Greatest opening to a rock song?

[CowboyDan]

This should be a great thread......

Here's my vote:

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[YosemiteSam]

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:laugh2:

I should get a bonus for showing a video with a guy wearing a cheetah suit!

 

[tomson75]

AC/DC - Thunderstruck

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/end thread.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

You kind of nailed what is possibly the best group for openings out of the box. My favorite of theirs was Civil War.

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[vta]

If I were to say G&R I'd say Sweet Child O' Mine over Paradise City.
If not, China Girl by David Bowie or Yankee Rose by DLR.

 

[tomson75]

Seriously though.....lots of good ones. Good thread idea.

If this was open to punk rock, I could go on for days.

 

[Dallas]

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[YosemiteSam]

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Jukebox Hero is always a good one.

 

[vta]

[youtube]-YE5zEGZ_pY[/youtube]
:laugh2:

I should get a bonus for showing a video with a guy wearing a cheetah suit!

:laugh2:


I always forget these minor classics. If by intro you mean the guitar lick I agree, if you mean the spaced out synth effects, I don't know... Love this song.

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

I tore out the back seat of my jeep in favor of two twelve-inch MTX terminator subwoofers my senior year in high school. Lars banging away on thise drums just made this song unbelievable on that sound system.

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[Faerluna]

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or

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If you count the spoken part.

 

[bbgun]

The Who - Won't Be Fooled Again

 

[YosemiteSam]

Here are a few

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In this one, all the guitar before the singing starts
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Always a classic
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Another classic
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Lets make it three classics. The intros dictated what was to come.
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[RS12]

The Who - Won't Be Fooled Again

This is top 10 for sure. Could be Stones "Cant you hear me Knockin" or "Gimme Shelter". Also partial to Sabbath "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" or "NIB".

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

Master of Puppets "Old School" style.

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[63echo]

No Smoke on the Water, yet?

Forget it...this one's better:
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My ringtone for years now:
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[YosemiteSam]

:
My ringtone for years now:
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Can I go with just the scream at the beginning of Angel of Death? :laugh2:

The beginning of Raining Blood isn't half bad either.

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[Stautner]

WINNER: AC/DC - Hells Bells

HONORABLE MENTION: Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water

 

[CowboyDan]

How did no one mention this yet Turn it up!

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[63echo]

Can I go with just the scream at the beginning of Angel of Death? :laugh2:

The beginning of Raining Blood isn't half bad either.

Dude, now that I think about it, Slayer has TONS of great openers. I was thinking about putting Hell Awaits on my list, too .

Forgot another one:

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If any of you out there haven't seen any Billy Squier videos, do yourselves a favor and watch Rock Me Tonight. It will stay with you for quite awhile. The man's music was golden, but he had strange ideas about videos.