I love song intros, so much that there are times when I will line up anywhere from 10-20 songs, put on the headphones, crank up the volume and just listen to the intro..and then I'll move on to the next song. What are some of the best, or your favorites....
here's a few of mine:

Paradise City - Guns N' Roses

Stranglehold - Ted Nugent

You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC

Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who

A-Ha - Take On Me
The Cure - Trust
Fall Out Boy - Beat It
Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit
The Verve - Bittersweet Symphony

High Speed Dirt - Megadeth (just because it's such a weird time signature)
Fade to Black - Metallica
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Battery - Metallica
Holy Wars - Megadeth
Seasons in the Abyss, Raining Blood - Slayer
Wreath - Opeth
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd
More than a Feeling - Boston
La Grange - ZZ Top
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
Welcome to the Jungle - GnR
Been a Son - Nirvana

Uh, yeah...there are A LOT of songs with sweet intros

the guitar intro to It Don't Come Easy: Ringo

and the piano intro to Miami 2017! (tho i don't like billoy joel)

The first two songs that came to mind were ...

Sausalito Summernight - Diesel
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfrkWDAQpzI

When It's Over - Loverboy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3cZJugwYwUM

Got loads of favourites... some have been mentioned already :)

Others are:

Sweet Child O' Mine - GNR
Hell's Bells - AC/DC
Hallowed be thy Name - Iron Maiden
Number of the Beast - Iron Maiden
Hey Bulldog - The Beatles
I Love Rock n Roll - Joan Jett
Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

Green Day - Boulevard of Broken Dreams
Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit

i like the Green Day song, and the intro is really quite short
now I dolike the Nirvana intro a lot  :)




Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
More than a Feeling - Boston
La Grange - ZZ Top
Voodoo Chile (Slight Return), Purple Haze, All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
Hot For Teacher - Van Halen
Welcome to the Jungle - GnR


Uh, yeah...there are A LOT of songs with sweet intros

I would add all of these easily to my list of fav intros probably because of the genre and style more what I like


the guitar intro to It Don't Come Easy: Ringo

and the piano intro to Miami 2017! (tho i don't like billoy joel)
love it, good one Karen  8)


Got loads of favourites... some have been mentioned already :)

Others are:

Sweet Child O' Mine - GNR
Hell's Bells - AC/DC

Baker Street - Gerry Rafferty

finally, a non guitar intro with Baker Street  :)  ^ these would be on my list of fav's, and i notice I'm that just not into the metal songs mentioned, and i really should at least listen to them.


The first two songs that came to mind were ...

Sausalito Summernight - Diesel
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfrkWDAQpzI

When It's Over - Loverboy
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=3cZJugwYwUM

thanks for the links jason, I'll check em out later when i get home


need some good keyboard intros. all of mine are electric or acoustic guitar

Take It easy - The Eagles
Cool Change - Little River Band

  The Spirit of Radio ~ Rush
  Force Ten ~ Rush
  Smashing Young Man ~ Collective Soul
  The Sign of Fire - The Fixx
  Follow You, Follow Me ~ Genesis
  Jesus Built My Hotrod ~ Ministry
  P.L.U.C.K. - System of a Down

I love song intros, so much that there are times when I will line up anywhere from 10-20 songs, put on the headphones, crank up the volume and just listen to the intro..and then I'll move on to the next song.


The Cult, Wildflower (Extended Rock Remix)  (5:50)

The original Wildflower was good, but it's the two or three seconds of guitar-only intro, and the loop of drum rolls at 0:16 and 0:23 that really set this intro above the original.

Billy Idol, To Be A Lover (Mother of Mercy) (6:37)

Here's a largely-synth track that opens up with an extended guitar riff, and for bonus points, throws in a Billy Idol doing his impression of a drag-racing announcer "SUPERSTARS!  The type of thrills and spills, you, the fans, want to see and hear!  Return to splendor, with Rock And Roll INFERNO!"

It's the little things that make the intro. 

And while it's not exactly rock, I'm going to have to throw in the first 100 seconds of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Rockit Miss USA (Madman vs. Speedranch).  I'm counting at least a dozen samples from everything from the Thunderbirds, to Dirty Harry, to The Matrix, and stopped counting explosions, gunfire, and shattering glass after the first minute.

Which reminds me, I've gotta do a writeup and send it to the samples thread on the lyrics page.

The Cult, Wildflower (Extended Rock Remix)  (5:50)

The original Wildflower was good, but it's the two or three seconds of guitar-only intro, and the loop of drum rolls at 0:16 and 0:23 that really set this intro above the original.

