Favorite Opening Tracks

[Sigur Ros]

I've noticed most of my favorite songs are also the first on the album. Maybe I'm just a sucker for openers, but I'll post my list and you guys should too.

1. "Alpacastan" by Native off of We Delete; Erase
2. "Little League" by Cap'n Jazz off of Schmap'n Schmazz
3. "Godless" by The Dandy Warhols off of Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
4. "Fed To Death" by Say Anything off of s/t
5. "Sowing Season" by Brand New off of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
6. "Hardcore UFOs" by Guided By Voices off of Bee Thousand
7. "Vices" by Brand New off of Daisy
8. "Ways To Make It Through The Wall" by Los Campesinos! off of We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
9. "Gobbledigook" by Sigur Ros off of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
10. "Marching Bands Of Manhattan" by Death Cab For Cutie off of Plans

[Pat k]

I've noticed most of my favorite songs are also the first on the album. Maybe I'm just a sucker for openers, but I'll post my list and you guys should too.

1. "Alpacastan" by Native off of We Delete; Erase
2. "Little League" by Cap'n Jazz off of Schmap'n Schmazz
3. "Godless" by The Dandy Warhols off of Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
4. "Fed To Death" by Say Anything off of s/t
5. "Sowing Season" by Brand New off of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
6. "Hardcore UFOs" by Guided By Voices off of Bee Thousand
7. "Vices" by Brand New off of Daisy
8. "Ways To Make It Through The Wall" by Los Campesinos! off of We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
9. "Gobbledigook" by Sigur Ros off of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
10. "Marching Bands Of Manhattan" by Death Cab For Cutie off of Plans


I've been picking on you a little today, but have you heard "Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" by GBV? It's #1 on Propeller, and I like it even more than Hardcore UFOs.

[MADSTA]

Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. My favourite opener ever.

[softhands]

forget and not slow down.

[Pat k]

1. The Lawrence Arms - An Evening of Extraordinary Circumstances
2. Alkaline Trio - Cringe
3. American Football - Never Meant
4. GBV - Over the Neptune/ Mesh Gear Fox
5. Matt Pond PA - KC
6. Midlake - Roscoe
7. Stars - Your Ex-Lover is Dead
8. Mineral - Five, Eight, and Ten
9. American Nightmare - (We Are)
10. Darkthrone - Transilvanian Hunger

Those are off the top of my head and in no real order. I could never order a list like this.

[Pat k]

Here's another list, fuck it.

1. The Broadways - 15 Minutes
2. Giorgio Moroder - From Here to Eternity
3. The Knife - Heartbeats
4. Neu! - Hallogallo
5. Hey Mercedes - Frowning of a Lifetime
6. Leonard Cohen - Suzanne
7. Bastard - Misery
8. Blacklisted - Tourist
9. Gorilla Biscuits - New Direction
10. GZA - Liquid Swords

[Pat k]

And one more

1. Wu-Tang Clan - Bring Da Ruckus
2. The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
3. Miles Davis - So What
4. Boris - Farewell
5. Godflesh - Like Rats
6. Fall Out Boy - Tell that Mick
7. The Movielife - Face or Kneecaps
8. Saves the day - All Star Me
9. Joy Division - Disorder
10. Entrance - Grim Reaper Blues

I'm done now.

[Sigur Ros]

I've been picking on you a little today, but have you heard "Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" by GBV? It's #1 on Propeller, and I like it even more than Hardcore UFOs.

I know that song, but have never really listened to it much. I'll check it out now.

[Mibabalou]

workforce - thursday
Tautou - brand new
young and aspiring - underoath

[CalRahhh]

Converge - Concubine, Heartache, and Dark Horse (from Jane Doe, No Heroes, and Axe To Fall respectively)
The Ghost of a Thousand - Moved as Mountains, Dreamt of by the Sea (from New Hopes, New Demonstrations)
Brand New - Sowing Season (from The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me)
Every Time I Die - Roman Holiday (from New Junk Aesthetic)
The Blood Brothers - Set Fire To The Face On Fire and Feed Me To The Forest (from Young Machetes and Crimes)
Jawbreaker - Save Your Generation (from Dear You)
Johnny Truant - I Love You Even Though You're A Zombie Now (from In The Library of Horrific Events)
Paramore - Careful (from brand new eyes)
Blacklisted - Our Apartment Is Always Empty (from No One Deserves To Be Here More Than Me)
Motion City Soundtrack - Attractive Today (from Commit This To Memory)

[kbi the crowing]

intros kinda fucked this list for me

Nine Inch Nails - 1 Ghosts I

Maps & Atlases - Every Place is a House
mewithoutYou - Bullet to Binary
Minus the Bear - Burying Luck
The Number Twelve Looks Like You - Glory Kingdom

[brokenmixtape]

brand new - tautou
bad religion- supersonic
dustin kensrue - i knew you before
alkaline trio - cringe
finch- new beginnings
less than jake- last one out of liberty city
minus the bear- the game needed me

[kearn1tm]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -- A Minor Place
The Clash -- London Calling
Marvin Gaye -- What's Going On
Radiohead -- 2 + 2 = 5
Shellac -- Prayer to God
Sleater-Kinney -- Call the Doctor
The Stooges -- Search and Destroy

Those are what popped in my head immediately, so I'll go with those.

