Companion thread...songs that SHOULD'VE opened an album

chiliD · #1 08-26-2004, 05:27 PM

In the other thread, we picked our favorite album openers...now, name what you think SHOULD've opened the album on the albums you didn't care for the actual opener.

Mine:

Future Games- Sands Of Time

Rumours - The Chain (Well, actually, they just should've flip-flopped the sides...side 1 should've been side 2 & vice versa...that way "Songbird" would've closed the album)

Tusk - Honey Hi

Behind The Mask-In The Back Of My Mind

Time - I Do

Say You Will - Say You Will

**jbrownsjr** · #2 08-26-2004, 05:58 PM

Mirage - Hold Me
Tusk - Sisters of the Moon
Future Games - Morning Rain
Say You Will - Anything but "What's the World" that song blows
Rumours - The Chain

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BTM - In the Back of My Mind (u guys are absolutely right (for once))undefined

It's amazing how the running order of an album can change your perceptions of the album. To me Over and Over is too boring to be an album opener.

Johnny Stew · #3 08-26-2004, 06:31 PM

Rumours: "The Chain"
Tusk: "Tusk"
Mirage: "Hold Me"
Behind The Mask: "In The Back Of My Mind"

All of the other albums have pretty good openers... they either properly set the mood, or just kick-start things in a great way.

jwys_soapbox · #4 08-26-2004, 08:01 PM

Sticking to works Lindsey participated in since those are may favs...

Fleetwood Mac: "World Turning" Would have unknowingly been such a good introduction to all the soap opera stuff to come with the new line-up.

Rumours: "The Chain" The one true band song. Also ties together the theme of disintegration that haunts so much of this album.

Tusk: "Tusk" Aside from being the title track, it also hints at the difference in sound, compared to the previous albums, the listener was about to hear while still sounding somewhat FMish (the harmony vox)

Mirage: "Can't Go Back" Since this album was an effort by elements in the band to go back to the Rumours sound, this song would be a good opener

Tango: Perfect the way it it. A cymbol fades in and then the hypnotic riff, ending with an orgasmic finale that segues (?) well into the mid-tempo afterglow of Seven Wonders

Say You Will: Fine the way it is.

John

rezamatic · #5 08-26-2004, 09:35 PM

White album: Say You Love Me, then go into Monday Morning.

Rumours: I agree with The Chain. It means more than it did at the time, I think, which is why they always open with it. Otherwise SHN is a fun opener.

Tusk: I've thought this over for a while. I just don't see can open that damn album! It's like a stream of consciousness... I do like Over & Over. It just starts you off on your ride with that album of insane-Lindsey-to-soft-Christine/Stevie-and-back and brings you right back to it with Never Forget in the end. ... if anything else maybe Sisters of the Moon? Neat start.

Say You Will: I like WTWCT as opener, but I think that with that, Murrow and Illume as the first three it's a little bit of a political overload. I think it'd be good to open with WTWCT, go to Say You Will, then maybe Miranda.

On a side note - I miss the days of two-sided albums. It was neat to have 2 openers/closers. You'd want to finish side 1 off with a slow song or maybe a really impactful one, and then kick off side 2 with a great upbeat track. With Say You Will, it'd be neat to hear "Come" or "Everybody Finds Out" as an opener for a second side.

Vianna · #6 08-26-2004, 10:01 PM

Some of these albums I don't really disagree with what they used but

Rumours: should have opened with The Chain
Tusk: should have opened with Tusk
Tango: ok as is
BTM: ok as is
SYW: Say You Will