duh duh duh duh DAAA duh duh duh duh DAAA DAAA...! Greatest bass line opening ever.



yours?