[yaz06]

...just a few

A Day To Remember - Fast Forward To 2012
Blink 182 - Dumpweed
Alexisonfire - .44 Caliber Love Letter
Silverstein - A Great Fire
Anberlin - The Resistance
As I Lay Dying - Separation
Cartel - Let's Go
Fall Out Boy - Thriller
I See Stars - Project Wakeup
Underoath - Young and Aspiring
New Found Glory - Right Where We Left Off
Relient K - Be My Escape
Saosin - It's Far Better To Learn

[andrew_upto11]

Taking Back Sunday- You Know How I Do
Saves the Day- All-Star Me
Brand New-Vices
Radiohead-Airbag
The Gaslight Anthem-Great Expectations
Thrice-Image of the Invisible
Every Time I Die-No Son of Mine

[only the clouds]

Jawbreaker - Save Your Generation (from Dear You)For sure. The rest of my top 10 in no particular order:

Thrice - Firebreather
Caspian - Moksha
Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash
36 Crazyfists - I'll Go Until My Heart Stops
La Dispute - Such Small Hands
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
Rancid - Maxwell Murder
Sunny Day Real Estate - Killed By an Angel
Therefore I Am - Death By Fire

[atticus18244fss]

Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes-FOB

comes to mind

[3eb23]

MGMT - Time To Pretend (Oracular Spectacular)
Taking Back Sunday - You Know How I Do (Tell All Your Friends)
Phantom Planet - California (The Guest)
Obie Trice - Average Man (Cheers)
Nas - Queens Get The Money (Untitled)
Kanye West - Good Morning (Graduation)
Binary Star - Reality Check (Masters Of The Universe)
Beastie Boys - Rhymin & Stealin (Licensed To Ill)
The Format - The First Single (Interventions + Lullabies)
Kenny Chesney - Young (No Shirt No Shoes No Problem)
People Under The Stairs - Intro (O.S.T.)
The Ataris - So Long Astoria (So Long Astoria)
Common - Resurrection (Resurrection)
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas (Blue Album)
Brand New - Shower Scene
Watashi Wa - All Of Me (The Love Of Life)
The Killers - Jenny Was A Friend Of Mine (Hot Fuss)
The Killers - Sam's Town (Sam's Town)
Goo Goo Dolls - Dizzy (Dizzy Up The Girl)
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down (A Boy Named Goo)
Third Eye Blind - Losing A Whole Year (Third Eye Blind)
Third Eye Blind - Anything (Blue)
311 - Freeze Time (Soundsystem)
311 - Down (311)
AZ - New Life (Pieces of a Man)

And many more

[IntoTheSun]

Bonnie 'Prince' Billy -- A Minor Place
The Clash -- London Calling
Marvin Gaye -- What's Going On
Radiohead -- 2 + 2 = 5
Shellac -- Prayer to God
Sleater-Kinney -- Call the Doctor
The Stooges -- Search and Destroy

Those are what popped in my head immediately, so I'll go with those.

I've seen some threads in regards to this band. Is it something I should check out?

[drzafs]

I saw this thread and one song came to mind.
Circa Survive - Living Together

[sleepyseanzzz]

ADTR - the downfall of us all and fast forward to 2012
blink - dumpweed and anthem part 2
AVA - valkyrie missile
say anything - skinny mean man
NFG - better off dead and intro/all downhill from here and understatement
JEW - futures
TSL - up and go
STD - at your funeral
SYG - work in progress/we do it for the money obviously
FYS - the takeover/bada bing wit a pipe! (they only put these 2 in a row live to start the set sometimes)
the wonder years - keystone state dude-core/bout to get fruit punched, homie

[Carolina.Alex]

Blink-182 - Feeling This
Cartel - Say Anything
All Time Low - Weightless
A Day To Remember - The Downfall of Us All
Say Anything - Fed To Death
Hit the Lights - Count It!
Yellowcard - The Takedown

EDIT: Say Anything - Skinny, Mean Man
Jimmy Eat World - Futures

[aj4mizzou]

the dangerous summer - where i want to be
definitely sets the album's tone.

[straylight70x7]

"Janie Jones" by The Clash from The Clash
"Let's get it on" Marvin Gaye from Let's Get It On
Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" off of Nevermind
"White Light, White Heat" Velvet Underground
Massive Attack, No protection. The song is, "Radiation ruling the nation."

