Best Intros to songs from other bands

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New Order- Sunrise
Charlatans - Weirdo
Happy Mondays - Loose Fit
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One To Another - The Charlatans
Under My Wheels or Billion Dollar Babies - Alice Cooper
Kings Of The Wild Frontier - Adam and the Ants
Happy House - Siouxsie and the Banshees
New Rose - The Damned
Had A Dad - Janes Addiction
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I am the sea - The Who Quadrophenia 1973
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Its not complicated, its not long in fact it is the same throughout the whole song (nearly) but there is something about "The Flowers of Romance" intro that I love.

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Aside from the obvious Stranglers stuff, some obvious non-Stranglers stuff:

Hallowed be thy name - Iron Maiden
Enter Sandman - Metallica
Aces High - Iron Maiden (from the live album with Churchill's speech at the start [No, not the insurance dog, Winston Churchill])
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Always like this one
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Toiler On The Sea wrote:Always like this one
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Into the Valley - The Skids
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Dragging me down - Inspiral Carpets
Archives of pain - Manics
Battery - Metallica
Darklands - Jesus & the Mary Chain
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Big Neon Glitter - The Cult
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