[Riordan]

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Originally Posted by Coop47 /img/forum/go_quote.gif Springsteen has spoken about how he wants his opening tracks to serve as the opening scene in a movie. "Thunder Road" and "Tunnel of Love" do a great job of this.

i'd like to add the opener of springsteen's road movie, the mood-setting title track
nebraska

 

[Chrispy]

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Originally Posted by DayoftheGreek /img/forum/go_quote.gif King Crimson - 21st Century Schizoid Man

Good pic

Favorite beginnings:
Rite of Spring - Stravinsky
Rape of Lucretia (maybe because when I wrote a paper on it I listened to it like 20 times) - Britten
London Calling
Turn it Out - Death From Above 1979
Genesis - Justice
Mr Self Destruct - NIN
Somewhat Damaged - NIN
Silence - Portishead
Movin on up - Primal Scream

 

[Happy Camper]

We Will Rock You- Queen / News of the World

Rock The Nation- Montrose / Montrose

Come to Jesus- Mindy Smith / One Moment More

Fire On The Mountain- Marshall Tucker Band / Searchin' for a Rainbow

Script for a Jester's Tear- Marillion / Script for a Jester's Tear

Rock and Roll Doctor- Little Feat / Feat's Don't Fail Me Now

After Midnight- JJ Cale / Live

The Wonder of it All- Heartsfield / Wonder of it All

Magic Man- Heart / Dreamboat Annie

Radar Love- Golden Earring / Moontan

Strange Dreams- Frank Marino & Mahogany Rush / Juggernaut

Boys of Summer- Don Henley / Building the Perfect Beast

Highway Star- Deep Purple / Machine Head

Round Here- Counting Crows / August and Everything After

I Feel The Earth Move- Carol King / Tapestry

Tangled Up In Blue- Bob Dylan / Blood on the Tracks

 

[RationalGaze]

Megadeth - Holy Wars
Suffocation - Pierced from Within
Sepultura - Roots Bloody Roots

 

[RationalGaze]

Edit - Double post

 

[Mr. Purple]

Some of my favs....

Bittersweet Symphony - Urban Hymns
Purple Haze - Are You Experienced?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Help! - Help!
Children (Dream Version) - Dreamland
Smack My Bitch Up - The Fat of the Land
Break on Through (To the Other Side) - The Doors
I Feel Free - Fresh Cream
Baba O'Riley - Who's Next

 

[monolith]

(artist - album - opening track)

Kyuss - Welcome to Sky Valley - Gardenia
Basilisk - A Joyless March Through the Cold-Lands - Deep In The Dark Where I Lay In Wait
Sunn O))) - 00 Void - Richard
Isis - Celestial - Celestial (The Tower) (ignoring the <1 minute intro track)
Miles Davis - Kind of Blue - So What

 

[Happy Camper]

Blue Train- John Coltrane / Blue Train

 

[manofmathematics]

I think that Once was a perfect choice to open up Pearl Jam's Ten album.

 

[corrosive_nf]

Nine Inch Nail - Head Like A Hole - Pretty Hate Machine

Depeche Mode - I Feel You - Songs Of Faith And Devotion. Right off you know this is a new DM.

 

[fraseyboy]

The first track of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is great.

With most albums I find that the first track is the one I always end up skipping and the last track is the best. This is not so with YHF.