I love the beginning of Mexican Radio by Wall Of Voodoo.

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Originally posted by big willy:
I love the beginning of Mexican Radio by Wall Of Voodoo.

That makes two of us.

Besides a lot of the one's already mentioned here's mine.

"Purple Haze" - Jimmi Hendrix
"You Really Got Me" - The Kinks
"Lemurs, Man, Lemurs" - Minus the Bear

(ps when I read the topic line, I immediately thought of "Seven Nation Army" by the White Stripes.)

I love the intros to the rolling stones 'jumpin jack flash','give me shelter',and also dragon's 'april sun in cuba'.

"She Came in Through the Bathroom Window", "I Feel Fine", "Back in the USSR", "Taxman", etc., etc., by the Beatles.

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Originally posted by the spooked seagull:
I love the intro to dragon's 'april sun in cuba'.

Yeah!

Can't believe no one's mentioned "Come Together"

Queens of the Stone Age-Hangin' Tree
Beatles-Come Together
Radiohead-The National Anthem
Wilco-Heavy Metal Drummer

Snot-Snot

Best intro in a Rock song - "You shook Me" by Led Zeppelin.

In terms of something instantly recognisable, I could not go past Back in Black or Smoke on the Water....

No brainers not yet mentioned here :
1. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin
2. Immigrant Song - Led Zeppelin
3. The Song Remains The Same - Led Zeppelin
4. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin
5. Aqualung - Jethro Tull
6. Sabbath Bloody Sabbath - Black Sabbath
7. Dream On - Aerosmith
8. Rock You Like a Hurricane - The Scorpions
9. Black Betty - Lynyrd Skynyrd
10. Hey You - Pink Floyd

..to state just a few. Oh, and Led Zeppelin's "Nobody's Fault But Mine" too.

"Backstreets" - Bruce Springsteen

The whole song is awesome, but that first minute of piano work is incredible.

This Charming Man -The Smiths

That above song probably has the best final ten seconds too!!

No-one's mentioned 'Smells like teen spirit'!!! How did this happen?!

Whoever said Beastie Boys 'Sabotage' was right on the money.

See also -

Rage against the machine - 'Killing in the name of'
Blur - 'Song 2'
Pantera - 'F**king hostile'
Senser - 'Age of Panic'
White Zombie - 'More human than human'
Guns n Roses - Welcome to the jungle'
Fugazi - 'Waiting Room'

Most of these are metal, but I'm going on stuff that makes you want to smash things in the first 10 seconds. When I've calmed down I'll think of some more subtle 'tunes'.

"Roll Over Beethoven" Electric Light Orchestra

Joy Division - She's lost control
Interpol - Not even jail
Primus - Shake hands with beef
AFI - Miseria Cante / the begginning
The White Stripes - a lot of songs! Maybe the most forgotten could be "stop breaking down"
Red Hot Chili Peppers - Coffee Shop
The Hives - A little more for little you
RATM - Freedom
....

"Swwet Child of Mine" features a spellbinding intro. Still, I think I'd have to go with the Beatles' "Day Tripper." What an infectious guitar riff!

David

I don't know why it's the first thing that came to mind but both "Halo" and "A Pain that I'm used to" by Depeche Mode, are awesome.

well it appears there are a shit ton of songs, as already mentioned. the song that first came to mind:

"Spirit in the Sky" by Norman Greenbaum

...probably need to extend to more than the first ten seconds, but ya, tis a fairly memorable start.