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Oh, that's not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or fucking... fucking Beethoven? Side one, Track one of the Fifth Symphony?

But seriously My Name Is Jonas, Weezer.

U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name"

The rest:
Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1"
Patti Smith - "Gloria"
Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues"
Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place"
Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches"
The Replacements - "I Will Dare"
Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill"
The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities"
Neil Young - "My My, Hey Hey"
Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The New Stone Age"

Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches"

I love the Beatles but leadoff tracks weren't really their thing. "Taxman" is probably the best one. I don't like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" much.

Curious Hair wrote:

Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches"

God damn, they were so great with leadoff tracks...And She Was, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town...such a great fucking band...

sjboyd0137 wrote:

Curious Hair wrote:

Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches"

God damn, they were so great with leadoff tracks...And She Was, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town...such a great fucking band...

Psyco Killer on Stop Making Sense counts right?

First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more...

You Are Invited is the better track but dosent work as a track 1.

DannyB wrote:

First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more...

I wouldn't consider Good Times/Bad Times the best Zeppelin song ever...not even their best track one...Immigrant Song and Achilles' Last Stand are both far better.

sjboyd0137 wrote:

DannyB wrote:

First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more...

I wouldn't consider Good Times/Bad Times the best Zeppelin song ever...not even their best track one...Immigrant Song and Achilles' Last Stand are both far better.

You couldn't be more wrong. It was all downhill from there.

Not close to their best leadoff, not even 50th percentile of that album. You on stupid pills?

SpiralStairs wrote:

You Are Invited is the better track but dosent work as a track 1.

"Spider in the Snow" is my favorite track from the album but also doesn't work at the beginning.

Two songs that for all the world should have been openers but weren't: "When the Levee Breaks" on the untitled fourth Zeppelin album and "This Charming Man" on The Smiths. That guitar riff should have been the way the world was introduced to the Smiths.

"Good Times, Bad Times." From that album alone, you have "Your Time Is Gonna Come," "Dazed and Confused," "Black Mountain Side," "Communication Breakdown," and "How Many More Times." As far as Zeppelin openers go, it's not close to "Immigrant Song," "The Song Remains The Same," or "Achilles Last Stand."

Stooges, Funhouse, "Down on the Street"
Replacements, Sorry Ma, "Takin' A Ride"
Faces, Long Player, "Bad 'n' Ruin"
Ike Reilly, Salesmen and Racists, "Last Time"
Yayhoos, Fear Not The Obvious, "What Are We Waiting For"
Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out, "Dig Me Out"

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:43 pm ]
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Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:52 pm ]
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Oh, that's not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or fucking... fucking Beethoven? Side one, Track one of the Fifth Symphony? But seriously My Name Is Jonas, Weezer.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 10:59 pm ]
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U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name" The rest: Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1" Patti Smith - "Gloria" Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" The Replacements - "I Will Dare" Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities" Neil Young - "My My, Hey Hey" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The New Stone Age"

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:03 pm ]
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SpiralStairs wrote: Oh, that's not obvious enough Rob. How about the Beatles? Or fucking... fucking Beethoven? Side one, Track one of the Fifth Symphony? But seriously My Name Is Jonas, Weezer. I hadn't thought about that movie in years, but as I was driving home from bowling tonight, I Wanna Be Adored came up in my shuffle, and I got to thinking... Also, fuck the Beatles.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:05 pm ]
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I love the Beatles but leadoff tracks weren't really their thing. "Taxman" is probably the best one. I don't like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" much.

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Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:05 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name" The rest: Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1" Patti Smith - "Gloria" Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" The Replacements - "I Will Dare" Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities" Neil Young - "My My, Hey Hey" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The New Stone Age" U listen 2 U Talking U2 2 Me ever?

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:06 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" God damn, they were so great with leadoff tracks...And She Was, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town...such a great fucking band...

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:07 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: I love the Beatles but leadoff tracks weren't really their thing. "Taxman" is probably the best one. I don't like "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" much. Taxman is in that list of Beatles songs I don't hate.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:09 pm ]
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SpiralStairs wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: Curious Hair wrote: Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" God damn, they were so great with leadoff tracks...And She Was, Thank You for Sending Me an Angel, Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town...such a great fucking band... Psyco Killer on Stop Making Sense counts right? Sure...why not.

Author:	'77Cubs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:09 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name" The rest: Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1" Patti Smith - "Gloria" Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" The Replacements - "I Will Dare" Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities" Neil Young - "My My, Hey Hey" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The New Stone Age" Doesn't get much better than "My My Hey Hey"

Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:13 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: U2 - "Where the Streets Have No Name" The rest: Arcade Fire - "Neighborhood #1" Patti Smith - "Gloria" Bob Dylan - "Subterranean Homesick Blues" Radiohead - "Everything In Its Right Place" Talking Heads - "Born Under Punches" The Replacements - "I Will Dare" Kate Bush - "Running Up That Hill" The Dismemberment Plan - "A Life of Possibilities" Neil Young - "My My, Hey Hey" Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark - "The New Stone Age" You Are Invited is the better track but dosent work as a track 1.

