Two of mine…

Guns & Roses – Sweet Child of Mine
ACDC – Thunderstruck

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RU1uwBNSCF0&feature=related

And to think Slash did the intro as a laugh something to do with circus music.

is it the greatest guitar intro to a song ever? and maybe even the best solo as well?

oldie but goodie…

bat out of hell?

Metallica-One. Leads into the song brilliantly.
Or maybe Pink Floyd-Shine on you crazy diamond…

Muse have a few excellent guitar riffs for their intros.

Leftfield, phat planet.

Superstition.
Fantastic version. Look out for the kids at the back.
Nowt like this on CBBC now……

Pretty much the intro to any Rammstein song

Cream – Sunshine of your love

The drumming intro to 'Oh Jim' on Berlin by Lou Reed.

Genises,Turn it on

Another girl another planet The Only Ones

Love song The Damned

plug in baby – muse

The Cat Empire – Two Shoes

dont argue….just accept it…its an amazing song

L10 – Vanilla Pod

Listen to Her Heart – Salvation

1969 – Sisters of Mercy

Ziggy Stardust – Bauhaus

Holidays in the Sun – Sex Pistols

Viva Las Vegas and Holiday in Cambodia – Dead Kennedys

damn it forgot Dire Straits

Money for Nothing
Brothers in Arms

sorry actually money for nothing rules…so does matytalica One

money for nothing… what a classic! haven't heard that tune for a while 🙂

dan hartman/relight my fire

i wouldn't say it's my fave but a great 3 minute intro!

Sex Pistols – Pretty Vacant
20 seconds that defines a genre and a period of British popular culture.

in no particular order
The Damned – New Rose
Siouxsie & The Banshees – Happy House
The Southern Death Cult – Moya
New Model Army – Green & Grey
Guns & Roses – Sweet Child Of Mine
The Cure – A Forest
The Sisters Of Mercy – Temple Of Love (83)

FGTH Two Tribes – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWAgkOldHg

Stooges – Down on the Street

13th Floor Elevators – Thru the Rhythm

The Voice – Train to Disaster

and loads of stuff by Muse as already mentioned

Foo Fighters – In Your Honour.

Best opening album track ever too!

Pretty vacant.

da funk

Dam shonkytrack world double post.

it's a bit out of my usual musical range, but Blur song number 2 has got to be there

Phantom of the Opera – Iron Maiden

Stranglers, Peaches

Blur Song2 or Nirvana's Smells like Teen Spirit. My ultimate had to be Manic Street Preachers La Tristesse Durera.

Set The World Afire – Megadeth

Blackwater Park – Opeth

Can't believe Smoke on the Water hasn't got a mention or another Blackmore tune "Man on the Silver Mountain" (which sounds suspiciously like the intro to Money for Nothing albeit a lot earlier)

My favourite is yet another one of Mr Blackmore's, Rainbows "Tarot Woman"

Definitely Guns & Roses with Sweet Child Of Mine!!!

Hmmmm, difficult. I think the intro to 'Where The Streets Have No Name' does it for me, that ringing guitar sound that The Edge gets just makes my spine tingle.
[edit] Yep, just played the intro, and that organ, with the guitar coming in, then the drums with the bass just after…went all tingly listening to it. Never fails. [/edit]

Cleary 'Octavarium' by Dream Theater
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BPm1wc7FQY

OK… that's an epic intro JamesH, never heard it before tonight, 4+ minutes of synth OTT 😆

Enter Sandman, Metallica
Guerilla Radio, RATM
Paint it Black, Rolling Stones
Insomnia, Faithless
The Seeker, The Who
She Sell Sanctuary, The Cult

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

suicidal tendencies- you can't bring me down.

OK… that's an epic intro JamesH, never heard it before tonight, 4+ minutes of synth OTT

24mins of pure progressive excellence! 😀