A wee cracker of a song I love, with a great intro is “Young at Heart” by the Bluebells
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A wee cracker of a song I love, with a great intro is “Young at Heart” by the Bluebells
Love Spreads - Stone Roses
Anastacia - Slash and Myles Kennedy
Come on Eileen intro.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Believ...g_Young_Charms
While we're on Dexy's, the intro to Jackie Wilson Said (I'm in Heaven...) is brilliant, especially when the alto sax kicks in. Better than Van Morrison's original simply for the quality of the recording.
I thought Stevie Wonder's Superstition might have got a mention by now.
One I had to dig deep in the memory files for was Robert Plant's Big Log (oo-er Missus?). All I could remember about it was the intro.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxSsol3Zd7k
Simple and brilliant:
Happy Hour - The Housemartins
The Middle - Jimmy Eat World
Also Feeder have got some crackers, Feeling A Moment maybe the best. Or Seven Days In The Sun.
It’s all subjective but here’s a few that get my foot tapping as soon as I hear the intro.
Johnny Johnson & The Bandwagon - Breaking Down The Walls Of Heartache
https://youtu.be/_Blyvv9MdjU
One of my favourite songs, Dusty Springfield - Ain’t No Sun Since You’ve Been Gone https://youtu.be/UOcdHBRf0lg
Sure they will have already been mentioned, but Chuck Berry - Rollover Beethoven & Johnny B Goode.
Ace of Spades - Motorhead
Makthaverskan - Vi var manniskor fran borjan
Nirvana - Aneurism
Walking In My Shoes by Depeche Mode
One Step Beyond by Madness
Donna Summer “I feel love”
The Killing Moon - Echo and the Bunnymen.
A few other suggestions, based on it being intros.
Europe”The Final Countdown” - cheesemungous but impossible to hear and not dream of being a Scandi bubble-permed astronaut.
Prince “Let’s Go Crazy”. I can already think of a few other shouts when you contemplate his back catalogue.
U2. “Sunday Bloody Sunday”. It is a short intro but so visceral.
Jimi Hendrix - I think “All Along the Watchtower” has been rightly mentioned. “Hey Joe” and “Voodoo Chile” need to be in there too. Hendrix was a fantastic guitarist but his bassist and drummer are probably not given the credit they deserve. The intros to all those tracks are just accomplished, they sound loose but are actually super-tight, musicians on the top of their game working perfectly with each other.
I will slip in a personal favourite or two. I love the intro to “I Believe” by R.E.M., love the whole song TBH, this was just before they became really famous and were still more student-indie than MTV. It was on their album ‘Document’ IIRC, which was followed by ‘Green’ which had ‘Orange Crush’ and other hits and the next album had ‘Losing my Religion’ and they went stratospheric.
And in a complete change of tack, the intros of ‘Chime’ and ‘Belfast’ by Orbital. Hearing the opening notes of either of those takes me to a happy place :greengrin
Those were my two choices, but if you've not heard it I'll give you 'Los Conquistadores Chocolates' by Johnny Hammond from his 'Gears' album. https://youtu.be/oDUfOORmUtw
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Some great choices, could I add ‘Union City Blue’ by Blondie. Great rumbling bass to start with, leading into crashing guitars before Debbie starts singing.
I could name many songs by The Church, but ‘Reptile’ has a great guitar intro from Marty-Willson Piper from the most underrated band of the last 40 years.
Probably been said but, Do I Wanna Know? By the Arctic Monkeys is immense
https://open.spotify.com/track/5FVd6...T82F5yqkSps7BQ
Also, Sunshine On Leith
There's a YouTube series on the best guitar/bass/piano etc intros of all time. It's a bit heavy on "rawk" IMO, but it's good fun.
https://youtu.be/VqFbwbLQPsc
Has "Can't stand me now" by The Libertines been mentioned anywhere?
That's a cracker.
Just remembered another classic - The Flaming Lips' In The Morning Of The Magicians....that bass!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jTu...amingLipsMusic
The Phantom of the Opera by Iron Maiden
The Dark Is Rising by Mercury Rev....spine tingling.
Loving this thread, so many classic songs getting a mention. Another 4 from me,
Barcelona - Freddie Mercury/Montserrat Cabballe
I don't like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Whiter shade of pale - Procul Harem
Waterloo sunset - The Kinks
GGTTH