That might be mine too, kind of sad that it's only like 90 seconds long. That's the song that probably convinced Billy Corgan to pick up the guitar.
One's I don't think have been mentioned yet and are currently in my work Winamp playlist: Audioslave - Audioslave - Cochise G 'n R - Use Your Illusion II - Civil War Incubus - Morning View - Nice To Know You Lenny Kravitz - Circus - Rock n Roll Is Dead Prodigy - The Fat of the Land - Smack My b**** Up Stone Temple Pilots - Core - Dead & Bloated Megadeth - Rust In Peace - Holy Wars...The Punishment Due
i actually saw head east live, back in the day, summer of '75 i think, at the mississippi river festival at SIU. we'd gone to see Blood, Sweat and Tears, and head east warmed up. it was an extremely mellow crowd and despite the band's best efforts to "get yourself up!" and dance, the audience just sat on its collective hands. i, on the other hand, thought they rawked, and looked for their album for about a year. finally found it at peaches in atlanta. what a great store that was in its heyday! when i got to college, i worked for awhile at the peaches in memphis. i always loved the hand painted album covers!
My fave I guess is probably the title track from "The Great Southern Trendkill." Man does it set up the album nicely.
First time I heard that song was during the original teen-rebellion flick Over The Edge. I immediately snuck into my big sisters room, rummaged through her record collection and I've loved Cheap Trick ever since. Not to mention Over The Edge.
movin' out - billy joel - the stranger we dont care - kanye west - college dropout mean streets - van halen - fair warning
So many good ones already picked. Here is a couple different choices. Jawbreaker - Unfun - Want Nofx - Punk in Drublic - Linoleum Bad Religion - Against the Grain - Modern Man Bad Religion - We're Only Gonna Die - 80/85 Hatebreed - Satisfaction Is The Death of Desire - Empty Promises Reverend Horton Heat - Liquor in the Front - Big Sky Little Richard - Greatest Songs - Long Tall Sally
Do you know how this song came to be? The album opens with "Hello There," a tune born of countless hapless gigs performed without a sound check. On the road, Cheap Trick would gauge equipment levels for each instrument with this song, as voice, guitar, bass and drums drop in one by one. In that respect, the tune evokes the Sweet's glam-rock classic "Ballroom Blitz" or Sly Stone's "Dance To the Music." In the space of a minute and a half, Zander turns the question "Are you ready to rock?" from an invitation into a demand. http://www.cheaptrick.com/ctalbum2.html
"Baba O' Riley"- Who's Next-The Who "Sympathy for the Devil"-Beggars Banquet-Rolling Stones "Cochise'-Audioslave-Audioslave "Black Dog"-IV-Led Zeppelin "My Name is Jonas"-Blue Album-Weezer
Among those not mentioned: "The District Sleeps Alone Tonight" -- The Postal Service -- Give Up "Dig Me Out" -- Sleater-Kinney -- Dig Me Out "Fight Test" -- The Flaming Lips -- Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots "Hummingbirds" -- Venus Hum -- Big Beautiful Sky "6'1"" -- Liz Phair -- Exile in Guyville "Sultans of Swing" -- Dire Straits -- Money for Nothing (probably shouldn't count, since it's track 6 on Dire Straits) Among those mentioned: "2+2=5", "Airbag", "Drive", "Sunday Bloody Sunday".
I looked away - Layla and other assorted love songs IOU - Pleased to meet Me Holiday in the sun - Never mind the bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols Funeral for a friend/Love lies bleeding - Goodbye Yellow brick road Gimme Shelter - Let It Bleed No Action - This Year's Model (I had my speakers cranked up when I first played it and it literally made me jump like a cat) Let's Go Crazy - Purple Rain Few of the slow track ones would be : Tears of Rage - Music from the big pink Thunder Road - Born to Run
some more: Please Forgive Me - David Gray, White Ladder Steve McQueen - Sheryl Crow, C'mon C'mon Hard Candy - Counting Crows, Hard Candy Underwater - Midnight Oil, Breathe Radio Song - REM, Out Of Time
How could i leave out the album that kicked off my obesssion with LPs? Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young: Carry On from Deja Vu ...and then there was the little blonde haired girl who turned me on to it...
We should start a thread on best album closers, because "49 Bye-Byes" off their first LP is as good as it gets.