[JackStone]

Miseria Cantare, Afi

[And Hours Pass]

...just a few

A Day To Remember - Fast Forward To 2012
Blink 182 - Dumpweed
Alexisonfire - .44 Caliber Love Letter
Silverstein - A Great Fire
Anberlin - The Resistance
As I Lay Dying - Separation
Cartel - Let's Go
Fall Out Boy - Thriller
I See Stars - Project Wakeup
Underoath - Young and Aspiring
New Found Glory - Right Where We Left Off
Relient K - Be My Escape
Saosin - It's Far Better To Learn

Very surprised to see that on the list. I thought that was the weakest song on the album.

For sure. The rest of my top 10 in no particular order:

Thrice - Firebreather
Caspian - Moksha
Hot Water Music - A Flight and a Crash
36 Crazyfists - I'll Go Until My Heart Stops
La Dispute - Such Small Hands
Suzanne Vega - Tom's Diner
Rancid - Maxwell Murder
Sunny Day Real Estate - Killed By an Angel
Therefore I Am - Death By Fire

Very nice throwback! Good to see songs like that pop up on people's lists.

As for me, in no particular order:

Eric Clapton - Signe (Unplugged)
Dave Matthews Band - So Much To Say (Crash)
Third Eye Blind - Faster (Out of the Vein)
Just Jack - Embers (All Night Cinema)
Jimi Hendrix - Purple Haze (Are You Experienced? - North American '67)
John Mayer Trio - Who Did You Think I Was (Try!)
Michael Jackson - Wanna Be Startin' Somethin' (Thriller)
Fall Out Boy - Our Lawyer Made Us Change The Name of This Song So We Wouldn't Get Sued (From Under the Cork Tree)
Tower of Power - What Is Hip? (Tower of Power)
Paul Simon - The Boy In The Bubble (Graceland)

[straylight70x7]

But really,

"Sowing Season" Brand New TDAGARIM
"Brightest" Copeland, Beneath the Medicine Tree
"I knew Prufrock before he got famous" Frank Turner, Love Ire and Song
"Big Casino" Jimmy Eat World, Chase this Light
"Wolves at Night" Manchester Orchestra, Like a virgin losing a child
"Bullet to Binary" mewithoutYou, A->B Life
"Gasoline Kisses for everyone" Park, It won't snow where you're going.
"Everything in it's right place" Radiohead, Kid A
"L.E.S. Artistes" Santogold, Santogold
"Icky Thump" The White Stripes, Icky Thump

[optimusrob]

Attractive Today - Motion City Soundtrack
More Than a Feeling - Boston
At the Bottom of Everything - Bright Eyes
No Son of Mine - Every time I Die
Matches - The Format
Introducing Foxy - Foxy Shazam
Salty Eyes - The Matches
Consoler of the Lonely - The Raconteurs
Belt - Say Anything
Kissing the Lipless - The Shins
Vices - Brand New

[optimusrob]

Taking Back Sunday- You Know How I Do
Saves the Day- All-Star Me
Brand New-Vices
Radiohead-Airbag
The Gaslight Anthem-Great Expectations
Thrice-Image of the Invisible
Every Time I Die-No Son of Mine

:appl:

[GuitarGuy]

Radiohead - 'Everything In Its Right Place' (Kid A)
Radiohead - '2+2=5' (Hail to the Thief)
Underoath - 'In Regards to Myself' (Define the Great Line)
Muse - 'New Born' (Origin of Symmetry)
The Almost - 'Monster Monster' (Monster Monster)
Skillet - 'Rebirthing' (Comatose)
Anberlin - 'Godspeed' (Cities)
Demon Hunter - 'Storm the Gates of Hell' (Storm the Gates of Hell)
Edison Glass - 'Let Go' (Time Is Fiction)
Far-Less - 'A Toast to Bad Taste' (A Toast to Bad Taste)
Mute Math - 'Typical' (Mute Math)
White Rabbits - 'Percussion Gun' (It's Frightening)
Innerpartysystem - 'Die Tonight Live Forever' (Innerpartysystem)
Pheonix - 'Lisztomania' (Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix)
Coldplay - 'Square One' (X&Y)
The Killers - Losing Touch (Day & Age)

[SophGod]

Thursday - A0001/Understanding In A Car Crash, The Other Side of a Crash, For The Workforce, Drowning, Resuscitation of A Dead Man
Bayside - Hello Shitty
Say Anything - Fed To Death, Belt
Thrice - Image of the Invisible

[Tristan Needler]

At the Drive-In - Arcarsenal

That's always the one that comes to mind first, although of course there are many more.

Sunny Day Real Estate - Diary
Genesis - Watcher of the Skies
Death Cab for Cutie - Title Track

Tons more, but I'm too lazy to think of them. Lots of first tracks off of Beatles albums fall under this category too.

[AFSjulian]

The Get Up Kids - "Holiday"
The Gaslight Anthem - "Great Expectations"
The National - "Fake Empires"
Converge - "Concubine"
The Academy Is... - "Attention"
Bright Eyes - "At the Bottom of Everything"
Bruce Springsteen - "Thunder Road"
The Killers - "Losing Touch"
Brand New - "Vices", "Sowing Season", "Tautou"

[3eb23]

Relient K - 'Be My Escape' (Mmhmm)

That's track 2

[kearn1tm]

I've seen some threads in regards to this band. Is it something I should check out?

