By Steve Newton
Remember how you’d set the needle down on the opening track of a new rock album and the very first tune would just blow you the funk away?
Me too.
Here’s 10 of my fave opening tracks from the ’70s, in alphabetical order.
“(Ain’t Nothin’ But a) House Party” (Bloodshot, J. Geils Band, 1973)
“Barracuda” (Little Queen, Heart, 1977)
“Caught in a Dream” (Love it to Death, Alice Cooper, 1971)
“Draw the Line” (Draw the Line, Aerosmith, 1977)
“Get Out of Denver” (Seven, Bob Seger, 1974)
“Highway Star” (Machine Head, Deep Purple, 1972)
“Jailbreak” (Jailbreak, Thin Lizzy, 1976)
“Long May You Run” (Long May You Run, Stills-Young Band, 1976)
“Once Bitten Twice Shy” (Ian Hunter, Ian Hunter, 1975)
“Rock the Nation” (Montrose, Montrose, 1973)
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