Your best intro to a song

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

One of the best and most atmospheric as it sets the scene...



And both of these by Prince for entirely different reasons!!

Can't stand dire straits - love brothers in arms.

Testament to how good the song is..........

 

[Bigga]

Can't stand dire straits - love brothers in arms.

Testament to how good the song is..........

Absolutely! Can't stand them myself, so 'Brothers in Arms' was such a shock that they delivered such a masterpiece!

That and 'Romeo and Juliet'! The only two songs I've liked from them!

 

[Stoned Rose]

Early days, small venues, through the dry ice came the slow build up to this.

I Wanna Be Adored by The Roses

Close thread.

 

[Onholiday(somemightsay)]

Close thread.

It is a great intro.......

 

[beehive_bob]

 

[flyer]

 

[Ste1969]

 

[yeseye]

 

[Out on blue 6]

Difficult with dance music but everyone should go and have a listen to the intro to Blue Monday before Bernard comes in. It's been played to death but is groundbreaking

 

[Mike N]

‘Your song’ by Billy Paul.

Fantastic cover with a wonderfully optimistic opening.

 

[WandV]

the 3sec drum roll before songs begins, fav intro forever

 

[Bill Walker]

Heart of The Sunrise, Yes.

Awesome.....that bass !

 

[Xhavenjoe]

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

So many great choices here -- I've thumbed-up a bunch.

May I humbly add an absolutely iconic one I think many Yanks of a certain age might agree upon:

 

[Blue and still suffering]

Not so good with the technical stuff so a straight forward list from me. Top five in no particular order;

• Swingtown- Steve Miller Band
• Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
• King in a Catholic Style- China Crisis
• First picture of you - The Lotus Eaters
• It's a long way to the top (if you want to rock n roll - AC/DC

Guilty pleasure - Summer the first time - Bobby Goldsboro

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

Not so good with the technical stuff so a straight forward list from me. Top five in no particular order;

• Swingtown- Steve Miller Band
• Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
• King in a Catholic Style- China Crisis
• First picture of you - The Lotus Eaters
• It's a long way to the top (if you want to rock n roll - AC/DC

Guilty pleasure - Summer the first time - Bobby Goldsboro

Aw, great call on Swingtown. Miller is so underrated. Also Long Way to the Top, hands down the best rock song with bagpipes.

 

[yeseye]

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Some brilliant intros across all genres in here. I’ll try to think of a few outliers.
One that immediately springs to mind is this. Originally on Tattoo. But none more so than the live version.

 

[mancity2012_eamo]

Fanfare for the common man anyone?

 

[yeseye]