CureTheSane Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Generally I find the first song to be a road rocking, or sometimes quite heavy song, that is pretty average. Most of the time I find myself skipping it pretty quickly and starting the album from track 2 Having said that, I've decided to make a playlist of openers. Decadance Dance - Extreme Monkey Business - Skid Row Detroit Rock City - Kiss Wild Side - Motley Crue etc Throw 'em at me What other songs should I whack on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Darkstone Posted October 25, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Yeah, I tend to use the first song and also the title track as a rough guide when checking out albums, although it's not always a good indication. Interesting topic though. I'm sure if I went through them there'd be heaps of stunning openers. Here's a few i've loved over the years. Europe - All Or Nothin' XYZ - Face Down In The Gutter Valentine - Runnin' On Luck Again Talisman - Break Your Chains Roxy Blue - Too Hot To Handle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysam Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Similar to Darkstone I often find the first song to be a good indicator of what I can expect from the rest of the album. I actually have two playlists made of only opening tracks. Here is one of those playlists, leaving off songs you've already listed. 21 Guns – Knee Deep Alien - Brave New Love Black ‘n Blue – Rockin’ On Heaven’s Door Bon Jovi - Runaway Bonfire – Ready 4 Reaction Brett Walker – Hard to Find an Easy Way Casanova – Don’t Talk About Love David Lee Roth – Yankee Rose Danger Danger – Naughty Naughty Dare – Abandon Dirty Looks – Blue Tequila Dokken – Kiss of Death Europe – Superstitious Eyes – Callin’ All Girls FM – That Girl Great White – Lady Red Light Guns N’ Roses – Welcome to the Jungle H.E.A.T - Point of No Return Harem Scarem – Hard to Love Honeymoon Suite – Bad Attitude Hurricane – Over the Edge Icon – Right Between the Eyes Kane Roberts – Wild Nights L.A. Guns – Over the Edge Le Mans – Love Lies Lillian Axe – All’s Fair in Love and War McAuley Schenker Group – Gimme Your Love Night Ranger – Don’t Tell Me You Love Me Ozzy Osbourne – Bark at the Moon Ratt – You’re In Love Savatage – Edge of Thorns Shark Island – Paris Calling Shy – Emergency Stage Dolls - Still In Love Strangeways – Where Are They Now TNT – Everyone’s A Star Treat – Sole Survivor Tyketto – Forever Young Unruly Child – On the Rise Vain – Secrets Von Groove – Once is Not Enough W.A.S.P. – Wild Child W.E.T. – Walk Away Whitesnake – Slide It In Wig Wam – In My Dreams Wildside – Hang On Lucy Winger – Madalaine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Darkstone Posted October 26, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Nice list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 Would've said Face Down In The Gutter by XYZ as well. Let me also throw in: Bangalore Choir - Angel In Black Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 What craziness about skipping the first song most the time, lol. Many times I find it one of, if not the best song on an album. Any album worth a grain of christmas beetle turd starts with a ball cracker. I'm thinking 'Reach for the sky' - Firehouse, 'Rockin' with the radio' - Blue Tears, 'Wild Nights' - Kane Roberts, 'Ready for the Taking' - Treat, 'Hard to love' - Harem Scarem, 'Saviours never cry' - HS, 'Wonderland' - Amaze Me, 'Pedal to the metal' - Bang Gang, 'Angel in black' - Bangalore Choir, 'Don't wait up' - Blind Date, 'Miracles' - Blonz, 'Abandon' - Dare, 'Wild child' - Heart, 'Wild young and crazy' - Hericane Alice, 'Give me all your love' - Masquerade, 'Young & wild and free' - Hotboy, 'One step closer' - Newman, 'Face in the mirror' - PC69, 'Rock n'roll nights' - Roxus, 'I don't wanna be the fool' - Rio, 'Arms of a stranger' - Signal, 'Forever young, - Tyketto... for example. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 10 iconic lead tracks - Motorhead - Ace of Spades Journey - Don't Stop Believin / Separate Ways Asia - Heat of the Moment Survivor - Eye of the Tiger Bon Jovi - Runaway GnR - Welcome to the Jungle Van Halen - Jump Whitesnake - Cryin in the rain Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Howdy Posted October 26, 2017 Report Share Posted October 26, 2017 5 hours ago, Geoff said: What craziness about skipping the first song most the time, lol. Many times I find it one of, if not the best song on an album. Any album worth a grain of christmas beetle turd starts with a ball cracker. Yeah, I am confused by this as well. Any album that does not lead off with one of its best tracks is just asking to be turned off. An opening track is the hook, the rest of the tracks then lead on from that. If the lead track doesn't hook me, then quite often I will just zone out and the rest of the album ends up washing over me. As for picking a list, nah, this would take wayyyyyyy too long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CureTheSane Posted October 27, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 27, 2017 More recently I see the first track as a lead in Some great tracks above though- thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Mr.AOR Posted October 28, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Darkstone Posted October 28, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 Great list Mr.AOR! A couple i hadn't heard before. Thanks for taking the time to post the clips. It must've taken you ages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CureTheSane Posted October 28, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 3 hours ago, Darkstone said: Great list Mr.AOR! A couple i hadn't heard before. Thanks for taking the time to post the clips. It must've taken you ages. Same.Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeorgeRendon Posted October 28, 2017 Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 On 2017-10-26 at 3:34 AM, Geoff said: What craziness about skipping the first song most the time, lol. Many times I find it one of, if not the best song on an album. Any album worth a grain of christmas beetle turd starts with a ball cracker. Agree. When it comes to first song off an album, I always have in mind Illusions by Westworld. Not a single song from that album can come close to that first song. Also, Reaching for the Sun from Break It Up by Hurry Scuary, too is a very strong song that I don't care listening to the rest of the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Darkstone Posted October 28, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 28, 2017 3 hours ago, GeorgeRendon said: This is one example IMO of a killer opening track that's let down by a very poor album. I remember playing this album for the first time, hearing the opener and thinking i was in for a treat with the rest of it, then being hugely disappointed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggy Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 "Faster Than As A Shark" by Accept. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Mr.AOR Posted October 29, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crazysam Posted October 29, 2017 Report Share Posted October 29, 2017 More good recommendations Mr. AOR. Some I'll be adding to my playlists and a few of them I was completely unfamilar with so I plan on checking out those albums. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggy Posted October 30, 2017 Report Share Posted October 30, 2017 After I wrote my last suggestion, I would like to add Angel - The Tower off their debut album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Mr.AOR Posted November 1, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted November 1, 2017 Have the iPod on shuffle this morning and this started playing, cracking first song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Gold Donors Darkstone Posted November 2, 2017 2023 Gold Donors Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 20 hours ago, Mr.AOR said: Have the iPod on shuffle this morning and this started playing, cracking first song... One of my favorite Tony Martin songs. Nice one mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simo Posted November 2, 2017 Report Share Posted November 2, 2017 From De La Cruz ''Good As It Gets'' (off the EP) and ''Street Level'' (off the Street Level album), massive openers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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