Memorable song intros

[SimuLord]

I'm stunned that nobody has yet mentioned Thunderstruck, Hell's Bells, or Paradise City.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

Butthole Surfers- Pepper- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTltKbfvnfI&feature=related

 

[The Kind Cannibal]

Cowboys from Hell by Pantera

 

[mr mcshiznit]

I know i'm going to catch hell for it but "in the end" by linkin park...what can i say i like them

Hammer To Fall/Bohemian Rhapsody?under pressure/Fat bottommed girls/now i'm here/killer queen by Queen

have to agree with jim

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I know i'm going to catch hell for it but "in the end" by linkin park...what can i say i like them

While we're at Linkin Park, No More Sorrow.

 

[mr mcshiznit]

I know i'm going to catch hell for it but "in the end" by linkin park...what can i say i like them

While we're at Linkin Park, No More Sorrow.

That was the intro song to their concert like 2 years ago and it was pretty sweet.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUarHBlywl8

 

[crimson5pheonix]

I know i'm going to catch hell for it but "in the end" by linkin park...what can i say i like them

While we're at Linkin Park, No More Sorrow.

That was the intro song to their concert like 2 years ago and it was pretty sweet.

It's the only one I listen to. That and Shadow of the Day sometimes.

 

[NeoAC]

The Running Free - Coheed & Cambria, just a great atmospheric intro combined with a glimpse of the guitar that they get into in the song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DE2e2Gf8NAk

Oh, I think it goes without saying that Metallica's One gets a mention here as well.

 

[jim_doki]

The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUarHBlywl8

Interesting anicdote about that song

despite it being (by far) their biggest hit, that string section in the intro is from an orchestrated Rolling Stones song (from memory You Can't Always Get What You Want, but i'll have to look it up). unfortunately nobody cleared the sample, and the Verve got sued to the tune of stupid amounts of cash.

 

[crimson5pheonix]

The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUarHBlywl8

Interesting anicdote about that song

despite it being (by far) their biggest hit, that string section in the intro is from an orchestrated Rolling Stones song (from memory You Can't Always Get What You Want, but i'll have to look it up). unfortunately nobody cleared the sample, and the Verve got sued to the tune of stupid amounts of cash.

you learn something new everyday.

 

[stompy]

Chop Suey - System of a Down. The bit with the acoustic guitar. Link. [http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=mdRd3k4CIAg]

 

[PatientGrasshopper]

I got my very first six string, bought it at the five and dime played it till my fingers bled it was the summer of 69. Summerof 6- Bryan Adams also the into to Heavan by Bryan Adams
Several Pink Floyd songs.

 

[somekindawizard]

Biffy clyro - Glitter and trauma.

the album version not the radio edit....

 

[Greever]

Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones.

For the guitard hero fans... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwSzlizy40&feature=related]

 

[Avatar Roku]

Oh, I think it goes without saying that Metallica's One gets a mention here as well.

Absolutely.

Paint it Black by the Rolling Stones.

For the guitard hero fans... [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZwSzlizy40&feature=related]

This too.

EDIT:
Just remembered: Welcome Home by Coheed and Cambria. Sorry, no link, but it was in RockBand, so I'll assume most of you know it.

 

[TopRopePiledriver]

I've long thought Falling Snow by Agalloch has one of the most arresting intros I've ever heard.

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=z4ih3JVrRPE

 

[Owlgoesw00t]

Indestructible - Disturbed

I started playing it, with my friend sitting beside me (who is btw from Azerbaidzjan, and before he moved to Sweden there was a war in Azerbaidjan).
And the intro of Indestructible is sirens and gunfire, so my friend went wtf before he realized it was my cellphone and not war and started laughing as hell