The best start to a rock song ever..

fob

Octafish

equalsql said:

Octafish said:

AlexC said:

Mick Ronson’s sustained howl of feedback at the beginning of Bowie’s Width Of A Circle.

Good choice, I'd go with Cracked Actor for Bowie/Ronson...

That really is a gloriously filthy start-up there from Mr Ronson  

Ha, ha, yeah 'filthy' is exactly the word that comes to mind whenever I hear that.

TTBZ

That's a perfect intro imo. Bit of drums, nice bass tone, feedback, pick slide and we're off.

ourmaninthenorth

Jalapeno said:

ourmaninthenorth said:

See you and raise you ....

Fold....

rustneversleeps

Only one comes to mind at moment is Voodoo Chile Hendrix.

meltedbuzzbox

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yh9osYZNilU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Evn9MiIuqM

Nunogilberto

This...

https://youtu.be/psmp-jvM1Cc

guitars4you

The Beatles and Help - One chord - Instantly recognisable - you don't even need 2 chords to know what song it is

Maybe on a similar vain that first Bm chord to Hotel California

I also love that catchy intro to Little Green Bag - Reservoir Dogs

lukedlb

Beatles, Tax Man

viz

Not everyone’s cup of tea but:

https://youtu.be/aK532U3emOQ

And how about the solo at 2:50-ish

Vaiai

Lots of good ones and I play quite a few live - that's a good indication of what ones work well!
One for personal reasons that stands out as being epic at the time is Up the Beach - first track on Nothing's Shocking by Jane's Addiction - it was so powerful. Listening now the production lets it down though.

AC/DC have to be the masters tho - Back In Black for me.

equalsql

axisus said:

Rabs said:

Ohh common..  No one mentioned this... Or is it just too obvious?

yeah except somebody did mention it ...

That ain't no rock song.. just a bland bit of pop mock..

fandango

viz said:

Not everyone’s cup of tea but:

https://youtu.be/aK532U3emOQ

And how about the solo at 2:50-ish

Alas, this doesn't quite meet the OP's "best start..." criteria, especially as the drum intro is only to cover for the fact SV is changing guitar. If that was the case we'd come up with lot's of these intro's where the musicians are playing a version of musical chairs. Don't get me wrong, Vai's a fantastic player, but I didn't think this thread was about solos mid-way through songs. Sorry to rain on your suggestion.

Rabs

equalsql said:

axisus said:

Rabs said:

Ohh common..  No one mentioned this... Or is it just too obvious?

yeah except somebody did mention it ...

That ain't no rock song.. just a bland bit of pop mock..

With one of the coolest ever guitar riffs  :P 

Freebird

How about this one?

Freebird

Rabs said:

equalsql said:

axisus said:

Rabs said:

Ohh common..  No one mentioned this... Or is it just too obvious?

yeah except somebody did mention it ...

That ain't no rock song.. just a bland bit of pop mock..

With one of the coolest ever guitar riffs  :P 

The song is let down by the chorus though 

Freebird

This one is pretty cool too..

viz

fandango said:

viz said:

Not everyone’s cup of tea but:

https://youtu.be/aK532U3emOQ

And how about the solo at 2:50-ish

Alas, this doesn't quite meet the OP's "best start..." criteria, especially as the drum intro is only to cover for the fact SV is changing guitar. If that was the case we'd come up with lot's of these intro's where the musicians are playing a version of musical chairs. Don't get me wrong, Vai's a fantastic player, but I didn't think this thread was about solos mid-way through songs. Sorry to rain on your suggestion.

Yes, sorry Fandango and sorry Equalsql. I actually meant the intro from the 2-handed tapping into the tutti section, which I think is superb but perhaps it doesn’t qualify as good enough. I should have posted the studio version which doesn’t have the drum intro but this version is altogether better. Please ignore my suggestion to listen to the solo as well, as it was not relevant to the topic. 

Gassage

Layla

/debate

Gassage

Also, Purple Haze.