Comments on: Track Two

By: Frank Jania

Frank Jania — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:28:13 +0000

I’m away from my MacBook for a few days, or I’d try track 3. When I was in high school I had a similar conversation with some friends (yes, the same group that I played Dungeons & Dragons with – wanna’ make something of it?) and we agreed that track 3 was the highlight track.

I checked it out on Google (as superficially as possible, of course) and this guy agrees with track 3: http://geek.focalcurve.com/archive/2006/05/track-3/

By: Darren

Darren — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:09:46 +0000

What do you think is the best opening to album? I think I’d be obvious and go for Rock ‘N’ Roll Star, on Definitely Maybe.

By: Guy Parsons

Guy Parsons — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 21:23:01 +0000

You’ll also end up with winners where Track One serves as a preface, warm-up or introduction, and then Track Two is the really punchy opener to the album proper, which you can then squint at with your ears to reperceive as A Grower :-)

By: Roo

Roo — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:05:42 +0000

I spotted that too, though I wondered if its intended use was for TV shows rather than specifying whether it’s a summer or a winter song. :-)

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 20:01:17 +0000

You got me tinkering with the iTunes Smart playlist thing now. Did you know it has a season attribute? I don’t have a single song with the season attribute set though. I’m going to have to fix that.

By: Roo

Roo — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:35:26 +0000

@Darren: Some good counter examples. I shall have to try a ‘track nine’ playlist too. (Now you mention it, I seem to remember my brother having the same theory about track five too. I’ll have to ask him.)

@Arthur: Ooh. Was this ‘track two’ theory actually something we concocted together while sharing lifts to work once?

By: Arthur

Arthur — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 19:19:54 +0000

I completely agree. Here’s some more evidence:

* Radiohead – Creep (Pablo Honey)
* Beatles – Eleanor Rigby (Revolver)
* Evanescence – Bring Me To Life (Fallen)
* Kate Walsh – Talk Of The Town (Tim’s House)
* Rage Against The Machine – Killing In The Name (Rage Against The Machine)

By: Darren

Darren — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 18:57:35 +0000

Wow! This is really interesting to read as we had a lunchtime conversation about this a few years ago. I think it was pre-roo days. My theory was that track 9 was always the highlight. I didn’t have an idea as to why.

Evidence:
* Cranberries – Still Can’t
* Faithless – Insomnia
* Radiohead – Bullet Proof… I Wish I Was
* James – Destiny Calling
* Ben Folds – Brick

And the one that really clinches it. Wham! Rap