Greatest opening to a rock song?

[CowboyDan]

Another great one from The Who. This is a great song to test your new sound system with....

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[Khartun]

The long version of One

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Fade to Black

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[63echo]

Damn near ANY ZZ Top song, but La Grange is my favorite. Hard to believe this was released the same year that Dark Side of the Moon was released. It still sounds really, really fresh.

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[trickblue]

Lots of good ones here...

I always thought this one was pretty cool:

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[Aikmaniac]

Amarillo, I like where you're going...

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[Danny White]

Some GREAT ones have already been listed. This isn't my favorite, but it's pretty damn good:

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Another classic, everything about this is great from the iconic "I want my MTV" to the great guitar that kicks it off:

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[WV Cowboy]

A lot of great songs here.

This one always seemed to get a party going again if it started to die down.

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[big dog cowboy]

Metallica

Pick one.

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[JIMMYBUFFETT]

Ted Nugent - Stranglehold
Led Zeppelin - Whole Lotta Love

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

Some great great songs in here...Loving it...BIWINNING! :laugh2:

I noticed some songs being selected that use pedal tones to a degree...some guitarists will get what I mean...here is another...

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Now some that are not pedal tones...

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[JohnnyTheFox]

Some great ones mentioned on here already....Blackfoots train train always gets the blood pumping.
I will put in my vote for Achilles Last Stand or even Nobodys Fault but mine from the mighty Zep.

 

[BrAinPaiNt]

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Dead skin mask has the great opening riff and the talking is creepy

 

[ABQcowboyJR]

Thunderstruck and Hells Bells are two of my favorites.
I'll throw a few out there.
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Led Zepplin - Over The Hills and Far Away

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Blue Oyster Cult - Don't Fear The Reaper

I'll throw a newer one out there.
Also one of my very favorite songs through and through.

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Bullet For My Valentine - Hearts Burst Into Fire

 

[Hostile]

Alice in Chains - Man in the Box.

Ozzy Osbourne - Crazy Train

Drowning Pool - Let the Bodies Hit the Floor

Black Sabbath - War Pigs (love the air raid siren in the background)

 

[ABQCOWBOY]

There are some really great tunes in this thread.

Here are some of mine.

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Eagles - Hotel California


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Scorpions - Rock You Like A Hurricane


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Joe Satriani - Always With Me, Always With You


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Kansas - Carry On My Wayward Son


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Boston - Don't Look Back


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Van Halen -Eruption

 

[JohnnyTheFox]

Ill probably think of more later but i always liked the opening to Hot Rod Lincoln by Commander Cody among others.

 

[jimmy40]

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damn, beaten by a sooner again

 

[MetalHead]

Rookies,this is how is done...this is how you open a song and album...wholesale asskicking for all ages.

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[vta]

I'll see your Where Eagles Dare and raise it with the punch in the face from The Trooper.

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[Payton34Smith22]

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