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Old 20-01-2015, 00:35
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Do it Again - Steely Dan

Girls and Boys - Blur

L.A. - The Fall

Crosstown Traffic - Jimi Hendrix

The Queen is Dead - The Smiths

Pressure Drop - Toots and the Maytals
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Old 20-01-2015, 11:43
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The Sun Always Shines On TV - A-Ha
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Old 20-01-2015, 11:49
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Pinball Wizard - The Who
Hotel California - The Eagles
Hoochie Coochie Man - Muddy Waters
Sympathy For the Devil - The Rolling Stones
Yep this is the best IMO but sadly not a mention of The Kinks intros

You really got me
Waterloo sunset
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Old 20-01-2015, 11:57
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Money - Jamelia
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Old 20-01-2015, 12:23
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Yep this is the best IMO but sadly not a mention of The Kinks intros

You really got me
Waterloo sunset
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Yep, guilty as charged. How could I forget the Kinks? Another one I forgot was "The End" by The Doors
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Old 20-01-2015, 14:41
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The Ojays Back stabbers
The Supremes Reflections
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Old 20-01-2015, 18:01
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Isaac Hayes's Burt Bacharach cover of "Walk On By".
Deep Purple - Lazy
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Old 20-01-2015, 18:49
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U2 Where the Streets Have No Name

https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=R...&v=6yzojvZwzQo
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Old 20-01-2015, 20:41
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New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle

In fact I'd say that most New Order singles have really good intros.

I did actually think about starting a thread a while back listing rubbish/mediocre songs that have great intros such as...

Andreas Johnson - Glorious
Babylon Zoo - Spaceman
Texas - Inner Smile
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Old 21-01-2015, 03:18
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Franz Ferdinand- Take me out

Always loved the intro but the song got a bit, let's say, bland, after the fast and exciting intro
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Old 21-01-2015, 03:54
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Franz Ferdinand- Take me out

Always loved the intro but the song got a bit, let's say, bland, after the fast and exciting intro
other way round for me, I always loved the song but didn't like the intro

another example I can think of (as in great song, crap intro) is Banana Republic by the Boomtown Rats
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Old 21-01-2015, 12:26
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Always loved a great intro.

The more dramatic and haunting they are, the better;

Backstabbers - Ojays
Papa Was A Rolling Stone - Temptations
Do It Again - Steely Dan
Riders On The Storm - Doors
If I Can't Have You - Yvonne Elliman
I Don't Like Mondays - Boomtown Rats
Year Of The Cat - Al Stewart
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Christopher Cross - Sailing
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Old 21-01-2015, 13:21
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Angel - Massive Attack
As already mentioned... Crazy - Seal
Atomic - Blondie
Cars - Gary Numan
Rio - Duran Duran
Girls on Film - Duran Duran
Out of the blue - Roxy Blue
Caroline Lavelle - Turning Ground
I was about to say Cars by Gary Numan

Off The Wall - Michael Jackson

U2 have sooo many songs with great intros.
From October -
I Threw A Brick Through A Window
Rejoice

From Boy -
I Will Follow
Out of Control
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Old 21-01-2015, 16:57
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Running Up That Hill...Wuthering Heights - Kate Bush

Unfinished Sympathy - Massive Attack

Ghost Town - The Specials

I Feel Love - Donna Summer

When Doves Cry...Let's Go Crazy...1999 - Prince
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Old 21-01-2015, 17:00
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It's not my favourite Madonna song, although it is a bloody great one, but I have to say that the string section intro to Papa Don't Preach is nothing short of genuine genius.

For the sublime 'taking its time' factor, and making me positively purr with pleasurable anticipation for knowing what's coming, I will never lose love for Grace Jones's version of La Vie En Rose.
Agreed!
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Old 21-01-2015, 17:04
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Pink Floyd - Shine on you crazy diamond.
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Old 21-01-2015, 17:22
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Old 21-01-2015, 18:01
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deleted, wrong thread
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Old 21-01-2015, 18:13
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Can't beat this for a somewhat unique intro...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hchOYs_d_Bw

The Lone Ranger by Quantum Jump...this was a minor hit back in the mid 70's, used to play on local radio stations in Liverpool a lot back then.
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Old 21-01-2015, 19:32
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best intro ever ? ( a lost 70's classic ) with a long guitar into -

http://youtu.be/a8X1EKyhLHw?list=RDa8X1EKyhLHw
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Old 21-01-2015, 19:43
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best intro ever ? ( a lost 70's classic ) with a long guitar into -

http://youtu.be/a8X1EKyhLHw?list=RDa8X1EKyhLHw
Love that track. The intro was left off the single version though.
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Old 21-01-2015, 20:04
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Kylie's 'Confide In Me'. It just grabs me instantly. Such an epic song.
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Old 21-01-2015, 20:06
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Got to be real - Cheryl Lynn
Money - Pink Floyd
Suspicious minds - Elvis
London calling - The Clash
Subliminal - Suicidal Tendancies
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Old 21-01-2015, 20:43
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Another one from Pink Floyd - Time https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwYX52BP2Sk
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Old 22-01-2015, 02:00
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All I Need- Air
Angel- Massive Attack
Unfinished Sympathy- Massive Attack
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