Best opening tracks?

Dearly beloved...

 

I heard it recently on something, and can still recite most of those lyrics. Good times. That and F--- Tha Police and Gangsta Gangsta was a triple threat of awesome to start an album.

 

"Do it Again"- Steely Dan debut album "Can't Buy a Thrill"

 

"Fuck Wit Dre Day," Dr. Dre, "The Chronic"
"In the Meantime," Spacehog, "Resident Alien"
"Carolina Blues," Blues Traveler, "Straight on 'til Morning"
"But Anyway," Blues Traveler, "Blues Traveler"

 

Lots on the thread I agree with, so I won't repeat.

Come Fly With Me - Sinatra at the Sands

 

RACK

How about Pearl Jam's "Brain of J" off Yield?

 

Great call. How about "You are a Runner" from Wolf Parade's Apologies to the Queen Mary?

 

'Kill the Poor'
'Bone Machine'

 

I know no one here has ever heard of them but on a group called Nightwish's last record (Dark Passion Play), their opening track "The Poet and the Pendulum" is a 13-minute rock-medal orchestra piece that still blows my mind every time I hear it.

 

"Black Mirror" — Arcade Fire (Neon Bible)

Wait, what's an album?

 

"Rock and Roll Girl" - The Beat, The Beat
"Taxman" - The Beatles, Revolver
"Mr. Tambourine Man" - The Byrds, Mr. Tambourine Man
"Needle in the Camel's Eye" - Brian Eno, Here Come the Warm Jets
"Neat Neat Neat" - The Damned, Damned Damned Damned
"Shake Some Action" - The Flamin' Groovies, Shake Some Action
"Waiting Room" - Fugazi, 13 Songs
"Maggot Brain - Funkadelic, Maggot Brain
"Return of the Grievous Angel" - Gram Parsons, Grievous Angel
"Under the Neptune/Mesh Gear Fox" - Guided By Voices, Propeller
"Just Like Honey" - Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy
"Child's Christmas in Wales" - John Cale, Paris 1919
"Victoria" - The Kinks, Arthur
"Ruckzuck" - Kraftwerk, Kraftwerk 1
"Europe Endless" - Kraftwerk, Trans Europe Express
"Alone Again Or" - Love, Forever Changes
"Roadrunner" - Modern Lovers, Modern Lovers
"Cinnamon Girl" - Neil Young, Everybody Knows This is Nowhere
"Smells Like Teen Spirit" - Nirvana, Nevermind
"Dom Quixote" - Os Mutantes, Mutantes
"Non Alignment Pact" - Pere Ubu, The Modern Dance
"Do It" - Pink Fairies, Never Never Land
"Astronomy Domine" - Pink Floyd, Piper at the Gates of Dawn
"Blitzkrieg Bop" - The Ramones, The Ramones
"Go All the Way" - The Raspberries, The Raspberries
"Rocks Off" - Rolling Stones, Exile on Main St.
"Love is the Drug" - Roxy Music, Siren
"Little Hands" - Skip Spence, Oar
"I Wanna Destroy You" - Soft Boys, Underwater Moonlight
"Teenage Riot" - Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation
"Down on the Street" - The Stooges, Fun House
"Search and Destroy" - The Stooges, Raw Power
"Mambo Sun" - T. Rex, Electric Warrior
"The Concept" - Teenage Fanclub, Bandwagonesque
"See No Evil" - Television, Marquee Moon
"And It Stoned Me" - Van Morrison, Moondance
"Sunday Morning" - Velvet Underground, Velvet Underground & Nico
"Armenia City in the Sky" - The Who, Sell Out
"Making Plans For Nigel" - XTC, Drums and Wires
"Care of Cell 44" - The Zombies, Odessey and Oracle
"Slip Inside This House" - 13th Floor Elevators, Easter Everywhere

 

Wow, forgot about that one. Just a great, great song!