UKC

The intro can be anything, but it has to be instantly recognisable, or within 2 seconds.

In reply to The Lemming:

Thunderstruck. AC/DC

Nuff said.

In reply to Si Withington:

How's this for starters?

You have to listen the whole way through.

youtube.com/watch?v=wbWOVfY-rxU&

In reply to Si Withington:
Ultravox

youtube.com/watch?v=5U-NHTW2-Ps&


And a bit of Golden Brown

youtube.com/watch?v=d7R7q1lSZfs&

In reply to The Lemming:

Psychedelic Furs - India

Takes a while, but they smash it.

youtube.com/watch?v=zH9Gi-Z1Uxs&

In reply to The Lemming:

and again........

youtube.com/watch?v=R6GDdKrQ8EI&

In reply to Si Withington:

I can think of better ac dc intros eg. Hells bells.

In reply to The Lemming:

Gotta be ELO Mr blue sky

Then 2,4,6,8...

In reply to The Lemming:

Bass intro to 'Wichita Lineman'. Unmistakable. 5 notes.

In reply to Skyfall:

So can I. But it IS instantly recognisable.

In reply to The Lemming:

Dire straits
Money for nothing

In reply to The Lemming: By the standards you set, I'd say Pink Floyd's Money is your badger.

T.

In reply to The Lemming:

By your criteria which are very restrictive, I put in a low-credibility vote for:

youtube.com/watch?v=PE1lzqJCeJ0&

Other contenders
youtube.com/watch?v=qkwD261MHsc&

In reply to Blue Straggler:

Why are your contenders 'low credibility'?

In reply to The Lemming:

Pil - Public Image
youtube.com/watch?v=cifo77azntk&

Best ever? Don't know, it is for me though.

In reply to Tom Last:




certainly takes a lot of beating that, but I reckon SLF just have it with Johny Was

youtube.com/watch?v=easjtZXGPlc&

Shane MacGowan - Plaistow Patricia
youtube.com/watch?v=6EiTIzLtQGM&

Seminal.

In reply to The Lemming:

Stranglers, Nice N' Sleazy

youtube.com/watch?v=U9hiNmCH5lI&

In reply to The Lemming:

perhaps

song 2, blur

or

welcome to the jungle, guns'n'roses

but most likely

street spirit, radiohead

In reply to Wee Davie:


I was only referring to the first one. I think it is great and not low-credibility at all, Moroder is a legend, BUT the UKC forum posters tend to be testosterone-driven rocktastic "proper RAWK GUITAR" aficionados so I felt the need to put a deprecating disclaimer in there.

In reply to The Lemming:

Have to agree with MFN Dire Straits.

Also, not a song per se, but Nimrod from the Enigma Variations is always a hit for me, that and Fur Alina by Arvo Part.

In reply to plyometrics:



And Zadok the Priest

In reply to The Lemming:

Pretty Vacant - Sex Pistols

In reply to The Lemming: Two of my personal favourites:

youtube.com/watch?v=BJIqnXTqg8I&

youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc&

In reply to The Lemming:

probably not the best of anything but I played this cd so much that all the music wore off

youtube.com/watch?v=0abBO6Le2yE&

In reply to plyometrics:





I was going to put Ride of the Valkyrie but it took longer than a couple of seconds to rock in.

youtube.com/watch?v=zPf_PJlJsJQ&

In reply to The Lemming:

Tin Soldier

or

Beim Schlafengehen.

In reply to The Lemming:

Spring anybody?
youtube.com/watch?v=GRxofEmo3HA&

In reply to The Lemming:

Master of Puppets - Metalica

In reply to The Lemming:

Hovis

youtube.com/watch?v=TOWJECdobqk&

In reply to Tom Last:




hmm, not sure it was really worth the wait to be honest

In reply to no_more_scotch_eggs:

A few more contenders...

All along the watchtower- Hendrix

Gimme shelter- stones

Ziggy stardust- Bowie

For a bit of peerless pop- take on me- aha

But I can't believe no one has suggested this yet-

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SbYXkOAoZpI&desktop_uri=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DSbY...

In reply to The Lemming:

Gimme Shelter!

In reply to The Lemming:

Heart - Crazy on you

youtube.com/watch?v=OZuW6BH_Vak&

In reply to The Lemming:

Canonball - the Breeders

In reply to The Lemming:

What about some soul? Eg - Do I Love You? (indeed I do) or Landslide

In reply to The Lemming:

Edwin star - contact.

In reply to The Lemming:

Riders on the Storm, The Doors.

In reply to The Lemming:

You don't get more "instantly recognisable" than this

youtube.com/watch?v=3a7cHPy04s8&

In reply to The Lemming:

Gimme Shelter - The Rolling Stones

youtube.com/watch?v=n_a0zOLMAfw&

In reply to butteredfrog:

Sorry Mr Frog the post following yours trumps Satisfaction. Good call though.

In reply to The Lemming:

john lee hooker - boom Boom Boom Boom

In reply to drmarten:

No, I think butterdfrog is right. Satisfaction is ingrained in the culture to a much greater degree. A far greater proportion of the population of the world (certainly of the western world) would instantly recognise those opening chords.

In reply to The Lemming:

Hendrix - purple haze.

Slf - Johnny was.

Faces - itchycoo park.

In reply to The Lemming:

My actual nomination for best intro is

Lou reed -walk on the wild side.

Beat that.

In reply to The Lemming:

The End, especially if you happen to be watching Apocalypse Now.

In reply to The Lemming:

I would say...

One - Metallica

In reply to Gordon Stainforth:

Nah, I hear what you're saying but I still think Gimme Shelter has a better intro than Satisfaction.
What the rest of the world recognise or not has never been of much interest to me in choosing music to listen to, recognisability was a requirement but the OP did ask for best intro ever.
In the absence of a correct answer being available, we'll have to agree to disagree I'm afraid.

