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Most Edgy, Ballsiest song to open up a Rock album

downtownrobbrowndowntownrobbrown 446 Posts
edited July 2011 in Strut Central
I say I Zimbra by the Talking Heads. It is not even a language just nonsensicle Dadaist poem lyrics.
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  • SoulOnIceSoulOnIce 13,027 Posts
    Angel of Death
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    This shit sounds incredible cranked on a good system:

  • TheKindCromangTheKindCromang 1,463 Posts
    Drop the needle, wait a few seconds, hacking cough, then this
  • strataspherestratasphere Blastin' the Nasty 1,035 Posts
  • RockadelicRockadelic Out Digging 13,993 Posts
    Immigrant Song and both Sabbaths are good calls.

    For me it will always be the first track off Vincebus Eruptum....hearing it for the first time in '68 was a mindblower.

    The fact that it was a hit doesn't diminish it's raw power.

  • RAJRAJ tenacious local 7,782 Posts
    This one comes to mind:

  • Bon VivantBon Vivant The Eye of the Storm 2,018 Posts
    This one took a pair of brass ones, IMO.





    I'll also add Smells Like Teen Spirit. We've all heard that one, so I'm not posting a link.
  • bull_oxbull_ox 5,056 Posts
    Ridiculously over-the-top:

  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
  • vintageinfantsvintageinfants 4,537 Posts
    downtownrobbrown said:
    I say I Zimbra by the Talking Heads. It is not even a language just nonsensicle Dadaist poem lyrics.

    i, bongo player.

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Cosign on "angel of death". Brutal

    Might I add BOCs "The Red and the Black"
    Sleep "Dragonaut" or maybe Stooges "Search and Destroy"?
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Also, if you are going to go Sabbath, none of their LPs opened as large as the 1st one...Shit... thunder, rain and then that fucking riff...had to have been shocking as hell to have heard that with 1970 ears...fuck.
  • DrWuDrWu 4,021 Posts
    Unlike anything else that came before it. You knew you were in for it.




    Also, great left field song choice.

  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    C'mon dude, Coltrane? I don't know anyone who doesn't love him, but he is the furthest thing from rock that I can imagine. Not a left field choice, a more of a WTF choice. It would be like saying "ham" if asked what the best vegetable is.
  • pimlicosquirrelpimlicosquirrel 772 Posts
    Chuck Berry - Liverpool drive
    Dk's - California Uber Alles
    Cro-Mags - We Gotta know
    Motorhead - Motorhead / Ace Of Spades
    Fugazi - Turnover
    Helmet - In The Meantime
    Run DMC - Runs House

  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts

    ok, so the whole side 1 is the opening track, but what an opening and what a scream!
  • Garcia_VegaGarcia_Vega 2,428 Posts
  • The_Hook_UpThe_Hook_Up 8,182 Posts
    Garcia_Vega said:

    not the first track on the LP...the LP's first track is a cover of Ted Taylor's "Ramblin' rose". KOTJ is the 2nd song.
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    mattB said:

    ok, so the whole side 1 is the opening track, but what an opening and what a scream!

    I just copped this about a month ago, a solid side-long listen.
  • Garcia_VegaGarcia_Vega 2,428 Posts
    The_Hook_Up said:
    Garcia_Vega said:

    not the first track on the LP...the LP's first track is a cover of Ted Taylor's "Ramblin' rose". KOTJ is the 2nd song.

    woops, was wondering why it wasn't in this thread
  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts
    Horseleech said:
    mattB said:

    ok, so the whole side 1 is the opening track, but what an opening and what a scream!

    I just copped this about a month ago, a solid side-long listen.
    I hope you didnt rip the obi off....
  • HorseleechHorseleech 3,830 Posts
    mattB said:
    I hope you didnt rip the obi off....

  • BurnsBurns 2,227 Posts
    You are the Government.

  • mattBmattB (FTB) Anywhere 673 Posts
    Horseleech said:
    mattB said:
    I hope you didnt rip the obi off....


  • bluesnagbluesnag 1,285 Posts
    I gotta go RUSH 2112. This is the record they put out just after the company told them they needed some singles, and quit with the epic long songs. They said fuck it and put out an album where Side 1 is a 20 minute song, which fucking rules (I know there are Rush haters on here). They did what they wanted and it totally worked out. Very ballsy.
  • jamesjames chicago 1,863 Posts
    The Pixies' "Debaser" and Suicide's "Ghost Rider" are personal favorites, but they take a minute to reach full freak. And "Blitzkreig Bop" is never as good as I remember.

    Best first song ever is Sly & The Family Stone's "Underdog," but that's not really a rock record.

    So, I'd say "Foxy Lady." It's as heavy and as immediate as anything in this thread, with the added benefit of being not so fucking chaste. Considering that it's very much The American Way to be much more comfortable with the implication of violence than with the implication of sex, leading off with something as erotic--both literally and sonically--as "Foxy Lady" seems to me far more edgy and adventurous than leading off with some angry and/or doomy shit whose balls are mostly just for display purposes.
  • fishmongerfunkfishmongerfunk 4,154 Posts
    "serve the servants" from in utero was kinda ballsy (or a cry for help).
  • mrmatthewmrmatthew 1,575 Posts
    crabmongerfunk said:
    "serve the servants" from in utero was kinda ballsy (or a cry for help).

    thats a good call.
  • OkemOkem 4,617 Posts
    don't know about edgy or ballsy or whatever, but here's a couple of personal favourites..

    any one of these three






    -



    maybe, My Bloody Valentine - Only Shallow

    or, Public Image Ltd - albatross

    Neu - Hallogallo
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