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| duplicatedman |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 10:28:34
Since we now know what the "Best of" set list looks like I thought it would be kind of fun and messageboardie (sure to illicit conversation) to do this exercise. The reason why I though of it is because of some of my choices for this list coincide with "best of" choices.
I know this is unfair and many of you will hate this idea because you love everything he has ever put out. Call it impossible, call it sacrilegious, call it stupid, but that being said I wanna do it.
Rules: Every studio release must have at least 2 songs represented. If there is an album you find flawless you can put only 1 from it but you can only have two "flawless" albums on your list. You can put them chronoligically or in order of least pleasurable (or both), you decide.
Here goes mine.... BTW this was very very hard to do....
(chronologically)
Parry The Wind High, Low
Brackish Boy
Whatever Happened To Pong? (TOTY is my flawless album #1)
The Marsist
The Adventure And The Resolution
Six-Sixty-Six (FB&C is my flawless album #2)
Bad Harmony
You're Such A Wire
Hermaphroditos
Llano Del Rio (Why didn't I say there could be 3 flawless albums? this is a good song!)
The Black Rider
Black Rider
Bartholomew
His Kingly Cave
The Snake
Goodbye Lorraine (Why didn't I say there could be 4 flawless albums? This is a good song!)
(least pleasurable 1st list)
Parry The Wind High, Low
The Black Rider
Black Rider
Bartholomew
Hermaphroditos
The Marsist
Bad Harmony
His Kingly Cave
The Adventure And The Resolution
The Snake
Whatever Happened To Pong?
Brackish Boy
You're Such A Wire
Six-Sixty-Six
Llano Del Rio
Goodbye Lorraine
Just because I put a song on this album doesn't even mean I think it's a bad song. In fact this collection would be pretty cool IMO. However I think most of the songs are at least inferior to the rest of the songs during this time period and a few of them are actually flawed IMO. I will gladly respond to specific questions as to why some of them were included.
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| Carl |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 08:41:28
Yeah, Silver is beautiful, but it gets a relatively surprizing amount of 'meh' off folks! |
| that means soda |
Posted - 04/11/2007 : 00:06:07
c'mon... it's pretty, the way they sing this:
In this land of strangers
There are dangers
There are sorrows
Montreal, October 1st 2002 |
| MajorKey |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 23:50:54
Forgot these were only supposed to be '93-'03. I dissed 6 good songs for nothing! |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 23:37:01
don't feel too bad about it,
i for instance don't get why people don't get Silver
see, it evens out sorta
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| awestruck |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 21:27:34
Ok I listened to Silver all the way through. Still just don't quite get it. I totally did not pay attention to the part about it having to be between 93-03. I will pay closer attention.
btw I must say many of the songs listed, I love.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders |
| MajorKey |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 17:02:48
Okay, there's a gun to my head and a knife to my throat. That's the only reason I'm participating in this thread. But I refuse to call the following songs the "worst" of Frank Black. They are merely the "least best," and even then it's only my humble opinion.
Tossed
Two Spaces
Fiddle Riddle
Bad Wicked World
Punk Rock City
The Adventure and the Resolution
Suffering
Do You Feel Bad About It?
Tiny Heart
I Switched You
Constant Sorrow Man
Angst
Blast Off
Llano Del Rio
True Blue
The Black Rider (#2)
Bartholomew
Heloise
This Old Heartache
The Snake
Violet
Another Velvet Nightmare
Dirty Old Town
My Terrible Ways
Test Pilot Blues
She Took All The Money
And the above list of songs is still better than most ordinary artist's greatest hits.
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| Waiting for Godot |
Posted - 04/10/2007 : 00:42:40
This makes my 'Worst of forum.frankblack.net' list.
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| darwin |
Posted - 04/09/2007 : 00:49:42
quote:
Originally posted by Brackish Heart
St Francis Damn Disaster
Wow |
| Brackish Heart |
Posted - 04/08/2007 : 23:19:53
Hang onto your Ego
Everytime I Go Around Here
Fazer Eyes
The Hostest With The Mostest
Dance War
The Cult of Ray
666
The Man Who Was Too Loud
I Switched You (Flawless #1)
St Francis Damn Disaster
The Swimmer
The Black Rider(s)
The Farewell Bend
Fields of Marigold
Velvety
Coastline (Flawless #2)
defunct bootlist : http://www.geocities.com/ozbooter/ |
| Don Eduardo |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 23:41:24
Hang On To Your Ego
Two Spaces
Vanishing Spies (flawless #1)
Punk Rock City
I Dont Want To Hurt You
Do You Feel Bad Avout It
666
Tiny Heart (flawless #2)
Hermaphroditos
I See Your Picture
Are You Headed My Way
Fields Of Marigold
Farewell Bend
21 Reasons
Horrible Day
Manitoba |
| coastline |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 17:07:34
Horrible Day? Have you no decency, sir?
