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Originally posted by Darklava:

Originally posted by Pappadopalus:

Crazy on You--Nancy Wilson

I'd like to go crazy on Nancy :love:
I second that! :D

 

 

I'd like to contribute to the list, too.

 

I like the intro to:

Marching To Mars - Sammy Hagar

Born on the Bayou

 

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You guys just about picked me clean of those that first came to mind... (Among them, Pinball Wizard, Crazy On You, Hotel California... all intros I love playing! :thu: )

 

Some others:

 

  • Roundabout - Yes
  • From The Beginning - ELP
  • Fire & Rain - James Taylor
  • The Boxer - Simon & Garfunkel
  • I Was Only Joking - Rod Stewart
  • Superstar - Bad Company
  • Women In Love - EVH
  • The Confessor - Joe Walsh

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Originally posted by Guitarzan:

i always thought the start of Saxon's "a little bit fo what you fancy" was cool. not because of great playing but the whole concept.

Whoa !!! Saxon !!!

They truly Rocked Hard !!!!!

 

Great sonwriting and great solos !!!!

 

The Crusader album killed 'em

 

The Power and the Glory

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Obvious ones:

- Johnny B. Goode

- I Want To Take You Higher

- Whole Lotta Love

- Highway to Hell

- Unchained

 

Not so obvious ones:

- Loose (Stooges)

- Breadfan (Budgie)

- 30 Seconds Over Tokyo (Pere Ubu)

- Blank Generation (Richard Hell)

- When Doves Cry (Prince)

- Breed (Nirvana)

- Rasberry Jam Delta-V (Satriani)

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Originally posted by Museeip:

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Originally posted by fantasticsound:

  • The Confessor - Joe Walsh

ooh, good one!

Thanks! It's about my favorite guitar intro ever. What a great "conversation" between instruments! :thu:

 

 

Originally posted by KPB:

Scuttle Buttin'

The entire song is an intro! :D

 

That reminds me... Couldn't Stand The Weather. That has a really neat intro.

 

How about Lonely Is The Night by Billy Squier?

 

Red Barchetta by Rush? (You notice a pattern? I really like good use of harmonics. ;) )

 

And speaking of Rush, how about Big Money, Witchhunt and The Trees??

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Originally posted by fantasticsound:

 

Originally posted by KPB:

Scuttle Buttin'

The entire song is an intro! :D

 

Yeah. It's probably more appropriate for a "best riff" tune but I was listening to it today and had to add it. It really is a cool tune. :D
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"The Green Manalishi (With The Two-Pronged Crown)" - Fleetwood Mac

"Cemetary Gates" - Pantera

"Sin City" - AC/DC (the Hendrix-style intro followed by the four-chord main riff)

"In The World Of Giants" - Max Webster

"Dead On Time" - Queen

"Brighton Rock" - Queen (there's this weird chordy riff Brian plays at the beginning after the carnival sound effects that's real cool sounding)

"Respectable Street" - XTC

"Over My Head" - King's X

"Fell In Love With A Girl" - White Stripes

"A Girl Like You" - Smithereens

"12 Bar Blues" - NRBQ

"Folsom Prison Blues", "Big River" - Johnny Cash

"Personal Manager" - Albert King

"All Your Love" - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (Eric Clapton)

"Heartbreaker" - Led Zeppelin

"Spirit Of Radio" - Rush

"I used to be "with it", but then they changed what "it" was! Now what I'm with isn't "it", and what is "it" is weird and scary to me. IT'LL HAPPEN TO YOU!" - Grampa Simpson
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He's not my most favourite player, but when I saw the title of this thread, 2 of Ted Nugent's songs came to mind.

 

Tied Up In Love

Working Hard Playing Hard (I know these are lyrics but I cannot remember if this is the title of the song! :cool: )

 

For simplicity I like "Slow and Easy" by Whitesnake

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anyone mention Yes's "Roundabout"? (I did look through the thread, but quickly, glancing for faves... lots of them here! AHHH... I see that Neil got it.

 

How about Queen's "Stone Cold Crazy" ?

 

Bill

"I believe that entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot."

 

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Originally posted by Starcaster:

AC/DC has some good intros from what I've heard out of their 19(?) albums. Thunderstruck!

"Back In Black" always reels me in, though I'm not a great AC/DC fan.

 

...What I Like About You, the CARS...
"What I Like About You" is great, but it's not the Cars, it's the Romantics. Sorry to be such a know-it-all weenie - "it's my idiom."

 

 

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You guys took all the good ones (especially AC/DC, and Pantera's Cemetary Gates) :)

 

Guitarzan pulls Saxon out from the bottom of the vault, yet noone's mentioned Sweet Child 'o Mine yet ;)

As long as I'm on that train of thought, how about Parasite by Kiss, Stranglehold by the Nuge, La Grange by ZZ, Fire Woman and Edie by the Cult.

 

Ooh, ooh... Into the Void by Sabbath. What a jam!

It's not simple to be simple.

-H. Matisse

 

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Originally posted by Hfx_Buzz:

and Double Trouble's (with Johhny Lang) "Groundhog",

While Jonny Lang does a great job singing "Groundhog Day", the intro is played by Gordie Johnson, the Big Sugar guitarist (who also wrote the song, it's an old Big Sugar number).

 

some others:

 

"Neil And Jack And Me", "Heartbeat" - King Crimson

 

"Satch Boogie", Joe Satriani

 

"Waitin' For The Bus/Jesus Just Left Chicago", "Tush", "Just Got Paid" - ZZ Top

 

"Tracy Jacks" - Blur

 

"Money City Maniacs", "Underwhelmed" - Sloan

 

"Back In The Saddle", "Same Old Song and Dance", "Seasons Of Wither" - Aerosmith

"I used to be "with it", but then they changed what "it" was! Now what I'm with isn't "it", and what is "it" is weird and scary to me. IT'LL HAPPEN TO YOU!" - Grampa Simpson
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