Yes.

[PopPunkKid]

Motion City Soundtrack- Attractive Today
Weezer- My Name is Jonas
Weezer- Tired of Sex
The Format- The First Single (You Know Me)
The Format- Matches/I'm Actual
fun.- Be Calm
Death Cab For Cutie- The New Year
Jimmy Eat World- Bleed American
Jimmy Eat World- Big Casino
Fall Out Boy- Tell That Mick...
Fall Out Boy- Disloyal Order of The Water Buffaloes
Jack's Mannequin- Holiday From Real
Manchester Orchestra- The Only One
The Hush Sound- We Intertwined
Say Anything- Skinny, Mean Man
Say Anything- Fed To Death
The Get Up Kids- Holiday
My Chemical Romance- The End/Dead!
The Killers- Sam's Town
Saves The Day- At Your Funeral
Saves The Day- Anywhere With You
Panic At The Disco- We're So Starving/Nine In The Afternoon

[jmo182]

hmm
1. taking back sunday - you know how i do
2. +44 - lycanthrope
3. underoath - breathing in a new mentality
4. dead confederate - heavy petting
5. adtr - downfall of us all
6. motion city - attractive today
7. prada - sassafras
8. manchester orchestra - the only one
9. maylene - memories of the grove
10. the almost - say this sooner

[GuitarGuy]

That's track 2
...oh. Whoops. Thanks for pointing that out.

[HelloxAlone]

Anberlin - Godspeed, The Resistance
Bayside - The Walking Wounded, Boy
blink-182 - Feeling This, Anthem Pt. 2, Dumpweed
Brand New - Sowing Season (Yeah)
The Cure - Open, Underneath the Stars, 10:15 Saturday Night
The Gaslight Anthem - Great Expectations
Guns N' Roses - Chinese Democracy
Jack's Mannequin - Holiday From Real
Marianas Trench - Masterpiece Theatre I
MGMT - Time To Pretend
Paramore - Careful
Relient K - The One I'm Waiting For
Say Anything - Fed to Death
Silverstein - A Great Fire
+44 - Lycanthrope

[cshadows2887]

I obviously had way too much fun thinking about this one:

Damien Rice - Delicate
Fall Out Boy - Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
Metallica - Blackened
Nina Simone - Don't You Pay Them No Mind
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down
D/C - Hands Down
Paramore - For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
Taking Back Sunday - You Know How I Do
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
As Tall As Lions - Stab City
Roxy Music - More Than This
Acceptance - Take Cover
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino

[Yellow Cat]

I'm sure I've got more, but...

Sufjan Stevens - Concerning the UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois (Illinoise)
Say Anything - Skinny, Mean Man (In Defense of the Genre)
Manchester Orchestra - Wolves at Night (I'm Like A Virgin Losing A Child)
Brand New - Vices (Daisy)
Thrice - All The World Is Mad (Beggars)
The Dillinger Escape Plan - Panasonic Youth (Miss Machine)
Bayside - Masterpiece (Sirens and Condolences)
Kevin Devine - Brooklyn Boy (Put Your Ghost To Rest)
Owen - Bad News (At Home With Owen)
Elliott Smith - Speed Trials (Either/Or)
Glassjaw - Tip Your Bartender (Worship and Tribute)

[SteveLikesMusic]

Say Anything - Fed To Death

Thursday - For The Workforce, Drowning

Saves The Day - At Your Funeral

Weezer - My Name Is Jonas

[CircaKnives]

Damn, I love this thread.

Hello Shitty - Bayside (Bayside)
Time To Waste - Alkaline Trio (Crimson)
The Shower Scene - Brand New (Your Favorite Weapon)
Turn Me Off - Audrye Sessions (Audrye Sessions)
Living Together - Circa Survive (On Letting Go)
Hands Down - Dashboard Confessional (A Mark, A Brand, A Mission, A Scar)
Baba O'Riley - The Who (Who's Next)
Stinkfist - Tool (AEnima)
Save Your Generation - Jawbreaker (Dear You)
Black Dog - Led Zeppelin (Led Zeppelin IV)
Remedy - Hot Water Music (Caution)

[only the clouds]

I obviously had way too much fun thinking about this one:

Damien Rice - Delicate
Fall Out Boy - Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
Metallica - Blackened
Nina Simone - Don't You Pay Them No Mind
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down
D/C - Hands Down
Paramore - For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
Taking Back Sunday - You Know How I Do
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
As Tall As Lions - Stab City
Roxy Music - More Than This
Acceptance - Take Cover
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Jimmy Eat World - Big CasinoYes

[paramorekicks]

6. Fall Out Boy - Tell that Mick




Motion City Soundtrack - Attractive Today (from Commit This To Memory)



The Format - The First Single (Interventions + Lullabies)




The Academy Is... - "Attention"




Paramore - For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
Acceptance - Take Cover



yesss!
came in here to say most of these

[3eb23]

Circa Survive - Living Together

Great intro track

Miseria Cantare, Afi

Another great intro track


Third Eye Blind - Faster (Out of the Vein)


Nice Choice


Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down


Can't believe someone else would post this. Awesome.