 Please pardon me, for these my wrongs. |
| PixieSteve |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 17:01:50
Hang On To Your Ego
Brackish Boy
Vanishing Spies (TOTY flawless)
I Don't Wanna Hurt You (Every Single Time)
Creature Crawling
Six-Sixty-Six
The Man Who Was Too Loud
Skeleton Man
85 Weeks
Hermaphroditos
Llano Del Rio
Velvety
Are You Headed My Way?
Southend Bevy
Valentine and Garuda
Horrible Day
Goodbye Lorraine
"After coming into contact with a religious man I always feel I must wash my hands." - Friedrich Nietzsche |
| fbc |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 11:38:19
I find this really interesting. There are certain songs mentioned again and again that I regularly champion from the rooftops. Yet there regarded by others as the worst track. You gotta laugh, beckett.
I tried to make my list a few days ago but by the time I got to Pistolero I had three flawless records so I gave up rather than break rules, and I'm most definate my list would have included someone's favourite or two.
I'm going to try again soon. I see it as some kind of therapy. Facing my demons and all that. |
| beckett trance |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 10:33:18
You guys are killing me! IT'S A MADHOUSE!!! A MADHOUSE!!!!!!!!!!
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| The Guy From Wonderland |
Posted - 04/07/2007 : 07:05:09
Every Time I Go Around Here
Hang On To Your Ego
The Vanishing Spies
Fazer Eyes
Punk Rock City (my least favorite fb song)
The Adventure and The Resolution
King And Queen Of Siam
Solid Gold
So Hard To Make Things Out(flawless)
Blast Off
Dog In The Sand
Black Rider
1826
His Kingly Cave
The Scene
This Old Heartache
Manitoba
You Ain't Me |
| tisasawath |
Posted - 04/06/2007 : 02:02:31
there must be something wrong with the forum software, some posts here were clearly posted in the wrong thread
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| Jefrey |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 14:38:59
Traitors! Evil Thread!
I would listen to some of these "worst" lists. I think some of them are pretty good mixes!
I refuse to participate in this vileness.
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| mr.biscuitdoughhead |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 13:08:32
quote:
Originally posted by awestruck
Ok. So I am really new to Frank Black, but... I like (almost) all the songs I have heard. Everyday I have a different favorite. I guess it depends upon my mood. The only song I can't seem to listen to all the way through and I just don't get is Silver on Doolittle. I find it interesting this song does not appear on any of the lists. I looked for it. Maybe I am misunderstanding this thread...
Since I have not heard everything he has done, I can't compile a list.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders
I don't get Silver either.
It's not on anyone's list 'cause it's 93-03, and Doolittle was in 89, right?
I can't really make a list, it's too hard and I still don't have COR or Pistolero, but a few songs I would probably include would be:
Hang on to Your Ego
1826
Lone Child
Solid Gold
Llano Del Rio
purple lambchops |
| darwin |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 10:43:57
quote:
Originally posted by SPEEDYMARIEGONZALES
HOW CAN YOU PUT ANY SONG FROM TOTY ON THIS LIST
1) By the rules you have to
2) There are 22 songs |
| mikaelp75 |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 07:42:11
Here we go; Oddballs, Snake Oil & One More Road For The Hit tracks in parentheses.
Chronologically, I think:
Brackish Boy
Fu Manchu
Fazer Eyes
I Could Stay Here Forever
Punk Rock City
Dance War
(Hate Me - much prefer the solo version from The Beat)
(You Never Heard About Me)
King And Queen Of Siam
Six-Sixty-Six (the KB version, on the other hand...)
Tiny Heart
85 Weeks
Llano Del Rio (only for the Llano, Llano line)
Stupid Me (as close to flawless as it gets)
(Angst)
(Constant Sorrow Man)
(Sleep)
Whispering Weeds
The Black Rider 2
Are You Headed My Way? - otherwise flawless album #1
Jaina Blues - otherwise flawless album #2
(Take What You Want)
bonus:
I Burn Today (great lyrics but I find the tune grating)
Lone Child
Dirty Old Town (overfamiliar)
Golden Shore
Demon Girl
All Around The World |
| 2Strings |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 05:40:25
quote:
Originally posted by duplicatedman
This is truly fascinating!
If we were to do this exercise with just about any other artist our choices wouldn't be anywhere near as diverse.
I think this is a true testiment to how complex the man's music truly is.
Absolutely, this is something that has really surprised me since signing up here, everyone digs totally different aspects of Franks music.
**I will try to compile a list later tonight and edit it into this post, i don't have the correct frame of mind for it right now** |
| duplicatedman |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 05:14:41
This is truly fascinating!
