| Author | Message | ||
     Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 360 Registered: 6-2004 |
Have you even noticed how the first cut on the debut album of really great bands is almost always memorable? It's as if they've been saving the material all their lives for this first opportunity to impress the world and the first cut explodes out of the blocks with great energy. Almost always memorable, even if it doesn't go down in the annals as a "hit". What are your favorite example of this phenomenon? Example: Doors- "Break on Through" | ||
| Brett Weir Citizen Username: Brett_weir Post Number: 1399 Registered: 4-2004  |
Joe R.- That was mine (no joke- I read the thread title and didn't hesitate). | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 362 Registered: 6-2004 |
Come on, more examples. If we can get 30 or 40 of them, it would make a great mix. | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 363 Registered: 6-2004 |
Ok. Maybe the most famous of all time...Beatles..Please Please Me Album-"I saw Her Standing There". Talk about changing the world! | ||
| Buzzsaw Citizen Username: Buzzsaw Post Number: 4307 Registered: 5-2001  |
steely dan - do it again soul coughing - is chicago, is not chicago | ||
| Duncan Supporter Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 6103 Registered: 12-2001  |
One More Time from Joe Jackson Take it Easy from The Eagles | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 364 Registered: 6-2004 |
Keep it Coming. We need to hear from Sbenois. He must be on vacation or he'd be all over this. | ||
| blackcat Citizen Username: Blackcat Post Number: 542 Registered: 6-2001 |
"Hello There" -Cheap Trick "Keep Yourself Alive"-Queen | ||
| Ukealalio Citizen Username: Ukealalio Post Number: 2551 Registered: 6-2003 |
C'mon Everybody from NRBQ's debut. When Terry hits those clavinet chords and Steve Ferguson starts his chicken pickin on guitar, it sounded like Carl Perkins had just blasted off to outer space. XTC-Radio's in Motion- Their debut's nowhere near my favorite but you knew these guys were out to dismantle pop music with this first song. | ||
| Nohero Supporter Username: Nohero Post Number: 5262 Registered: 10-1999  |
"Hey, hey, we're the Monkees" Admit it, you all know that song. | ||
| Hank Zona Supporter Username: Hankzona Post Number: 5382 Registered: 3-2002 |
Precious...Pretenders Welcome To The Working Week...Elvis Costello although Ive always thought the strong song is track 1, side 2 of any album. | ||
| sbenois Supporter Username: Sbenois Post Number: 14837 Registered: 10-2001  |
In my view, the only song that can rival the Beatles in terms of first album cuts is Purple Haze by Hendrix on the US version of the album. In the UK, Jimi's first song was Hey Joe which had been covered by many groups until he sort of took it over. I have a version by The Leaves which is very interesting. But PH is right up there in terms of first cuts. Next up is Good Times Bad Times from Zep's first album. It set the tone for everything else they did for the next 10 years. And I'd strongly recommend tracking down a copy of the Yardbirds doing Dazed and Confused live in 1968- with Keith Relf on vocals. It's amazing to hear how the song was transformed by Plant and Page just a few months later. And equally amazing is how Page totally ripped off the playing guitar with a bow from a guy named Eddie Phillips. How about More Than a Feeling by Boston on their debut album? That album was just a monster in '76. I clearly remember being in school and having some kids say that they'd be bigger than the Beatles. Well for about 6 weeks they were half as big. | ||
| Nohero Supporter Username: Nohero Post Number: 5263 Registered: 10-1999 |
U2 - "I Will Follow" | ||
| Hank Zona Supporter Username: Hankzona Post Number: 5383 Registered: 3-2002 |
Brown Eyed Girl...not from Van Morrison's best LP (Blowin' Your Mind) but a memorable debut... I Will Follow...U2..on "Boy"..still one of my favorite U2 songs Down To The Waterline..Dire Straits..sets a good tone for the entire catalogue Agree with Zep 1...one of the best albums | ||
| Carl Thompson Citizen Username: Topcat Post Number: 195 Registered: 4-2003  |
I'm with Sbenois on Good Times, Bad Times, one of the most kickass rock and roll songs by any artist. I would also add: Mr. Tambourine Man, Byrds Blinded by the Light, Springstien | ||
| Brett Weir Citizen Username: Brett_weir Post Number: 1400 Registered: 4-2004 |
Heat of the Moment- Asia | ||
| sbenois Supporter Username: Sbenois Post Number: 14839 Registered: 10-2001 |
You know, with Van Morrison, I always think of his work with THEM first. I mean if you want to talk about explosive out of the box stuff, just listen their first album. That was one amazing little band. | ||
| Amateur Night Citizen Username: Deborahg Post Number: 1806 Registered: 5-2001  |
XTC -- man, I loved them! Kaiser Chiefs, "I Predict a Riot." | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 1573 Registered: 11-2001 |
The Best of What's Around -- from Dave Matthews Band's Under the Table and Dreaming | ||
| Hank Zona Supporter Username: Hankzona Post Number: 5384 Registered: 3-2002 |
Introduction/Does Anyone Really Know What Time It Is?...Chicago Concrete Jungle...Bob Marley and the Wailers Blitzkrieg Bop...Ramones | ||
| Alleygater Citizen Username: Alleygater Post Number: 1516 Registered: 10-2004 |