Thursday - For The Workforce, Drowning
Weezer - My Name Is Jonas

Big fan of these two

[wroteurname]

Some of my favorites like all the F.O.B. openers, Skinny Mean Man, At Your Funeral, Vices. But I'd like to add...

All Star Me- Saves the Day (Through Being Cool)
In the Morning- Built to Spill (There's Nothing Wrong With Love)
Nonpareil of Favor- of Montreal (Skeletal Lamping)
By the Wayside- Octoberman (Run From Safety)
King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1- In The Aeroplane Over the Sea (Neutral Milk Hotel)
Fake Empire- The National (Boxer)
Cambridge- Motion City Soundtrack (I Am The Movie)
Torches Together- mewithoutYou (Catch For Us the Foxes)
The Only One- Manchester Orchestra (Mean Everything to Nothing)
Album of the Year- The Good Life (Album of the Year)
God and Mars- Days Away (Mapping an Invisible World)
Dumpweed- Blink-182 (Enema of the State)

that about covers it

[cshadows2887]

Great intro track



Another great intro track



Nice Choice



Can't believe someone else would post this. Awesome.



Big fan of these two

Fellow Goo Goo Dolls fan?

If so, we need to band together. We're highly outnumbered.

[3eb23]

Fellow Goo Goo Dolls fan?

If so, we need to band together. We're highly outnumbered.

Oh yeah man first favorite band I ever had. Still looking forward to that new record too.

[HogarthHughes]

Alkaline Trio consistently begin their albums with strong tracks. Also, "Cold Cash and Colder Hearts" starts TAITA off with a bang.

[cshadows2887]

Oh yeah man first favorite band I ever had. Still looking forward to that new record too.

Dizzy Up the Girl is what got me into music and "Iris" is still my favorite song of all time. Ther new record worries me a bit though, because I thought Let Love In was a bit of a letdown.

[3eb23]

Dizzy Up the Girl is what got me into music and "Iris" is still my favorite song of all time. Ther new record worries me a bit though, because I thought Let Love In was a bit of a letdown.

I feel the same way man. They peaked with Dizzy. Phenomenal record.

[cshadows2887]

I feel the same way man. They peaked with Dizzy. Phenomenal record.

I'm a huge fan of Gutterflower too. I feel like that album didn't get half enough credit.

[3eb23]

I'm a huge fan of Gutterflower too. I feel like that album didn't get half enough credit.

I was a big fan of Gutterflower when it came out. Here Is Gone was a great single. I used to see it on tv everyday before school. What A Scene was a personal favorite and so was Think About Me.

[cshadows2887]

I was a big fan of Gutterflower when it came out. Here Is Gone was a great single. I used to see it on tv everyday before school. What A Scene was a personal favorite and so was Think About Me.

Agreed, man. I love those. "Sympathy" and "What Do You Need" are awesome too.

[aboyandhiscurse]

northstar - rigged and ready, for members only
brand new - vices
say anything - belt, skinny mean man, fed to death
the starting line - making love to the camera

[danielineffigy]

In The Flowers

[COREhorizon]

From a Second Story Window - Most of us are normal
Brand New - Shower Scene, vices
TBS - Set Phasers to Stun
Emery - So Cold I could see my Breath, Walls, rock n rule, cutthroat collapse
Say Anything - Skinny Mean Man
Underoath - Young and Aspiring, In regards to self
Therefore I Am - Death by Fire

[xsinkshipsx]

sowing season- brand new
concubine- converge
back to back the chariot
we bury our dead at down- the agony scene
wouldn't be nice- the beach boys
failure on my lips- beloved
no one really wins- copeland
should you return- copeland
one more time- daft punk
hard to be- david bazan
options- pedro the lion
all my life- foo fighters
can't knock the hustle- jay-z
all comsuming fire- war of ages
don't stop til you get enough- michael jackson
bullet to binary- mewithoutYou
my heart is full- morrissey
botchia- poison the well
message in a bottle- the police
beautiful day- U2
sunday bloody sunday- U2
planning for a prison break- TREOS
the queen is dead- the smiths
7 nation army- the white stripes
a farewell to a perfect score- 7 angels 7 plagues

[Pat k]

I obviously had way too much fun thinking about this one:

Damien Rice - Delicate
Fall Out Boy - Tell That Mick He Just Made My List of Things to Do Today
Metallica - Blackened
Nina Simone - Don't You Pay Them No Mind
Goo Goo Dolls - Long Way Down
D/C - Hands Down
Paramore - For a Pessimist, I'm Pretty Optimistic
Taking Back Sunday - You Know How I Do
Leonard Cohen - First We Take Manhattan
As Tall As Lions - Stab City
Roxy Music - More Than This
Acceptance - Take Cover
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Prince - Let's Go Crazy
The Hold Steady - Stuck Between Stations
Jimmy Eat World - Big Casino

Great list. For my money, I'm taking "Dirty mind" by Prince instead! Prince rules.

