POLL - The WEAKEST LINK of Opening Track/Debut Album - Round 3

MedozK

Hope everyone is having fun with these WEAKEST LINK polls. With the new poll we will decide the best "Opening Track on a Debut Album". For these artist this was usually the VERY first track anyone heard of them. So with this one I came up with 10 for us to debate about and choose from.

Disclaimer: I know there are thousands of great debut albums with with great opening tracks, I could not include them all and I want to be the first to say I am sorry for not including your favorite. These are just the ones that came to my mind.

Remember you are going to pick the song that you think is the "Weakest Link" after 2 days I remove the 2 songs with the most votes. We will then move on to Round 4.

Thanks again for playing.

R.E.M.: “Radio Free Europe” (Murmur) - Eliminated in Round 2

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

Ramones: “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Ramones)

Van Halen: “Runnin’ with the Devil” (Van Halen)

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

The Velvet Underground: “Sunday Morning” (The Velvet Underground & Nico) - Eliminated in Round 2

Boston: “More Than A Feeling” (Boston) - Eliminated in Round 1

Beastie Boys: "Rhymin & Stealin" (Licensed To Ill) - Eliminated in Round 1

Guns N' Roses: "Welcome to the Jungle" (Appetite for Destruction)

Violent Femmes: "Blister in the Sun" (Violent Femmes)

hihobibo

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

To me, the first track should set the tone for the album, and Brown Eyed Girl just isn't a track that makes me want to listen to the rest of the album. It will be a lot harder to choose after this round, though. Everything else is a great opener.

1ThoughtKnown

Ramones: “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Ramones)

I’m sure Brown Eyed Girl will be eliminated this round. 

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

I have a feeling that this round isn't going to go my way. Crap dammit.

mfc2006

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

Just going to keep my vote the same as last time

2-feign-reluctance

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

Let's try this AGAIN people. 

Cropduster-80

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

This is getting a bit like an oldies radio station, this song just won’t go away 

2-feign-reluctance

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

Cropduster-80 said:

This is getting a bit like an oldies radio station, this song just won’t go away 

There are so many better songs by him and by other artists in that era of music. But we're talking album openers here so...

brianlux

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

OffSheGoes35 said:

I have a feeling that this round isn't going to go my way. Crap dammit.

You're not alone!

After I get done beating on the brat, I'm gonna go down to the basement, sniff some Carbona (not glue), and rock out to "Blitzkrieg Bop"!

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

2-feign-reluctance said:

Cropduster-80 said:

This is getting a bit like an oldies radio station, this song just won’t go away 

There are so many better songs by him and by other artists in that era of music. But we're talking album openers here so...

Let's meander...play some oldies!

https://youtu.be/h9nE2spOw_o

Cropduster-80

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

2-feign-reluctance said:

Cropduster-80 said:

This is getting a bit like an oldies radio station, this song just won’t go away 

There are so many better songs by him and by other artists in that era of music. But we're talking album openers here so...

I mean this song is sticking around here the same way it does on radio playlists.  Your right there are better options from that era yet brown eyed girl is always in constant rotation at the expense of a lot of other stuff 

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

https://youtu.be/nt5uNQ3FXRI

tempo_n_groove

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

You can tell the non hip hop fans...

brianlux

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

tempo_n_groove said:

You can tell the non hip hop fans...

jjflash

Van Halen: “Runnin’ with the Devil” (Van Halen)

Love this song but it's the shortest straw compared to the other remaining giants 

Gibson

Ramones: “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Ramones)

Just going on preference now...I think all of these hit the world like a firehouse to the face.

HughFreakingDillon

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

still want to see this movie though

1ThoughtKnown

Ramones: “Blitzkrieg Bop” (Ramones)

tempo_n_groove said:

You can tell the non hip hop fans...

There isn’t much hip hop I like. A small town kid in northern Canada doesn’t identify with the “streets”.  Most of it was nonsense to me. 

But some of it did have an impact, NWA was one, mostly because this album ROCKED. 

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

tempo_n_groove said:

You can tell the non hip hop fans...

and I'm okay with that.

23scidoo

Van Halen: “Runnin’ with the Devil” (Van Halen)

2-feign-reluctance said:

Let's try this AGAIN people. 

tbergs

Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl” (Blowin’ Your Mind!)

My lord, this song. 3rd times the charm.

brianlux

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

tbergs said:

My lord, this song. 3rd times the charm.

It's odd that some find it so unlikable.  Must be a generational thing (both ways, of course.)

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

brianlux said:

tbergs said:

My lord, this song. 3rd times the charm.

It's odd that some find it so unlikable.  Must be a generational thing (both ways, of course.)

That was one of the cool things about the "Rate the Song Above You" thread, you could see which songs/bands you had in common with people from different parts of your own country(like Pap/23scidoo and me/cutz)...and people from other parts of the world. It was always fun to see which ones the others disliked. 

brianlux

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

OffSheGoes35 said:

brianlux said:

tbergs said:

My lord, this song. 3rd times the charm.

It's odd that some find it so unlikable.  Must be a generational thing (both ways, of course.)

That was one of the cool things about the "Rate the Song Above You" thread, you could see which songs/bands you had in common with people from different parts of your own country(like Pap/23scidoo and me/cutz)...and people from other parts of the world. It was always fun to see which ones the others disliked. 

Sounds like a cool thread.  I will have to search for it.

OffSheGoes35

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

Let me rephrase that, it was fun to find out which ones the others disliked, when it wasn't one of your personal favorites.

brianlux

N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton” (Straight Outta Compton)

OffSheGoes35 said:

Let me rephrase that, it was fun to find out which ones the others disliked, when it wasn't one of your personal favorites.

You are so much forgiving than I am, lol.  I too often think, "How the hell can they not like this?!" 

But I do get it- we all have different ways of hearing things.

MedozK

With 16 votes Van Morrison: “Brown Eyed Girl”  and with 8 votes N.W.A.: “Straight Outta Compton”  have been eliminated in Round 3.