Your favourite opening al*** track?

New Order - 'Love Vigilantes' from Low-Life.

2112

Dance on a Volcano from Trick of the Tail - Genesis

Script for a Jesters Tear - Marillion

Thunder Road - Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen

I'm quite fond of London Calling. Also, Leonard Cohen is quite good, The Future and Suzanna (on The Songs of Leonard Cohen), First We Take Manhattan (I'm Your Man) are all good openers.

I think The Key to her Ferrari (Aliens ate my Buick) from Thomas Dolby is brilliantly bizarre and Dissidents (The Flat Earth - which anyway is one of the best put together albums I know).

I like Sunday Morning (The Velvet Underground and Nico) and The Boy in the Bubble (Paul Simon's Graceland). Baba O'Riley (Who's Next) is superb.

Sorry - that's rather more than one but I've never been any good at picking one favourite!

regards, Tam

"Blackened" - Metallica (...and justice for all)

"Round here" - Counting Crows (August and everything)

As a kid it was either Sgt Peppers orchestra hall and then later the jet plane landing, then it was Abbey road. I myopic at the time, Nothing else came close to the Beatles.

Now I really don't know.

I can not argue with Munch's excellent choice, but I would put in some of these - the openers of which have placed an indelible mark on my memory. I think I'll go put em on....

EXP/Up from the Skies

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Wouldn't it be nice

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and by all means

baba o'riley

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The opening track on Trouble Over Bridgwater is Irk The Purists, which is an absolute stunner of a track.

Nottamun Town one of the finest folk tunes ever and the definitive version is the opener on Shirley Collins's Folk Roots New Roots

Another great opening track with a marvellous lead-in is Kore from the album below



ATB Rotf

10.15 Saturday Night from the Cure's Three Imaginary Boys is a brilliant opening track. But there are so many it's impossible to really pick a favourite.

Nigel

Bothy Band: After Hours - the Kesh Jig

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Originally posted by ROTF:
The opening track on Trouble Over Bridgwater is Irk The Purists, which is an absolute stunner of a track.

I thought Trouble over Bridgewater was just a joke from an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue!

regards, Tam

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Originally posted by Tam:

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Originally posted by ROTF:
The opening track on Trouble Over Bridgwater is Irk The Purists, which is an absolute stunner of a track.

I thought Trouble over Bridgewater was just a joke from an episode of I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue!

regards, Tam

Give me Love, give me Can, give me Meatloaf
Give me Rush, give me Marquee Moon
Michael Ball or The Fall, I could listen to them all
In the twilight of the afternoon

Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists its a right good laugh
Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists at the back

Hall & Oates, Napalm Death, Miles Davis
Patti Smith, Simply Red, Sly Stone
Be they false or 4Real, I don't care and nor does Neil
So long as we can hear their songs

Irk the purists, irk the purists, it could well be an olympic sport
Irk the purists, irk the purists, if you've never then you ought

[break sung to Agadoo]

Husker Du Du Du, Captain Beefheart, ELO
Chris de Burgh, Sun Ra, Del Amitri, John Coltrane

Irk the purists, irk the purists, come on boy you know it feels so right
Irk the purists, irk the purists, irk the purists tonight

ATB Rotf

PS I always think it a tremendous song that really echoes my sentiments that if you like something then you like it and a critic (or me for that matter) saying otherwise should make no difference.

PPS - Dear Tam, do you have any links that would help me track down and buy Janáček chamber music, I read the thread with interest, but the recommended recordings are a real challenge to find. Many thanks, Rotf.

I Wanna Be Adored - The Stones Roses but then every other track on that album is a peach and it also has the best finishing track - I Am The Resurrection.



Dean..

'Do It Again' from probably my favourite album of all time:-



John.

Track 1 on this:

"Debaser" - first track on Doolittle by The Pixies

quite a good opening track on this one




and this one




but my favourite has to be "Messin with the kid" from




SJB

"Call Me The Breeze" from JJ Cale's "Naturally".
"Break on Through" from "The Doors"
"Alone Again Or" from "Forever Changes" Love
"Good Times Bad Times" from "Led Zepplin"

I think the opening tracks to each of the first three Roxy Music albums (Roxy Music, For Your Pleasure & Stranded) are a pretty good way to start.
Glyn

Can't pick one, but a selection come to mind...

Shine On You Crazy Diamond/ Wish You Were Here

Highway Star/ Made in Japan

Whole Lotta Love/ Led Zep 2
Black Dog/ Led Zep 4

Aqualung/ Aqualung

Solid Air/ Solid Aid

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Originally posted by Chris Kelly:
"Call Me The Breeze" from JJ Cale's "Naturally".
"Break on Through" from "The Doors"
"Alone Again Or" from "Forever Changes" Love
"Good Times Bad Times" from "Led Zepplin"

Seems I always start nodding my head when reading your music room posts. Them r some amazing openers you got. Going to the turntable right now...

One of these days we'll have to meet up. Met up with big howard (bigH47)in california, went record shopping and had a great listen. Call me when you get here!!

I guess everyone is going to say this now after having played it yesterday, but even though, it has to be:
Echoes
and I'm not ashamed to say that I cried

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Originally posted by Sloop John B:
...my favourite has to be "Messin with the kid" from




SJB

Beat me to it, SJB! The pent-up energy and scruntch of the opening notes from that Strat, followed by the awesome 'thump' from bass and drums - da-da, da-da-da-dah, thump - it just sets you up, you know you're in for a good one.

(A different excellent performance (the later classic line up band) I've just found.)

James

"Angel of death" - Slayer

"Hells bells" - AC/DC

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Call me when you get here!!

John, I shall definitely do that. Thanks! Won't be this year though - we are taking a look at New York in a couple of weeks as Rachel has never been there and is very keen to go.