Greatest Intros of All Time

[Fresh Tendrils]

There are songs which are recognized as soon as the song starts. I'm curious which ones everybody here thinks are the best intros of all time. Is it Layla by Derek and the Dominos? Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin? Which songs have the best intros?

[garnettrules21]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

hmmm nice topic, ill list some that i personally enjoy, maybe not the best, but definately memorable

ac/dc- back in black
blackfoot- highway song
blue oyster cult- dont fear the reaper(your gonna want that cowbell in there)
boston- dont look back
david bowie- ziggy stardust
deep purple- smoke on the water
def leppard- pour some sugar on me
dire straits- money for nothing
eagles- life in the fast lane
elo- do ya want my love
elo- showdown
eric clapton- layla
foreigner- feels like the first time
grand funk railroad- some kind of wonderful
guns n roses- welcome to the jungle
heart- barracuda
hendrix- all along the watchtower
joe walsh- lifes been good to me so far
journey- any way you want it
journey- dont stop believing
journey- lights
journey- wheel in the sky
kansas- carry on my wayward son
alot of led
skynyrd- tuesdays gone
ozzy/sabbath- paranoid
alot of pink floyd
alot of queen
reo speedwagon- riding the storm out
rolling stones- start me up
styx- renegade
the outfield- your love
the who- teenage wasteland
plus many more but ive already type too many

[Nivek]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

the beatles - I feel fine
Jimi - Purple Haze
Metalica - Enter Sandman
Metalica - Sad But true
Eric B and Rakim - I ain't no joke (Boom CLAP boom boom boom CLAP boom boom CLAP boom boom boom boom CLAP )

[NYJets]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

hmmm nice topic, ill list some that i personally enjoy, maybe not the best, but definately memorable

ac/dc- back in black
blackfoot- highway song
blue oyster cult- dont fear the reaper(your gonna want that cowbell in there)
boston- dont look back
david bowie- ziggy stardust
deep purple- smoke on the water
def leppard- pour some sugar on me
dire straits- money for nothing
eagles- life in the fast lane
elo- do ya want my love
elo- showdown
eric clapton- layla
foreigner- feels like the first time
grand funk railroad- some kind of wonderful
guns n roses- welcome to the jungle
heart- barracuda
hendrix- all along the watchtower
joe walsh- lifes been good to me so far
journey- any way you want it
journey- dont stop believing
journey- lights
journey- wheel in the sky
kansas- carry on my wayward son
alot of led
skynyrd- tuesdays gone
ozzy/sabbath- paranoid
alot of pink floyd
alot of queen
reo speedwagon- riding the storm out
rolling stones- start me up
styx- renegade
the outfield- your love
the who- teenage wasteland
plus many more but ive already type too many

Good list...

I'd add
Metallica Enter Sandman
AC/DC Hells Bells

[Jon22]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Shadows fall- The light that blinds
Coc- Clean my wounds

[Skerik]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

the who- teenage wasteland

Assuming you mean Baba O'Riley, I agree.

I also think CRAZY TRAIN merits mentioning in this topic....

[garnettrules21]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Assuming you mean Baba O'Riley, I agree.

I also think CRAZY TRAIN merits mentioning in this topic....

lol, yea thats what i meant. its funny, im usually correcting people when they call it teenage wasteland and here i call it that.

[Brandon13]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Pink Floyd - Another Brick In The Wall (Part 2)
Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama
Queen - We Will Rock You
Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
Guns & Roses - Welcome To The Jungle
Aerosmith - Walk This Way
Aerosmith - Dream On
Bob Seger - Turn The Page
Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker
Van Halen - Jump
Green Day - When I Come Around
George Thorogood - Bad To The Bone
The Beatles - A Day In The Life

[SPTO]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Marvin Gaye - I heard it through the grapevine
Temptations - My girl
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama

[southside_hitmen]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Good list...