Billy Idol, To Be A Lover (Mother of Mercy) (6:37)

Here's a largely-synth track that opens up with an extended guitar riff, and for bonus points, throws in a Billy Idol doing his impression of a drag-racing announcer "SUPERSTARS!  The type of thrills and spills, you, the fans, want to see and hear!  Return to splendor, with Rock And Roll INFERNO!"

It's the little things that make the intro. 

And while it's not exactly rock, I'm going to have to throw in the first 100 seconds of Sigue Sigue Sputnik's Rockit Miss USA (Madman vs. Speedranch).  I'm counting at least a dozen samples from everything from the Thunderbirds, to Dirty Harry, to The Matrix, and stopped counting explosions, gunfire, and shattering glass after the first minute.

Which reminds me, I've gotta do a writeup and send it to the samples thread on the lyrics page.
that's totally ok if it's not rock, and actually, the end song to the Matrix has a killer intro. if you have links to any of the ones you mentioned, we'd love to check em out.

that's totally ok if it's not rock, and actually, the end song to the Matrix has a killer intro. if you have links to any of the ones you mentioned, we'd love to check em out.


Don't have links -- but a little searching on your favorite p2p client or the NET that you USE to find .alt ernative sources of .binaries that have .sounds in the .mp3 format should eventually get you something.  Especially if the .mp3s are .remixes.

The ending song to the original Matrix movie is Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up, and yeah, it also has a pretty awesome intro :)

As for links, I'll send you over to Born Again 80s, for ZZ Top's Sleeping Bag (Extended Mix). 

Maybe I'm showing my age here, but I never got into grunge.  I'd have loved to have seen what would have happened ZZ Top's mid-80s attempts to combine rock with keyboards in Eliminator and Afterburner albums, and even Billy Idol's 1993 Cyberpunk) all turned out to be flashes in the pan. 

I've enjoyed the resulting mash-ups and remixes (Jason Nevins, Norman Cook) and random mash-ups such as Bodyrockers/Runaround Girl (Music Factory Mastermix #230), or Pink/Get This Party Started (by DJs Divide and Kreate) who took ZZ's music and brought it to the mid-2000s, but I can't help but wonder how much interesting music we missed out on.  If only (and I apologize in advance to the Nirvana fans out there) we'd skipped the 90s era of atonal grunge, and spent a decade doing crisp, I would never have turned off my radio for the intervening two decades. 

ZZ's electronic/guitar sound was truly 20 years ahead of its time.

finally, a non guitar intro with Baker Street  :)  ^ these would be on my list of fav's, and i notice I'm that just not into the metal songs mentioned, and i really should at least listen to them.

Well, two of mine (Hell's Bells and Hallowed be thy Name) use bells+guitar... Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue has one of my favourite intros, too.

A couple more..not any big rock bands....

Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics
Bad Case of Loving You - Robert Palmer
What A Fool Believes - Doobies (not kickass but laid back)
Our Lips Are Sealed - Go Go's

Really liked More Than A Feeling and Baker Street too.....

Born In The USA
Sultans of Swing

Three off the top of my head would be

Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y2YICwlDVfg

You belong to the city - Glenn Frey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMxGnEVty8w

Strange Way - Firefall http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6GXZBHJlYc

Into The Night Benny Mardones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyUUIUjdDRE

Ebony Eyes - Bob Welch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FnJOsfalSYs

Thunder Island - Jay Ferguson http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR5cd6BqU74

Driver's Seat - Sniff'n The Tears http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFwcmU6Ql0A

Ah Leah by Donnie Iris http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SyTu_ZdcBCo


Hope that wasn't too many...  I just love music.  :)

Okay, I have two from the same album. I talking classic intros to great songs.

Black Babbath,,,,,Black Sabbath  http://youtube.com/watch?v=P-fdVq9UTQY&feature=related

The Wizard......Black Sabbath      http://youtube.com/watch?v=zTos4lPy18Q

"Owner of a Lonely Heart" by Yes. Its a good pop/arena rock song anyway, but the opening riff is like something you could do a Bill and Ted air guitar solo to. ;D

   The Spirit of Radio ~ Rush



Love that one. ;)

When it comes to intro's, AC/DC has some of the absolute best. "Highway To Hell", "Back In Black", "Who Made Who", and "For Those About To Rock" are all great, but my absolute favorite from them is "Thunderstruck".

