Best Intros To Rock Songs

Myself ^ | October 31, 2018 | A Navy Vet

[A Navy Vet]

What are the best intros to Rock n Roll and Pop music?

[combat_boots]

Then there’s “Tonight, tonight”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdxWqVyMPrM

And that drum rif with good stereo. Wicked good.

[Political Junkie Too]

Got Me Under Pressure.

[Paul R.]

Another hard hitter: Rene Didn’t Do It (Russ Ballard)

Heavy? Hard to top Heep’s “Pilgrim”. Strong intro, great bridge, and then they finally just run you over like a tank...

Another memorable intro is Ozzy’s “Crazy Train”, although I read somewhere that Sharon Osbourne ripped off Lee Kerslake and Bob Daisley for the credits on that one.

When it comes to more melodic, Prelude 12 / Suite Madame Blue (Styx) IMO deserves honorable mention for its intro, too.

[rfp1234]

https://youtu.be/Z5fAWpv_axs

[Yardstick]

-When The Levee Breaks-

Those drums.

[Night Hides Not]

Other great intros by Clapton:

Motherless Children, Bad Love, Crossroads...aw heck, what song of Clapton's didn't have a great intro?

Addicted to Love, Robert Palmer
Same Old Scene, Bryan Ferry & Roxy Music
Long Way There, Little River Band
Slow Down, The Beatles
Come Together, The Beatles
25 or 6 to 4, Chicago
Single Handed Sailor, Dire Straits
Chameleon, Herbie Hancock
Celebration Day, Led Zeppelin
My City Was Gone, Pretenders
The Pusher, Steppenwolf
Night Train, Steve Winwood
Couldn't Stand the Weather, Stevie Ray Vaughan
Lawyers, Guns and Money, Warren Zevon
Siberian Khatru, Yes

All of the above were plucked from my iPhone. Yeah, I know...I never advanced musically beyond the 80s. lol

[Tom in SFCA]

Folks, there have been many good suggestions here.

Now I present the BEST rock ‘n’ roll intro ever.

“Born to Be Wild” by Steppenwolf.

Admit it, I’m right.

[Paul R.]

Oh, yeah!!!

Jack the Stripper / Fairies Wear Boots, too...

[Celtic Conservative]

It’s 96 tears and the intro is pretty much how the rest of the song goes. The keyboardist musta had only one finger.

CC

[Night Hides Not]

Bohemian Rhapsody while driving.

Siberian Khatru by Yes is usually the first song on the playlists I listen to during my walks. High energy, kick ass song...by the time it's over, I'm more than a half mile from my house and ready to go 7-9 more miles.

[Paul R.]

Magic Carpet Ride’s intro is no slouch either...

[Paul R.]

Another intro that really sets the mood for the song is the intro to “White Hot” by Red Ryder.

Nobody mentioned Inna Gadda Da Vida’s intro yet?

[pissant]

Brown Sugar and Honky Tonk Woman - the Stones

[Electric Graffiti]

"Game over"

Until Stevie Ray Vaughan picked up the axe

Stevie Ray Vaughan - Texas Flood (from Live at the El Mocambo)[Youtube video 9:30 mins]

[HenpeckedCon]

Achilles Last Stand.

[21twelve]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ydAANC7sl0Y

Siberian Khatru by YES

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QJTBYgoIdJ4

“Pirates” ELP

Hard to find any decent live versions of YES or ELP. I think 1) concerts during prime years are old; 2) the complexity of the music is difficult to get.

[FreedomPoster]

Deep Tracks? 90% of my Sirius/XM listening.

I need to do the annual phone call for reasonable rates with those guys soon.

[Paul R.]

More quite distinctive intros:

Train Train (Blackfoot)

Locomotive Breath (Tull)

Salisbury (Heep)

Radar Love (Golden Earring)

Blinded By the Light (Mannfred Mann)

25 Or Six to 4 (Chicago)

In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins)

Just way too many!!!!!

[basalt]

Flying High Again...Ozzy Osbourne/ Randy Rhoads...

[basalt]

Baba O’reily ...The Who...