Tough between Gimme Shelter and Baba O’Reilly, but close behind them from that era of the Black Prince Bexley and Croydon Greyhound nights, I give you Our Song (Saturday Morning Pictures) - Stray, and Time Was (Argus) - Wishbone Ash.
Longships - The Raven - Stranglers Message in a bottle - Regatta - The Police Clubland - Trust - Elvis Costello Mother - Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon Survey Says - ! - The Dismemberment Plan Schizophrenia - Sister - Sonic Youth New Day Rising - New Day Rising - Husker Du Rid of Me - Rid of Me - PJ Harvey Knut - The Unwinding Hours
Puressence - Sharpen Up The Knives (Only Forever) Metallica - Battery (Master of Puppets) Slayer - South of Heaven (South of Heaven) Sleep Token - Chokehold (Take Me Back To Eden) Deftones - My Own Summer (Around The Fur)
The Seabirds - opener on the Triffids masterpiece Born Sandy devotional, brilliant story song What's Going On - Marvin Gaye Almost With You - Opener on the Church's 2nd album, the Blurred Crusade. New Day Rising - Husker Du, loud aggressive and strangely melodic at the same time Falling and Laughing - Orange Juice on You Can't hide Your Love Forever. Production a bit ropy but such an enthusiastic song There are definitely others I rate if I spend more time thinking
Nothing from George so far, but with Motorhead's Ace of Spades already mentioned, I always found Jesus to a Child (Older) a right moody listen. Always reminds of a former girlfriend I was seeing at the time living the dream.
Moving swiftly on, as I had to when she ditched me, how has Thunder Road off Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen, not had a mention yet. Winner by a distance for me.
I get together with a bunch of friends every Friday to discuss music and play tracks. By coincidence, our theme this week was "opening tracks on albums".
My favourites from last night were:
Get Ready for Love - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues - Mclusky
Just been a treatin' myself to a bit of' Have Mercy' of Tres Hombres - ZZ Top, which was my first introduction to the band way back when. Saw them in concert on the Afterburner tour many years later and they were, well, Top. What a show and what performers they were
The Beautiful South = Old Red Eyes Is Back Black = Wonderful Life Erasure = A Little Respect The Human League = The Black Hit Of Space Japan = Gentlemen Take Polaroids Love = Alone Again or Magazine = Shot By Both Sides OMD = Radio Prague OMD = New Babies New Toys OMD = Enola Gay The Police = Message in a Bottle Roxy Music = Do The Strand Sparks = This Town aint Big Enough For The Both of Us Talk Talk = Talk Talk Ten Pole Tudor = Swords Of a Thousand Men Ultravox = Astradyne Yazoo = Nobodys Diary
The Beautiful South = Old Red Eyes Is Back Black = Wonderful Life Erasure = A Little Respect The Human League = The Black Hit Of Space Japan = Gentlemen Take Polaroids Love = Alone Again or Magazine = Shot By Both Sides OMD = Radio Prague OMD = New Babies New Toys OMD = Enola Gay The Police = Message in a Bottle Roxy Music = Do The Strand Sparks = This Town aint Big Enough For The Both of Us Talk Talk = Talk Talk Ten Pole Tudor = Swords Of a Thousand Men Ultravox = Astradyne Yazoo = Nobodys Diary
Magazine are a good call but track 1 on Real Life is Definitive Gaze..
The Beautiful South = Old Red Eyes Is Back Black = Wonderful Life Erasure = A Little Respect The Human League = The Black Hit Of Space Japan = Gentlemen Take Polaroids Love = Alone Again or Magazine = Shot By Both Sides OMD = Radio Prague OMD = New Babies New Toys OMD = Enola Gay The Police = Message in a Bottle Roxy Music = Do The Strand Sparks = This Town aint Big Enough For The Both of Us Talk Talk = Talk Talk Ten Pole Tudor = Swords Of a Thousand Men Ultravox = Astradyne Yazoo = Nobodys Diary
Magazine are a good call but track 1 on Real Life is Definitive Gaze..
I would like to add Remake/Remodel to the Roxy Music call
Dreams Never End - New Order - Movement Eat Y'self Fitter - The Fall - Perverted By Language Lay of the Land - The Fall - Wonderful & Frightening World Loser - Beck - Mellow Gold Devil's Haircut - Beck - Odelay Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of this Country
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Also smoking a zoot helps 😂
Message in a bottle - Regatta - The Police
Clubland - Trust - Elvis Costello
Mother - Plastic Ono Band - John Lennon
Survey Says - ! - The Dismemberment Plan
Schizophrenia - Sister - Sonic Youth
New Day Rising - New Day Rising - Husker Du
Rid of Me - Rid of Me - PJ Harvey
Knut - The Unwinding Hours
What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
Almost With You - Opener on the Church's 2nd album, the Blurred Crusade.
New Day Rising - Husker Du, loud aggressive and strangely melodic at the same time
Falling and Laughing - Orange Juice on You Can't hide Your Love Forever. Production a bit ropy but such an enthusiastic song
There are definitely others I rate if I spend more time thinking
Borrowed by Blur fkr Tracy Jacks.
Nothing from George so far, but with Motorhead's Ace of Spades already mentioned, I always found Jesus to a Child (Older) a right moody listen. Always reminds of a former girlfriend I was seeing at the time living the dream.
Moving swiftly on, as I had to when she ditched me, how has Thunder Road off Born to Run - Bruce Springsteen, not had a mention yet. Winner by a distance for me.
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My favourites from last night were:
Get Ready for Love - Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds
I Wanna be Adored - The Stone Roses
Lightsabre Cocksucking Blues - Mclusky
Thunder Road / Born to Run
Black = Wonderful Life
Erasure = A Little Respect
The Human League = The Black Hit Of Space
Japan = Gentlemen Take Polaroids
Love = Alone Again or
Magazine = Shot By Both Sides
OMD = Radio Prague
OMD = New Babies New Toys
OMD = Enola Gay
The Police = Message in a Bottle
Roxy Music = Do The Strand
Sparks = This Town aint Big Enough For The Both of Us
Talk Talk = Talk Talk
Ten Pole Tudor = Swords Of a Thousand Men
Ultravox = Astradyne
Yazoo = Nobodys Diary
View from the Afternoon - Arctic Monkeys
Eat Y'self Fitter - The Fall - Perverted By Language
Lay of the Land - The Fall - Wonderful & Frightening World
Loser - Beck - Mellow Gold
Devil's Haircut - Beck - Odelay
Perfect Skin - Lloyd Cole - Rattlesnakes
Lloyd I'm Ready to be Heartbroken - Camera Obscura - Let's Get Out of this Country
View From The Afternoon, Brianstorm, Do I Wanna Know, are all brilliant openers.
Ramones - Ramones - Blitzkrieg Bop
Journey - Escape - Don't stop Believen'
Boston - Boston - More than a feeling
Bring me The Horizon - That's the Spirit - Doomed
The Clash - London Calling - London Calling
Catatonia - International Velvet - Mulder and Scully (personal fav)
Republica - Republica - Ready to Go
Sum 41 - Does this look Infected - The Hell Song (outrageous opening album track imo)