Songs with great intros (lyric, house, best, radio)

[TKramar]

Originally Posted by case44

The Spirit Of Radio - Rush




YouTube - Rush - The Spirit of Radio

I use this intro for a ringtone. Grabs my attention.

[newmex]

Rainy Day...Dream Away....Hendrix


YouTube - rainy day,dream away- jimi hendrix

[dookieboy]

"Children of the sun" by Billy Thorpe.

[Boyd24]

Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody


YouTube - Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody

[SandyCo]

Here are my choices:

You Shook Me All Night Long by AC/DC (I'm so sick of this song, but it still has a great intro!)
Whipping Post by The Allman Brothers
Do Me! by Bell Biv Devoe
Rebel Yell by Billy Idol
Beginnings by Chicago
Suite Judy Blue Eyes by Crosby Stills & Nash
Rebel Rebel by David Bowie
Woman from Tokyo by Deep Purple
All She Wants to Do Is Dance by Don Henley
One of These Nights by The Eagles
Shakin' by Eddie Money
We're an American Band by Grand Funk Railroad
Some Kind of Wonderful by Grand Funk Railroad
Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N Roses
I Can't Go for That (No Can Do) by Hall & Oates
Need You Tonight by INXS
Stone in Love by Journey
Enter Sandman by Metallica
Beat It by Michael Jackson
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson
Fool's Game by Michael Bolton
Mississippi Queen by Mountain
Hair of the Dog by Nazareth
Slow Ride by Foghat
Love Is the Drug by Roxy Music
How Soon Is Now by The Smiths
Green-Eyed Lady by Sugarloaf
Stranglehold by Ted Nugent
Mysterious Ways by U2
Vertigo by U2

This is a very incomplete list. Some of the intros are rather short; who said it has to be long to be good?

[saucywench]

YouTube - Doobie Brothers - Black Water (High Quality)

[DOUBLE H]

Looks like they're all good to me! here's some good intros on some of my favorite chart hits and album cuts from 1972! Another list of 10!

The Low Spark Of High Heel Boys-Traffic
Ode To Big Blue-Gordon Lightfoot
(I'm Just A) Singer In A Rock And Roll Band-Moody Blues
Precious And Few-Climax
Beautiful-Gordon Lightfoot
Sail On Sailor-Beach Boys
Highway Star-Deep Purple
I'd Love to Change the World-Ten Years After
(I'm) Going Down-Jeff Beck Group
Wishing Well-Free

[saucywench]

Couldn't rep you yet Love I'm Just a Singer, Highway Star, Alvin Lee. Nevermind, yours were all good!!

[joey2000]

Originally Posted by ProgShred

So does every song, technically have an intro? I kinda feel that if the song starts right away with singing or it goes directly into the main melody right from the start, that it really doesn't have an intro. I see a lot of the songs picked are songs like that.

I think of an intro as usually instrumental and a different melody or rythym than the rest of the song.

Don't necessarily agree w/the last part but wow somebody gets the gist of the thread. This was the last thing I expected, frankly. Thx.

Some seriously ridiculous selections here. FYI this isn't a "favorite/greatest songs" or "favorite/greatest bands" thread. But gee thanks for all the youtube links.

Anyway it's probably pointless but I'd add:

Steely Dan - Don't Take Me Alive
Earth/Wind/Fire - Got to Get you Into My Life
Frampton - Do You Feel Like We Do
Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane
Chicago - Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is
Supertramp - Bloody Well Right (whatever that song is called)

And in the "does anyone even know who or what I'm talking about" category:

Tom Scott - Blow it out
Doobie Bros - Just Can't Stop It
Spyrogyra - Lovin You, Percolator, Heliopolis
Dixie Dregs - Odyssey

[ProgShred]

Originally Posted by SandyCo

Sweet Child of Mine by Guns N Roses

Oh man, I hate the intro to that song. Those same 4 harmonics repeated over and over. It sounds like Slash's guitar has to throw up.