After much deliberation, I have to go with:

"Don't hate me coz I'm beautiful"
- Prettyman

Only because it makes me LMAO!

I also love the Let's Go Crazy intro. Classic.

1999

nuff said

...Pretty hard to not go with Let's go Crazy.

Let's go crazy, definately.

bobsteezy said:

Ditto....but 1999 is not too far behind...

Lets go is okay, but 1999 has that spooky thing going on, which i enjoy loads better.

Another song with a great intro is SOTT.

"Eye No"

Well shut up already damn!

When Doves Cry!! They have to remaster that - the guitar and Prince's weird groaning wow! the first 40 seconds or so are the best intro to any single I can think of!!

wendy.....yes lisa....is the water warm enough?...yes lisa.....shall we begin?.....yes lisa.



TILL I FIND THE RIGHTEOUS ONES.....COMPUTER BLUE!!!!


I nominate that and Housequake....shut up already, damn!!

Housequake is cool 2.

Shut up already, Damn!

If u know how 2 rock say Yeah!
If U know how 2 party say 'Oh yeah'!

Militant said:

I am currently experiencing the 83 First Avenue concert over and voer again and the live intro of that version is amazing.

Just that beat, then Prince announcing the song; "This song is called Computer Blue"

Remember; the studio version was not released until 84 and this was it's FIRST live outing. Amazing. Gives me goose bumps again and again

I also love the intro to Sexual Suicide. That scream, that beat;

don't ask why but I have always liked the beginning of 'the morning papers' and 'last december'

When doves cry is my favourite.

Worst intro to the greatest song ever has to be The Beautiful ones. The first 5 seconds.

clarityman said:

- Oh yeah!! I remember that, even when I hated Prince and his music back in the 80s, I would always stop whatever I was doing to listen to this one on the radio. Fantastic guitar work and moaning. The solos are great also.

Hide the bone!!!

1999

This is a tale about control
Feline, that is
But please don't be a victim of the 30 second bite
Listen 2 the words carefully
They are meant 2 uplift and enlighten
All the members of the female persuasion
So that no woman ever becomes a slave

I'm Yours!

zennabell said:

why's that?

zennabell said:

Aw, hell no! That synth-y gurgling intro is awesome. It's there so when the keyboards kick in they really wake you up. It's like a shot of adrenaline.

Scarlett Pussy
Irresistable Bitch
17 Days
She's Always In My Hair
Adore
If I Was Ya Girlfriend

I find international lover (live version) funny right now but pink cashmere intro is very smooth

"GIVE ME A BEAT"

I would have to say Kiss

And the wholde Parade album is filled with great intros, they are often statements in themselves.

The Cross

Annie Christian

Joy In Repetition ("Talkin' to noone in particular, they say the baddest I am tonight...four letter words are seldom heard with such dignity and bite")

17 days

One intro that I am still digging:

"1+1+1=3"

Very moody, eerie, stuff going on (even the "Darth Vader" voice adds to it), then the drum slowly and quietly kicks in, and then comes that killer, wicked bass line. A fantastic intro that just creeps up on you and before you know it you are grabbed.

The "1+1+1=3" intro really reminds me so much of The Doors' "The End."