Greatest intros.

[frankmcr]

Rick Beato's "Top 20 Acoustic Guitar Intros of All Time":



He has a bunch of other "best intro" shows - bass, electric guitar, etc etc - but this one seems most appropriate for AGF.

[Colt45]

Song Breadfan by band Budgie

[dnf777]

Originally Posted by 12barBill

Short and sweet...

I never thought much of the intro, but now that you mention it....very cool!

I remember when that song hit the airwaves. It was SO DIFFERENT from anything they had done to that point. We all loved to hate it.....then hated to love it.....then realized it was just a great song by a great band.

thanks for sharing that!

[12barBill]

Originally Posted by dnf777

I never thought much of the intro, but now that you mention it....very cool!

I remember when that song hit the airwaves. It was SO DIFFERENT from anything they had done to that point. We all loved to hate it.....then hated to love it.....then realized it was just a great song by a great band.

thanks for sharing that!

You may already know this but I'll point it out if others are interested. The band Alabama got started playing summers for seven years at the Bowery club in Myrtle Beach. Carolina Beach Music and shag dancing are rooted in the culture of Myrtle Beach. The song is a nod to those days and the origins of the band. You can read about it here:

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archi...-a6b8dfb3ccdb/

[PeterM]

Zombie Thread...

I know I voted for Lou Reed previously. I broke out some old vinyl the other day and listened to this. Gets my vote now.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SjWGr-h8ETA

[Colt45]

Don’t know how to post ….but BREADFAN by the band BUDGIE.
I think Metallica did a cover of it too.

[12FanMan]

Originally Posted by Bushleague

I'm a sucker for a great intro, heres a couple of my favorites, what are yours?

This is a Dream Theatre song, and while the intro is epic the song in itself was an intro of sorts to the album it kicked off. With Mike Portnoy now out of the band, his project is actually the best live version I could find... it speaks volumes that in replacing just the drummer, Dream Theatre's music seemed to lose more than Mike lost after replacing the whole rest of the band. An incredibly tallented guy for sure.



Obvously all intros cant be 7 minuets long. Always loved the tension of this flamenco-ish of intro with the pulsing feedback building untill it takes off. Once again, kicking off the whole album in an inspiring fashion.

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Don't know if you're talking about intro to a song or not, but my 2 favorite are the intros to:

Hey Tonight by CCR

and

Solitary Man by Neil Diamond

[jseth]

So far as acoustic intros go, "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" is STILL very effective! I can remember what it was like, hearing that for the very first time, back when that first album came out...

Also, if you want to talk "outros", the ending of this one - with the vocal punchline! - still ranks among the most moving outros ever!