What do you want, I'm a child of the 80s. And for the record, I have every one of these tracks on my iPod. And if you look hard enough there is a 60's and 70's band in there somewhere or other. Just so you know, XTC is still making great music. The Violent Femmes - Blister in the Sun The English Beat - Mirror In The Bathroom (Tears of a Clown cover was their earlier single also a classic) The Cure - 10:15 Saturday Night (or Killing an Arab was their earlier single) The Smiths - Reel Around The Fountain (Hand in Glove was their earlier single) Bauhaus - Bela Legosi's Dead Love and Rockets - Ball of Confusion (cover) Roxy Music - Virginia Plain (first single) Brian Eno - Needles In The Camel's Eye The Blue Nile - A Walk Across the Rooftops Velvet Underground - All Tomorrow's Parties" / "I'll Be Your Mirror (single) The Clash - Janie Jones Big Audio Dynamite - Medicine Show R.E.M. - Radio Free Europe Sex Pistols - Holidays in the Sun Depeche Mode - New Life Duran Duran - Girls on Film (still to this day one of TS' favorites) Gang of Four - Ether Joy Division - Disorder New Order - Dreams Never End The Police - Next to You The Pretenders - Precious The Psychadelic Furs - India The B-52s - Planet Claire The Specials - A Message to You Rudy | ||
| The Soulful Mr T Citizen Username: Howardt Post Number: 1711 Registered: 11-2004  |
ess, Dave who? sbenois, I dug THEM, too. Too bad everyting Van has done in the past few years is unmitigated crap, huh? | ||
| Spare_o Supporter Username: Spare_o Post Number: 390 Registered: 9-2003 |
Only a Lad - Oingo Boingo (not actually on their first album but a garage version the KROQ in LA played befeore the band got a record deal to record their first album. I've been searching for it for years but have yet to find it.) | ||
| Parkbench87 Citizen Username: Parkbench87 Post Number: 3925 Registered: 7-2001  |
Are we talking about the first song on Side 1 of an acts first alblum or just the hit song from that first album? The Cars "Let The Good Time Roll" The Police "Roxanne" | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 365 Registered: 6-2004 |
First song on Debut album. Them's the rules! | ||
| Stephanie N. Citizen Username: Stephanie_n Post Number: 5 Registered: 1-2006 |
I love the first four songs from the New Order album to which Alleygater is referring, although my favorite is Chosen Time - the fourth track. The album is Movement - and I think the first one released after Joy Division regrouped as New Order. But as far as their later albums - Regret and Crystal were by far the strongest songs from Republic and Get Ready, and I think were the first tracks for both albums. About ten years ago or so, I requested an early New Order song from a dj in NYC, and he told me that at least I managed to choose a non-cheesy song from one of the cheesiest bands in the world. But since I am a big NO fan (and also a child of the 80s), I guess I love my cheese! | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 366 Registered: 6-2004 |
CSN: "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 367 Registered: 6-2004 |
Beach Boys-"Surfin' Safari" | ||
| dave23 Citizen Username: Dave23 Post Number: 1590 Registered: 5-2001 |
Pink Floyd: Astronomy Domine | ||
| Hank Zona Supporter Username: Hankzona Post Number: 5390 Registered: 3-2002 |
easy choice but one I overlooked last night...Patti Smith "Horses"...Gloria also... Talking Heads...Uh Oh, Love Comes To Town Tom Tom Club...Wordy Rappinghood Modern Lovers...Roadrunner David Byrne...Independence Day | ||
| Duncan Supporter Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 6106 Registered: 12-2001 |
Do It Again--Steely Dan Can't Buy A Thrill Welcome to the Working Week-- Elvis Costello (did i say that already?) New York Mining Disaster-- Bee Gees Shang-a-Lang---Bay City Rollers. BBut I would be horribly remiss if I didn't point this one out...for Sbenois..who already knows Pure and Easy--from Pete Townshends frist solo album Who Came First. | ||
| jet Citizen Username: Jet Post Number: 1076 Registered: 7-2001 |
pink floyd / dark side of the moon / speak to me breath . Coors / forgiven not forgotten. | ||
| jet Citizen Username: Jet Post Number: 1077 Registered: 7-2001 |
G & R / welcome to the jungle. | ||
| jet Citizen Username: Jet Post Number: 1078 Registered: 7-2001 |
sorry scratch the floyd | ||
| Duncan Supporter Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 6109 Registered: 12-2001 |
Bleeker Street --Simon and Garfunkel Wednesday Morning 3A.M. (the first two tracks are covers, so they don't really count...Bleeker Street gives great insight into Simon's poetry even at that young an age (23 when released so how old when written?) | ||
| dawny Citizen Username: Day Post Number: 53 Registered: 11-2003 |
Sbenois, I like you're choice of Good Times Bad Times from Led Zeppelin I. I couldn't quite tell from your post whether you knew that it was also Page in the Yardbirds doing Dazed & Confused live w/ Relf. It was always Page's song; when he performed it w/ the Yardbirds, they called it I'm Confused. Anyway, you're right, the song is completely tranformed by the time he and Plant get through w/ it. Always thought Page's guitar bowing was semi-original. Who's this Eddie Phillips fellow? | ||
| Duncan Supporter Username: Duncanrogers Post Number: 6111 Registered: 12-2001 |
It's a Long Way To The Top When You Want To Rock and Roll---AC/DC Runnin with the Devil---Van Halen | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 368 Registered: 6-2004 |
Chicago Transit Authority-"Introduction/Does Anybody Really KNow What Time it Is?" Blodd Sweat and Tears- "Overture/I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know." | ||
| Joe R. Citizen Username: Ragnatela Post Number: 369 Registered: 6-2004 |
Chicago Transit Authority-"Introduction/Does Anybody Really KNow What Time it Is?" Blood Sweat and Tears- "Overture/I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know." | ||
| ess Citizen Username: Ess Post Number: 1577 Registered: 11-2001 |
"6ft 1 in" from Exile in Guyville, by Liz Phair. Alleygater - excellent list you have there! Mr. T - I only met you once, but I thought for sure you would know Dave Matthews. |
