Favourite album opener?

Started by KingOfSomeIsland, March 03, 2007, 16:54:44

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what is the best opening song for an album?

10:15 Saturday Night
1 (1.5%)
The Holy Hour
2 (2.9%)
One Hundred Years
4 (5.9%)
Shake Dog Shake
5 (7.4%)
In Between Days
0 (0%)
The Kiss
10 (14.7%)
Plainsong
27 (39.7%)
Open
10 (14.7%)
Want
6 (8.8%)
Out Of This World
1 (1.5%)
Lost
2 (2.9%)

Total Members Voted: 68

KingOfSomeIsland

Im gonna go for Plainsong even though i really love Open and Shake Dog Shake alot too

Matti

#1
That's a hard one... I'd almost go for Plainsong as well, but there is still the memory of Want twelve years ago at the festivals in '95 with the long looped intro and the guys getting on stage through a lot of fog. I guess that's one of my favourite Cure live memories (and the first one), so I'll have to sleep over that again.

Edit: I've gone for Want (having just watched the Rio 1996 DVD...)
and we close our eyes to sleep
to dream a boy and girl
who dream the world is nothing but a dream

Sussex

I go for Open!!

Really bring a good start! :smth023
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Bloodflower

Plainsong, though The Cure has always been very strong with openers. They haven't had a bad one -- at least not yet!
Another Curefan for The Dark Christmas album.

japanesebaby

QuoteQuestion:  what is the best opening song for an album/concert

to me album openers should be a separate concept from concert openers.
besides, on many tours live shows had an opener before the opening song itself: eyemou, tape, samuel barber's adagio... hmm, carnage visors...
and if we're talking about opening songs in live shows, the list is longer anyway: in '80 'seventeen seconds' was a regular opener, on pornography tour they opened with 'the figurehead', lots of later head tour shows opened with 'the baby screams' etc. - not to mentione all the more temporary choices they've had over the years.
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plainsong might be the greatest opener ever... but not the best choice at all times, it does depend on the rest of the set list.
but personally i wouldn't mind it either, hearing them opening with something like 'the baby screams' once again!
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gioez

Plainsong (100 years second choice)
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psychophysio

That was really tough - I voted for 'Open', second choice 'The Kiss'. Want was great as a live opening track too

strange_day

Want........one of my favourites  8)

charlotte sometimes


lostflower4

Want from Perth 2000 came up on my playlist a while ago, and it really blew me away. :shock:

So that's my pick, at least for now. :smth001

figurehead

'Is It Always Like This?'

splitmilk34

"The Kiss"... especially live.  That song is always incredible, and it really shows off Robert's chops.
"... sleeping less every night"

jalt


Tof

THE KISS is a great powerful opening !!!
Tof