Topic: great rock intros'

[Spezialo]

Eagles - Hotel California
Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way

[Nobby Reserve]

When Doves Cry - Prince

[BarryCrocker]

When Doves Cry - Prince

Definitely.

I'd like to add:

Crunchy Granola Suite
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Insomnia
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There's A Better Place - Because of the Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory intro
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[Stubbins]

Always a big regret in never taking the opportunity back then to see them live. I think many of those who did swear they never saw any better than the Faces at their swaggering best.

I saw them late 73 but by then they were past their absolute best. Ronnie Lane had left to be replaced by the Japanese guy (who's name escapes me) and by then they were being promoted as Rod Stewart and the Faces, because Rod's solo career was just taking off. They were good, but that swagger you talk of seemed a little forced. Wish I'd seen them a year or so earlier.

[AlphaDelta]

Bat out of Hell - Meat Loaf
Seven Nation Army - White Stripes
Take it Easy - Eagles

[jambutty]

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[Oldmanmick]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udxbvHiqGw

The Skids into the valley.

[jambutty]

The intro that launched a million bands:

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She's a dick teaser.

[zamagiure]

The Stranglers. Toiler on the sea.

[HomesickRed]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9udxbvHiqGw

The Skids into the valley.

Quality.
And also the haunting, THE SAINTS ARE COMING:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Oe505SgprM

[HomesickRed]

Not really a rock intro, but the start of I Feel Fine by the Beatles was a brilliant intro with the feedback and opening riff.

Basically ripped off, feedback and all, by the Stone Roses, for a great tune of theirs . .. Waterfall:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7NrLBlw9WZE

[Red_Mist]

Not really a rock intro, but the start of I Feel Fine by the Beatles was a brilliant intro with the feedback and opening riff.

Our youngest nephew is 18 and he’s bought himself a really nice record player, amp and speakers and started collecting original Beatles records (helped by a generous donation of them from his nan). He said to me at the weekend when we were round, “Listen to this” and stuck on an original 7’’ pressing of I Feel Fine and turned it up to 11. Wow. I mean we all know it, it’s so familiar (and has probably been a regular ear worm since Klopp’s song). But it was almost like listening to a new tune with the band in the room. Perfection. And that intro as you say Terry. Fuck me. Mind blowing. We both sat there grinning like idiots.

[jambutty]

I don't think we're finished discovering what innovative genii they were.

[Red_Mist]

I don't think we're finished discovering what innovative genii they were.

Definitely jb. He put Rubber Soul on after that as it’s his current fave. Sounded incredible as well. Love that there’s still youngsters getting into them.

[Terry de Niro]

Definitely jb. He put Rubber Soul on after that as it’s his current fave. Sounded incredible as well. Love that there’s still youngsters getting into them.

Skipping an album to Revolver, to And Your Bird Can Sing.
Now there's a song with a great intro as well.

[rob1966]

Welcome Home (Sanitarium) - Metallica

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[jambutty]

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First record I ever bought

[Red_Mist]

I had Who’s Next on in the background when I was shirking from home today. Baba O’Riley is an obvious choice but I think Won’t Get Fooled Again just beats it (close one though!)

[Crosby Nick]

Skipping an album to Revolver, to And Your Bird Can Sing.
Now there's a song with a great intro as well.

Fleetingly perfect song.

[jambutty]

In a lighthearted Beatles vein, I find the upbeat harmonies of these guys really nice.
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[jambutty]

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Right lads, toke up, let's have some fun with this one.

[Dench57]

not really Rock but it's in the ballpark. first 90 seconds is stonking

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[ianburns252]

Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria has one of my favourite intros of any song (especially when you hear it live)

https://youtu.be/n0H3RlaQVrM?si=_30UzSHfVYdpf5i9


Going the opposite direction - what about great outros?

Bit of a rogue shout but one of my favourites is a Limp Bizkit track called Douchebag which has possibly the most Bizkit at their worst chorus but then magically finishes with an out of nowhere jazz style bit (about 3 mins 20 into it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOob0n0rbE

[Boston always unofficial]

Not gone thru the whole thread but The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet is a stonking good intro.

