Greatest Instrumental Prelude/Interlude/Ending to a Rock Song

moogsmoogs
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in General Discussion edited January 2014
After listening to Funeral For a Friend (been a while since I'd heard it), I got to thinking how great these classic tunes really are...but that they'd be much less were it not for the instrumentals.



My votes go to:



1. Funeral for a Friend (prelude to Love Lies Bleeding - Elton John)

2. Foreplay (prelude to Long Time - Boston)

3. Won't Get Fooled Again (prelude and ending - The Who)

4. Voice Box thingy on "Do you Feel Like I Do?" (Peter Frampton)

5. Guitar Interlude in "Holiday" (Scorpions)



Brain is locking... I know there are some rock bands that used to do massive instrumental intros to start their concerts back in the 80's (thinking Pink Floyd, among others) but I can't remember what they're called, if anything.



What do you guys think? Any others I'm missing? <img src="confused.gif" border="0">



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  • Reply 1 of 45
    steve666steve666 Posts: 2,600member
    How about:



    1. Organ intro to the Doors' 'Light My Fire'



    2. College favorite Lynyrd Skynyrd's 'Free Bird' end of song jam.



    3. The Eagles 'Hotel California'



    4. The ending of Chicago's '25 or 6 to 4'



    5. Organ intro of Procul Harums' 'Whiter Shade of Pale'



    6. The intro to KC and the Sunshine Bands' 'Get Down Tonight'



    Thats all I can come up with right now....................
  • Reply 2 of 45
    jambojambo Posts: 3,036member
    I love the intro to 'Sweet Child O' Mine' by Guns N' Roses.



    I go into air guitar mode whenever I hear it.



    J :cool:
  • Reply 3 of 45
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    Layla- thing at the end all peaceful with the piano after the blaring guitar and belting at the beginning



    Ina Gadda da vidda- Iron Butterfly- Drum solo in the middle.
  • Reply 4 of 45
    pushermanpusherman Posts: 410member
    - Fittier, Happier, the piece that separates the two parts of OK Computer. (you can't go wrong with Fred / SimpleText. )



    - the very end of I Know, the last track on Fiona Apple's "When the Pawn...". I love the way it finishes off the whole album.



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  • Reply 5 of 45
    kestralkestral Posts: 308member
    Here are some of my favorites:



    - The beginning of U2's "Where The Streets Have No Name"



    - The opening synthesizer riff of Van Halen's "Jump"



    - The opening piano riff of Van Halen's "Love Comes Walking In"



    - The first minute or so instrumental of Depeche Mode's "Behind The Wheel"



    - The beginning of U2's "Pride (In The Name of Love)"
  • Reply 6 of 45
    artman @_@artman @_@ Posts: 2,546member
    1. Won't Get Fooled Again (prelude, middle and ending - The Who



    2. Castles Made of Sand (beginning and ending guitar) - Jimi Hendrix



    3. Lust for Life (killer intro) - Iggy Pop



    4. Lobotomy (beginning and ending) - Ramones



    5. Walk on the Wild Side (unforgettable intro) - Lou Reed
  • Reply 7 of 45
    bogiebogie Posts: 407member
    This is a great thread, I have wanted to know who did Whiter Shade of Pale for like a year and no one I know had any idea ...



    Anyway ... I will submit both the original and shortened [still around 10 minutes] versions of Edge of Darkness, Clapton, with a massive orchestra.
  • Reply 8 of 45
    alcimedesalcimedes Posts: 5,486member
    ok, i'm on a floyd kick, so here goes



    comfortably numb - last two minutes



    on the turning away - last two minutes again



    sorrow - first minute and a half



    coming back to life - first minute and a half



    just a few that came to mind.
  • Reply 9 of 45
    applenutapplenut Posts: 5,768member
    [quote]Originally posted by Bogie:

    <strong>This is a great thread, I have wanted to know who did Whiter Shade of Pale for like a year and no one I know had any idea ...



    Anyway ... I will submit both the original and shortened [still around 10 minutes] versions of Edge of Darkness, Clapton, with a massive orchestra.</strong><hr></blockquote>

    edge of darkness is awesome.



    I also nominate Your Time is Gonna Come- Led Zeppelin. organ at beginning
  • Reply 10 of 45
    trick falltrick fall Posts: 1,271member
    Lou Reed, Sweet Jane the live version on Rock N Roll Animal. Excellent guitar wank at the beginning of the song.
  • Reply 11 of 45
    jrcjrc Posts: 817member
    the start to "Come on Eileen"
  • Reply 12 of 45
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    Back in Black AC/DC Not my kind of band buy the could pound it out.



    Start Me Up Rolling Stones (well almost anything they do starts off well)



    Almost anything by the Who starts off well.



    Anyone seeing a trend there?
  • Reply 13 of 45
    murbotmurbot Posts: 5,262member
    Wild T & The Spirit - Mean Mama



    (or Midnight Blue - same band)



    Saw this guy live and he blew my mind. Wonder what the hell happened to them though.... 2 CDs and gone...
  • Reply 14 of 45
    doctorgonzodoctorgonzo Posts: 529member
    Ending to a song....the frantic squealing guitars of The Velvet Undergound's "Heroin" which segue into a quiet accustic come-down.
  • Reply 15 of 45
    cipher13cipher13 Posts: 30member
    Greatest instrumental ending?



    Sir Psycho Sexy - Red Hot Chilli Peppers.



    No question



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  • Reply 16 of 45
    cipher13cipher13 Posts: 30member
    [quote]Originally posted by JRC:

    <strong>the start to "Come on Eileen"</strong><hr></blockquote>



    Have you heard the Save Ferris cover of that?



    Better than the original!



    Especially if you like ska...
  • Reply 17 of 45
    moogsmoogs Posts: 4,296member
    Cool...and here I thought this thread was dead and burried.



    I forgot to add the ending to Free Bird (good call), and also the intro to For Those About to Rock from AC/DC. [beavis]Yyyyes! Yyyyes! Rock, ROCK![/beavis]



  • Reply 18 of 45
    torifiletorifile Posts: 4,024member
    The intro to Jeremy by Pearl Jam defines an era of music for me. I think it's classic (at least it is now, since it's 10 years old. man, I'm getting old
  • Reply 19 of 45
    zozo Posts: 3,117member
    how can anybody forget the first 4 of 6 minuts of Bohemian Rhapsody? Yeesh!



    And yes, Come on Eileen is awesome... gets ya really psyched up.



    An automatically recognized from the start is also Flash from Queen and, yet again from Queen, One Vision. Hmm, Queen has so many songs that start really well.
  • Reply 20 of 45
    ghost_user_nameghost_user_name Posts: 22,667member
    The opening to Aerosmith's "Dream On."



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