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Originally Posted by Baraka_Guru
I'm sure we're all partial to ours due to sentimental reasons. For me, this opening track is on an album I consider a rock masterpiece. It was the most played album of my high-school days:
Smashing Pumpkins, "Cherub Rock," opening track of Siamese Dream.
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I can only describe this song as "burning." |
Even though I'm not a huge Smashing Pumpkins fan, I do like this song a lot. Mostly because of how they seem to have incorporated what I hear as a pop melody into a hard rock song. It's really cool.
I'm having a hard time coming up with some examples of my own...
I know the first time I heard
Brothers Gonna Work It Out on Public Enemy's
Fear of a Black Planet it was pretty exhilarating.
I love
Sleeping Lessons from The Shins'
Wincing the Night Away.
Airbag from Radiohead's
OK Computer was a very welcome introduction to a long-awaited album.
Big In Japan off of Tom Waits'
Mule Variations was fun and sets you up nice for the rest of the album.
That's about it...I'm sure there's other, better choices that I'm just not thinking of right now.