Best opening to a song

[Rancid_Beasties]

Whats the best opening few seconds to a song that you can think of. I'm talking about something that just hooks you in instantly. I'm not talking about long intros that build up the tension ala most of new orders intros. Something that you just go bang and you know what that song is instantly.

A few for me include:

Hot Hot Heat - Island of the Honest man
Bodyjar - Hazy Shade of winter
Dogs Die in hot cars - Godhopping
QOTSA - No one knows
AC/DC - Back in black
Weezer - Buddy Holly
Le Tigre - Deceptacon
LCD Soundsystem - Daft Punk is playing at my house
Bravery - Honest Mistake
Dallas Crane - Sit on my knee
The Datsuns - Motherfucker from hell

Theres alot that I haven't listed, just kinda brainstorming. I think for every band I like theres an intro to one of their songs that just captures my attention. Feel free to throw in a few songs where you only listen to the intros. God knows I skip alot of "Island of the honest man", it would be a pretty shitty song if it wasnt for that totally awesome intro. But when I say intro, and I know I'm repeating myself, I don't mean ultra long intros ala enter sandman, stairway to heaven etc etc...

[Matt]

weezer - island in the sun

not even close to their best, but I know exactly what song it is when I hear that intro. Now that I think of it, Weezer has a lot of songs like that.

[voltanapricot]

QOTSA - No one knows
(y)

Soulwax - Teachers
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle
System Of A down - Cigaro
Killing Joke - Blood On Your Hands

[Rancid_Beasties]

(y)
Oasis - The Importance Of Being Idle

When I saw them a few nights ago that was the first song Noel sung, they didnt turn his mic up high enough imo. Still a great song :)

[Junker]

Any Ratm and Beastie Boys song :D

Beatles - Twist and Shout
Oasis - Wonderwall
Millencolin - Man or Mouse (the little drum intro)
System of a Down - Chop Suey
House of Pain - On Point
Cypress Hill - What Go Around Come Around
Dead Kennedys - California Uber Alles
Pennywise - Bro Hymn Tribute

[mickill]

Sweet Child O' Mine - G n' R

[Qdrop]

Sweet Child O' Mine - G n' R

You fuckin asshole, that was mine.

fuck you.


Sweet Child O' Mine - G n' R
Paradise City- G n R
MC's act like they don't know - KRS1
pretty much anything by AC/DC
Don't Stop Believing - Journey (technically, the whole first 2/3 of that song is the "opening")
The Choice is Yours- Black Sheep
OPP- Naughty by Nature
Building Steam with a Grain of Salt- DJ Shadow



i could do this all fuckin day.

[cj hood]

Kiss - "Rock Bottom"
Bobby Brown - "Don't be Cruel"

more to come...

edit: i thought you meant seperate intro's to songs

[mickill]

i could do this all fuckin day.
Prove it. Hack.

[mickill]

Baba O' Riley - The Who
Simon Says - Pharoahe Monch
When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin
Imagine - John Lennon
Wild Thing - The Troggs
Sabotage - Beasties
Love Will Tear Us Apart - Joy Division
TNT - AC/DC
Rock The Bells - LL Cool J

[Qdrop]

Prove it. Hack.

rectum sniffer....

the New Style- beastie boys
Tribute- Tenacious D
Rollin with KidnPlay- Kid N Play
the message - flash and the furious five
peter piper- RunDMC

[Qdrop]

When The Levee Breaks - Led Zeppelin

nice.

you asshole.

[Rock]

a lot of the ones listed above and

Ain't Talking Bout Love - Van Halen
There There and Talk Show Host - Radiohead
Nursery Rhyme - UNKLE
Tomcat - Muddy Waters

[fucktopgirl]

shure shot/beasties boys
the wind cries mary/jimi hendrix
hey joe/jimi hendrix
summertime/sublime
owner of a lonely heart/yes
wish you where here/pink floyd
glass onion/beatles
machine gun/manu chaos
k-os/bboys stance
down under/men at work

[mickill]

Yeah, I scrapped Peter Piper from my list because it's not really up there with Rock The Bells..

Brand New Cadillac - The Clash
Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
The Payback - James Brown
Here I Go Again - White Snake
Somebody To Love - Queen
We Will Rock You - Queen
Voodoo Child - Jimi Hendrix
Here Comes Your Man - The Pixies
All I Wanna Do Is Rock - Travis
Just What I needed - The Cars
The Look Of Love - Isaac Hayes
Ticket To Ride - The Beatles

Tomcat - Muddy Waters
Good one.

[Junker]

summertime/sublime


Pharcyde sings in this song too, right?

