"The Fox" is a powerhouse opener.

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Plainsong - The Cure/Disintegration (BLISS)
Rusty Cage - Soundgarden/BadMotorFinger (Yes, I think I would like to be punched in the face, thank you very much.
Zoo Station - U2/Achtung Baby (um....wait, wut?)
Woman In Chains - Tears For Fears/The Seeds Of Love
The Mercy Seat - Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds/Tender Prey
Like A Fool - Superchunk/Foolish
Crime Scene Pt.1 - Afghan Whigs/Black Love
The Concept - Teenage Fanclub/Bandwagonesque

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You guys are thinking too preciously. Hearing GTBT for the first time on one's Hi-Fi was a sonically explosive moment that literally changed the world for MANY 15 year old boys at the near-zenith of when music mattered.

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Soccer 1,2,3
Spanish Honor Society 1,2,3,4
Forensics 1,2,3,4

"Smiles with Nostrils"

"...no Hmong, go find some blacks"

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coupl'a other personal favorites that warrant a mention:

Sleigh Bells - "Tell 'Em"
Thinking Fellers Union Local #282 - "My Pal the Tortoise"
Soul Coughing - "Is Chicago, Is Not Chicago"
Peter Gabriel - "Intruder"
MGMT - "Time to Pretend"
The Smiths - "The Queen Is Dead"
Frank Zappa - "Big Swifty" (what if it's the only track on Side 1?)

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You may have a point. But I mean, "Achilles Last Stand" is bombastic even for Zeppelin, and that's saying a lot. I never liked "Immigrant Song". I would have had "Out On The Tiles" as Track 1 on that one.

I'm pretty sure Page ripped the "Communication Breakdown" lick from this one:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C5fYDY3X7KI

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Come to think of it, it's pretty close to the opening of "Anarchy In The U.K too, isn't it?

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"How Many More Times" is my jam.

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"Out on the Tiles" or "Since I've Been Loving You" would both be great openers to that album.

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Gimme Shelter is pretty fucking good.
Maggot Brain too.

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Ooh, yes, both excellent calls.

I'm just going deep on Zeppelin because of this thread. I forgot how much I love "No Quarter" but I'm sure we have to shit on that next.

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Prince, 1999, 1999
Prince, Let's Go Crazy, Purple Rain
The Smiths, The Queen Is Dead, The Queen Is Dead
MBV, Only Shallow, Loveless
Motorhead, Ace of Spades, Ace of Spades
Steely Dan, Bodhisattva, Countdown to Ecstacy
Blur, Girls and Boys, Parklife

Don't get upset because I'm giving you my feelings on Zep songs. They were without a doubt my favorite band all the way through high school. There are still plenty of them that I'll crank, mostly off the first one, Presence or Grafitti. "No Quarter" is interesting and the part where he goes to those heavy chords is awesome, but the effect on Plant's voice is weird. If I have a singer like that, I don't need to process his voice.

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Sorry, I didn't mean to come off so bitchy.

That's a fair point about the processing on his voice.

EDIT: did anyone mention "Debaser" yet?

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"Them Bones" by Alice in Chains (Dirt)
"Plainsong," by The Cure (Disintegration)
"Born in the USA"
"I Am One," by the Smashing Pumpkins (Gish)

+1,000,000

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<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

Stuff not mentioned yet:
"Along Again Or" Love
"Over the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" GBV
"Farewell Transmission" Songs: Ohia
"Hog Callin' Blues" Charles Mingus
"Just Like Honey" JAMC (this was the other one I was surprised wasn't mentioned sooner alongside "Only Shallow" and "Debaser")
"Sunny Side of the Street" The Pogues
"Gun" Uncle Tupelo
"Revelator" Gillian Welch
"In a Big Country" Big Country
"The Classical" The Fall

Hells Bells, Back in Black AC/DC

Yes, there is better music, even better songs on that album, but you asked for one favorite Track 1. That song, that time of my life, that's it.

Welcome to the jungle

6'1"
Kettering
A More Perfect Union

Great post, the first song has got to kick ya in the nuts and grab your attention.


Straight outta Compton
Black Sabbath
When The Man Comes Around

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Badlands - Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town.

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Holiday in the Sun - Nevermind the Bollocks - Sex Pistols
Finest Worksong - Document - REM
Ana Ng - Lincoln - They Might Be Giants
Burnout - Dookie - Green Day
Stinkfist - AEnima - Tool
Wilma's Rainbow - Betty - Helmet
Beetlebum - Blur - Blur
Cecilia Ann - Bossanova - Pixies
Dive - Incesticide - Nirvana
Try - Resigned - Michael Penn
Wouldn't It Be Nice - Pet Sounds - The Beach Boys
Linoleum - Punk in Drublic - NOFX
King of Carrot Flowers Pt. 1 - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea - Neutral Milk Hotel
Seems So - Tone Soul Evolution - Apples in Stereo
Tangled Up in Blue - Blood on the Tracks - Bob Dylan

Tears of Rage -- Music From Big Pink -- The Band
Girl From The North Country ( duet w/J Cash ) -- Nashville Skyline -- Bob Dylan
Dead and Bloated -- Core -- Stone Temple Pilots

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Tom Sawyer - Moving Pictures - Rush
More Than a Feeling - Boston - Boston
Aqualung - Aqualung - Jethro Tull
Funeral For a Friend - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John
Death on Two Legs - A Night at the Opera - Queen

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I agree with all of those but the last.

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Then I will give you:

Carry On Wayward Son - Leftoverture - Kansas

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Where the Streets Have No Name-U2
Rock N Roll Star-Oasis
Bring Da Ruckus- Wu Tang
Wesley's Theory- Kendrick Lamar
Sister Havannah - Urge Overkill
Dark Fantasy- Kanye West
Baba O'Riley- The Who
Straight Outta Compton- N.W.A.
Can't Knock the Hustle- Jay-Z
Julius-Phish
Stayin' Alive- The Bee Gees
Rock and Roll- Led Zeppelin
Dont Stop Til You Get Enough- Michael Jackson
Highway to Hell- AC/DC

Agreed.

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I think it's "Black Dog", isn't it?

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