I'd add
Metallica Enter Sandman
AC/DC Hells Bells

Don't forget AC/DC - Thunderstuck as well

[DrStrangepork]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
Black Sabbath - Iron Man
Peter Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Queen - We Will Rock You
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher
Ozzy - Crazy Train

[TerpsJunkie]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Cypress Hill - Rock Superstar
Korn - Got The Life
Lit - My Own Worst Enemy
Metallica - Enter Sandman
Metallica - Seek and Destroy
Nirvana - Come As You Are
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
Rage Against The Machine - Guerrilla Radio
Rage Against The Machine - Sleep Now In The Fire
Ramones - I Wanna Be Sedated
Rolling Stones - Paint It Black
Thursday - For The Workforce Drowning
Queen - Another One Bites The Dust

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

Alice in Chains - Rooster, Down In A Hole, Angry Chair
Ambulance LTD - Primitive (The Way I Treat You)
Audioslave - Cochise, Show Me How To Live, Gasoline, Man or Animal
The Beatles - Come Together, I Want You (She's So Heavy), Something
Black Sabbath - Sweet Leaf, Into the Void, War Pigs, Paranoid, Fairies Wear Boots
Blind Faith - Had To Cry Today
Brendan Benson - Cold Hands (Warm Heart), Flesh & Bone, The Alternative To Love
Buffalo Springfield - For What Its Worth
Chris Cornell - Seasons
Chuck Berry - Johnny B. Good, School Days/No Particular Place To Go, Roll Over Beethoven
Cream - Sunshine of Your Love, Outside Woman Blues, Take It Back
CCR - Green River, Bad Moon Rising, Run Through The Jungle
Derek & the Dominos - Layla
The Doobie Brothers - Black Water, China Grove, Rockin' Down the Highway
Eagles - Hotel California, Witchy Woman, Take It Easy
Eagles of Death Metal - Whorehoppin (****, *******), San Berdoo Sunburn
Eric Clapton - Cocaine, Wonderful Tonight, The Core
BB King & Eric Clapton - Key to the Highway, Three O'Clock Blues
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze, Fire
Led Zeppelin - Immigrant Song, When The Levee Breaks, Heartbreaker, Moby Dick, Kashmir, Since I've Been Loving You, etc...
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Free Bird, Poison Whiskey, Mississippi Kid, Simple Man
Manfred Mann's Earth Band - Blinded By the Light
Mother Love Bone - Man of Golden Words, Crown of Thorns
Mountain - Mississippi Queen
Nirvana - Come As You Are, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Lithium
Ozzy - Crazy Train, Goodbye To Romance
Pearl Jam - Alive, Jeremy, Dissident, WMA, Animal
Queen - You're My Best Friend, I'm In Love With My Car, Sweet Lady
Queens of the Stone Age - Burn the Witch, Tangled Up in Plaid, No One Knows, God Is on the Radio
Rage Against the Machine - Bulls on Parade, Killing in the Name, Know Your Enemy
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Under the Bridge, Funky Monks, Give It Away, Scar Tissue, Get on Top
Rolling Stones - Start Me Up, Sympathy for the Devil
Soundgarden - Mind Riot, Slaves & Bulldozers, Rusty Cage, Loud Love, Little Joe, Black Hole Sun, 4th of July, Fresh Tendrils, Fell On Black Days
Stevie Ray Vaughan - Testify, Mary Had A Little Lamb
Temple of the Dog - Hunger Strike, Reach Down, Times of Trouble
The White Stripes - Hello Operator, Seven Nation Army, Ball and Biscuit, Cannon, Screwdriver, Fell In Love With A Girl, Offend In Every Way, I Think I Smell a Rat
The Who - Baba O'Riley, Won't Get Fooled Again

[Fresh Tendrils]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

I'm surprised only one other person has included Black Sabbath.

[Hooe]

Re: Greatest Intros of All Time

I'd throw in "Voodoo Child" by Jimi Hendrix, in addition to what others have already mentioned.