My all time favorite though, "Baba O'Riley" by The Who. One of the best intro's ever. 8)

Spinal Tap: Stonehenge

Here's a few that I also enjoy the intros to, as well as the whoel song.  Great British rock of the 80s :)

Up the Down Escalator - The Chameleons UK (1984)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-iwxkLByt68

Tears - The Chameleons UK (1986)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8fTTj_x8SCo&feature=related

A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song

Two others I thought of:

The Who - Eminence Front (1982) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NV5-DaI5ULg

Mr. Big - Just take my heart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=igpxZvh5Ei8

Come on people.  Nobody said Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls"  Crank It Up!

http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-KjkdDozQ

Love that one. ;)

When it comes to intro's, AC/DC has some of the absolute best. "Highway To Hell", "Back In Black", "Who Made Who", and "For Those About To Rock" are all great, but my absolute favorite from them is "Thunderstruck".



I'm with you there. 8)

Spinal Tap: Stonehenge
great choice. I had to go to youtube and watch it  ;D  takes almost a minute before the intro starts    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXGbwIkvh38


Don't have links -- but a little searching on your favorite p2p client or the NET that you USE to find .alt ernative sources of .binaries that have .sounds in the .mp3 format should eventually get you something.  Especially if the .mp3s are .remixes.

The ending song to the original Matrix movie is Rage Against the Machine's Wake Up, and yeah, it also has a pretty awesome intro :)

As for links, I'll send you over to Born Again 80s, for ZZ Top's Sleeping Bag (Extended Mix). 

I've enjoyed the resulting mash-ups and remixes

you obviously are a fan of remixes. I've found that I don't like some songs that have been converted into dance mixes, not sure if that's the same type of mix. for example "Total Eclipse Of The Heart"  luv the orig song, hate the dance mix.  I did find The Cult, Wildflower on youtube and I liked it. good referral  8)  and I am a fan of this one too Pink/Get This Party Started..I love her video


.....here's my fav's of some that have been mentioned:
Born In The USA
Would I Lie To You - Eurythmics
Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd
Thunderstruck - AC/DC 


Come on people.  Nobody said Metallica's "For Whom The Bell Tolls"  Crank It Up!
http://nl.youtube.com/watch?v=XX-KjkdDozQ

yes, that song rocks  http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/headbang.gif


I'm gonna add 2 versions of Helter Skelter; a fairly recent one by Paul McCartney and his band
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZV18scOsX54  & the original by The Beatles  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rInMQWpGpYg&feature=related

Both Hotel California and Life In The Fast Lane have good intro's

Stairway to Heaven ~ Led Zeppelin

a few more of my favorite intros.

Foreplay - Long Time......Boston      http://youtube.com/watch?v=BQifd7O_N5k

Time....Pink Floyd      http://youtube.com/watch?v=ntm1YfehK7U

Overture/Temple Of Syrinx......Rush   http://youtube.com/watch?v=T98IF52R1Ac

Like A Hurricane.....Neil Young    http://youtube.com/watch?v=Obfci1CIqq8

a few more of my favorite intros.

Foreplay - Long Time......Boston      http://youtube.com/watch?v=BQifd7O_N5k

one of the longest, and one of the best involving great keyboard and guitar.


...I just mentioned this thread to a friend at work that has a rock band and he suggested  Dream On - Aerosmith  and I must concur with him on his choice.  8)

I kinda liked the intro to Guns 'n Roses - November Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac

I kinda liked the intro to Guns 'n Roses - November Rain http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siBoLc9vxac


I love that song.

Tenacious D - Master Exploder.    I know its uncouth, but the intro is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hwI-1xzo0

I love that song.

Tenacious D - Master Exploder.     I know its uncouth, but the intro is good.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hwI-1xzo0

ok, that just totally cracked me up.  I haven't seen that before and I like Jack Black.  thanks for the great video post midnite

David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust

David Bowie: Ziggy Stardust


indeed Max. Intro is awesome & the guitar is very unique sounding

Kiss - Rock n Roll All Night .........short but great intro.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWLpbcgc814

Fame, Fashion- David Bowie

Face the Face- Pete Townsend

It's a Long Way There - LRB (nice harmony and intro)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYBnOglR9FE

indeed Max. Intro is awesome & the guitar is very unique sounding

The funny thing is I knew that riff before I knew who David Bowie was.  It was just an FM hard rock standard along with songs by The Who and Led Zeppelin.  David Bowie maintains his credit with hard rock fans to this very day because of that familiar Ziggy riff.  It's a universal, like "Stairway to Heaven."  I heard that intro so many times it became imprinted in my brain!  Personally I'm more into the Berlin Era for Bowie and albums such as "Hunky Dory" rather than the harder rocking stuff.
:)

