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Your Contenders? Here is my Top 10 off the top of my head (no order).
Halfway Home (Dear Science, 2008)
Sure 'Nuff Said 'N Yes I Do (Safe As Milk, 1967)
Planet Telex (The Bends, 1995)
Rocks Off (Exile on Main St., 1972)
I Zimbra (Fear of Music, 1979)
Everything in Its Right Place (Kid A, 2000)
Holidays in the Sun (Never Mind the Bollocks, 1977)
Summer Babe (Slanted & Enchanted, 1992)
Safe From Harm (Blue Lines, 1991)
I.O.U. (Pleased to Meet Me, 1987) |
"This ain't no party/This ain't no disco"-Talking Heads
"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool."- Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut Jnr.
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Overdue - The Get Up Kids ("On A Wire") Tautou - Brand New ("Deja Entendu") The Shower Scene - Brand New ("Your Favorite Weapon") Holiday From Real - Jack's Mannequin ("Everything In Transit") A Spindle, A Darkness, A Fever, A Necklace - Bright Eyes ("Fevers And Mirrors") Astronaut: A Short History Of Nearly Nothing - Amanda Palmer ("Who Killed Amanda Palmer?") Overture - Patrick Wolf ("The Magic Position") Off the top of my head atm. Also, most Bright Eyes openers are awesome. Edited by user 19 August 2009 03:47:38(UTC)
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Pull Me Under - Dream Theater (Images & Words)
Solitude - Candlemass (Epicus Doomicus Metallicus)
Plainsong - The Cure (Disintegration)
Baba O Reilly - The Who (Whos Next)
Go - Pearl Jam (Vs)
Holy Wars - Megadeth (Rust In Peace)
Highway Star - Deep Purple (Machine Head)
Achilles Last Stand - Led Zeppelin (Presence)
2112 - Rush (2112)
Spirit of Radio - Rush (Permanent Waves)
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Wanna Be Startin' Something- Michael Jackson (Thriller)
Hells Bells- AC/DC (Back In Black)
Papercut- Linkin Park (Hybrid Theory)
Battery- Metallica (Master Of Puppets)
Enter Sandman- Metallica (Metallica) |
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And off the top of my head:
Crashin' - Jack's Mannequin (The Glass Passenger)
Valkyrie Missile - Angels and Airwaves (We Don't Need To Whisper)
Barracuda - People in Planes (As Far as the Eye Can See)
The Only One - Manchester Orchestra (Mean Everything to Nothing)
The Past Should Stay Dead - Emarosa (Relativity)
Marching Bands of Manhattan - Death Cab for Cutie (Plans)
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Plainsong - The Cure (Disintegration)
Dammit, that should have been on my list... |
"This ain't no party/This ain't no disco"-Talking Heads
"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool."- Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut Jnr.
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Old Man Gloom - Zozobra from Seminar III: Zozobra.
Best closing track too. |
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"Wannabe Startin' Something" Thriller by Michael Jackson (I love it and it fits as the opening track)
"Gimme More" Blackout by Britney Spears (Pop perfection, one of the best Electro-Pop tracks ever)
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sowing season - The devil and god are raging inside of me ~> Brand New
Marching Bands of Manhattan - Plans ~> Death Cab for Cutie
Empty Tank - Punk Soul Brothers ~> Jesse James
Stinkfist - Aenima ~> Tool
A Flight And A Crash - A Flight And A Crash ~> Hot Water Music
Five Kids Go - The Neon Handshake - Hell Is For Heroes
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belle & sebastian - it could have been a brilliant career (from the boy with the arab strap)
blur - beetlebum (from blur)
nick cave & the bad seeds - into my arms (from the boatman's call)
hole - violet (from live through this)
the stone roses - i wanna be adored (from the stone roses) |
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I'd be tempted to go Blackened from ...And Justice For All.
Teen Age Riot by Sonic Youth is another good one.
Oh and on The Haunted's debut album, Hate Song was pretty much as good an opening as you could ask for.
There's alot of candidates. On Life Of Agony's River Runs Red you've got This Time. |
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Yeah, I remember when The Haunted first came about and I first heard 'Hate Song'...pretty fucking awesome stuff. |
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Teen Age Riot by Sonic Youth is another good one.
Goddammit, another one that should have been mine...Upon reflection, I'd sub out of my list Everything in Its Right Place for Teen Age Riot or Schizophrenia from Sister. |
"This ain't no party/This ain't no disco"-Talking Heads
"I still believe that peace and plenty and happiness can be worked out some way. I am a fool."- Jailbird, Kurt Vonnegut Jnr.
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Irresponsible Hate Anthem - Marilyn Manson[From "Antichrist Superstar"]
Tautou - Brand New[From "Deja Entendu"]
Somewhat Damaged - Nine Inch Nails[From "The Fragile"]
Plainsong - The Cure[From "Disintegration"]
Feiticeira - Deftones[From "White Pony"]
Arcarsenal - At The Drive-In[From "Relationship Of Command"]
Stinkfist - Tool[From "Ænima"]
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For me, "Not yet" by Ayumi Hamasaki (Japanese singer), is the best opening track ever. She have many others "intro", that are good too, but "Not yet" is the perfection. Ayumi Hamasaki - Not Yet (Click me!) Also, "I am..." from her 4th album, "I am...", is a good Pop/Rock track. Ayumi Hamasaki - I am... (from ARENA TOUR 2002) (Click me!) Edited by user 11 August 2009 05:14:37(UTC)
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"The Walking Wounded" - Bayside's The Walking Wounded
"Hello Shitty/Devotion and Desire" - Bayside's Bayside
"For The Workforce, Drowning" - Thursday's War All the Time
"Cold Cash and Colder Hearts" - Thrice's The Artist in the Ambulance
"Race To The City" - The Cinematics' A Strange Education
"Letter Thing' - Poison The Well's Versions
"Death" - White Lies' To Lose My Life...
"Arcarsenal" (mentioned earlier) - At The Drive In's Relationship of Command |
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PAGAN ALTAR - Pagan Altar (from Volume One)
CANDLEMASS - Solitude (from Epicus Doomicus Metallicus)
JUDAS PRIEST - Delivering The Goods (from Killing Machine)
JOURNEY - Don't Stop Believin' (from Escape)
ASIA - Heat Of The Moment (from Asia)
BLACK SABBATH - Black Sabbath (from Black Sabbath)
And the list goes on and on.
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If we are gonna bring Sabbath into the discussion then Sweet Leaf from Masters Of Reality |
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... or Wheels Of Confusion from Volume 4, Sabbath Bloody Sabbath from Sabbath Bloody Sabbath, Hole In The Sky from Sabotage, Neon Knights from Heaven & Hell... What a great band. The only bad record they ever did imo was Forbidden.
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Green Day-Burnout-Dookie: First song I learned how to play on guitar,really good drumming too.
Opeth-The Moor-Still Life:One of my favorite Opeth songs,porbably third favorite after Blackwater Park and The Drapery Falls
Opeth-The Leper Affinity-Blackwater Park:Just Brilliant that's all I can say
AFI-He Whio Laughs Last-Very Proud of Ya:Fast,loud,crazy
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