Opening chords that send shivers down your spine

[tauzero]

One that struck me greatly at the time (and the bassline is tremendous). And this is the first track off her first album, so I've got it right this time:

[url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqVQPq8zm8"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOqVQPq8zm8[/url]

[spectoremg]

Weather Report, Birdland.

[dmccombe7]

[i]UK - In The Dead of Night[/i]

[dudewheresmybass]

It might not be highbrow enough for some, but I love the chord movement in the intro to God gave rock and roll to you II by kiss

[Daz39]

Daylight Fading - Counting Crows
Supernatural Superserious - R.E.M.
Moonchild - Iron Maiden: Either the opening Acoustic chords or the Keyboards will do it!
Red Sector A - Rush

[Clarebear68]

How Soon is Now - The Smiths
Message in a Bottle - The Police
Killing in the Name - RATM
Paranoid Android - Radiohead
Le Freak - Chic
This Charming Man - The Smiths

[mrtcat]

Welcome To The Jungle intro - Killer start to the utterly brilliant Appetite For Destruction.

[BassTractor]

Yes: Close to the Edge - - not counting the river sounds at the very beginning. It has consistently sent shivers down my spine for more than four decades.

[RussFM]

Pawner - Polar Bear Club. Perfect guitar tone, great chord sequence.

[silverfoxnik]

Loads of great suggestions already... These have always done it for me..

Moonage Daydream - Bowie

Sir Duke - Stevie Wonder

Great Gig in the Sky - Pink Floyd

And Dream of Sheep - Kate Bush

[Paul S]

We Belong To The Night, UFO. Live at Hammersmith, 1983. What a belter of an opener!

http://youtu.be/nt0o0997ssA

[RhysP]

The Mellotron intro to "Watcher of the Skies" by Genesis. One of the very few things I still love as much now as I did when I first heard it.

[Rikki_Sixx]

Queens of the Stone Age - Everybody Knows that You're Insane
Kiss - God Gave Rock n' Roll to you (II)
The Smiths - How Soon is Now
Guns n' Roses - You Could Be Mine
The Cure - A Forest

[MoonBassAlpha]

25 or 6 to 4 by Chicago. And the bass intro to I'm a Man by the same. Thanks to the Chicago thread!

[Andyjr1515]

[quote name='martin8708' timestamp='1449355169' post='2922945']
Best opening chord .

B flat sus 2 - Prince - Purple Rain , great great intro .
[/quote]
^^^this^^^

[interpol52]

Bon Iver - Perth

[lowdown]

Mike Post (Hill St Blues TV Theme) and his 4 bars Rubato intro and then into the 4 bars tempo.
Lovely TV theme that fitted superbly the emotional ups and downs of the show.

http://youtu.be/JqWYKGkRBKw

[paulbass]

For me it has to be this track....maybe a bit cheesy but sheer class on the bass and its what made me take up take up bass. Oddly enough I've never played a fretless and I'm playing in a full on heavy rock band that's a million miles away from this style.https://youtu.be/TRjiMN2qJHI

[Oopsdabassist]

[quote name='dmccombe7' timestamp='1449830668' post='2927232']
[i]UK - In The Dead of Night[/i]
[/quote]

inspired choice, simple but SO powerful. I remember them opening with this at Hemel Decorum in..er.... 78?

[gapiro]

The thread was for albums I thought?
Stars by Simply red starts with something got me started and that lovely dim chord.

[alyctes]

EP lead track so it probably doesn't count:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL8chWFuM-s

Two album lead tracks:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLPErLYjZiY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8DZE14httM&list=PLlkMRpmDAkhD2FoRXv74_QKWDRoYxJoRw

[doctorbass]

Happy - Rolling Stones
Holidays In The Sun - Sex Pistols
Custard Pie - Led Zeppelin