The funny thing is I knew that riff before I knew who David Bowie was.  It was just an FM hard rock standard along with songs by The Who and Led Zeppelin.  David Bowie maintains his credit with hard rock fans to this very day because of that familiar Ziggy riff.  It's a universal, like "Stairway to Heaven."  I heard that intro so many times it became imprinted in my brain!  Personally I'm more into the Berlin Era for Bowie and albums such as "Hunky Dory" rather than the harder rocking stuff.
:)
and I like the harder rockin' stuff  8)   


Comedown - Bush       There are a lot of 90's songs with great Intro's

A Flock of Seagulls: Space Age Love Song

This sounds campy, I know, but those cascading synthesizers and soaring guitars was the band's finest moment!
http://www.inthe00s.com/smile/12/glasses9.gif

Great Idea for a thread!

Some of my favorites are...

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

Back in Black - AC/DC (You Shook Me All Night Long too though  :))

I Feel Fine - The Beatles

Get Off of My Cloud - The Rolling Stones

Are You Gonna Be My Girl? - Jet

Crazy Train - Ozzy Osbourne

:D

All aboard!  Hahahahaha....

When Doves Cry- Prince

American Woman - The Guess Who  (long version)

The Rolling Stones: She's a Rainbow

one of my favorite guitar intros...Can't You Hear Me Knocking - The Rolling Stones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJks8FvT8oI

classic rock intros a-z  8)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPSwHWkWW8

Uriah Heep - Bird Of Prey

i like the Green Day song, and the intro is really quite short
now I dolike the Nirvana intro a lot  :)



Cool Change - Little River Band


Saw them at  the Space coast fair last year they were so good, we were right up in front of the stage. Stellar performance. We were singing right along with the songs, it was great.

GUNS N ROSES - Sweet child of mine

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJks8FvT8oI

classic rock intros a-z  8)
good stuff, there's a plethora of these videos avail to enjoy  8)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfPSwHWkWW8

Uriah Heep - Bird Of Prey
if it's Uriah Heep, then I like it and this one is powerful


Saw them at  the Space coast fair last year they were so good, we were right up in front of the stage. Stellar performance. We were singing right along with the songs, it was great.

I've seen many bands but I haven't seen the LRB.  I would like to see them live and then I'll be singing along.


GUNS N ROSES - Sweet child of mine
GNR has great intros on about 99% of their songs. they got it right 

...this one's probably been posted, but I love the the intro to Radar Love - Golden Earring.  It just sounds very dramatic

Illusion - Did You See Her Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjCPerV8kRg

Illusion - Did You See Her Eyes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wjCPerV8kRg
that song is pretty cool Patty, I've never heard it. 

In the Air Tonight ~ Phil Collins

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gz7gajAb2ww

If I don’t meet you no more in this world then uh
I’ll meet ya on the next one
And don’t be late


one of the Sweetest Rock songs with an awesome INTRO...    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22eubaCUNJU      Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child

I need a lover that don't drive me crazy... John Mellencamp or Pat Benetar.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdl5_3HX8bU
All My Life Uriah Heep

Ten Years After - I'd Love To Change The World

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzrUqAtUcpU


The Guess Who - No Time

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqeSUAlI5uI  {Rare version from the Canned Wheat album, great psychedelic sound}


Derek & The Dominos - Layla

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kdBJUHCpm7M


Emerson, Lake & Palmer - From The Beginning

http://www.imeem.com/bozdikici/music/5iTyQziD/emerson_lake_palmer_from_the_beginningmp3/


The Rolling Stones - Monkey Man

http://www.deezer.com/track/monkey-man-T83119


Chicago - I'm A Man

http://www.imeem.com/movinup/music/W3YUHNSB/chicago_im_a_man/


Chicago - Beginnings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TTB4Yu0x7Ns


Ides of March - Vehicle

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KbI953Dx2qk


Lighthouse - One Fine Morning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pvVN_KRriTM


Peter Frampton - I'll Give You Money

http://www.imeem.com/labelladiva/music/Roa-A8iX/peter_frampton_money_ill_give_you/


Crawler - Stone Cold Sober

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcDyNyEijDc


Police - When The World Is Running Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OyOghZum-Io


Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfoHGRJJArw


David Bowie - Stay

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzI5N1ufID8


U2 - Wire

http://www.deezer.com/track/wire-T61164


Ratt - Lay It Down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6rqA55ynPoU


Tarney / Spencer Band - No Time To Lose

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QWN1z5Evm44



Dan

sweet rock intro from Billy Squire -- Lonely Is The Night  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_sSrV9eFrM&feature=related