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catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
edited April 2006 in Other Music
what would you consider the best opening song on any album you've heard.

i'm going for whole lotta love on led zeppelin II
hear my name
take a good look
this could be the day
hold my hand
lie beside me
i just need to say
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  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i've gotta say taxman off revolver right now. it really starts the album off well. i may be able to think of something better later.
  • prljam85prljam85 Posts: 227
    theres so many but im gonna go with battery on master of puppets
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    uninnocent wrote:
    i've gotta say taxman off revolver right now. it really starts the album off well. i may be able to think of something better later.

    i just did some further thinking, and other than pj albums, i'd have to say that the best opener is:

    rusty cage off soundgarden's badmotorfinger.

    final answer.
  • VitalDissidenceVitalDissidence Posts: 160
    Pretty much any song that begins a Beatles album.
    Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band)
    Taxman (Revolver)
    Hard Day's Night (Hard Day's Night)
    Help! (Help!)
    Come Together (Abbey Road)
    Back in the USSR (The White Album)
    Two Of Us (Let It Be)
    Drive My Car (Rubber Soul)
    and so on...
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  • prljam85prljam85 Posts: 227
    uninnocent wrote:
    i just did some further thinking, and other than pj albums, i'd have to say that the best opener is:

    rusty cage off soundgarden's badmotorfinger.

    final answer.
    i was thinking that one too.
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    prljam85 wrote:
    i was thinking that one too.

    it is the ultimate opener.
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    really you guys think it's better than zeppelin?
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i love zeppelin and all, but the opening lick to rusty cage rules all.

    and if i went with zeppelin, it'd be good times, bad times.
  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    "Silence Kit" by Pavement is probably the only correct answer

    "Prayer To God" by Shellac might be up there too, actually

    and My Bloody Valentine's "Only Shallow"

    So those are my 3 favourite openers. I prefer them over anything the Beatles/Led Zep/Pink Floyd/any other of the usual suspects did
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    i just realized that in the flesh? would be my pick for second place.
  • SathogwaSathogwa Posts: 227
    Well as far as Zeppelin goes, I don't think it gets much better than "Good Times, Bad Times" from Led Zeppelin I.

    What else? Hmmm . . . Green Day, "Burnout" form Dookie.

    Smells Like Teen Spirit . . .
    Sleep on horseback
    Far moon in a continuing dream
    Steam of roasting tea

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  • prljam85prljam85 Posts: 227
    catefrances wrote:
    really you guys think it's better than zeppelin?
    both are awesome openers. but i love rusty cage
  • catefrancescatefrances Posts: 29,003
    it's a personal thing isn't it.
    it's just that from the opening note whole lotta love just gets me in the mood. it pulls me into II and by heartbreaker i'm smiling like an idiot.
    hear my name
    take a good look
    this could be the day
    hold my hand
    lie beside me
    i just need to say
  • South of SeattleSouth of Seattle Posts: 10,724
    Cherub Rock

    I love the layered guitars
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  • uninnocentuninnocent Posts: 1,565
    catefrances wrote:
    it's a personal thing isn't it.
    it's just that from the opening note whole lotta love just gets me in the mood. it pulls me into II and by heartbreaker i'm smiling like an idiot.

    ii is my second favourite zep album, so i i've gotta agree with you about heartbreaker.
  • The MaestroThe Maestro Posts: 100
    I don't know everyone can be talking about Led Zeppelin, and yet no one mentions Immigrant Song or Achilles' Last Stand. Shame on everyone.

    Also, Brain of J.
  • EchoesEchoes Posts: 1,279
    The Maestro wrote:
    Immigrant Song

    worst song on the album
    printf("shiver in eternal darkness\n");
  • AxlUlrichAxlUlrich Posts: 12,652
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  • prljam85prljam85 Posts: 227
    AxlUlrich wrote:
    Welcome to the Jungle
    thats a really good opener too.
  • Edved82Edved82 Posts: 1,279
    if we're talking about Zeppelin - Achilles Last Stand from Presence deserves a mention

    Rotten Apple by AIC, Last Exit by PJ are others
    "...though my problems are meaningless....that don't make them go away...."
  • Fu_ManchuFu_Manchu Posts: 422
    One i like are

    Did you Miss Me - The Cooper Temple Clause (See this through and leave)
    The Girl with the sun in her hair - Orbital (Insides)
    Gardenia - Kyuss (Welcome to sky valley)
    Mr Self Destruct - NIN (The Downward Spiral)
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  • lumpyfredlumpyfred Posts: 243
    I really don't know how it could be anything but Like A Rolling Stone off of Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited
    Her?
  • audiodaveaudiodave Posts: 1,623
    a_scratching_voice wrote:
    One i like are

    Did you Miss Me - The Cooper Temple Clause (See this through and leave)
    The Girl with the sun in her hair - Orbital (Insides)
    Gardenia - Kyuss (Welcome to sky valley)
    Mr Self Destruct - NIN (The Downward Spiral)

    Hell yes! I agree with Kyuss and NIN...The Downward Spiral is a perfect album.

    Also agree that Rusty Cage is an awesome opener. Some more personal favourites of mine are:

    Grind (Alice In Chains)
    Arcarsenal (At The Drive-In - Relationship Of Command)
    From Out Of Nowhere (Faith No More - Angel Dust)
    ~AKA Dave-of-the-dead~

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  • soulsingingsoulsinging Posts: 13,202
    im a big fan of:

    'misunderstood' by wilco

    and

    'rock'n'roll star' by oasis

    and

    'sunday bloody sunday' by u2

    all damn good openers.
  • brhf9brhf9 Posts: 1,475
    'janie jones ' for 'the clash' and 'london calling' for 'london calling' are 2 of my personal favs.
    and 'message in a bottle' for 'reggatta de blanc' too.
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  • karma defectkarma defect Posts: 5,483
    Put the freaks up front.
    This is the opening song for dEUS's The ideal crash.
    Really great song and a good opener.
    « One man's glory is another man's hell.
    You’re on the outside, never bound by such a spell.
    Together in the darkness, alone in the light.
    I took it upon me to be yours, Timmy,
    I’ll lead your angels and demons at play tonight......»
  • bucket1988bucket1988 Posts: 212
    My favorite are:

    "The Dam at Otter Creek" from Live's Throwing Copper
    "Son et Lumiere"/"Inertiatic ESP" from The Mars Volta's De-Loused in the Comatorium

    Honorable Mentions:
    "Mr. Self Destruct" - NIN's The Downward Spiral (thanks to a_scratching_voice)
    "Welcome to the Jungle" - Guns N Roses Appetite for Destruction (thanks to AxlUlrich)
    "Don't Want You No More"/"It's Not My Cross to Bear" from the Allman Brothers Band's self titled debut
    "Drive" from R.E.M.'s Automatic for the People
    "Dead and Bloated" from the Stone Temple Pilots' Core
    The words you say never seem to live up to the ones inside your head...
  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    South of Seattle wrote:
    Cherub Rock

    I love the layered guitars
    fan-friggin-tastic.
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    where the streets have no name-the joshua tree. that intro is sick and sets the stage for the cd
    Ron: I just don't feel like going out tonight
    Sammi: Wanna just break up?

  • JellyrollsJellyrolls Posts: 523
    I'm a big fan of Rotten Apple.
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