# Favourite Intros **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [November 1, 2007, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901 "2007-11-01T18:37:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/the_stafford_cripps/32/7167_2.png) [@The\_Stafford\_Cripps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Stafford_Cripps)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/41 "2007-11-02T18:46:29Z")
‘A Hard Day’s Night’ by The Beatles is good but ‘I Feel Fine’ is even better - it must have sounded so different from anything that came before. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/42 "2007-11-02T19:00:30Z")
[QUOTE=G. Odoreida] ‘A Hard Day’s Night’ by The Beatles is good … [/QUOTE] 😕 Hard Day’s Night doesn’t have much of an intro: a single chord. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/43 "2007-11-02T19:08:09Z")
There’s, of course, _Foreplay_ by **Boston**. ---
**Author:** ![Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e47c2d/32.png) [@Biffy\_the\_Elephant\_Shrew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffy_the_Elephant_Shrew)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/44 "2007-11-02T19:20:00Z")
[QUOTE=jsc1953] 😕 Hard Day’s Night doesn’t have much of an intro: a single chord. [/QUOTE] Yeah, but _what_ a chord! ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/45 "2007-11-02T19:20:56Z")
**Renegade** - \*Styx \* How can you NOT sing along to that? **Train Train** - _Blackfoot_ ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/46 "2007-11-02T19:28:04Z")
Lots of good ones. But three new ones 1. Tubular Bells by Mike Oldfield. Very recognizable thanks to that devil movie. 2. Like a Rolling Stone. Just a crash, but what a crash. 3. NSU by Cream. Not a favorite, but interesting, is the intro to Love Like a Man by Ten Years After. It’s one long organ chord. I once won a record from a radio station by identifying the song from this. The chord is so long that I was able to identify it, dial the station (on a rotary phone) and have the deejay pick up while the chord was still playing. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/47 "2007-11-02T19:59:11Z")
Bittersweet Symphony - The Verve Hero of the Day - Metallica Fanfare for the Common Man by Aaron Copeland Hey Nineteen - Steely Dan Shimmer - Fuel Learning to Fly - Pink Floyd In My Life - The Beatles Badge - Cream Pilgrim for Your Love (?) - Cream Pets - Porno for Pyros Rollercoaster - Red Hot Chili Peppers Interstate Love Song - Black Crows ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/48 "2007-11-02T20:29:52Z")
**"Carnival of Sorts (Boxcars)"** - R.E.M. (The calliope music fading in and out adds a nice mysterious undertone.) ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/49 "2007-11-02T21:27:45Z")
Stand - REM ---
**Author:** ![Labtrash](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/labtrash/32/528_2.png) [@Labtrash](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Labtrash)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/50 "2007-11-02T23:23:32Z")
A lot of already mentioned songs, and… **Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress** , by The Hollies ---
**Author:** ![KneadToKnow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kneadtoknow/32/3999_2.png) [@KneadToKnow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KneadToKnow)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/51 "2007-11-02T23:30:21Z")
Wipeout ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/52 "2007-11-02T23:39:08Z")
[QUOTE=Hazle Weatherfield] Pilgrim for Your Love (?) - Cream [/QUOTE] I assume you mean Sunshine of Your Love? That’s a good one also. I chose NSU because it is more obscure and it’s not repeated so explicitly within the song. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/53 "2007-11-02T23:49:31Z")
[QUOTE=Chez Guevara] _Time_ - Pink Floyd [/QUOTE] If you can get your mitts on a copy of the Easy Star All-Stars reggae cover of Dark Side of the Moon, called Dub Side of the Moon, you might appreciate their intro to Time. I’d recommend the album to any Floyd fan - it’s done with invention and a nice sense of humour, and Frankie Paul’s version of Us and Them is genuinely great. ---
**Author:** ![cormac262](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f14d63/32.png) [@cormac262](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cormac262)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2007, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/54 "2007-11-02T23:59:14Z")
“Voodoo Chile” - either Stevie Ray Vaughn or Jimi “FM” - Steely Dan “I Need a Lover” - John Cougar (Mellencamp) (also agree with “Sweet Jan” (live) - Lou Reed) ---
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/55 "2007-11-03T14:04:23Z")
Not a very well-known track, but I’ll throw in Tony Banks’ piano intro on Genesis’ “Firth of Fifth”. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/56 "2007-11-03T17:25:52Z")
[QUOTE=Voyager] I assume you mean Sunshine of Your Love? That’s a good one also. I chose NSU because it is more obscure and it’s not repeated so explicitly within the song. [/QUOTE] Actually, it was just Clapton on his own and I’m not sure of the title, but it contained the lyrics, “I’m a pilgrim for your love…” or something like that. I can never remember the title. ---
**Author:** ![Chez\_Guevara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/aeb1de/32.png) [@Chez\_Guevara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chez_Guevara)\ **Post date:** [November 3, 2007, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901/57 "2007-11-03T18:25:25Z")
I think the title is _Pilgrim_. There’s a video [here](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=eNjNgu9YyDY) which plays for 5 min 52 sec, of which the intro occupies 45 sec. I liked it, but it could be longer with some bass guitar & keyboards. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/favourite-intros/424901.md?page=2)