Good long song intros

[grrl]

What are some songs that have good long introductions? A few that quickly come to mind are:

Baba O'Reilly (The Who)
Sweet Jane (Lou Reed)
Monkey Island (J. Geils)

 

[us3rnotfound]

Echoes (Pink Floyd)

 

[thraashman]

I don't know what you're defining as a long opening, but I'm assuming you mean that is has a good deal of instrumental before the first lyrics. So mine are ...

Guns N Roses - Sweet Child O Mine
Led Zeppelin - No Quarter
Tool - Eulogy
Allman Brothers - Jessica (it sometimes feels like the entire song is an opening and you're waiting for the lyrics)

 

[JustinGoodie]

pink floyd - shine on you crazy diamond
boston - foreplay/long time
peter frampton - do you fell like we do

...to name a few; i'm sure i'll come up with some more later

 

[HamburgerBoy]

Exodus - Cajun Hell
Iron Maiden - The Ides of March/Wrathchild
Iron Maiden - Caught Somewhere in Time
Iron Maiden - Alexander the Great
Judas Priest - Battle Hymns/One Shot at Glory
Megadeth - Into the Lungs of Hell/Set the World Afire
Megadeth - Holy War... the Punishment Due
Metallica - Master of Puppets

 

[ThePresence]

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Even if you despise them you cannot argue about the sheer awesomeness of this intro.

 

[ethebubbeth]

Most songs by Yes or Dream theater

 

[Analog]

Funeral For a Friend by Elton John FTW.

 

[Kirby]

Originally posted by: Analog
Funeral For a Friend by Elton John FTW.

Oh yeah. Probaly my favorite song.

 

[wahoyaho]

Nan Quan Ma Ma - Po Xiao

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Guns N' Roses - 'Breakdown' comes to mind. No wait, it isn't really that long.

I'll stick with Baba O'Riley

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: thraashman
I don't know what you're defining as a long opening, but I'm assuming you mean that is has a good deal of instrumental before the first lyrics.

That's what I mean.

 

[grrl]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Text

Even if you despise them you cannot argue about the sheer awesomeness of this intro.

Oh my god.... :Q

 

[irishScott]

Foreplay Long Time - Boston
Where the Streets have no Name - U2

 

[angminas]

Crosby, Stills, and Nash- Wooden Ships
Pantera- By Demons Be Driven
Santana- Oye Como Va
Korn- Blind
Genesis- too many to list
Roger Waters- Perfect Sense

 

[Fritzo]

Originally posted by: grrl

Originally posted by: ThePresence
Text

Even if you despise them you cannot argue about the sheer awesomeness of this intro.

Oh my god.... :Q

Ever since Page & Plant toured with the full orchestra in the 90's, everyone got in on that act.

 

[Slick5150]

GnR - Welcome to the Jungle
Led Zeppelin - Over the Hills and Far Away
Murray Head - One Night in Bangkok
Van Halen - Hot For Teacher

 

[clamum]

Blink-182 - Carousel (bass intro is sweet)
Nirvana - Aneurysm

 

[LeiZaK]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
pink floyd - shine on you crazy diamond

/thread

 

[iRONic]

"Death defying, mutilated armies scatter the earth,
Crawling out of dirty holes, their morals, their morals disappear."

Yes - Yours Is No Disgrace

 

[BrokenVisage]

As people already said lot's of Yes stuff has great intros, but one song in particular Love Will Find a Way is my favorite because it transitions from violins to an awesome guitar riff before getting into the song. Gotta love Yes!

Listen Here

 

[apac]

Journey - Don't Stop Believing

 

[CptObvious]

Oasis - D'You Know What I Mean

 

[iRONic]

Originally posted by: BrokenVisage
As people already said lot's of Yes stuff has great intros, but one song in particular Love Will Find a Way is my favorite because it transitions from violins to an awesome guitar riff before getting into the song. Gotta love Yes!

Listen Here

"I eat at Chez Nous..."
While the 'Big Generator' album was mostly forgettable, that song is a gem.

 

[jersiq]

Down - Eyes of the South