[Pat k]

Great intro track



Another great intro track



Nice Choice



Can't believe someone else would post this. Awesome.



Big fan of these two

What about Put it On Big L put it on? Put it on represent put it on!

[live.]

Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. My favourite opener ever.

Yes.

Just off the top of my head:

"Dumpweed" - Blink 182
"What Ever Happened" - The Strokes
"Life in Technicolor" - Coldplay
"Politik" - " "
"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" - The Killers
"Wouldn't It Be Nice" - The Beach Boys

[3eb23]

What about Put it On Big L put it on? Put it on represent put it on!

haha i was thinking about it

[A Jaggy Snake]

Motion City Soundtrack - Attractive Today
Gaslight Anthem - Boomboxes and Dictionaries
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Gold Lion
Biffy Clyro - Joy. Discovery. Invention
Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything
Los Campesinos - We Throw Parties, You Throw Knives
King Blues - My Boulder
The Cribs - Our Bovine Public
Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass
Sum 41 - Hell Song
Frank Turner - I Knew Prufrock Before He Got Famous
Get Up Kids - Holiday
The Spill Canvas - Lust A Prima Vista
We Are Scientists - Nobody Move, Nobody Get Hurt
The Postal Service - District Sleeps Alone Tonight

That was much longer than it seemed in my head...

[handlikesecret]

Concerning The UFO Sighting Near Highland, Illinois. My favourite opener ever.
this.

[Thesleepingwell]

The Offspring - Jennifer Lost The War (The Offspring)
Type O Negative - White Slavery (World Coming Down)
System Of A Down - The Prison Song (Toxicity)
Paramore - Careful (Brand New Eyes)
The Smashing Pumpkins - Cherub Rock (Siamese Dream)
Soulfly - Eye For An Eye (Soulfly)
Machine Head - Ten Ton Hammer (The More Things Change)
Hole - Celebrity Skin (Celebrity Skin)
Melissa Auf Der Maur - Lightning Is My Girl (Auf Der Mar)
Midnattsol - Open Your Eyes (Nordlys)
Electric Wizard - Stone Magnet (Electric Wizard)

[ThePartialGlow]

Good Times, Bad Times
Wouldn't It Be Nice?
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band/With a Little Help from my Friends
Neighborhood #1 (Tunnels)
Fake Empire
The State That I Am In
Tangled Up In Blue
Sowing Season
Randy Described Eternity
London Calling
The New Year
Girl In the War
3rd Planet
Blizzard of '77
Our Life Is Not a Movie or Maybe
Drive
Gimme Shelter
Vaka
Cherub Rock
Your Ex-Lover Is Dead
I Won't Be Found
Sunday Morning
One Headlight

[SpyKi]

My Chemical Romance - Romance
My Chemical Romance - Helena
My Chemical Romance - The End.
Kamelot - Center of the Universe
Fightstar - To Sleep
Acceptance - Take Cover
Say Anything - Belt
Joshua Radin - Sundrenched World
The Used - Maybe Memories
Frou Frou - Let Go
Underoath - In Regards To Myself
The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain
fun. - Be Calm
Evanescence - Going Under
Eminem - Kill You
The Birthday Massacre - Kill The Lights

[ThrownAwayKyle]

Anthony Green - She Loves Me So (Avalon)
Dance Gavin Dance - Tree Village (Happiness)
Drop Dead, Gorgeous - Dressed For Friend Requests (In Vogue)
Emarosa - The Past Should Stay Dead (Relativity)
The Number 12 Looks Like You - Glory Kingdom (Worse Than Alone)
Paramore - Careful (Brand New Eyes)
Portugal. The Man - How The Leopard Got Its Spots/Church Mouth/People Say (Waiter/Church Mouth/Satanic Satanist)
Protest The Hero - Bloodmeat (Fortress)
Saosin - I Keep My Secrets Safe/It's Far Better To Learn (ISOSG/Self-titled)
Underoath - In Regards To Myself (Define The Great Line)

[tyler2tall147]

Anthem Part 2 - Take off Your Pants and Jacket - Blink-182
I Want to Save You - Leaving Through the Window - Something Corporate

[wuduprod]

Suburban Scum - Scumtro

[GuitarR0cker1]

Radiohead-"Everything In Its Right Place"
Radiohead-"2+2=5"
The National-"Fake Empire"
Modest Mouse-"3rd Planet"
Death Cab For Cutie-"The New Year"
Fall Out Boy-"Tell That Mick He Made My List of Things To Do Today"
Pixies-"Debaser"
Sigur Ros-"Gobbledigook"

[Wisdom Tooth]

Murdario Stomp by One Life Crew.

