Best Intro in Music History

[jimbo1964]

Superstition.. Stevie Wonder. Genius.

[red devil]

So many, but this came into my head first...

 

[TillieTrotter]

Shine on you crazy diamond.

[david_carnell]

Despite not being a fan of the genre in general I always turn to hard-rock/metal for best intros. Just massive, loud, guitar riffs.

Black Sabbath - Paranoid

Beatie Boys - No Sleep Till Brooklyn

AC/DC - Back in Black

etc etc

But also a soft spot for soul and the horn sections you'd get opening Motown or Stax numbers.

Sam and Dave - Hold on I'm Coming

[Ridgley]

Love Super massive black hole - Muse great gothic intro

[taper]

La Grange ZZ top

Low down dirty blues.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Bell Bottom Blues - Derek & the Dominoes

Go Now - Moody Blues

There's also a cracking one from Squeeze but the name escapes me at the mo.

And for sheer brevity, Hard Days Night.

[camberwell70]

'Exodus' by Bob Marley is one that springs to mind

[camberwell70]

...but then the intro to 'Natural Mystic' is also great.

[????]

There's also a cracking one from Squeeze but the name escapes me at the mo.

Pulling muscles for a shell?

[maxxi]

Planet Claire - B-52's

[????]

Good shout maxi - got me head nodding in beepy way :))

[taper]

David

Good calls.

Sabbath have many great intros, but Supernaut is possibly the greatest. Whole lotta Rosie for Acdc I reckon.

Try also Accept's Fast As A Shark for the birth of Speed metal. And Motorhead's Overkill live for the birth of thrash. Or back to Sabbath that might have been Symptom of the universe, another soul darkeningly good intro.

Heavy makes me happy, metal makes me mean.....

[StraferJack]

Race for the prize. Flaming lips

It soars, your heart soars. First time I ever heard it I spontaneously shed tears

[Alan Medic]

Your latest trick by Dire Straits is a favourite of mine.

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Does the William Tell Overture part IV count?

[maxxi]

erm... what are the lyrics to that again?

[Mick Mac]

Hells Bells ... ACDC

[pablogrande]

Sabotage - beastie boys

Cannonball - the breeders

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Oh Maxxi, you know: "Hi ho silver lining, and away we go ..."

[bonniebird]

I love Thin Lizzie Whiskey in the Jar intro (tu)

[citizenED]

The trumpet intro in this takes some beating:

Tom Browne -

[Tarot]

We will rock you-Queen.

[Eliza.D]

Baker St - Gerry Rafferty

[????]

Santana - Nobody Told me about her

Specials - Ghost Town

Primal Scream - Loaded