[alexandra]

Straight To Hell /The Clash (best intro ever)
For Once In My Life /Stevie Wonder :D
Passing Me By /Pharcyde


all i can come up with atm....

[Rock]

all i can come up with atm....
Your sig should be on the list too.

[alexandra]

Your sig should be on the list too.
it should be everywhere.

[mickill]

For Funkadelic, I'd have to go with Super Stupid.

Schoolboy Crush - Average White Band (and/or Microphone Fiend - Eric B & Rakim)
Throw Your Gunz - Onyx
Still D.R.E. - Dr Dre
Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols
Paranoid - Black Sabbath
Buggin Out - A Tribe Called Quest

[Rock]

For Funkadelic, I'd have to go with:
free your mind
funky dolla bill
hit and quit it
can you get to that
cosmic slop

[Qdrop]

mary jane- sonic youth/cypress hill
good enough-cyndi lauper

[Trimm Trabb]

Gimmie shelter - rolling stones.

Hands down :D

[Guy Incognito]

Five quality openings:

Rock N roll Could never hip hop like this Part One- Handsome Boy Modelling School
Block Rockin Beats - Chemical Brothers
Paperback Writer - Beatles
Jailhouse Rock - Elvis
Anarchy In The UK - Sex Pistols

[g-mile7]

Rakim~Follow the Leader
Pac~Bomb First

[K-nowledge]

The Call Of Katulu-Metallica

[venusvenus123]

morning dips - CAgE

[Bob]

europe - final countdown

am i kidding?

[mickill]

Be My Baby - The Ronettes
We're Not Gonna Take It - Twisted Sister
Run To The Hills - Iron Maiden
Beetlebum - Blur
Where Angels Play - Stone Roses
If Only - QOTSA
I Feel You - Depeche Mode (which sounds a lot like the intro to Houses Of The Holy by Led Zeppelin)
Love Song - Tesla
I Could Have Lied - RHCP
You Really Got Me - The Kinks

[Bob]

jimi hendrix - all along the watchtower

[K-nowledge]

Foreplay/Long Time-Boston

[Documad]

Ooh, good topic. As I said in that other thread, it's what most of the singles I love have in common. (I'm also a sucker for handclapping and gimmicks of any kind.)

I can't name any now, but you guys already got some of them. (You're right about Weezer--you always know it's one of their songs. And the Le Tigre song is a classic opener.)

I hate songs that limp in and you can't tell what the song is until you're heard 20 seconds.

Okay, I'm naming My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars. Or pretty much any Cars song. I don't even like The Cars.

[King PSYZ]

waiting room - fugazi
mother - danzig
green onions - booker t and the mgs
dont sweat the techniuqe - rakim

[Drederick Tatum]

Pennywise - Bro Hymn Tribute

no...just no.

most of these suggestions are alright but none of them are T.V. Eye...and to be totally obvious, Teenage Riot.

[Tzar]

For Whom the Bell Tolls -- (c'mon... bass solo mu'fuckahs)
Master of Puppets -- (it's all in the cymbal smashes)
One -- (first 4 notes... so noticable)
Seek and Destroy -- (dont need to say anything..)

[Rancid_Beasties]

Ooh, good topic. As I said in that other thread, it's what most of the singles I love have in common. (I'm also a sucker for handclapping and gimmicks of any kind.)

I can't name any now, but you guys already got some of them. (You're right about Weezer--you always know it's one of their songs. And the Le Tigre song is a classic opener.)

I hate songs that limp in and you can't tell what the song is until you're heard 20 seconds.

Okay, I'm naming My Best Friend's Girl by The Cars. Or pretty much any Cars song. I don't even like The Cars.
Yeah I meant to list you as my inspiration for doing this thread but I forgot. Nice songs everyone, but I was thinking intros that are generally a little more explosive (y) "You really got me" is an excellent one as an example. "Sweet Child o' mine" and "gimme shelter"....hmm not really explosive but very recognisable. If we're going by straight up recognisable, "Flashlight" by Parliament is up there, as with "Who am I (whats my name)?" by snoop. But as far as explosive, i still think that "Island of the honest man" wins (y) Alot of hives songs come close though. Particularly "see through head" (y)

[Drederick Tatum]

I was thinking intros that are generally a little more explosive


T.V. Eye

[Rancid_Beasties]

^I said "generally". Whilst "T.V eye" is definitely explosive, the other one you listed, "Teenage Riot" is far from explosive...but yeah T.V eye is the sorta thing I'm thinking.

[Matt]

Devo - Secret Agent Man
Weezer - Holiday
Misfits - One Last Caress
The Clash - Clampdown

[Documad]

Beasties generally have the most consistently good intros.

