Van Halen: Jump
Kind of dated now and this is a case the intro is better than the rest of the tune.
Van Halen: Jump
Glasvegas - EUPHORIC /// HEARTBREAK \\
Beautiful
The great James Williamson intro on Iggy and the Stooges Search and Destroy from the brilliant album Raw Power
If you have a guitar then Adrian here from 1:20mins onwards will show you how to play it!
& if you like rainstorms the Doors’ Riders On The Storm has got to be up there as well.
Simple Minds - Waterfront
The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit.
No competition.
Stay With Me - Rod & The Faces
Silver Machine by Hawkwind is tremendously old school; synth panned hard left, space wind opposes the guitar over on the right. But those first few bubbles of the opening synth set it all up.
Still Raining Still Dreaming by Hendrix is the opposite, straight in with a dose of Wah pedal and we’re off. Tremendous.
Still the winner for a pop intro by a mile tho, The Beatles - All My Loving. Crashes straight in with the opening lines without the finery of an instrumental intro and that’s it. One of the best openings to any pop song ever.
The Night Watch by King Crimson from the album Starless.
It’s Infinite, from Am I Home? by Skeletons. Drums by Greg Fox.
Focus, hocus pocus
New order, blue monday
Safri duo, the bongo song
Deep purple, smoke on water
One of the highlights of watching purple live was hearing them replicate this intro.