and wipeout, surfin bird, jump, devil inside, every breath you take, rock me amadeus, couldn’t be figured out in a couple seconds?
Sorry guys, but the Stones have the most 1 or 2 or 3 note recognizable songs in all of rock. Even "Satisfaction" was a 2 note intro (E and A) that every one knows.
Speaking of intros to rock music. Here is the all time arguably best musical intro to a song. This song has been used in numerous Scorsese movies and countless others. Scorsese used it in the classics of Goodfellows, Casino, and The Departed. Many other directors have uses this intro to set the mood for a particular scene and is probably THE most used rock intro of all time. Can you guess? No, It wasn't the Beatles.
So you don't have to Google, it was the Rolling Stones, "Gimme Shelter". The intro to that song is undeniably the most haunting and eerie intro that Rock & Roll has ever produced. While Pink Floyd had there moments, they just didn't rock like the Stones on "Gimme Shelter". It's my favorite Stones song.
Interestingly, the drummer Charlie Watts just did pounda pounda pounda pound rather than drum rolls. Bill Wyman followed Charlies lead for the rhythm section to keep things simple. Mick Taylor and Keith Richards did a complex battling solo that has inspired so many guitar bands later.