What are some of your favorite song intros?

[azureblue]

One of the simplest and most identifiable - the opening chord to the Beatles "Hard Day's Night"

[N.F.A.]

Synchronicity - The Police
+1 to Hard Day's Night. So many great Beatles intros..

Want to throw in a bit of Neue Deutsche Welle
Paul ist Tot - Fehlfarben
Hundsgemein - Ideal

Blue Jean Blues - ZZ Top

[GK Growl]

This could go on forever:

Orange Crush - REM
Nutshell - Alice in Chains
Wrathchild - Iron Maiden
Crush - Dave Matthews Band
Highway Song - Blackfoot


Sheesh all my lists are pretty musically bipolar (or suck depending on what you like!)

[champbassist]

Considering the type of music I'm listening to right now,

• Bike, Eutow by Autechre
• Turquoise Hexagon Sun by Boards of Canada
• Cell Towers by Billy Sheehan
• Danphe And The Brain by Mogwai
• Antihuman by Godflesh
• The Only Mistake by Joy Division
• Ghost Key by Isis
• and, a really quirky one, a piece of game music from Unreal Tournament called Foregone Destruction

Originally Posted by N.F.A.

Synchronicity - The Police

Is that I or II? I figure you're talking about I, but II has a pretty cool intro as well

[N.F.A.]

Hi champbassist. Either one, but I was referring to II. Thanks for posting. I know nearly none of the songs you posted. More new stuff for me! Woot!

[spz8]

For Whom the Bell Tolls - Metallica... when they were great

[Silver Blues]

Seven Cities of Gold - Rush
Headlong Flight - Rush
Turn Me Loose - Loverboy
Alchemy - Intervals (sick EP, btw, if you like djent, that is)
Minus The Machine - 10 Years
Funky Monks - RHCP
Factory of Faith - RHCP
The Voyage - Rush
The Big Money - Rush
Vapor Trails - Rush
Hang Tough - Tesla
A Day In The Death - Testament
Practice What You Preach - Testament (the original, but the redo is good too)
Roundabout - Yes
That Was Just Your Life - Metallica (it's a decent album, really)

Off the top of my head

--Silvie

[ronlitz]

My Girl - The Temptations
Victim Of Changes - Judas Priest
Rock Me - Johnny Winter

And since this is a bass forum, gotta mention "Music For Chameleons" by Gary Numan (Pino on bass)

[joebar]

accept - balls to the wall
MJ- billie jean

[mogpipe]

Keep Yourself Alive - Queen
All That Jazz - Queen
Band on the Run - Wings
Ain't That a Shame - Cheap Trick

.........so many more.

[HuntYouDown]

Old Black Sabbath

[Shakin-Slim]

Little Wing is beautiful. But, a lot of songs have great intros. Spanish Joint by D'Angelo is one.

[Strat Hater]

Heavy Metal Love - Helix
Closer to the Heart - rush
Another Brick in the Wall - Floyd
Rock n Roll - Led Zep
Smoke on the Water - Deep Purp
Sultans of Swing - Dire Straits
Bad to the Bone - Thorgood
Old Time Rock n Roll - Segar
Devil Went Down to Georgia - Charlie Daniels
LA Woman - The Doors
Ain't that A shame - Cheap Trick
Rock n Roll Hoochi Koo - Derringer
Play that Funk Music - Wild Cherry
Cat Scratch Feaver - Nugent
Slowride - Foghat

to name a few

[57pbass]

There are many but I really love the Fender Rhodes in the beginning of
The Love I Lost..Harold Melvin and The Bluenotes..an oldie but a classic.

[nortonrider]

Sweet Jane - Lou Reed

The intro is a Jam all by itself - give it a listen:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoytmVwcsB4

[aRandomAggie]

I'm Bad, I'm Nationwide - ZZ Top
Pride and Joy - SRV
Power of Equality - RHCP

[Stick_Player]

Hawaii Five-O Theme

[stratovani]

Way too many great intros out there. One of my favorites is the intro to 2112:

E-A
(rest)
C-G-D-C
(rest)
A-A-A

I also like the intro to Hemispheres:

a series of F#, sliding into A

[Arial Bender]

Badge, Cream everytime I think of a bass line that one pops in my head. One of the reasons I'm finally trying to learn bass.

[4dog]

Brothers in arms- dire straits