Favorite Song Intros of All time

[Sargassoc]

And how did everyone here forget this one?!

 

[Sargassoc]

And another one:

 

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[Sargassoc]

Last one (I think).

 

[JRRRJ]

Haven't time to get thru to the end of the thread, but I want this to be in it.

One of the first rock concerts I went to, this opened the show with a wow -- definitely above volume 11.

 

[MilfordHusky]

 

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[uconnfan68]

Almost every Stones song.

 

[Jackcatscal]

This is from David Byrne’s American Utopia, which I saw twice on Broadway, and loved each time. Spike Lee filmed the entire show for a documentary. It’s available on Apple TV.

 

[Fastbreak]

From 1964, used to play this loud in the dorm on Fridays.

Here's my favorite version The Band & Ronnie Hawkins - Who Do You Love

 

[LwrcasefaN]

That bass always stops me in my tracks. Song is 50 years old this year!

 

[RockyMTblue2]

I'll just call this iconic. Used time and time again in movies. It evokes things legendary and momentous:

 

[Scud49]

Van the Man - Into the Mystic, the intro, so subtle:

 

[Scud49]

The Isley Brothers - Twist and Shout:

 

[Scud49]

Robin Trower's "I'm Out to Get You":

 

[PoppaBear]

 

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Usually...it's the music that makes the best intros. Here...it's the lyrics.