A couple more very distinctive intros that are worth considering:
The Damned - Alone Again Or
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f6RqcEuxY_Q
Smithereens - Blood And Roses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqML7WbOun8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VeGozSm3ao4
Oingo Boingo - Just Another Day (especially the live concert version)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_b6opMEu-zM
Oingo Boingo - Private Life
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yuxss1kBQWw
Tears For Fears - Everybody Wants To Rule The World
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-O3kYrDPbI (very, very, very distinctive)
Rock Drums:
Oingo Boingo - Dead Or Alive
Favorite Rock *Piano* Intro Of All Time:
Oingo Boingo - Home Again
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WjVVJ-NPia4 (not great quality, but you’ll get the idea...)
Yeah, good ones. Elfman’s an incredible composer. I liked his Ska tinged tunes as well.
I turned on my youngest son to Oingo Boingo. One of my favorites. I saw the Halloween show in Orange County in 1989.