This intro has always baffled me.
As far as i can tell, it has nothing to do with the main course of the song! Lol.
Do you have a stranger than normal favorite?
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Lady Gagaâs poker face begins with the intro of Ma Baker from Boney M in the actual voice of Bobby Farrell
I thought it was extremely clever
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Itâs not anything that ever seemed odd to me, and looking at it now it seems like a simple âwhat skill (dance), money, status, prestige, etc makes me worthy of your love?â Of course, many songs are silly premises to begin with, but may resonate with basic human emotions we can all relate to. What teenage boy didnât think he deserved to âget the girlâ just because he was âcoolâ. This one was pretty good for 1962 IMO.
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Ha, the video static photo tells me everything I need to know. The âOK/circled-finger-over-eyeâ is a classic Illuminati/Freemason symbol (the âall seeing eyeâ like on your dollar bill) ⌠and based on what I know of the âLadyâ, sheâs all that. I have a hard time even watching/listening to that stuff, though I realize the Hard Rock music I grew up on probably had a lot of that symbology as well.
However, the sonic aspects of the intro donât necessarily seem in-congruent in that context. If anything, the weirder the better, if you plan on attending Bilderberg parties. 
Maybe this one. I could never figure out the âcyclopsâ head / burlap bag thing at the beginning. I think they could have cut that part, or used something else. But I love the song and some of the visual effects used.
Personally, I wouldnât play my electric guitar while stomping around it water. 
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I get it, lyrically at least!
Although the guitar double picking reminds me of a mandolin somewhere in Venice on a gandola! Lol.
Then the song hits! Bam!
Every time I hear it, makes me chuckle.
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Definitely invokes an Italian restaurant. Makes me hungry for pizza. 
Okay. But I was trying to mainly focus on the musical aspect of the songs and their intros.
Visuals are totally something else!
Sometimes i question if the videos have any relevance to the music at all. I want to listen and relax with the music, not have to study it for hidden commentary.
I think the intro sound on it is weird, and itâs kind of cool, but seems quite odd at the same time. A short creepy melody, then a weird guitar riff that sounds kind of synthetic (maybe edited heavily?). Itâs both the audio and the visuals, they just strike me as strange. It was the only song that came to mind right off, per your criteria, though given time I could probably think of more.
If the illuminati is a secret society, then how come everybody knows about it? Weird huh!
I didnât find anything too strange in that video though. The part @FluteCafe was referring to was pretty clever!
What stuff are you talking about, MIDI?
Okay, hereâs an interesting one.
Great song with an intro that hits the mark for me. So simple.
Same instrument and same phrase that is the musical break in the middle of the song!
Intro Well done Peter!
They have to be somewhat visible, and tell you what theyâre plans are in advance. That way, theyâre off the hook karma-wise when they manipulate society. You gave them permission through your âimplied consentâ (lack of objection or non-compliance). If I walked up to you and said âIâm going to steal your walletâ, and then I reached in your back pocket and pulled out the wallet and walked away, and you did nothing ⌠âimplied consentâ. I donât endorse the morality of that, Iâm just saying that in a court of law theyâll ask you (not me) âWhy didnât you object? Why didnât you attempt to stop him?â
Have you ever noticed that in courtrooms (or TV court) that the attorneys seem to say âI object!â frequently, even frivolously at times? They know the system ⌠if they donât âobjectâ, whatever was said becomes âimplied consentâ.
No, just the whole vibe of it. I have to admit itâs catchy and clever, but itâs always given me the creeps.
Thatâs an interesting one. Iâd guess itâs a flute, but it almost sounds like a didgeridoo with the effects on it. Yes itâs cool how they bring it back in the break. While the intro might seem out of place with the music of the song, it seems to just work. It was well known that Peter was experimenting with World Music at that time, so âartistic licenseâ just kind of came with the territory.
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Perhaps we should ask @FluteCafe what instrument that sounds like.
Heck, it could be a sample of something, or an old indigenous blow into it thingy!
Please shed some light on this @FluteCafe . Thanks.
that is a shakuhachi flute, sampled and synthesized.
we did a case study on synthesized flutes and this particular song came up. It is an iconic song. 
The song Poker Face I am not too fond off myself, but i loved the Ma baker intro.
ma ma ma maâŚand some how it turns into poker face lol
The song I am referring to is this one
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Okay okay okay.
The first 15 seconds of this is just pure genius, followed by 4 more minutes of pure genius!
Although the thread title does say âmodern song introsâ, Iâll take my cue from @studio Christopherâs example being from 1962 and Iâll submit this one from 1974⌠I always thought this was truly bizarre⌠arresting nonetheless!
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Yeah, if this thread was a contest, that song intro would be in the top 5 for sure!
UggaChaka!
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Well, um modern as in, after the invention of the radio.
There. Fixed it!
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I always liked Alexâs Harley imitation here. And it becomes part of the song too.
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