Black Sabbath—Black Sabbath
War Pigs—Black Sabbath
Taxman—Beatles
Back in Black—AC/DC
Highway to Hell—AC/DC
If those don’t get the voltage in your brain humming, you’re not alive.
On the lower energy spectrum, I’ve always loved the opening of the Zuma version of “Cortez the Killer.”
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Not saying it’s the best or close to it but check out the song Wasted Days by Cloud Nothings. Great opening and an even better ending.
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*BaseClogger* (01-24-2024)
Probably every AC/DC song qualifies. Malcom and Angus might be the all-time best at intros. I'll go with the intro eulogy to Bon Scott on "Hell's Bells".
Ramones "Blitzkreig Bop" is beyond iconic.
And I'm a sucker for a bass intro, so let's toss two more on the fire. First, Fugazi "Waiting Room".
Next, Kasabian "Club Foot".
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*BaseClogger* (01-24-2024)
Too many people just posting their favorite riff. Where’s the originality?
Sports stadium songs seem to always come out of left field but with an intro like this I get it.
Have to list this one because how many other songs can claim its catchiest line is the first?
Is it a RedsZone music thread if there’s no Dino Jr? They have many to choose from.
I mean great riffs are great. I can go deep cut but I’m not really into dick-measuring contests. Plus, if no one knows the opening, is it really one of the greatest? I can point to Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 intros that I personally love more than Jimi Hendrix’s “Machine Gun,” but put through the filter of recognizability, I totally get why “Machine Gun” is greater.Originally Posted by *BaseClogger*
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Idk what you’re going off about there’s a nearly unlimited catalog of rock music maybe just pick a song with an intro that isn’t just the riff that plays repetitively over the rest of the song.
Um rock is pretty much all riffs. It’s not Mozart. And it’s “intros,” not songs, right? How can one not hear the palm-muted six count at the beginning of “Back in Black” and not get goosebumps? Or the quiet after the first chord of “Highway to Hell?”
Here’s one: Elvis Costello’s breathless, unaccompanied opening to “No Action” on This Year’s Model. Again, probably not a second and a half before the Farfisa organ and drums kick in, but it’s such a great moment.
“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
*BaseClogger* (01-24-2024)
I see they have a Live at Shea ‘82 album being released in the spring.
Tom Araya’s heaven-rending scream at the beginning of “Angel of Death.”
The chorus-drenched first chord of “Purple Rain.”
The weird cymbal, hi-hat, floor tom drumming of the Pixies’ “Bone Machine.”
The train roll fill that opens “Carry Me, Ohio” by Sun Kil Moon.
Steve Earle’s drums and Greg Dulli’s “Now” at the opening of “Gentlemen.”
The eerie radio transmission under the drum intro to “Sound on Sound” by Austin’s inimitable Big Boys.
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“And when finally they sense that some position cannot be sustained, they do not re-examine their ideas. Instead, they simply change the subject.” Jamie Galbraith
Reelin in the Years by Steely Dan
River of Deceit by Mad Season
Cochise by Audioslave
Separation of Church and Skate by NOFX
Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam
Nothing Else Matters - Metallica
Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
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If you hadn't posted this I was! LOL
One of the greatest songs to come out of the 70s IMO.
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Halo of Flies - Alice Cooper (Killer)
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Falls City Beer (01-25-2024)
1. Metallica- Master of puppets
2. Deep Purple - Smoke on the water
3. Deep Purple - Highway Star
4. Led Zeppelin - whole lotta love
5. Led Zeppelin - when the levee breaks
6. AC/DC - whole lotta Rosie
7. Rush - 2112
8. The Cult - She sells sanctuary
9. Rolling Stones - Can’t you hear me knocking’
10. Queen- Tie your mother down
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Falls City Beer (01-25-2024)
Fine, here you go
Whether it is a rock song is another question
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Falls City Beer (01-25-2024)
Phish - Stealing Time From the Faulty Plan
Love the guitar intro and the first lyric "GOT A BLANK SPACE WHERE MY MIND SHOULD BE"
When you are high off your ass in a crowd of 40,000 dancing and sweating and 2 hours into a show this intro begins you lose your mind for a few moments.
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