Favorite Track Ones

a VERY underrated movie.

 

Great topic....here are a couple off the top of my head as well.

Round Here- Counting Crows, AAEA
Catapult- Counting Crows, Recovering the Satellites
People of the Sun- RATM, Evil Empire
The Dam at Otter Creek- Live, Throwing Copper
Once- Pearl Jam, Ten
Jessica, Graham Colton
Clarity, John Mayer, Heavier Things
Rhymin' and Stealin', Beastie Boys, Licensed to Ill

I'm sure there are plenty more, but there are a couple to chew on!

 

It's too hard to keep it to five!

Damn it!!!

I had this really long list typed out, and then I somehow closed the page.

I love the great thread idea, RM95.

Okay, in condensed form. Argh.

1. Led Zeppelin - "Whole Lotta Love" - Led Zeppelin (II, IV, and Core are my favorite CD's)
2. Led Zeppelin - "Black Dog" Led Zeppelin IV
3. Stone Temple Pilots - "Down" - No. 4
4. Nirvana - "Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nevermind
5. Stone Temple Pilots - "Dead and Bloated" - Core (My favorite and, I think, most badass debut CD ever)
6. Audioslave - "Cochise" - Audioslave
7. Rage Against the Machine - "Bombtrack" - Rage Against the Machine
8. 311 - "Down" - 311
9. Green Day - "Burnout" - Dookie
10. AC/DC - "Highway To Hell" - Highway to Hell
11. Soundgarden - "Pretty Noose" - Down on the Upside

By the way, you'll have to forgive me; it's just too hard to fit just five.

 

"Black Cow," by Steely Dan, off "Aja."

That snare drum alone outspeaks yards of the finest books on your shelf.

 

Pink Floyd - Shine on you Crazy Diamond - Wish you were here
Radiohead - Everything in its Right Place - Kid A
Beck - The Golden Age - Sea Change
Tool - Stinkfist - Aenima
Pearl Jam - Once - Ten

 

"Lay Your Hands on Me" off Bon Jovi's New Jersey album

The Chronic intro track is pretty funny. you'se a penguin-lookin mutha****a

 

Counting Crows - Round Here (August and Everything After) <- gotta agree with this one

Is it cheating to use the Beatles?
Abbey Road - Come Together
The White Album - Back in the USSR
Help! - Help!

Or the Stones?
Beggars Banquet - Sympathy for the Devil

And just to blow my credibility:
George Strait - Strait From the Heart - Fool-Hearted Memory

 

Destiny's Child - Lose My Breath
S.O.A.D. - Prison Song
S.O.A.D. - Suite Pee
Yankee Grey - All Things Considered

These are the first off the top of my head... I'm sure if I actually look at my library I will find more.

 

there's too many for me to list but i'll go with:

oasis - rock n' roll star - definitely maybe.

best opening track on a debut ever, the lyric fit perfectly.

 

breathe - DSOTM - pink floyd
whole lotta love - II - led zeppelin
immigrant song - III - led zeppelin
statesboro blues - live at filmore east - allman brothers band
uncle john's band - workingman's dead - grateful dead
moanin' - art blakey and the jazz messengers
folsom prison blues - at folsom prison - johnny cash.... "hello, i'm johnny cash." only cash was a big enough bad-a$$ to open up a show like that.


just a few of my favorites.

 

already been mentioned:
Breathe - Pink Floyd Dark Side of the Moon


Pink Moon - Nick Drake -- Pink Moon

 

1. Round Here - Counting Crows, August and Everything After

(best opening ever... I started this list before looking at everybody else's, and now I see that was also the first thing that occurred to some of you )

2. Can't Stand It - Wilco, Summerteeth
3. Feeding Frenzy - Midnight Oil, Earth and Sun and Moon
4. Wheels - Cake, Pressure Chief
5. A Sort of Homecoming - U2, The Unforgettable Fire
6. Catapult - Counting Crows, Recovering the Satellites

 

Great movie. Awesome soundtrack.

 

Great topic, RM95 - so many to mention!

"Plainsong" off "Disintegration" - The Cure
"In the Flesh?" off "The Wall" - Pink Floyd
"1999" off "1999" - Prince
"E-Pro" off "Guero" - Beck
"The Thrill of it All" off "Country Life" - Roxy Music
"We Will Rock You" off "News of the World" - Queen
"Honey" off "Play" - Moby
"Politik" off "A Rush of Blood to the Head" - Coldplay
"Head Like a Hole" off "Pretty Hate Machine" - Nine Inch Nails
"In the Evening" off "In Through the Out Door" - Led Zeppelin
"Spirits in the Material World" off "Ghost in the Machine" - The Police
"Angel" off "Mezzanine" - Massive Attack
"Bittersweet Symphony" off "Urban Hymns" - The Verve
"The Times They Are A-Changin'" off "The Times They Are A-Changin'" - Bob Dylan
"Planet Telex" off "The Bends" - Radiohead
"Tonight's the Night" off "Tonight's the Night" - Neil Young
"Miss You" off "Some Girls" - The Rolling Stones
"I Wanna Be Adored" off "The Stone Roses" - The Stone Roses

I know that is more than 5, but there are just so many great opening tracks out there. No way I could limit it to 5 and I still feel that I am leaving out a bunch more!

 

1. What's Going On, Marvin Gaye - What's Going On
2. Who Can It Be Now, Men At Work - Buisness As Usual
3. Debaser, Pixies - Doolittle
4. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Nirvana - Nevermind
5. The Gambler, Kenny Rogers - The Gambler

 

"Baba O'Reilly" - The Who - Who's Next
"I am the Sea/The Real Me" - The Who - Quadrophenia
"Thunder Road" - Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run

 

Hangin Around - Counting Crows - This Desert Life
Dodo - Dave Matthews - Some Devil
Building A Mystery - Sarah McLachlan - Mirrorball
Round Here - Counting Crows - August and Everything After
Busted Stuff - Dave Matthews Band - Busted Stuff

Honorable Mention:
Ming Thing - Pulltab - Greatest Hit

 

Thats the first song that came to mind for me.

a few others:

"My Name is Jonas" - Weezer (Blue Album)
"Politik" - Coldplay (Rush of Blood)
"Twice As Hard" - Black Crowes (Shake Your Money Maker)
"Head Like A Hole" - Nine Inch Nails (Pretty Hate Machine)
"Stinkfist" - Tool (Aenima)