I also adore songs that start slow and then explode. Like Styx's Renegade. :)

[Reginald]

Huey Lewis & The News - The Power of Love

[Junker]

no...just no.

most of these suggestions are alright but none of them are T.V. Eye...and to be totally obvious, Teenage Riot.

Sorry...............I dont get it :confused:
Noy because of you...........I really dont get what you re trying to say. Some expressions are unknown to me :o

[Lex Diamonds]

nice.

you asshole.
Stop flirting, guys!

Just do the deed and get it over with!

[yeahwho]

I'm surprised no one has mention Led Zeppelin yet. So many awesome openings. I'll give the band some props....

Just a few great openings by Zep are...

Immigrant Song
When the Levy Breaks
Celebration Day (kicks ass on all choices I've read so far)

And my all time favorite, the opening that Kicks the Door Down,

Heartbreaker!

Led Zeppelin were always very fucking serious about the start of a song.

[CrankItUp!]

KISS : Detroit Rock City , Love Gun , I Stole Your Love (y)

[WhoMoi?]

Doesn't Buddy Holly not have an instrumental intro? I haven't heard it in awhile but I thought it just started right in with the lyrics.

Intros I just like:
Cannonball - Breeders
Groove is in the Heart - Deee-lite
What's Golden - Jurassic 5
Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd

These ones might be more the "explosive" type:
Even Better than the Real Thing - U2
Let Forever Be - Chemical Brothers
Thunderstruck/Back in Black - AC/DC
Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
Precious Things - Tori Amos
Barrel of a Gun - Guster
Baba O'Riley - The Who (I know it's already been mentioned, but it's worth reiterating (y) )
Alive - Pearl Jam

[icy manipulator]

not explosive, but still an unbelievable intro

Tool - Schism

[Documad]

The Beatles -- I Feel Fine and Revolution, for example

[Documad]

Also: Beck - Loser

[Rancid_Beasties]

Doesn't Buddy Holly not have an instrumental intro? I haven't heard it in awhile but I thought it just started right in with the lyrics.

I said opening, not intros. As in explosive, as in buddy holly is a more relevant suggestion than any of yours, doofus :p

[WhoMoi?]

I said opening, not intros. As in explosive, as in buddy holly is a more relevant suggestion than any of yours, doofus :p

Uh, calm down, or something. Just a freakin question, jeez.
Also, you used the word "intros" about seven times in your first post, so pardon the confusion.

And I don't personally think an intro has to be "explosive" to be really good or the best. I am a Weezer fan but don't think BH is a more relevant choice than any of mine.

And calling me a doofus was mean. :(
The End

[Rancid_Beasties]

And I don't personally think an intro has to be "explosive" to be really good or the best. I am a Weezer fan but don't think BH is a more relevant choice than any of mine.

And calling me a doofus was mean. :(
I'm sorry :( It was meant in an affectionate way.

And yeah, i dont think an intro has to be explosive to be good either...all the same can anybody think of some really explosive intros.

[Drederick Tatum]

Kick Out The Jams-The MC5

[Medellia]

I didn't see it anywhere...Satisfaction-Rolling Stones. Geez, way to drop the ball people.

[Rancid_Beasties]

Kick Out The Jams-The MC5
YEAH! Thats the shit I'm talking about.

[WhoMoi?]

I'm sorry :( It was meant in an affectionate way.



Oh, ok then. :)

[yeahwho]

Nothing quite opens a song like belting out at the top of your lungs, "I am the God of Hellfire and I Bring You... Fire" from The Crazy World of Arthur Brown. (http://www.safpublishing.com/store/pages/html/news.htm)

Dude is Krazy

[icy manipulator]

just about any Tool song. i still stick with schism as the best

[trailerprincess]

Cannonball - Breeders

[Lex Diamonds]

At the moment I can't get the start of Jay-Z's new song Kingdom Come out of my head... I love how he can make something so simple into such a good line.

"I dunno what life would be,
In H-I-P,
H-O-P,
WIthout the boy H-O-V"

[Otis Driftwood]

I don't even know who this is from anymore.
Rumbling Voice:
AAARRREEE YYYOOOUUU RRREEEAAADDDYYY?
Mosh music starts of in high gear! :eek: (y)
The best!

[TimDoolan]

I can't believe no one's mentioned the opening orchestra blast from the Star Wars Theme: DAAAAAAAAA!:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:
Its engrossing

Correction: I guess its really not a song, unless you're a lounge singer

[Tzar]

how predictable were my metallica ones...

