July 16Jul 16 Hi all, you're efforts are appreciated! Now let's present the winner of the "Best Intro" contest:
July 16Jul 16 9 hours ago, Hank Kingsley said: Easy excuse to extend the Surly tradition of appreciating this song. One of my all-time favorites. Robert Quine's guitar work on it is amazing. I just love that he always feels like a runaway train just about to jump the tracks. Especially in the careening solo.
September 3Sep 3 The cowbell draws you right in Some good 90s examples above but this one is an honorable mention. The intro usually doesn’t make airplay
September 3Sep 3 2 hours ago, HiggyBaby said: Some good 90s examples above but this one is an honorable mention. The intro usually doesn’t make airplay Great song and a GREAT band. I met them at their SXSW showcase when they had just gotten signed, and we hung out awhile upstairs at the club (somewhere on 6th, maybe Jelly Club?) and played foosball. Michael Ward (RIP, F diabetes) was a terrific guitar player and a super nice guy. I would run into him often over the years when The Wallflowers would come to Austin and he always remembered my name. Half the time I couldn't remember his. I really dig that main guitar hook. Nice rhythmic turn over the beat.
September 3Sep 3 On 7/14/2025 at 9:32 PM, jimmyjazz said: I don't get the pervasive disdain for U2. Those guys could turn "Wheels On The Bus" into a fucking anthem. They just have something, some "IT", and yeah, it's in Bono's ego and Edge's guitar. I only saw them once, on the Joshua Tree tour in Houston. I had floor seats, which might have been great but everyone stood on their chairs the whole show so I could barely see anything but the top of Edge's hat. I should have brough some phone books. Regardless, that show kicked ass. Probably the best concert I’ve been to, or damn near the top.
September 3Sep 3 And two of my all time favorite intros. One wasted on a drum solo. And one, wasted on a slow blues song.
September 3Sep 3 On 7/10/2025 at 11:23 PM, Vanilla Strange Gato said: As someone else stated, there are many. I could do a whole page just on Rush and Van Halen. There is something special about this one. Plus, it’s fun to play. Agreed. I love tons of songs but this is my favorite intro by far.
September 4Sep 4 i guess there could be a wide variety of criteria for this one.. but how about a song that starts with one instrument, then adds another instrument, then another, then another, revealing the whole of song right before the vocals come in.
September 4Sep 4 Imma say this not only because it is cool but because my friend's daddy wrote and played it. Fred Carter CMHOF member
September 4Sep 4 This intro is going thru a deceased relatives' woodshed, suspecting something's not quite right, then realizing you elbowed a wasp nest
September 9Sep 9 Since THX thought this would be the best demonstration of their speaker technology, I think it can be included.
September 11Sep 11 On 7/15/2025 at 10:21 PM, jimmyjazz said: I swear, I will figure out how to count that song before I die, but it will probably be a horse race. So, I am not the only one...
September 22Sep 22 I scrolled through this thread and didn't see this posted yet, which seems impossible given the subject. Submissions for Sweet Child O' Mine and Paradise City from the same album will also be considered.
September 22Sep 22 ^ this.. If it has the intro looped on Youtube, it's likely a winner. Edited September 22Sep 22 by yoladu
September 23Sep 23 On 7/11/2025 at 7:13 PM, locodos said: No man. The best Depeche Mode intro song was Personal Jesus. That was the song you strutted into with a hot girlfriend in the 90s.
October 14Oct 14 Led Zeppelin - The Song Remains The Same - Live It was the opening number for their 1977 Tour
October 15Oct 15 On 7/11/2025 at 3:43 PM, UTCzech III said: Billy Joel: as cheesy as McCartney and still able to string together in his heyday brilliant pop songs with movements and tell a story.
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