[ianburns252]

Class tune anyway and 100% agreed about the intro

Really cool but strange overlapping between the various instruments and builds really nicely into the main song

[rob1966]

Welcome Home - Coheed and Cambria has one of my favourite intros of any song (especially when you hear it live)

https://youtu.be/n0H3RlaQVrM?si=_30UzSHfVYdpf5i9


Going the opposite direction - what about great outros?

Bit of a rogue shout but one of my favourites is a Limp Bizkit track called Douchebag which has possibly the most Bizkit at their worst chorus but then magically finishes with an out of nowhere jazz style bit (about 3 mins 20 into it)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcOob0n0rbE

The Chain.

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

[Stubbins]

The Small Faces - Tin Soldier

Alice Cooper - Gutter Cat v The Jets

Grand Funk Railroad - We're an American Band

[Jwils21]

Alter Bridge - Blackbird

[Jwils21]

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

The Free Bird outtro could go on for about 20 minutes, if they wanted it to. Remember seeing a video of them just freestyling for ages

[Buck Pete]

The Free Bird outtro could go on for about 20 minutes, if they wanted it to. Remember seeing a video of them just freestyling for ages

Wonder if that's The Old Grey Whistle Test performance you refer to?   That was great jammin'.

Johnny Winter and his band did something similar on TOGWT with an absolute beast of a huge extended cover version of Jumpin' Jack Flash.   Check it out on YT, it's amazingly good.

[SvenJohansen]

Rory Gallagher - Follow Me    this was the theme song for the music show MT USA that was on in the 80s

Taste - What's Going On

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny


Actually most of Rory's rock songs have great intros, especially the live versions.

[Baby Huey]

Rory Gallagher - Follow Me    this was the theme song for the music show MT USA that was on in the 80s

Taste - What's Going On

Rory Gallagher - Bad Penny


Actually most of Rory's rock songs have great intros, especially the live versions.

Everything by Rory. I saw him live in 1973, I was 11, with my mum.

[rob1966]

The Free Bird outtro could go on for about 20 minutes, if they wanted it to. Remember seeing a video of them just freestyling for ages

Wonder if that's The Old Grey Whistle Test performance you refer to?   That was great jammin'.

Johnny Winter and his band did something similar on TOGWT with an absolute beast of a huge extended cover version of Jumpin' Jack Flash.   Check it out on YT, it's amazingly good.

Could be this one

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Old Grey Whistle Test  (what a programme that was, fantastic)

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[Terry de Niro]

Can't Stop by the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Taught my lad how to play this when he first started to learn guitar.
He was only young at the time but he soon nailed it.

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[Nitramdorf]

Just thought of a great one.

Kansas - Carry on Wayward Son. An intro so good it has a guitar solo in it.

[SvenJohansen]

Everything by Rory. I saw him live in 1973, I was 11, with my mum.

I'd loved to have seen him play. All of his music is something special. I need to get to the Rory Festival next year.

[jambutty]

Johnny Winter and his band did something similar on TOGWT with an absolute beast of a huge extended cover version of Jumpin' Jack Flash.   Check it out on YT, it's amazingly good.

Not bad.

Randy Hobbs was good, but Jon Paris was (and is) a fucking monster.

Check this out, especially around 7 mins.  Dr. John on keyboards.

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Jon is a consummate guitarist with his own band and would only ever played bass for Johnny Winter. (Although he was always on harp for Steely Dan)

Although I did make him an offer he refused.   

Judge for yourself

Johnny Winter and his band did something similar on TOGWT with an absolute beast of a huge extended cover version of Jumpin' Jack Flash.   Check it out on YT, it's amazingly good.

Not bad.

Randy Hobbs was good, but Jon Paris was (and is) a fucking monster.

Check this out, especially around 7 mins.  Dr. John on keyboards.

Judge for yourself
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[jambutty]

Too fucking good.

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My fave JW story.

Raised in racist Texas. As a kid, he'd go to the theatre where blacks had to sit in the balcony.

Typically for Texas, he was forced to sit away from 'white folks'.

[So… Howard Philips]

Like a Hurricane;

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z6qzeHSq7bk

Great lyrics as well as the intro.

[Baby Huey]

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