Author:	DannyB [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:19 pm ]
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First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more...

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:19 pm ]
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I'm partial to Takin A Ride when it comes to The Replacements.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:22 pm ]
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DannyB wrote: First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more... I wouldn't consider Good Times/Bad Times the best Zeppelin song ever...not even their best track one...Immigrant Song and Achilles' Last Stand are both far better.

Author:	Chus [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:29 pm ]
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Fee - Phish - Junta Rift - Phish - Rift Free - Phish - Billy Breathes Good Times, Bad Times - Led Zeppelin - I The Song Remains the Same - Led Zeppelin - Houses of the Holy Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin - Presence It's Gonna Be a Long Night - Ween - Quebec Take Me Away - Ween - Chocolate and Cheese One of These Days - Pink Floyd - Meddle That's It For the Other One - Grateful Dead - Anthem of the Sun St. Stephen - Grateful Dead - Aoxomoxoa Uncle John's Band - Grateful Dead - Workingman's Dead Box of Rain - Grateful Dead - American Beauty Sympathy for the Devil - Rolling Stones - Beggar's Banquet No Turning Back - G. Love and Special Sauce - Philadelphonic Like a Rolling Stone - Bob Dylan - Highway 61 Revisited Tangled Up in Blue - Bob Dylan - Blood on the Tracks Hurricane - Bob Dylan - Desire Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young - Harvest Changes - David Bowie - Hunky Dory Chilly Water - Widespread Panic - Space Wrangler

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Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:22 pm ]
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DannyB wrote: First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more... I Must Be High = good choice

Author:	Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:22 pm ]
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SpiralStairs wrote: You Are Invited is the better track but dosent work as a track 1. "Spider in the Snow" is my favorite track from the album but also doesn't work at the beginning. Two songs that for all the world should have been openers but weren't: "When the Levee Breaks" on the untitled fourth Zeppelin album and "This Charming Man" on The Smiths. That guitar riff should have been the way the world was introduced to the Smiths.

Author:	DannyB [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:22 pm ]
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sjboyd0137 wrote: DannyB wrote: First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more... I wouldn't consider Good Times/Bad Times the best Zeppelin song ever...not even their best track one...Immigrant Song and Achilles' Last Stand are both far better. You couldn't be more wrong. It was all downhill from there.

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:24 pm ]
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DannyB wrote: sjboyd0137 wrote: DannyB wrote: First song on side one of a band's first album is that band's best song ever 78% of the time. Good Times, Bad Times; Radio Free Europe; I Must Be High; I Will Follow, and MANY more... I wouldn't consider Good Times/Bad Times the best Zeppelin song ever...not even their best track one...Immigrant Song and Achilles' Last Stand are both far better. You couldn't be more wrong. It was all downhill from there. The beauty of music is that we can agree to disagree...but all are better than Rock and Roll...

Author:	sjboyd0137 [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:25 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: SpiralStairs wrote: You Are Invited is the better track but dosent work as a track 1. "Spider in the Snow" is my favorite track from the album but also doesn't work at the beginning. Two songs that for all the world should have been openers but weren't: "When the Levee Breaks" on the untitled fourth Zeppelin album and "This Charming Man" on The Smiths. That guitar riff should have been the way the world was introduced to the Smiths. Yeah, When the Levee Breaks would have been a far better leadoff than what we were given.

Author:	Rod [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:28 pm ]
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Stooges, Funhouse, "Down on the Street" Replacements, Sorry Ma, "Takin' A Ride" Faces, Long Player, "Bad 'n' Ruin" Ike Reilly, Salesmen and Racists, "Last Time" Yayhoos, Fear Not The Obvious, "What Are We Waiting For" Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out, "Dig Me Out"

Author:	Rod [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:30 pm ]
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Curious Hair wrote: "Good Times, Bad Times." From that album alone, you have "Your Time Is Gonna Come," "Dazed and Confused," "Black Mountain Side," "Communication Breakdown," and "How Many More Times." As far as Zeppelin openers go, it's not close to "Immigrant Song," "The Song Remains The Same," or "Achilles Last Stand." "Immigrant Song" sucks. "Achilles Last Stand" borders on self-parody. "Good Times, Bad Times" and "Communication Breakdown" are the best songs on that first record.

Author:	SpiralStairs [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:33 pm ]
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote: Stooges, Funhouse, "Down on the Street" Replacements, Sorry Ma, "Takin' A Ride" Faces, Long Player, "Bad 'n' Ruin" Ike Reilly, Salesmen and Racists, "Last Time" Yayhoos, Fear Not The Obvious, "What Are We Waiting For" Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out, "Dig Me Out" What's Mine Is Yours is still a banger.

Author:	Curious Hair [ Tue Sep 26, 2017 11:33 pm ]
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"Communication Breakdown" is the closest Zeppelin got to punk rock. It's a good one, but I won't stand for trashing "Immigrant Song" or "Achilles Last Stand." I mean, if you think about it, every Led Zeppelin song borders on self-parody! Isn't that the charm of it all?