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  1. 10-17-2013 #51
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    Sorry about the videos that begin with ads...

    Tenemos Roads – National Health http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vj9ZUHju7JE
    The “breaking glass” intro to The Runaway – Gentle Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1HyOz-y8UI
    The “coin toss” intro to The Boys in the Band – Gentle Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOytXisu9Ds
    The “pong” intro to Time to Kill – Gentle Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TWcWhD32nI
    Adventures in Modern Recording – The Buggles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7GXRxL4SkM
    Wait – Camel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-E3ZUwI5iW8
    Hold Out Your Hand – Chris Squire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoMs7HsdgWc
    Hot House of Omagarashid – The Yardbirds http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O5CkUYJyguA
    Maybe Tomorrow, Maybe Tonight – Earth and Fire http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Akn3sPnKB-o
    Voyager of the Future Race – Eloy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8FcEEVipKlY
    The Darkest Hour – IQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELenx5QYtY8
    Yellow Christian - It Bites http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAcHFiIXDPI
    What’s He Got – The Producers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTtetyHaHwI
    Talk to Ya Later – Tubes http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eHue2jSw3s
    Twelve Feet Tall - Twin Age http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l9Ex5tDH-OM
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    Quote Originally Posted by Burley Wright View Post
    What’s He Got – The Producers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uTtetyHaHwI

    What, the "HEY!"??
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  3. 10-17-2013 #53
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    Mmm, speaking of The Producers, I can't believe I forgot She Sheila:

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  5. 10-19-2013 #55
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    Quote Originally Posted by Burley Wright View Post


    The “coin toss” intro to The Boys in the Band – Gentle Giant http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOytXisu9Ds
    Takes me back to the dark days of noisy black vinyl and turntable spinning too fast... unless my cd player is slowing down!
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    regrading Sirius from APP- great track, it should have been expanded to cover a whole side of an LP.

    great intro....
    ELO- Tightrope (since Fire On High doesn't qualify because it's an instrumental)
    Queen- Death On Two Legs, Liar
    Supertramp- Brother Where You Bound
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    Quote Originally Posted by Digital_Man View Post
    I could never quite understand why prog fans hate Springsteen so much. Sure he's not prog but most prog fans don't seem to hate Dylan or even punk rock with the same intensity that they hate the Bosss.
    I'm guessing it's because Dylan comes off as being genuine, whereas "the Boss" seems phony.

    My vote for great intro would be "American Woman."
    "The White Zone is for loading and unloading only. If you got to load or unload go to the White Zone!"
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    Quote Originally Posted by ronmac View Post
    I'm guessing it's because Dylan comes off as being genuine, whereas "the Boss" seems phony.
    For example? Nah, don't answer that. This thread was not intended to be a Springsteen hatefest. My comment in the OP was because it was inevitable that there would be the occasional Bruce-bashing, as there always is when his name comes up.
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    Always found this introduction remarkably haunting and beautifully controlled:



    Then there's this, completely different but it's stuck with me for years:



    And the definitive, urgent opening:

    Does it matter that this waste of time is what makes a life for you?
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    I remember hearing the intro to John Mellencamp's"I Need a Lover Who Won't Drive Me Crazy" and thought ...what a great prog into!! Then the rest of the song started, and, well...
    But a great intro nonetheless!!
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    Quote Originally Posted by prglvr View Post
    I remember hearing the intro to John Mellencamp's"I Need a Lover Who Won't Drive Me Crazy" and thought ...what a great prog into!! Then the rest of the song started, and, well...
    But a great intro nonetheless!!
    Maybe you just need to hear it from a female POV. No intro, tho.

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    Quote Originally Posted by prglvr View Post
    I remember hearing the intro to John Mellencamp's"I Need a Lover Who Won't Drive Me Crazy" and thought ...what a great prog into!! Then the rest of the song started, and, well...
    But a great intro nonetheless!!
    I dunno if I'd call it a "prog intro". I mean, mostly they just play the same musical bit again and again, modulating up or down with each repetition, before finally going into the song proper. I'd love to hear an explanation of how that intro came to be. I wonder if this wasn't one of those "We didn't have enough material" things.

    BTW, speaking of Pat Benatar, she had a lot of great intros, like A Little Too Late, Promises In The Dark, and Fire And Ice.
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    As this is the Off-Topic forum, I don't mind posting this fantabulous intro:

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    gaga using vdgg intro

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    Quote Originally Posted by bill g View Post
    PFM - La Luna Nuova
    The intro of the live version on USA was a springboard for me getting very heavily into Italian prog

    In the early 90's I bought the CD, (first one I owned of theirs although I had Photos on LP back in the 70's), and after sparking up cranked Four Holes and my initial reaction was along the lines of holy fuck - these guys can PLAY!

    Instant fan, owned all the discs within a couple of weeks

    Great call

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    The Who - The Music Must Change (the coin drops, the chords begin)
    Rush - Cygnus X-1 (that spoken bit still gives me a thrill)
    Zeppelin - Song Remains the Same (Page gives up more riffs than most bands have in an entire album side)
    Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (like Gimme Shelter it sets the scene perfectly)
    Sabbath - Don't Start/Symptom of the Universe (like Zep and the Who, Sabbath had a ton of great intros but this one still kills me)
    Tull - Locomotive Breath (one thing about the Wilson remaster is he gave this beauty a bottom end)
    Faces - Stay With Me (something about that opening salvo just says "rock n' roll")
    Marillion - Invisible Man (breath-taking)
    Pink Floyd - Time (another masterpiece)
    Rainbow - Stargazer (those drums with that razor guitar, and then the mighty riff kicks in)
    Judas Priest - Victim of Changes (needles of guitar notes ratchet up the tension before the riff)
    Iron Maiden - Revelations (now THIS is an opening riff)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Jerjo View Post
    Rush - Cygnus X-1 (that spoken bit still gives me a thrill)
    Stones - Sympathy for the Devil (like Gimme Shelter it sets the scene perfectly)
    Sabbath - Don't Start/Symptom of the Universe (like Zep and the Who, Sabbath had a ton of great intros but this one still kills me)
    Pink Floyd - Time (another masterpiece)
    Rainbow - Stargazer (those drums with that razor guitar, and then the mighty riff kicks in)
    This is an F'ing great list with the bolded one at the top of my list.
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