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Old 7th November 2005, 01:15 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Best & Worst Song Intros
This thread was inspired by a recent listen to 'When The Going Gets Tough' by Billy Ocean, which has, for my money, the most preposterous intro of all time:

When the going gets tough, the tough get going-oing-oing-oing-oing
Tough, tough, hoo haa haa hoo
When the going gets tough, the tough get rough ye-aah
tough, tough, too-taa-taa-tough, tough, tough!

It could also be the best intro of all time, or perhaps it's the worst, I really can't tell.

Some of my favourite song intros are:
'The Message' - Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five (Some of the best Synth sounds ever)
'Be My Baby' - The Ronettes
'(Love is Like a) Heatwave' - Martha Reeves & The Vandellas
'Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough' - Michael Jackson
'Political Science' - Randy Newman (Any song that starts with the line "no-one likes us" has got to be good)
'Peek-a-boo' - Devo
'I Wanna Dance with Somebody' - Whitney Houston (808-beats-tastic)

I'll have to ponder over the worst intros a bit more, but needless to say the Oboe intro to 'Handbags & Gladrags' is definately in there.
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Old 7th November 2005, 11:23 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Personal favourite song intros...
'The Boxer'- Simon and Garfunkel (lovely guitar)
'Hysteria'- Muse (crunchy bass)
'Jungle Love'- Morris Day and the Time
'Space Dementia'- Muse (juicy chords)
'No Surprises'- Radiohead (just nice)

Like Dan, I'm going to ponder over the worst intros bits...
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Old 7th November 2005, 12:15 PM   #3 (permalink)
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would? - alice in chains

brown eyed girl - van morrisson

dancin' in the ruins - blue oyster cult

raining blood - slayer

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glitter and trauma - biffy clyro (although one of my favs when the drums kick in)

symphony of destruction - megadeth

the unforgiven I & II - metallica
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Old 7th November 2005, 03:47 PM   #4 (permalink)
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Slayer - Raining Blood
ACDC - Shook Me All Night Long
Green Day - Panic Song
Smiths - How Soon Is Now?

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Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (cheesiest riff ever...i also hate the fucking song so the intro sends shivers down my spine for all the wrong reasons)
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Old 7th November 2005, 05:21 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Survivor - Eye of the Tiger (cheesiest riff ever...i also hate the fucking song so the intro sends shivers down my spine for all the wrong reasons)

kevin, kevin, kevin..........you're missing the point, the song is great BECAUSE its cheesy!


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Old 7th November 2005, 06:28 PM   #6 (permalink)
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hahaha, best intros?
ummmm...damn i can think of soooo many...not good...
oh fortuna
enter sandman - metallica
unas, slayer of the gods - Nile
barbie girl - aqua "hiya barbie" "hi Ken", "wana go for a ride?" "sure", "jump in"...pure cheeeeese
duel of the fates - star wars
book of heavy metal - dream evil ...c'mon..."METAAAAAAAAAAALLLLLLLLLL!!!"...none more cheese...

lovin' it...
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Old 7th November 2005, 06:47 PM   #7 (permalink)
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Old 7th November 2005, 07:10 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Best intros; Avenged Sevenfold - Unholy Confessions
Brand New - The Quiet Things That No-one Ever Knows
Brand New - Sic Transit Gloria (Glory Fades)
No Doubt - Stricken
No Doubt - Total Hate 95'
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Old 7th November 2005, 08:33 PM   #9 (permalink)
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Old 7th November 2005, 10:10 PM   #10 (permalink)
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Good call. I've been looking to see if any bands have been brave/stupid enough to attempt to cover this, and I came across an awful metal version by a band called Botch.

Anyway, the intro to the Foo Fighters' 'Best of You' usually makes me cringe. I'll go away and think of more.
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Old 7th November 2005, 10:21 PM   #11 (permalink)
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Good call. I've been looking to see if any bands have been brave/stupid enough to attempt to cover this, and I came across an awful metal version by a band called Botch.
Therion covered it quite successfully I think.

The original is good too.
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Old 8th November 2005, 12:01 AM   #13 (permalink)
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