My current favourite has to be 'She's Always in My Hair'. That introduction is so funky, so powerful, so bloomin' CATCHY - I just play it over and over again, lol!
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Second favourite: '17 Days' - I know this might sound odd, but the combination of bass and drums - well, it's CHEWY!!! I don't know how else to put it, other than it makes me want to chew on it.
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What are your favourites - just a couple - that make your hair stand on end, send prickles down your spine, and make your heart pound?
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Dibblekins said:

My current favourite has to be 'She's Always in My Hair'. That introduction is so funky, so powerful, so bloomin' CATCHY - I just play it over and over again, lol!
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Second favourite: '17 Days' - I know this might sound odd, but the combination of bass and drums - well, it's CHEWY!!! I don't know how else to put it, other than it makes me want to chew on it.
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What are your favourites - just a couple - that make your hair stand on end, send prickles down your spine, and make your heart pound?
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The extended version of 1999

Little Red Corvette

Let's Go Crazy

Extended version of Raspberry Beret

Extended U Got The Look

Kind of like When Doves Cry opening, it's unusual

Erotic City gets me every single time.

So many great ones but the one that sticks out to me is "The 1 U Wanna C". Not sure why, but it grabs me.

Dibblekins, I know EXACTLY what you mean by "chewy"! That's how I feel about "Vavoom"!

Hello and U Got The Look are on my list.

RodeoSchro said:

So many great ones but the one that sticks out to me is "The 1 U Wanna C". Not sure why, but it grabs me.

Dibblekins, I know EXACTLY what you mean by "chewy"! That's how I feel about "Vavoom"!

Thanks - I hoped someone would understand!

Judas smile

America's tape reel starts.

Take Me With You

Condition Of The Heart

Annie Christian

Love 2 The 9's

Adore

Though I can't argue with any others listed here, it's gotta be Kiss for me.

It's just barely more than one second long and is unmistakable.

17 Days

America

Erotic City

Let's Go Crazy

1999 extended

Lady Cab Driver

Computer Blue

Adore

Sign Of The Times

Know

When Doves Cry with not doubt.

'excuse me but i need a mouth like yours to help me forget the girl that just walked out of my door'



oh wait, i thought this was about introductory lines, like in the first lyric

LBrent said:

klick2me said:

How about Shhh and Funk n Roll? I'm feelin' it.

FUNKNROLL: Every single time it starts, it grows! Joyfully out of control! Let the souls in the room melt in One Soul! Definitely one of His finest tune ever. Really.

NoSwan said:

America

Erotic City

I Would Die 4 U

The Question Of U

Joy In Repetition

Raspberry Beret 12"

At the risk of being cheeky, I'd love to know WHY you have chosen the intros that you have...What is it about them that gets you?
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Thanks so much in advance - I'm going through each of them, to establish if they have a similar effect on me, you see! The learning never stops, you know...

So many amazing introductions!! I have to agree with a number of the posts above... I could listen to the introductions for Little Red Corvette and Erotic City all day on repeat!! (and I have often hit the rewind/ back button on both songs just for that reason!) Also love Raspberry Beret extended (especially the cough on..). I usually think of Affirmation I & II as the introduction to Way Back Home (and that intro is so beautiful and mind-blowing at the same time). I also really love the introduction to New Power Generation ("Lay Down Ur Funky Weapon").

Oh yeah, also the start and stop of Irresistible Bitch! I also like to think of For You as not only the introduction to the album, but to Prince's whole career...so that would probably be my answer for the all time BEST intro!!

Condition of the Heart and When the Lights Go Down.

oh my gosh one of the most unanswerable questions ever.

nearly every tune he ever wrote falls into that category 4 me.

prince is the unchallenged master of foreplay *ahem* introduction

beside the obvious and the already listed the come 2 my mind ...

the ride
the cross
right the wrong
forever in my life
the word
golden parachute
the daisy chain
sticky like glue
jack u off
the future
cream
DMSR
welcome to the dawn
the truth
crucial
u got the look
pheremone
thieves in the temple
te amo corazon
incense and candles
colonized mind
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never forget violet!

WHY? because prince is the unchallenged master of foreplay
distinctive ... enganging ... I'm into it b4 he even started ... he simply knows how to get u

I had a few come to mind right away. Take Me With U, Undisputed, and Kamasutra.

bobgeorge77 said:

Acknowledge me makes my ears jump for excitement Shockadelica, Hello and Horny Toad have great intros to me.

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