Name These Tunes: Opening Tracks

Apr 2

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This edition of “Name These Tunes” feature the beginnings of songs that are opening tracks on albums. There are 17 songs. Have fun.

http://strangepulse.com/audio/player.swf

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Posted on April 2, 2009, in Music. Bookmark the permalink. 19 Comments.

  1. Laura | April 2, 2009 at 9:36 am

    #5: the who – baba o’reilly
    #6: violent femmes – blister in the sun
    #14: band of horses – is there a ghost

  2. Brian V | April 2, 2009 at 9:40 am

    1. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
    2. The Waterboys?
    3. The Cure?
    4. Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac
    5. Baba O’Riley – The Who
    6. Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
    7. Enter Sandman – Metallica
    8. Rhymin’ & Stealin’ – Beastie Boys
    9. Girls on Film – Duran Duran
    10. ?
    11. Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
    12. ?
    13. ?
    14. Band of Horses?
    15. ?
    16. Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
    17. The Song Remains the Same – Led Zeppelin

    Looks like I knew about half of them. The ones with an artist name followed by a question mark are guesses.

  3. Last Lemming | April 2, 2009 at 9:41 am

    I only counted sixteen songs, so my numbering is likely to be messed up.

    #4 (the one before Baba O’Reilly) Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac

    #16 (the second to the last one) Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes

  4. Geoff J | April 2, 2009 at 9:43 am

    1 Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
    2 ? – Decemberists
    3 In Between Days – The Cure
    4 Second Hand News – Fleetwood Mac
    5 Baba O’Reily – The Who
    6 Blister in the Sun – Violent Femmes
    7 Sandman(?) – Metallica
    8
    9 Girls on Film – Duran Duran
    10
    11 Let’s God Crazy – Prince
    12 Politik – Coldplay
    13 Fergalicious – Fergie
    14
    15
    16 Owner of a Lonely Heart – Yes
    17 ? – Rush?

  5. John C. | April 2, 2009 at 9:45 am

    Ya’ll got most of the ones i knew already, but the one before owner of a lonely heart is the Ya Ya Song by the Flaming Lips.

  6. Geoff J | April 2, 2009 at 9:45 am

    BTW — this is the best KB game ever. I’m glad you brought it back Susan.

  7. Brock | April 2, 2009 at 9:47 am

    1 – Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
    2 – The Crane Wife – The Decemberists
    3 – In Between Days – The Cure
    5 – ? – The Who
    6 – Blister in the Sun – The Violent Femmes
    7 – Enter Sandman – Metallica
    9 – Girls on Film – Duran Duran
    11 – Politik – Coldplay
    14 – Is there a ghost – Band of Horses
    16 – Owner of a Lonely Heart – ?

  8. Supergenius | April 2, 2009 at 10:45 am

    1 – Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
    2 – The Crane Wife – The Decemberists
    3 – In Between Days – The Cure
    4 – ? Fleetwood Mac
    5 – Baba O’Riley – The Who
    6 – Blister in the Sun – The Violent Femmes
    7 – Enter Sandman – Metallica
    8 – Rhymin’ & Stealin’ – Beastie Boys
    9 – Girls on Film – Duran Duran
    10 – ??
    11 – Let’s Go Crazy – Prince
    12 – Politik – Coldplay
    13 – ?
    14 – Is there a Ghost – Band of Horses
    15 – ya ya ya ya – Flaming Lips
    16 – Owner of a Lonely Heart – ?
    17 – Song Remains the Same – Led Zeppelin

  9. Tim J | April 2, 2009 at 10:47 am

    12 is Coldplay, God Put a SMile Upon Your Face.

  10. a random John | April 2, 2009 at 12:09 pm

    1. Sunday Bloody Sunday – U2
    2.
    3. ??? – The Cure
    4. Secondhand Blues – Fleetwood Mac
    5. Baba O’Riley – The Who
    6. Blister in the Sun – The Violent Femmes
    7. Enter Sandman – Metallica
    8. Some remixed version of When the Levee Breaks – so not Zep?
    9.
    10.
    11.
    12.
    13.
    14.
    15.
    16. Owner of a Loney Heart – Yes
    17. The Song Remains the Same – Zep

  11. a random John | April 2, 2009 at 12:10 pm

    One can easily guess which decade my musical taste falls into by looking at my answers.

  12. MCQ | April 2, 2009 at 9:36 pm

    1. U2-Sunday bloody Sunday
    2. Decembrists-Cranes Wife
    3. The Cure-In Between Days
    4. Fleetwood Mac-Second Hand News
    5. The Who-Baba O’Riley
    6. Violent Femmes-Blister In The Sun
    7. Metallica-Enter Sandman
    8. Beastie Boys-Rhymin’ & Stealin’
    9. Duran Duran-Girls On Film
    10. Kings of Leon-Closer
    11. Prince-Let’s Go Crazy
    12. Coldplay-Politik
    13. Fergie-Fergalicious
    14. Band of Horses-Is There A Ghost
    15. Flaming Lips-Ya Ya
    16. Yes-Owner of a Lonely Heart
    17. Led Zeppelin-Song Remains the Same

  13. MCQ | April 2, 2009 at 9:37 pm

    This was a very cool game Susan! Thanks for putting the Kings in there!!!! (Still my favorite album)

  14. Susan M | April 3, 2009 at 7:59 am

    MCQ got them all right.

  15. Susan M | April 3, 2009 at 8:04 am

    Oh, and it was actually the KoL song that inspired me to do it. Great opening track with a great opening sound.

  16. danithew | April 3, 2009 at 12:42 pm

    I recognized the songs from the following bands:

    U2 / The Cure / The Who / Metallica / Beastie Boys / Prince / Yes / Led Zeppelin

    Failed the rest.

    That Beastie Boys had me goin’ for a second there – I was thrilled to hear the opening beats of “When the Levee Breaks” and then suddenly there was that rap swipe sound. I think that one sound is all the Beastie Boys deserve credit for – the rest goes to John Bonham’s drumming and the record producer who captured that sound.

    The wikipedia entry for “When the Levee Breaks” says the following about that drum recording:

    According to Page, the song’s structure “was a riff that I’d been working on, but Bonzo’s drum sound really makes a difference on that point.”[4] The famous drum performance was recorded by engineer Andy Johns by placing Bonham and a new drumkit at the bottom of a stairwell at Headley Grange, and recording it using two Beyerdynamic M160 microphones at the top, giving the distinctive resonant but slightly muffled sound.[5][6] Back in the Rolling Stones’ mobile studio, Johns compressed the drum sound through two channels and added echo through guitarist Jimmy Page’s Binson echo unit.[3] The performance was made on a brand new drum kit that had only just been delivered from the factory.[3] The drum break has long been popular in hip hop and dance music circles for its “heavy” sound, and has been sampled for many tracks.[7] At one time the remaining band members took legal action against Beastie Boys for their use of this drum sample on “Rhymin & Stealin” from Licensed to Ill.

  17. Brian V | April 3, 2009 at 7:46 pm

    Yeah, but When the Levee Breaks is not an album opener…

  18. MCQ | April 3, 2009 at 10:08 pm

    Geez, danithew, I know it’s hard to deal with being wrong, but just let it go man…

  19. danithew | April 4, 2009 at 7:48 am

    MCQ, you mean the tracks I didn’t recognize?

    I’m okay with that.

    I just have an obsession with When the Levee Breaks. I love that song.

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