Whats your Favourite Opening song on a Album?

‘American Storm’, the opening song on Bob Seger’s ‘Like a Rock’ album, meant as a tribute to John Belushi and an anti-drug song, it just flat out ROCKS and cranked up blows the windows outta your car…a great opening song on a very good album, tho most will remember it for the title cut ‘Like a Rock’ which Chevy picked up for an almost 15 year ad campaign….

Mark

shine on, definately!!! although breathe on ‘dark side’ is bloody good as well!!!

Best opening song for me (as if you had to ask) is

I Am The Sea…….leading into..
Real Me……………leading into..
Quadrophenia…….leading into..
Cut My Hair……….leading into..
The Punk & The Godfather……from……

Ah…Shine On. Sounds familliar!

i must be sole pink floyd fan who doesn’t like shine on that much…I mean its a great song, but in most moments it sounds rather dull…best Pink floyd opener is defianetly In The Flesh? from the wall or One Of These Days from Meddle

‘The eve of the war, from Jeff Waynes Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’.

Septic.

No-one would have believed, in the last years of the nineteenth century, that human affairs were being watched from the timeless worlds of space. No-one could have dreamed that we were being scrutinized, as someone with a microscope studies creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. Few men even considered the possibility of life on other planets. And yet, across the gulf of space, minds immeasurably superior to ours, regarded this earth with envious eyes. And slowly… And surely… They drew their plans against us.

Just recited from memory:)

I’m going to Manchester arena on Sunday to see the live production of Jeff Wayne’s War Of The Worlds. I can’t wait!

Paul

‘The eve of the war, from Jeff Waynes Musical Version of ‘The War of the Worlds’.

Septic.

Hmmm….. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” from Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” takes some beating, as does “Second Sight/Secret Of The Dance” from “Mr Universe” by Gillan.

But my actual favourite opener of all time is “Tom Sawyer” from Rush’s “Moving Pictures”.

Showing my age, aren’t I? 😀

Ah…Shine On. Sounds familliar!

For me I think Darkness, the first track on Peter Gabriel’s UP album. I first heard it a couple of years ago, and the arrangements and sounds he uses blew my ears (and brain) to pieces. That song does things I never expected it to do, and it’s still one of the most awesomely put together songs I’ve ever heard.

Secondly, Babylon Sisters, the opening track on Gaucho by Steely Dan. Bernard Purdie on drums and Chuck Rainey on bass. Rhythm sections just don’t get much better than that!

And I guess In France They Kiss On Main Street from Joni Mitchell’s Shadows And Light live album. Mr Pastorius doing his 16th bass thing. That guy went FAR too soon…

Paul

Hmmm….. “Shine On You Crazy Diamond” from Pink Floyd’s “Wish You Were Here” takes some beating, as does “Second Sight/Secret Of The Dance” from “Mr Universe” by Gillan.

But my actual favourite opener of all time is “Tom Sawyer” from Rush’s “Moving Pictures”.

Showing my age, aren’t I? 😀

Well nothing beats Whole Lotta Love in Led Zeppelin II tough in every single Zeps album, the opener is a blast…First time i heard Achiles Last Stand from the precence…wow…i didn’t remember any other song from that album after the first listening, and those songs are good….

But ofcourse there is other fantastic albums than just Zeps…The Who’s Nexts Baba O’riley is also just awesome, that synthetisazor sound is just wicked, wonder what people tough back in th ’71 to hear such a things in first time….And when talking about The Who, you eventually end up to the rock opera scene…and where can opener be more important than in opera? The Overture in Tommy is definetly one of the greatest moments in popular music, It brings tears to my eyes (orhmm mean something sticked to my eyes ofcourse… 😮 😉 ) everytime i listen to it…and The Real Me in Quadrophenia isen’t bad either…

You know i could go on and on trough my entire record collection so i just rest now…