Greatest Intros in Rock

[Silkie]

Believe Me Now - Electric Light Orchestra

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yP4HjUQppEg&feature=related

 

[radioman148]

Thunder Island--Jay Ferguson

 

[cyberdad]

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

Just about anything Perkins did has a great intro, although many of them were very short, usually not more than two bars after a pickup note. I rate the intro to “Honey Don’t” as his best, and the long version of “Matchbox” with Duane Eddy and the Mavericks as a close second.

Where would you rank "Dixie Fried"?

 

[GridLeakBias]

Blue Suede Shoes - Carl Perkins

Just about anything Perkins did has a great intro, although many of them were very short, usually not more than two bars after a pickup note. I rate the intro to “Honey Don’t” as his best, and the long version of “Matchbox” with Duane Eddy and the Mavericks as a close second.

Where would you rank "Dixie Fried"?

“Dixie Fried” is a country two-step rock-a-billy song with no outstanding guitar riffs. In fact, the instrumental backing is rather amateurish sounding. Without knowing, I would say this was a late night filler at Sun studio just to complete a session after the union musicians were paid and went home. On a Perkins 1 - 10 scale this is a One.

 

[Silkie]

Miami 2017 (Seen The Lights Go Out On Broadway) - Billy Joel
Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel - Tavares
Thou Shalt Not Steal - Dick and Dee Dee

 

[Icangelp]

Dirty Water The Standells
Liar Liar The Castaways
In the Summertime Mungo Jerry
Hanky Panky Tommy James & the Shondells
Hold on I'm Comin' Sam & Dave
Dirty Robber The Wailers

Now if you are talking live, in concert...well, that is another story.

 

[Silkie]

You Talk Too Much - Joe Jones
I Dig Rock and Roll Music - Peter, Paul and Mary

 

[hornet61]

Clapton Live - cocaine

 

[radioman148]

Lies--Knickerbockers (cold intro)

 

[Silkie]

Sunday Will Never Be The Same - Spanky & Our Gang
Using Me - Bill Withers
Brown-Eyed Woman - Bill Medley
Billy Don't Lose My Number - Phil Collins
Bungalow Bill - The Beatles
BYou - Sabrina Bryan

 

[Silkie]

Pledging My Love - Johnny Ace
My Girl Bill - Jim Stafford
Instant Karma - John Lennon

 

[cyberdad]

Using Me - Bill Withers

Only time the PD came in and physically broke the 45 in half was just after I played this on the air. Of course this WAS Iowa. (Guy thought it was somehow "dirty"). But that was the precise moment....in 1972....when it crossed my mind that I might prefer being in another line of work!

 

[radioman148]

Double Shot--Swinging Medallions

 

[firepoint525]

Using Me - Bill Withers

Only time the PD came in and physically broke the 45 in half was just after I played this on the air. Of course this WAS Iowa. (Guy thought it was somehow "dirty"). But that was the precise moment....in 1972....when it crossed my mind that I might prefer being in another line of work!

The GM of my very first station came into the control room and said, "give me that," or something to that effect. I was empty-handed at the time, so I said, "give you what?" He then referred to the record I was playing. I don't even remember what it was, but it was something on an indie label. After it finished, I handed it to him. Next day, it was back in rotation, only this time as a "gospel" song! (We were a country station at that time.) Only thing that confused me was that I had been playing that record as a "country" song for six months! ???

 

[Silkie]

Tears of a Clown, by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
Screwed, by Temper Tantrum
Raining Men, by The Weather Girls

 

[radioman148]

Love Train--O Jays

 

[Silkie]

Soul Train (Better known as TSOP), by MFSB

 

[radioman148]

Double Barrel--Dave and Ansel Collins

 

[Silkie]

I Can Hear Music - The Beach Boys

 

[radioman148]

Roses and Rainbows--Danny Hutton