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Great openings to albums I like the way these albums start out...
Cut Copy :: Bright Like Neon Love (2004) it's like a jolt of energy. i drop everything i'm doing and jam. Annie :: Anniemal (2005) it's very fantastical. The Presets :: Beams (2006) the opening sounds like they're about to kick you in the ass, and they do as soon as this track ends! Infadels :: We Are NOT The Infadels (2006) "Love Like Semtex," ok. Wow. Tori Fixx :: Black.Out Disc 1 (2003) "The Storyteller" gets me everytime. It's like opening your autobiography. Janet Jackson :: Janet Jackson's Rhythm Nation 1814 (1989) very theatrical and dramatic Meshell Ndegeocello :: Bitter (1999) somber, understated, brillant | |
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I only know Janet | |
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Dewrede said: I only know Janet
Hope you get the chance to try Meshell sometime. She kicks ass. | |
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squiddyren said: Dewrede said: I only know Janet
Hope you get the chance to try Meshell sometime. She kicks ass. ok , i'll check her out , thanks | |
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I agree about 'Bitter', and the whole album is great. | |
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Dewrede said: I only know Janet
You should get into more of these albums! | |
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starting things off with "beauty queen/horses" is a way to show that this album is not going to be the average commercial pop record but instead an elaborate tapestry of melody without any footfalls to commercial success. beauty queen is one of the best interludes i've ever heard on any record. janet, the queen of interludes, never even came close to anything like it on any of her records. this is what seques should sounds like. i love the way this, their second lp, starts out with strange weird noise of car breaks, distant tribal drumming and the weird metalic mocking bird chants in the bg. then the melody and the hook kick in and the whole song just opens up like a flower. perfect pop drama. one more, one more chance from the first 10 seconds on you know this is not just another madonna lp this is something rather different. the lyrics are clever and personal in a way they had seldom been before on any of her albums and the structure, vocal and melody of the song are amongst her best work ever. not just one great album opener but a career highlight. segued together in a 6:11 min pastiche, before the album relaxes into the moody atmosphere of "under the cherry moon", the first 3 songs on parade, form something of a unique sequence of songs, even in prince's catalogue. what makes it even more remarkable, apart from the sheer sonic weirdness, is the fact that prince recorded the basic drum patterns for all three of these songs himself, in one take. wow. the way the songs flow from one to the other is just breathtaking. Nebraska, the title track is a first-person account of the killing spree of mass murderer Charlie Starkweather. The song sets the tone for a series of portraits of small-time criminals, desperate people, and those who loved them I always get chills from the opening harmonica solo. It really conjures the image of deserted highways and lonely roadtrips in the night. perfect way to set a mood and tone for an album. abandoning the recent path of rock/pop they had started walking with the albums be yourself tonight and more so on revenge, savage marked a return to their more synthesizer dance route of albuml like sweet dreams & touch and to me, it's always striking how they build up the tension before the drums and synths kick in full force on "Beethoven". it always reminds me of "Missionary Man" and it's long winding intro. but where Missionary Man finally soared off into rock/pop territory, "Beethoven" finally gets it's release in layers of synths and drumcomputers -vintage eurythmics style. a perfect kick off song for an extremely good album that i have loved from the first moment i heard it in 1988 but have yet to understand completely. [Edited 6/10/06 4:25am] and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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everytime i hear the whales i know i'm in for a wonderful journey. | |
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Mara said: Dewrede said: I only know Janet
You should get into more of these albums! ok | |
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someone has already said almost all i can say about this record. the only thing i can add is when i play this record, no matter what time it is, my day has just begun. its a great intro to a sunny day...those first few tracks set the mood immediately! the song has so much going on and is practically schizophrenic...lovely intro to this moody record. "i'm ready...i'm ready for laughing gas. i'm ready...i'm ready for what's next." and so were we all. u2 was ready to enjoy fame. bono was ready to not only save the world but, dammit, he was gonna have fun doing it! the sounds, the looks, the style...this song says it all! from the first tinkling sounds of this soundbreaking records u2 fans (and non-u2 fans) knew something different was brewing under the surface. the lyrics were still heartfelt, the message was still urgent, but there when bono sings, "i'm ready for the shuffle, ready for the deal...ready to let go of the steering wheel...I'm ready...ready for the crush," he wasn't only giving lip service. enough said. | |
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Some good ones already mentioned. I love "Beethoven" from "Savage", and definitely agree it is a great opening track. Also "Beauty Queen/Horses" from "Boys for Pele" is fantastic.