The hardest intro ever.

[drudo182]

Band Of Horses - "Is There A Ghost"
Hey Mercedes - "The Frowning Of A Lifetime"
Hey Mercedes - "Quality Revenge At Last"
Minus The Bear - "Thanks For The Killer Game Of Crisco Twister"
Fall Out Boy - "Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes"
The Snake The Cross The Crown - "Cakewalk"

Just random ones I like.

[ThePartialGlow]

Oh, and I can't believe I forgot about Debaser!

[muttley]

Mock Orange's Growing Crooked was the first to come to mind. There are plenty others.

[oliviaemmer]

Modest Mouse- Horn Intro/The World At Large

[oliviaemmer]

Band Of Horses - "Is There A Ghost"
Hey Mercedes - "The Frowning Of A Lifetime"
Hey Mercedes - "Quality Revenge At Last"
Minus The Bear - "Thanks For The Killer Game Of Crisco Twister"
Fall Out Boy - "Disloyal Order Of Water Buffaloes"
The Snake The Cross The Crown - "Cakewalk"

Just random ones I like.

love the FOB one.

[j-dogg_69]

Biffy Clyro - Joy. Discovery. Invention
Bright Eyes - At The Bottom Of Everything

Yes, yes, yes, yes!!!!

The Offspring - Jennifer Lost The War (The Offspring)

Oooooh that one didn't even come to mind, I like it!

[cshadows2887]

Great list. For my money, I'm taking "Dirty mind" by Prince instead! Prince rules.

"Dirty Mind" is sick, but since there's 3 or 4 songs I like more than it on that record, I figured I'd go with "Let's Go Crazy."

[perfectstranger]

A Wilhelm Scream - The King Is Dead
The Get Up Kids - Holiday
At The Drive In - Arcarsenal
Alkaline Trio - Keep em Coming
Animal Collective - Did You See The Words
Brand New - Sowing Season (Yeah)
Kevin Devine - All Of Everything, Erased
Owen - Bad News
The Weakerthans - Everything Must Go
Sugar Army - Parallels
Sunny Day Real Estate - Seven
Saves The Day - At Your Funeral

[Alex1410]

intro+I dance to trance in garbage bag pants - Daggermouth (together they make one song really)
When the man comes around - Johnny Cash
Messes Of Men - mewithoutyou
Love your friends, die laughing - Man Overboard
The Past Should Stay Dead - Emarosa
At the bottom of everything - Bright Eyes
Back To Back - The Chariot

[ron.santing]

Spinning in the daffodils, to get to a recent one.

[Sigur Ros]

I'd add "Only Shallow" by My Bloody Valentine to mine now, by the way.

[Sigur Ros]

and "Bullet To Binary" by mewithoutYou.

[Wobbie]

The first ones that come to mind...

Dear Landlord - I Live In Hell
The Avett Brothers - Die Die Die
The Ergs! - First Song, Side One
None More Black - Oh, There's Legwork
Eels - Novocaine For The Soul
Lemuria - Pants
Against Me! - Pints Of Guinness Make You Strong
Tom Waits - Tom Traubert's Blues
Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road
Bomb The Music Industry! - Old And Unprofessional
Rainer Maria - Mystery And Misery
Laura Stevenson and the Cans - Baby Bones
The Weakerthans - (Manifest)

[LGFUAD21]

I've noticed most of my favorite songs are also the first on the album. Maybe I'm just a sucker for openers, but I'll post my list and you guys should too.

1. "Alpacastan" by Native off of We Delete; Erase
2. "Little League" by Cap'n Jazz off of Schmap'n Schmazz
3. "Godless" by The Dandy Warhols off of Thirteen Tales From Urban Bohemia
4. "Fed To Death" by Say Anything off of s/t
5. "Sowing Season" by Brand New off of The Devil and God are Raging Inside Me
6. "Hardcore UFOs" by Guided By Voices off of Bee Thousand
7. "Vices" by Brand New off of Daisy
8. "Ways To Make It Through The Wall" by Los Campesinos! off of We Are Beautiful, We Are Doomed
9. "Gobbledigook" by Sigur Ros off of Með suð í eyrum við spilum endalaust
10. "Marching Bands Of Manhattan" by Death Cab For Cutie off of Plans


so true with the sowing season, marching bands of manhattan and fed to death

i would say (to name a few)

1) Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run
2) Arcarsenal- At The Drive In, Relationship Of Command
3) Glitter and Trauma- Biffy Clyro, Infinity Land
4) Living Is A Problem Because Everything Dies- Biffy Clyro, Puzzle i def recommend checking out this epic opener!!!!!!!!
5) Famous For Nothing- Dropkick Murphys, Meanest Of Times
6) Enter Shikari- Enter Shikari, Take To The Skies (ok second track but first song)
7) I Knew Prufrock Before...- Frank Turner, Love Ire & Song
8) Roll On- The Living End, Roll On
9) Intro- New Found Glory, Catalyst
10) Image Of The Invisible- Thrice, Vheissu
11) Work In Progress- Set Your Goals, Mutiny

[fanir]

It's far better to learn! Saosin!