Shortest Straw - Metallica
Lil' Bloodred Ridin' Hood - Children of Bodom
I'm Broken - Pantera (not a huge fan of the song but the starting riff is bad-ass)
Old - Machine Head

[camo]

korn- blind (so bite me fools)

[camo]

I don't even know who this is from anymore.
Rumbling Voice:
AAARRREEE YYYOOOUUU RRREEEAAADDDYYY?
Mosh music starts of in high gear! :eek: (y)
The best!


it's the one above ^^^^^^

just saw your post

[Otis Driftwood]

Thanx mate, your right of course. From the classic Homeboy Loud Couture sampler!
Smokin Suckaz wit' Logic 's song also has a sweet opening. (y)

[zorra_chiflada]

faith no more - ashes to ashes

[camo]

trivium: pull harder on the....
muse: stockholm syndrome, and hysteria
RATM: calm like a bomb
Pantera: Cemetary gates
Pres of USA: Peaches
Run dmc: It's tricky
Scapegoat wax: aisle 10
wu tang: cream
beasties:intergalactic
africa bam: planet rock
BFMV: Hand of blood

[Drederick Tatum]

SWLABR-Cream. Clapton comes out blasting heavy metal.

[The Notorious LOL]

any rap song beginning with a skit of calling a woman on the phone and verbally harassing her.

[kleptomaniac]

beastie boys intros, i think i made a thread about that sometime. well, they're all great (y)
but my favorite right now is the new style ;)


king of rock - run-dmc

I'm the king of rock, there is none higher
Sucker MC's should call me sire
To burn my kingdom, you must use fire
I won't stop rockin' till I retire

yeah :cool:

[ggirlballa]

Run DMC-Rock Box

Run Run Run D M C!!!! for you fresh!:cool:

[Tomtomtom]

Pantera: The great southern trendkill

The ultimate opening.

[Tzar]

^ good opening... but if we're talking about crazyness, Suicide Note pt. 2 takes it over Great Southern

[TurdBerglar]

into the void - sabbath


sounds so ominious

[jabumbo]

any song that opens with the same riff/melody line that is the theme in the song should be void. its not really anything special to start a song with the melodic line, no matter how good it may be...



chattanooga choo choo - glenn miller

[yeahwho]

any song that opens with the same riff/melody line that is the theme in the song should be void. its not really anything special to start a song with the melodic line, no matter how good it may be...



chattanooga choo choo - glenn miller

Guitar intro to "Can't You Hear Me Knocking" with the lyrics

Yeah, you got satin shoes
Yeah, you got plastic boots
Y'all got cocaine eyes
Yeah, you got speed-freak jive

and the song ends on a completely different planet

*Charlie Watts owns the air on Honky Tonk Women

[Documad]

You know, yeahwho, I usually think you have fabulous taste. But Can't You Hear Me Knocking bugs me. The Stones should never try to jam.

[Drederick Tatum]

You know, yeahwho, I usually think you have fabulous taste. But Can't You Hear Me Knocking bugs me. The Stones should never try to jam.

naaaaaahhhh. I used to dislike that whole jam part of the song, but really it was only in comparison to the riff...once you get over that, you realise the rest of the track is actually amazing.

so druggy.

[saml]

straight outta compton

[M.C. Guevera]

"Happy Birthday"-Jimi Hendrix
"Mr. Jinx"-Quarashi
"Baseline"-Quarashi
"Electric Relaxation"-A Tribe Called Quest
"Award Tour"-A Tribe Called Quest
"Me, Myself, And I"-De La Soul
"Flute Loop"-Beastie Boys
"Slow And Low"-Beastie Boys
"Jimmy James"-Beastie Boys

[ggirlballa]

Happy Birthday"-Jimi Hendrix


"Electric Relaxation"-A Tribe Called Quest
"Award Tour"-A Tribe Called Quest
"Flute Loop"-Beastie Boys
"Slow And Low"-Beastie Boys
"Jimmy James"-Beastie Boys


-GRATITUDE-BEASTIE BOYS!

-intergalactic-beastie boys

-alright hear this- beastie boys

-cha-ching-lady sovereign

-sure shot-beastie boys

-sabotage-beastie boys

-almost all public enemy songs with samples of speeches

-lost my wallet in el segundo-tribe called quest

-deceptacon-le tigre

-moneymaker-ludacris & pharrell (its catchy!)

theres tons more but this should do for now

[hitmonlee]

the who - baba o'reily, won't be fooled again
the cars - just what i needed
NIN - closer

[Otis Driftwood]

-almost all public enemy songs with samples of speeches

Especially By the time I get to Arizona! (y)