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Best Opening Song

Unread post by onemoredrink » Fri Mar 14, 2003 4:35 pm

Whats the best song to open a concert. Don't Drink the Water seems to be a favorite. Also Drive In Drive Out, Warehouse, #41, The Stone or Pantala Naga Pampa leading into Rapunzel. Recently alot of new songs like Grey Street or Captain will start of. Whats your favorite?

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Unread post by Speenis » Fri Mar 14, 2003 6:47 pm

The Stone is one of my favs, but I don't think its that great of an opener. Just my opinion. Same thing kinda applies to WH and DIDO. They are pretty aggresive for openers. I kinda like a poppy song. Like one of their singles is a good opener.
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Unread post by jpittman » Fri Mar 14, 2003 6:57 pm

There is no better opener than DDTW.

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Unread post by KevinGTArch » Fri Mar 14, 2003 8:03 pm

Seek Up...it's completely classic!

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Unread post by QuattroDore » Fri Mar 14, 2003 9:50 pm

Warehouse, Stop Time Intro. I love listening to the crowd go nuts during the pause.
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Unread post by Brock » Sat Mar 15, 2003 1:35 am

I prefer Warehouse later in the setlist (towards the encore but not in it). My favorite opener is What You Are.
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Unread post by IronMike778 » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:39 am

I think Grey Street is a great opener...nothing like getting the crowd into in with a bang.

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Unread post by jpittman » Sat Mar 15, 2003 11:51 am

I'd like to amend my post a tad. While DDTW is the best opener I've ever heard, I think my most preferred opener of the whole catalog would be BOWA (I don't know if it's ever been played as an opener).

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Unread post by dmbfan111 » Sat Mar 15, 2003 2:23 pm

crush..cuz he did it in atl and it was great

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Unread post by spencey » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:40 pm

I think so right would be a pretty cool opener... never heard it as one though...... But I think Pantala Naga Pampa is a great opener... just those lyrics.. kinda takes you away from the world and its just you and the band for a couple of hours.

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Unread post by mbgreen » Sat Mar 15, 2003 7:55 pm

somethin upbeat. I actually like when they open with smts. Its a staple that gets people movin, gets the flow going. But I would have to agree that the ultimate opener is Seek Up. (BTW-no show can even pretend be "the best show ever" unless seek up is played at some point. That is all.)
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Unread post by dmfollower » Sat Mar 15, 2003 8:02 pm

i have to agree that seek up is an awesome opener, as well as best of whats around but like BigSpeen3436 said i think its good to open a show with a single because while its an awesome song its still played way to much but you know their gonna play it sometime in the show so they might as well open with it cause eveyone's gonna sing together to it. so i think too much is a good opener. :P
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Unread post by Brock » Sun Mar 16, 2003 1:06 am

I've been listening to a lot of gorge lately, and everytime i listen i am just completely floored by night 2... so my second vote is:

pnp --> rapunzel (--> grey street)
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Unread post by Xoosh » Sun Mar 16, 2003 2:58 am

best of whats around... totally
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Unread post by spencey » Sun Mar 16, 2003 3:55 am

They should open up with Smells like Teen Spirit 8)

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