[murrich]

"Janie Jones" by The Clash from The Clash
"Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye from Let's Get It On
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from Nevermind
"White Light/White Heat" by Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat
"Radiation Ruling the Nation" by Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor off No Protection

[cshadows2887]

Bruce Springsteen - Thunder Road

Thunder Road- Bruce Springsteen, Born To Run

My avatar and I agree.

[ate_teenfourevr]

Green Day - Burnout - Dookie
Blink 182 - Feeling This - s/t
NFG - Intro/All Downhill - Catalyst
TBS - You Know How I Do - Tell All Your Friends
MGMT - Time To Pretend - Orac. Spectac.
Bruce - Thunder Road - Born To Run
Green Day - American Idiot - American Idiot
Fall Out Boy - Tell Mick - Take This To Your Grave
White Stripes - Seven Nation Army (song of the decade!) - Elephant
Brand New - Shower Scene (easily their best album) - Your Favorite Weapon
John Mayer (best guitarist of our generation PERIOD)- No Such Thing - Room For Squares
John Mayer - Waiting on the World to Change - Continuum
John Mayer - Heartbreak Warefare - Battle Studies
Muse - Take a Bow - Black Holes and Revelations
Jimmy Eat World - Bleed American - Bleed American
Jimmy Eat World - Futures - Futures

[BadRomance]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiVvA9YQpiI

[LGFUAD21]

"Janie Jones" by The Clash from The Clash
"Let's Get It On" by Marvin Gaye from Let's Get It On
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" by Nirvana from Nevermind
"White Light/White Heat" by Velvet Underground from White Light/White Heat
"Radiation Ruling the Nation" by Massive Attack vs. Mad Professor off No Protection

someones been watching high fidelity

[murrich]

someones been watching high fidelity

Yep, good movie, all these list threads reminds me a lot of that movie, for some unknown reason.

[Sigur Ros]

Bump. I was listening to albums hungover on the way home from a Chicago show today and thought of this.

Loma Prieta - 'Worn Path' (Last City)
Brand New - 'Vices' (Daisy)
Bassnectar - 'Boombox' (Cozza Frenzy)
Jeromes Dream - 'A Second Grade Art Project' (Seeing Means More Than Safety)
Lion of the North - 'Ghost Stories' (The Compass Calls)
Every Time I Die - 'No Son Of Mine' (The Big Dirty)
Thou - 'Tyrant' (Tyrant)
Native - 'Backseat Crew' (Wrestling Moves)
Orchid - 'New Ideas In Mathematics' (Jeromes Dream/Orchid Split)
Cougar Den - 'Ash Not Dust' (Keepondrifter)
Fight Fair - 'Game On' (Settle The Score EP)
La Dispute - 'Such Small Hands' (Between the River...)

[cwhit412]

Bump. I was listening to albums hungover on the way home from a Chicago show today and thought of this.

Loma Prieta - 'Worn Path' (Last City)
Brand New - 'Vices' (Daisy)
Bassnectar - 'Boombox' (Cozza Frenzy)
Jeromes Dream - 'A Second Grade Art Project' (Seeing Means More Than Safety)
Lion of the North - 'Ghost Stories' (The Compass Calls)
Every Time I Die - 'No Son Of Mine' (The Big Dirty)
Thou - 'Tyrant' (Tyrant)
Native - 'Backseat Crew' (Wrestling Moves)
Orchid - 'New Ideas In Mathematics' (Jeromes Dream/Orchid Split)
Cougar Den - 'Ash Not Dust' (Keepondrifter)
Fight Fair - 'Game On' (Settle The Score EP)
La Dispute - 'Such Small Hands' (Between the River...)

Seconding Such Small Hands. So fucking catchy.

[yayitsjoe]

mike kennedy is a bad friend - the wonder years.
belt - say anything.
city traffic puzzle - the hush sound.
messes of men - mewithoutYou.
the heart is a lonely hunter - the anniversary.
bring da ruckus - wu-tang clan.
we're all dead - we are the union.
thunder road - bruce springsteen.
the flood - small leaks sink ships.
a more perfect union - titus andronicus.
the sun - tigers jaw.
dear sergio - streetlight manifesto/catch 22.
down, down, down to mephisto's cafe - streetlight manifesto.
work in progress - set your goals.
the birth and death of day - explosions in the sky.
oh, deceiver - right away, great captain!

i could go on forever, so i'm just gonna stop. haha.

[iamthealex]

Motion City Soundtrack - Attractive Today, Cambridge
Blink-182 - Dumpweed
New Found Glory - Understatement, Intro
Taking Back Sunday - Set Phasers To Stun, You Know How I Do