h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

poop, forgot one

how could I have forgotten Deep Purple - Knocking At Your Back Door?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IIZpF111Ojw

Odd thing - I know at least four or five different versions of that song, and they all have different intros.

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I actually rather like the intro to The Arctic Monkeys' "Bet You Look Good On the Dancefloor".
Also, the soft spot I have for the opening to "Lose Control" by Ash covers 80% of my body.
For an epic intro, though, I'd have to nominate the first 3 1/2 minutes of "Knights of Cydonia" by Muse. It's one big build-up to the ultimate guitar riff...

But Won't Get Fooled Again has the ultimate riff. How can that be?

oh no! this is addictive

Sex Pistols - Pretty Vacant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ci5SZx3VI_U&feature=related

Ant Music!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bPjfD8ulnpw

The Beatles - good at beginnings and endings
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fNf046Uo2gI

Keep reading the title as Entry into a Snog...

It really upsets me that the most gorgeous piece of music ever created WITHOUT QUESTION is the intro to a song I really can't stand - 'California Girls' by the Beach Boys.

What was Brian Wilson thinking of (a good question at the best of times) when he decided to break off from that preternaturally beautiful, tear-inducing, brooding piece of sound with a horribly jaunty attack on what sounds like the Blackpool Tower Ballroom organ?

>>Battery - Metallica
Blackened - Metallica
One - Metallica

In fact...<<

Well, I toyed with Battery when I posted I've got to admit.

Blackened, naaah, good but not as good as... in my opinion.

One is a big long intro isn't it?

All good picks.

I like the intro to Damage Inc. too

Actually how can I have missed out the intro to For Whom the Bell Tolls also.

Hallowed Be Thy Name by Iron Maiden.

(No drums!)

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Nothing Else matters

And I have to cast a vote for Black Betty. Preferably by Soil

nominates Shame on You by Gun. Especially live.

>I like the intro to Damage Inc. too <

Yeah, I thought of that too, and Dyer's Eve, and My Friend of Misery, and Unforgiven (1 & 2), and, well, etc, but you have to stop somewhere.

They do do intros don't they

I would also nominate Creeping Death...

That's why I had to stop my Pantera list... I'd end up with an almost complete discography!

"Also Sprach Zarathustra", Richard Strauss. Used in the movie "2001: A Space Odyssey". I did not understand the long "pause" at the beginning until I bought a subwoofer.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra_(Richard_Strauss)

"A Hard Day's Night", The Beatles. One chord, sort of:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Hard_Day%27s_Night_%28song%29#Opening_chord

Primus. I'm thinking specifically of 'Tommy The Cat' but there a many others.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=UhjG47gtMCo

Schism - Tool

"Johnny B. Goode", Chuck Berry. Maybe the definitive signature lick of all rock and roll ...

"Money", Barrett Strong. Close to the above.

Just spent a half hour clicking on all the links. You all have great taste! It also plays right into my 30-second attention span (Except Steve K's ones - Wikipedia entries )

A couple where you're missing the full effect with the studio versions:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YF6C8ZOoL34

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZarbtNF3Sfs

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