If we were to do this exercise with just about any other artist our choices wouldn't be anywhere near as diverse.
I think this is a true testiment to how complex the man's music truly is.
When I came up with the idea I thought it was going to be way easier than it was. Having gone through the process gave me a greater appreciation for some albums I formerly had a somewhat lower opinion of than I really should have. I actually changed the rules half way through doing my list (at 1st I had stated you could only have 1 flawless album) because I simply couldn't put 2 songs from TOTY and FB&C, it would be like naming my favorite children.
I'm really shocked at some of the songs that are on some of your lists. All my absolute favorites are represented on one list or another.
After this thread runs for a little while I'll compile our lists! (it's going to be a long one) |
| Frog in the Sand |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 03:22:41
"14 songs for the deaf and the masochist"
carefully selected by FITS
Punk Rock City
Kicked in the Taco
Dance War
Solid Gold
Steak 'n' Sabre
Suffering
I Switched You
Tiny Heart
I Love Your Brain
I Want Rock and Roll
The Black Rider 2
The Scene
Violet
Highway to Lowdown
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| Scarla O |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 01:53:33
1. tossed
2. brackish boy
3. ole mulholland
4. fiddle riddle
5. the adventure and the resolution
6. the creature crawling
7. dog gone
8. do you feel bad about it?
9. tiny heart
10. i want rock & roll
11. if it takes all night
12. stupid me
13. 1826
14. true blue
15. are you headed my way?
16. this old heartache
17. dark end of the street
18. go find your saint
19. highway to lowdown
20. end of summer |
| cassandra is |
Posted - 04/05/2007 : 00:23:22
quote:
Originally posted by The Holiday Son
quote:
Originally posted by cassandra is
Adda Lee
Don't Ya Rile 'em
The Last Stand Of Shazeb Andleeb
Suffering
Velvety
"You're out of your fucking mind."
C'mon man, make your list! we'll argue after that
pas de bras pas de chocolat |
| darwin |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 23:19:22
Here we go:
Hang On To Your Ego (FB flawless #1)
The Hostess With The Mostest
Pure Denizen Of The Citizens Band
Mosh, Don't Pass The Guy
Kicked In The Taco
King & Queen Of Siam
Back To Rome
Tiny Heart
Bad Harmony
The Swimmer (DITS flawless #2)
1826
The Black Rider
Velvety
Out Of State
Jaina Blues
The Snake
Bonus (because they're easier)
Violet
Song Of The Shrimp
Kiss My Ring
End of Summer |
| darwin |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 21:45:16
quote:
Originally posted by Rico Ricardo
I'm pretty new to Frank Black myself... but I like most of it, my favourite albums are probably Honeycomb and Pistolero, my least favourite songs would be...
back to rome
Bartholomew
six sixty six
Black Rider
Llano Del Rio
Hang on to your ego
blah, I can't stick to these rules... but there you go.
Half of those are covers, so I guess you're doing alright in that regard. But, the 3 that aren't are great songs.
However, you didn't put Big Red, which puts you WAY ahead of some people on this forum.
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| Rico Ricardo |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 20:44:27
I'm pretty new to Frank Black myself... but I like most of it, my favourite albums are probably Honeycomb and Pistolero, my least favourite songs would be...
back to rome
Bartholomew
six sixty six
Black Rider
Llano Del Rio
Hang on to your ego
blah, I can't stick to these rules... but there you go.
Live and let live |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 19:45:17
Silver? I guess why there is freedom to choose.
bluefinger |
| awestruck |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 19:31:53
Thank God I am not the only one. I felt like a traitor or something.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders |
| danjersey |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 19:05:33
yeah silver is a stinker( have i got a song on doolittle? no.)
you're not new with 75 posts.
you're hook line and sinker.
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| awestruck |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 18:51:18
Ok. So I am really new to Frank Black, but... I like (almost) all the songs I have heard. Everyday I have a different favorite. I guess it depends upon my mood. The only song I can't seem to listen to all the way through and I just don't get is Silver on Doolittle. I find it interesting this song does not appear on any of the lists. I looked for it. Maybe I am misunderstanding this thread...
Since I have not heard everything he has done, I can't compile a list.
Favorite Quote: awestruck is a she, she's a she. -trobrianders |
| IceCream |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 18:49:00
Once again, Denis is correct. Parry the Wind is his most complex and intellectually challenging song to date. |
| Daisy Girl |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 18:36:29
my vote is that there is no worst. I am really suprised by many of the songs showing up, including 1826!
bluefinger |
| The Marsist |
Posted - 04/04/2007 : 15:31:26
its strange to see these vastly differing opinions on many of what i consider classics. but thats just frank i guess
Art is the child of Nature; yes, her darling child, in whom we trace the features of the mother's face, her aspect and her attitude.
-Beck
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