In reply to The Lemming:

This Charming Man- Smiths

In reply to The Lemming:

Wouldn't It Be Nice - The Beach Boys

youtube.com/watch?v=ZVlVmv0K-pk&

In reply to The Lemming: I can't believe no-one has suggested "Ace of Spades"

In reply to The Lemming:

Hendrix - Voodoo Chile

Deep Purple - Lazy

AC DC - Whole Lotta Rosie

Rush - Tom Sawyer

In reply to Choss:


Tut tut

In reply to Mike Highbury:

Its a Lovely intro. Everyone Knows it surely, in first 2 Seconds?

Ps i Know it was the small faces. Was Phone shorthand :-D

In reply to Choss:

OK, I'll believe you

In reply to Mike Highbury:


I should hope so. That Track would be in my top ten songs of all Time ever, any day of the week

In reply to The Lemming:

Stranglers
youtube.com/watch?v=DmyAm-srFuQ&
youtube.com/watch?v=9XA_tH0Nh7Q&
and some Devo
youtube.com/watch?v=j5PFBMa7g-g&

In reply to The Lemming:

what we've got here, is failure to communicate

In reply to The Lemming:

Eagles - Hotel California.

In reply to The Lemming:
Hotel California - Eagles

youtube.com/watch?v=KaQHsWFSiao&

The guitar chords are recognisable by most I would have thought no matter what your favourite musical genre!!

Sorry, you just beat me to it but that's a +1

In reply to Green Porridge:

If it's Heart, then surely this: youtube.com/watch?v=OAfxs0IDeMs&

In reply to moac:
Best known 2sec intro from the Stones? This - and it only needs 1 of the seconds:

youtube.com/watch?v=ZzlgJ-SfKYE&

In reply to bluebealach:

+1 accepted

In reply to The Lemming:

if we're talking ROOOOOOOOOOOOOOCK then i present

youtube.com/watch?v=bg92QpjRcJk&

or maybe

youtube.com/watch?v=TuIJkyfG0Fc&

and

youtube.com/watch?v=L397TWLwrUU&

right enough i'm away home

In reply to The Lemming:

AC/DC - Hells Bells

In reply to The Lemming:

Close (To the Edit) - Art of Noise

In reply to The Lemming:

So many to choose from but an all time favourite is Leftfield's Phat Planet. The intro is probably the most nails part of the song too. Also, Prodigy"s Break & Enter.

Gimmie Shelter also get's my vote!

In reply to The Lemming:
I reckon given todays market, half the worlds population wouldn't have a clue about anything listed above. I hate to say it but the most recognisable/best intro has be rooted in the pop genre?

Probably Kylie or Beyonce or something more pointless. How about (and not so pointless) Goldfinger, Shirley Bassey? All age groups, male and female buy into the Bond brand. Also, if you wanted to startle someone sleeping this would be a good tune to do it with.

In reply to The Lemming:

For me - and its personal - it has to be the intro to 'Magic Bus' as captured on the Who Live at Leeds recording. Just a classic staccato build to the rest of the band.

In reply to andyathome:

The Clash - Should I stay or should I go

www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqH21LEmfbQ

In reply to The Lemming:
some sterling contenders above - to which I'd add a personal favourite (though not to everyone's taste I know), Last Night, by The Strokes.

or - everything the Ramones ever did: "1-2-3-4!" all the intro anyone really needs.....

In reply to The Lemming:
Do these count?
youtube.com/watch?v=zkOOCx8tT08&
youtube.com/watch?v=N2PzYjKpvuw&

In reply to The Lemming:

Or another from Jimi
youtube.com/watch?v=2SXVOkJTSTs&

In reply to Paul Robertson:

The Only Ones - Another Girl Another Planet.

In reply to The Lemming:

to those of us of a certain age..less than two seconds...drums only...and only two 'notes' at that:
youtube.com/watch?v=wAtUw6lxcis&

and then youtube.com/watch?v=zCkNu9OxThc&
youtube.com/watch?v=M1LMtQ8t6hQ&

In reply to The Lemming:

youtube.com/watch?v=4tQC7JmINEo&
(check out the RNLI guest stars!)

In reply to The Lemming:

youtube.com/watch?v=wmin5WkOuPw&

You're a twisted threadstarter

In reply to The Lemming:

love this. Video: absolutely f-all happening except 3 drums and Orange amps
doom-laden and unsettling from ther start , like firestarter . bit of nodding.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZyVZFJGX5g&autoplay=1&desktop_uri=%...

In reply to The Lemming:

New Model Army. Poison Street...

In reply to The Lemming:

Wishbone ash - Blowin free.

Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home alabama

In reply to The Lemming:

Spirit of the Radio by Rush

In reply to The Lemming:

For its understated, even insouciant opening: youtube.com/watch?v=FsP74Mr4WPE&

In reply to The Lemming:
†hink passes the instantly recognisable test-still sounds radical in it's apparent simplicity-would
love to know what audiences at the time made of it-
youtube.com/watch?v=VDmCWrjE6Hg&

In reply to Removed Userena sharples:

agreed, the whole symhpony is epic, but those first few notes I doubt any civilised person would not recognise

In reply to The Lemming:

Pink Floyd , Time and Money

In reply to The Lemming:
Pink Floyd

Shine on you crazy diamond

Fleetwood Mac

Any track from Rumours

In reply to The Lemming:

Crosby Stills and Nash. wooden Ships
Beethoven - 5th symphony
Miles. So what
otis redding. hard to handle
deep purple. smoke on the water