# Good song intros, or This song is going to ROCK! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037 "2003-09-11T20:40:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2003, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/1 "2003-09-11T20:40:35Z")
I like songs that get off to a good start, not ones where I have to fast forward to 1:00 to see what it’s all about. Here are some that come to mind: Evenflow - Pearl Jam Stranglehold - Ted Nuggent Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood Lust for Life - Iggy Pop Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana Immigrant Song - Zepplin Rock and Roll - Zepplin _._ - Zepplin (Ok, not Stairway) I Love Rock and Roll - Joan Jett Fortunate Son - CCR Miserlou - Dick Dale What’d I leave out? (I was going to include Won’t Get Fooled Again by the Who but I gave it a quick listen and it’s got that annoying organ part at the beginning) ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/2 "2003-09-12T00:38:23Z")
I remember the summer of '79. The first time I heard “My Sharona” I knew it would be a huge hit. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/3 "2003-09-12T00:39:14Z")
“Layla” ---
**Author:** ![twit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/4 "2003-09-12T00:41:30Z")
“Welcome to the Jungle” ---
**Author:** ![Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/6bbea6/32.png) [@Laughing\_Lagomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laughing_Lagomorph)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/5 "2003-09-12T00:41:30Z")
“Born to Run” “Alex Chilton” by the Replacements “Safe European Home” by the Clash ---
**Author:** ![Skwerl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Skwerl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skwerl)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/6 "2003-09-12T00:55:01Z")
“Jeremy” by Pearl Jam starts out pretty cool. “Revolution” by the Beatles. “Zero” by Smashing Pumpkins. ---
**Author:** ![KGS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/90ced4/32.png) [@KGS](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/KGS)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 1:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/7 "2003-09-12T01:15:20Z")
“Enter Sandman” by Metallica (as much as it pains me to say it) “Metal Health” by Quiet Riot “Question” by the Moody Blues “Overture 1928” by Dream Theater (well, the whole song’s basically an intro to “Strange Deja-Vu”, but it still kicks ass) “Tom Sawyer” by Rush - very sinister “Anarchy X” by Queensryche ---
**Author:** ![Nvme77](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c89c15/32.png) [@Nvme77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nvme77)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 4:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/8 "2003-09-12T04:25:17Z")
Unsung-Helmet ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/9 "2003-09-12T05:01:34Z")
Layla is a good call. If we’re talking Zep, I’d add Heartbreaker. Just to throw out another classic, Hendrix’s Purple Haze has to be there. So do Foxey Lady and the lesser-known Message to Love. Tool’s Sober has a very threatening bass intro. So does Whipping Post by the Allmans. I’m not a big fan of Van Halen’s cover of You Really Got Me, but I think the intro sounds great (I’m talking about the real intro, not Eruption. I like the tone). ---
**Author:** ![Doomtrain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/0ea827/32.png) [@Doomtrain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doomtrain)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/10 "2003-09-12T05:10:13Z")
Lightning Bar Blues by Hanoi Rocks She Is My Sin by Nightwish (Still makes me go Yeah! Yeah! YEAAAAAH! in a Beavis voice) I love the opening riff to What’s the Frequency Kenneth? by R.E.M. Suckerpunch by the Wildhearts A Perfect Circle does an amazing cover of Diary of a Madman/Lovesong with the usual cool opening. ---
**Author:** ![rolandgunslinger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cdc98d/32.png) [@rolandgunslinger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rolandgunslinger)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/11 "2003-09-12T05:16:11Z")
“Smoke on the water” - Deep purple “Detroit rock city” - KISS “Aint talking 'bout love” -Van Halen “Electric eye” - Judas priest “Baby I’ma want you” - Bread (just kidding:D) “Foreplay/Long time” - Boston ---
**Author:** ![brianjedi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@brianjedi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/brianjedi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/12 "2003-09-12T05:17:45Z")
Metallica - Seek and Destroy, Creeping Death, Master of Puppets and For Whom the Bell Tolls Alice in Chains - Man in the Box, We Die Young Linkin Park - One Step Closer ---
**Author:** ![karomon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@karomon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/karomon)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/13 "2003-09-12T05:24:41Z")
I’m not a big fan of the band, but Korn’s “Blind” has one of the best intros I’ve ever heard. ---
**Author:** ![Monstre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e274bd/32.png) [@Monstre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monstre)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/14 "2003-09-12T05:31:22Z")
“Salsbury Hill” - Peter Gabriel The intro catches my attention right away because of the irregular rhythm (it’s either a 7/4 measure, or more likely alternating 3/4 and 4/4 measures). ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/15 "2003-09-12T05:33:54Z")
“Baba O’Riley” by the Who has one of my favorite intros. “You Got The Touch” by Stan Bush, with that synth. '80s perfection! ---
**Author:** ![Hometownboy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/5e9695/32.png) [@Hometownboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hometownboy)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 5:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/16 "2003-09-12T05:59:39Z")
Not exactly at the precise beginning, but when I heard Mark Knopfler kick that opening guitar riff on Dire Strait’s **Money for Nothing** for the first time, I was incredibly pleased. **Cocaine** by Clapton is also tasty, particularly the crowd picking up on it halfway through the opening riff in the live version. **Saturday Night Special** by Lynyrd Skynyrd, and of course **Sweet Home Alabama** with the added bonus of the lead singer saying “Toin it up!” **Smoke on the Water** by Deep Purple **Harden My Heart** by Quarterflash **Ticket to Ride** and **I Feel Fine** are two of The Beatles best openings, IMHO and the beat goes on…(wouldn’t this thread’s list make an incredible road music CD?) ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/17 "2003-09-12T06:03:47Z")
Yay, I get to say “Aqualung” first. ---
**Author:** ![Kantalooppi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a5b964/32.png) [@Kantalooppi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kantalooppi)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/18 "2003-09-12T07:41:01Z")
**Airbag** by Radiohead. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 7:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/19 "2003-09-12T07:44:27Z")
[Gay Bar](http://www.rathergood.com/gaybar/) by Electric Six ---
**Author:** ![Katisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@Katisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Katisha)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2003, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037/20 "2003-09-12T08:04:28Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Big Bad Voodoo Lou \* > \*\*“Baba O’Riley” by the Who has one of my favorite intros. > \*\* Yeah, me too. And of course “Won’t Get Fooled Again” has a seriously kickass intro, too…and then, as I scroll back through the thread, I see the OP disagrees with me. Well, I don’t care. I _like_ the organ part at the beginning. 😉 [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/good-song-intros-or-this-song-is-going-to-rock/201037.md?page=2)