Your most recognisable song intro?

[Dynasty]

ok since im bored i'll start this off

Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

 

[Stigmata]

Personally?

Alexisonfire - No Transitory
Billy Talent - Try Honesty

I can recognise those before the second note is played. Seriously.

 

[Kristafon]

Nine Inch Nails- Somewhat Damaged....

....D Eb E F....

....D Eb E F....

....D Eb E F....

classic

 

[mortiz]

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water, easily.

 

[knut]

Slayer - Raining Blood.

Everyone should know that.

 

[Some_God]

Faint...by you know who. :O

 

[Ennui]

Nine Inch Nails- Somewhat Damaged....

....D Eb E F....

....D Eb E F....

....D Eb E F....

classic

LOL i was thinking that!

 

[burnzie]

ok since im bored i'll start this off

Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Good choice.

also Nivana - smells like teen spirit.

 

[Ennui]

Good choice.

also Nivana - smells like teen spirit.

yep, also very distinctive...

Stairway to Heaven is easily recognized by me as well.

 

[irjoe]

smoke on the water - second that

edit-
hives - die all right

 

[Zerimski]

Led Zep - Kashmir.

 

[Steve]

Cake - The Distance

It's just words instead of just instruments, though. Does that not count?

 

[[w0f]Oblivion]

Shadowsfall - the light that blinds
Now THATS an intro. hah (listen to it if you havent ever, Its worth it)

 

[Dalamari]

Well, one that anyone would know would be Hey Jude, since he says the title first thing in. But one that me and my friends can spot easy is Led Zeppelin - Ten Years Gone, my favorite intro to any song ever made.

ever

 

[eatbugs]

Closing time. Has to be.

 

[dfc05]

Closing time. Has to be.

That's what I was going to say.

Smashing Pumpkins -- "Today" is also pretty recognizable, and Green Day -- "Good Riddance" too. That's all I can think of for now.

 

[lePobz]

Prodigy - Firestarter ... can recognise it in the first .3 of a second... although I guess anyone thats heard it before can do to.

Great tune :thumbs:

 

[eatbugs]

That's what I was going to say.

Great minds think alike!

 

[Venmoch]

Oasis - Wonderwall

 

[Maxi]

ok since im bored i'll start this off

Guns 'n Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Holy shit! I was going to post the exact same song when I read the topic!

 

[Kouler]

Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water, easily.

Yeah, great song.

 

[Razor]

Sweet Child O' Mine has to be the most recognisable intro, Slash is a true musical genious.

 

[jondy]

Cake - The Distance

Blatantly.

Also Prodigy - Breathe

 

[Axyon]

Barring the obvious like Metallica - Enter Sandman, I'd say for me it's:

Children of Bodom - anything, and I literally mean this. Every song has just about the most unique style I could name every one if played seperately.

Arch Enemy - Enemy Within. As soon as you hear about two of those piano notes, you instantly know what's coming.

Dark Tranquillity - White Noise/Black Silence

Dismember - As the Coins Upon your Eyes

In Flames - Episode 666 (In fact, most of the Whoracle album.)

 

[SimonomiS]

Sweet Child O' Mine has to be the most recognisable intro, Slash is a true musical genious.

Apparently he was just mucking about when he came up with the riff. :dozey:
Have to agree with Smoke On The Water. And Slayer - Raining Blood was a good one, everybody (Slayer and Slipknot fans mostly) went mental as soon as it started.
Also, Metallica - One is pretty recognisable.

 

[Dalamari]

Barring the obvious like Metallica - Enter Sandman, I'd say for me it's:

Children of Bodom - anything, and I literally mean this. Every song has just about the most unique style I could name every one if played seperately.

Arch Enemy - Enemy Within. As soon as you hear about two of those piano notes, you instantly know what's coming.

Dark Tranquillity - White Noise/Black Silence

Dismember - As the Coins Upon your Eyes

In Flames - Episode 666 (In fact, most of the Whoracle album.)

Enter Sandman is the only song I know off that list....

 

[Recoil]

Los Lobos - Cancion Del Mariachi

Slayer - Raining Blood.

Everyone should know that.

Haha, of course

 

[Mith']

Children of Bodom - Lake Bodom
Metallica - Fade to Black and One (look at tab)
Dimmu Borgir - Mourning Palace.. Dumdumdumdem dumdumdumdem....
Rammstein - Links 2 3 4..

 

[Axyon]

I don't know, some of their songs are kind of repetative. A few songs on Follow the Reaper sound very similar. The intros can be unique, though.

Another one I'd have to say is Satyricon - Walk the Path of Sorrow. Very recognisable string arrangement (though done on a keyboard), and incredibly diabolical. Add to that Genesis to Genocide by Deströyer 666. Piano intro with some strings in the background and the wind blowing. Very recognisable. Bathory - Blood Fire Death, aside from being a masterpiece of a song, also has a great acoustic intro. Shores in Flames by Bathory as well. Acoustic too, but the wind blowing in the background and the faded, almost dreamlike singing in the background adds a lot to it.

Hmm, I guess overlistening to FtR has nullified that somewhat, heh. I'd like to add Behemoth - Chant for Eschaton 2000 too. Behemoth are already masters of the 'catchy intro', but this is especially distinguishable.

 

[Reaper-X]

Michael Jackson - Beat It

So easy to recognise.

 

[Laivasse]

I'd like to add Behemoth - Chant for Eschaton 2000 too. Behemoth are already masters of the 'catchy intro', but this is especially distinguishable.

The spoken word intro to Antichristian Phenomenon also sticks out a mile

 

[Homie]

Chemical Romance - Helena?

Hmmm

 

[Dalamari]

The Godfather Waltz (unless you haven't seen the movie)

 

[Doppelgofer]

white stripes - seven nation army

when you just hear those 7 notes, you know what it is

DOOOOOOO DO DO DO DO DOOOOO DOOOOO

 

[Kouler]

How about the Halo theme? Those monks are so easy to recognize

 

[vsaravia]

Sugar - System of a Down
Boulevard of Broken Dreams - Green Day
Give it Away - Red Hot Chili Peppers

just to name a few...