Here are a couple for me: "The Kiss" - from The Cure's "Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me". 6+ minutes of snarling guitar and pure venom. Can't wait to hear the remastered version. "Planet Telex" - from Radiohead's "The Bends." It just sounds like an opening song... it wouldn't have worked any other place on the album. It ushers in an incredible record and sets the tone for it well. "Airbag" is another great opener, and of course "Everything in its Right Place" is fantastic. As is "2+2=5", heh. I guess Radiohead has a knack for dramatic openers. | |
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sallysassalot said: "i'm ready...i'm ready for laughing gas. i'm ready...i'm ready for what's next." and so were we all. u2 was ready to enjoy fame. bono was ready to not only save the world but, dammit, he was gonna have fun doing it! the sounds, the looks, the style...this song says it all! from the first tinkling sounds of this soundbreaking records u2 fans (and non-u2 fans) knew something different was brewing under the surface. the lyrics were still heartfelt, the message was still urgent, but there when bono sings, "i'm ready for the shuffle, ready for the deal...ready to let go of the steering wheel...I'm ready...ready for the crush," he wasn't only giving lip service. how could i forget this one and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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CinisterCee said: One of my favorites. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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LOVE the feedback and groove is just sick. | |
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Morrissey "Vauxhall And I"
A lovely lullaby seesaw melody, then: "There's gonna be some trouble A whole house will need re-building And everyone I love in the house Will recline on an analyst's couch quite soon Your Father cracks a joke And in the usual way Empties the room Tell all of my friends (I don't have too many Just some rain-coated lovers' puny brothers)" Opening lines from the first track- Now My Heart Is Full. "There is no such thing in life as normal..." | |
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minneapolisgenius said: CinisterCee said: One of my favorites. I can't even listen to the title track without "Space Intro" before it now. | |
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IstenSzek said: if I borrow these, there's a chance I might loose some of them on the way | |
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CinisterCee said: minneapolisgenius said: One of my favorites. I can't even listen to the title track without "Space Intro" before it now. I can't either. I used to sit on the floor with huge headphones on when I was little and just blast it over and over again. "I saw a woman with major Hammer pants on the subway a few weeks ago and totally thought of you." - sextonseven | |
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IstenSzek said: starting things off with "beauty queen/horses" is a way to show that this album is not going to be the average commercial pop record but instead an elaborate tapestry of melody without any footfalls to commercial success. beauty queen is one of the best interludes i've ever heard on any record. janet, the queen of interludes, never even came close to anything like it on any of her records. this is what seques should sounds like. i love the way this, their second lp, starts out with strange weird noise of car breaks, distant tribal drumming and the weird metalic mocking bird chants in the bg. then the melody and the hook kick in and the whole song just opens up like a flower. perfect pop drama. one more, one more chance from the first 10 seconds on you know this is not just another madonna lp this is something rather different. the lyrics are clever and personal in a way they had seldom been before on any of her albums and the structure, vocal and melody of the song are amongst her best work ever. not just one great album opener but a career highlight. segued together in a 6:11 min pastiche, before the album relaxes into the moody atmosphere of "under the cherry moon", the first 3 songs on parade, form something of a unique sequence of songs, even in prince's catalogue. what makes it even more remarkable, apart from the sheer sonic weirdness, is the fact that prince recorded the basic drum patterns for all three of these songs himself, in one take. wow. the way the songs flow from one to the other is just breathtaking. Nebraska, the title track is a first-person account of the killing spree of mass murderer Charlie Starkweather. The song sets the tone for a series of portraits of small-time criminals, desperate people, and those who loved them I always get chills from the opening harmonica solo. It really conjures the image of deserted highways and lonely roadtrips in the night. perfect way to set a mood and tone for an album. abandoning the recent path of rock/pop they had started walking with the albums be yourself tonight and more so on revenge, savage marked a return to their more synthesizer dance route of albuml like sweet dreams & touch and to me, it's always striking how they build up the tension before the drums and synths kick in full force on "Beethoven". it always reminds me of "Missionary Man" and it's long winding intro. but where Missionary Man finally soared off into rock/pop territory, "Beethoven" finally gets it's release in layers of synths and drumcomputers -vintage eurythmics style. a perfect kick off song for an extremely good album that i have loved from the first moment i heard it in 1988 but have yet to understand completely. [Edited 6/10/06 4:25am] Nice writing there! | |
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"Baba O'Riley"..... nuff said! | |
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MartyMcFly said: IstenSzek said: starting things off with "beauty queen/horses" is a way to show that this album is not going to be the average commercial pop record but instead an elaborate tapestry of melody without any footfalls to commercial success. beauty queen is one of the best interludes i've ever heard on any record. janet, the queen of interludes, never even came close to anything like it on any of her records. this is what seques should sounds like. i love the way this, their second lp, starts out with strange weird noise of car breaks, distant tribal drumming and the weird metalic mocking bird chants in the bg. then the melody and the hook kick in and the whole song just opens up like a flower. perfect pop drama. one more, one more chance from the first 10 seconds on you know this is not just another madonna lp this is something rather different. the lyrics are clever and personal in a way they had seldom been before on any of her albums and the structure, vocal and melody of the song are amongst her best work ever. not just one great album opener but a career highlight. segued together in a 6:11 min pastiche, before the album relaxes into the moody atmosphere of "under the cherry moon", the first 3 songs on parade, form something of a unique sequence of songs, even in prince's catalogue. what makes it even more remarkable, apart from the sheer sonic weirdness, is the fact that prince recorded the basic drum patterns for all three of these songs himself, in one take. wow. the way the songs flow from one to the other is just breathtaking. Nebraska, the title track is a first-person account of the killing spree of mass murderer Charlie Starkweather. The song sets the tone for a series of portraits of small-time criminals, desperate people, and those who loved them I always get chills from the opening harmonica solo. It really conjures the image of deserted highways and lonely roadtrips in the night. perfect way to set a mood and tone for an album. abandoning the recent path of rock/pop they had started walking with the albums be yourself tonight and more so on revenge, savage marked a return to their more synthesizer dance route of albuml like sweet dreams & touch and to me, it's always striking how they build up the tension before the drums and synths kick in full force on "Beethoven". it always reminds me of "Missionary Man" and it's long winding intro. but where Missionary Man finally soared off into rock/pop territory, "Beethoven" finally gets it's release in layers of synths and drumcomputers -vintage eurythmics style. a perfect kick off song for an extremely good album that i have loved from the first moment i heard it in 1988 but have yet to understand completely. [Edited 6/10/06 4:25am] Nice writing there! thanks good to see someone actually read it and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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