Best Song Intro...

[Muzikman]

On my ride in to work I was listening to the radio and Van Halen's Hot for Teacher came on. I then realized that the intro to that song just kicks arse. So, my question is, what is everyone favorite song intro?

Van Halen - Hot for Teacher - 1984

[MantisMag]

metallica - nothing else matters

love that long instrumental at the beginning.

[mcveighr]

Kashmir

[BobTheCow]

Originally posted by MantisMag
metallica - nothing else matters

love that long instrumental at the beginning.

My friend is in the process of writing/arranging that song for his cello quartet. He already did it for Unforgiven.
Both awesome songs...

[LittlePaintballBoy]

Boston- it's been a long time (or something along the lines of that) The 7-8 minute version has about 5 minutes straight of this awesome guitar, it is so good.

[davidb]

Although it's not really an intro per se, Eruption, also by Van Halen, is simply an awesome bit of musification. It's kinda the intro to You Really Got Me, but they're seperate tracks. Eruption is on the Van Halen Best Of CD (Vol. 1), but You Really Got Me isn't. They always get played one right after the other on the radio though.

Ozzy's "Perry Mason" is another great one. (Not to mention Crazy Train, No More Tears, and so on)

Metallica: Fade to Black, One, Ride the Lighting (short but I loves it), Master of Puppets, etc., etc.

Alice In Chains: Angry Chair

Wagner: Ride of the Valkyries

Journey: Seperate Ways

EDIT: How the bejeebuz did I forget...

Eagles: Hotel California (live, off of Hell Freezes Over)

[Brak]

Originally posted by LittlePaintballBoy
Boston- it's been a long time (or something along the lines of that) The 7-8 minute version has about 5 minutes straight of this awesome guitar, it is so good.

same here, its definitely boston - "long time"

the song isnt amazing, but the intro rocks

[krafty]

Van Halen - Yankee Rose
Just about everything else Dave did solo had those funny intros too...

Ministry - Thieves, Just One Fix, and of course... Jesus Built my Hotrod

Nasa - The Road to Newtopia

Kraftwerk - Ohm Sweet Ohm

[MantisMag]

Originally posted by BobTheCow63

My friend is in the process of writing/arranging that song for his cello quartet. He already did it for Unforgiven.
Both awesome songs...

that's so great! it really says something about the musicality of their stuff that it translates so well to other instruments.

[Torbo]

switchfoot: Meant to live

Blink 182: Dammit

ACDC: Hells bells

ACDC: Thunderstruck

[RetroEclipseMan]

How about NIB by Sabbath? has to be one of the sickest bass intros to date.

[FactsOfLife]

SRV or Jimi-- Voodoo Child

[land hurricane]

Metallica- one
The Vapors- Turning Japanese

[Cha0tic]

ACDC - hells bells

awesome intro.....

[Derman2k]

I dunno why...I just really like the first 50 seconds or so of 'Awake' by Godsmack. I think its just cuz it was on the army radio commercial