With the help of Twitter, and the amazing @stephsputnik, @Dante_Banks and @BaronVonHector (amongst others, who chose not to be identified but who were brilliant help) here is the list of the best intros in music. Not intended to be exhaustive and not in any kind of order. I hope you enjoy, and please add your own, I would love to read suggestions.
- Shapeshifters- Lola’s Theme
- Pink Floyd- Another Brick in the Wall
- The Doves- Black and WhiteTown
- Poritshead- Sour Times
- Garbage- Milk
- The Cure- A Forest
- Echo and the Bunnymen- The Killing Moon
- The Associates- Party Fears Two
- Guns ‘n’ Roses- Welcome to the Jungle
- Rage Against the Machine- Wake Up
- The Cure- Lullaby
- Led Zeppelin- Kashmir
- The Damned- New Rose
- Stone Roses- I Wanna Be Adored
- Happy Mondays- Kinky Afro
- Rolling Stones- Gimme Shelter
- Talking Heads- Life During Wartime
- David Bowie- Young Americans
- Stone Roses- Love Spreads
- Soul II Soul- Keep on Moving
- Dee-Lite- Groove is in the Heart
- Queen- Another One Bites The Dust
- The Smiths- This Charming Man
- New Order- Blue Monday
- David Bowie- Fashion
- The Kinks- Waterloo Sunset
- Joy Division- Love Will Tear Us Apart
- Foo Fighters- Everlong
- The Smiths- How Soon Is Now?
- The Cult- She Sells Sanctuary (this is my personal favourite)
- Queen- One Vision
- INXS- I Need You Tonight
- Guns ‘n’ Roses- Sweet Child O’ Mine
- Queen- We Will Rock You
- Friendly Fires- Skeleton Boy (Single Remix)
- T-Rex – 20th Century Boy (my favourite song of all time)
- Ministry- Work For Love
- Kasabian- Club Foot
- The Eagles- One Of These Nights
- New Order- Crystal
- Friendly Fires- Paris
- Fleetwood Mac- Everywhere
- Stiltskin- Inside
- Duran Duran- Planet Earth
- Adam and the Ants- Ant Music
- Depeche Mode- Personal Jesus
- The Specials- A Message To You, Rudy
- Roxy Music- Love is the Drug
- Toots and the Maytals- 54-46 Was My Number
- The Verve- Bittersweet Symphony
So there it is. I fully recommend if you do not have any songs on this list, get them now. Thank you so much to everyone on twitter who was so kind as to help. If you wish to be identified but I haven’t added you in, please tweet me and I will gladly add you in.











holidays in the sun, the sex pistols.
she’s like a rainbow, the rolling stones
time, easy star all-stars