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JRauch
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Top 10 best song Brian wrote post- 1980
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December 30, 2005, 08:54:48 AM »
Ok, what are your favourite five solo-songs by Brian? And to make it a little harder, SMiLE doesn´t count.
Mine are:
- Love And Mercy
- Rio Grande
- Lay Down Burden
- The Waltz
- Christmasey
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December 30, 2005, 08:56:55 AM »
Love and Mercy
Melt Away
Rio Grande
Lay Down Burden
Fairy Tale
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the captain
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December 30, 2005, 09:00:58 AM »
Lay Down Burden (preferably a live version, not the Imagination recording)
How Can We Still Be Dancing (live, with Brian singing instead of Sir Elton, and thus with good backgrounds, too)
Melt Away (preferably IJWMFTT, so I can avoid the 88 production)
What I Really Want For Christmas
City Blues (live, w/ good bg vox)
I know everyone on earth except me hates City Blues. But I do like it. I like when Brian's voice strains for the highs on the title words, and I love the bg vox in the solo--very Brianesque.
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I like City Blues, but I prefer the piano/vocal version on the hamburger tapes.
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December 30, 2005, 09:03:34 AM »
Haven't heard most of those tapes. I do, however, have some contact information to your left.
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You know...if you'd be so inclined.
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December 30, 2005, 09:07:33 AM »
I also like "City Blues". Probably the most hard rocking song Brian will ever write. And the guitar-solo is fantastic. Over the top, but fantastic.
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December 30, 2005, 09:15:11 AM »
Marketplace
The Waltz
Cry
Melt Away
Love and Mercy
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December 30, 2005, 10:06:24 AM »
Melt Away
Your Imagination
Desert Drive
Don't Let Her Know (Sweet Insanity version)
Christmasey (a modern masterpiece)
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December 30, 2005, 10:42:27 AM »
Caroline No
Love And Mercy
Melt Away
Being With The One You Love
Fantasy Is Reality/Bells Of Madness
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December 30, 2005, 11:23:20 AM »
Melt Away
Rio Grande
South American
Getting In Over My Head
What I Really Want For Christmas
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December 30, 2005, 11:56:38 AM »
1. Lay Down Burden
2. Love And Mercy
3. The First Time
4. Joy To The World
5. On Christmas Day
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December 30, 2005, 11:59:01 AM »
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5. On Christmas Day
GREAT choice. Were you as disappointed as I was when the new album didn't turn out to be on the level with that gem?
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December 30, 2005, 11:59:47 AM »
Funny, the blueboarders HATED On Christmas Day.
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December 30, 2005, 12:02:44 PM »
Maybe they mistakenly thought it was a Mike Love co-write.
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Quote from: Luther on December 30, 2005, 12:02:44 PM
Maybe they mistakenly thought it was a Mike Love co-write.
Or maybe they're just narrow-minded in their appreciation of Brian. I remember all the slagging Brian used to get over the Christmas songs he offered for FREE on his website, it was sad to read.
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Quote from: Ian, Cpt. Howdy on December 30, 2005, 11:59:01 AM
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5. On Christmas Day
GREAT choice. Were you as disappointed as I was when the new album didn't turn out to be on the level with that gem?
Yes, I was disappointed to be honest. Many people have stated that Brian sounds "happy" on WIRWFC, but no more so than on "On Christmas Day". Also, even though this song is a couple of years old, and Brian's vocals have supposedly gotten better the last few years, I find his lead on this song as good as any on the album.
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December 30, 2005, 12:22:09 PM »
you know what really hurts? whenever a thread like this appears, I find myself struggling to remember the songs, and I really can't answer without looking up all the titles. gettin old
I do remember liking The First Time, and uhm, er...ah forget it!
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December 30, 2005, 12:25:52 PM »
Melt Away
Rio Grande
Cry
You're Still a Mystery
GIOMH (Paley version)
Honourable mention to: Lay Down Burden, Your Imagination, Wings of a Dove, Love and Mercy, Happy Days, Baby Let Your Hair Grow Long, Meet Me in My Dreams Tonight, What I Really Want For Christmas, Orange Crate Art and Don't Let Her Know She's An Angel (if something could be done about the wretched production)...
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Quote from: Sheriff John Stone on December 30, 2005, 12:15:13 PM
Quote from: Ian, Cpt. Howdy on December 30, 2005, 11:59:01 AM
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5. On Christmas Day
GREAT choice. Were you as disappointed as I was when the new album didn't turn out to be on the level with that gem?
Yes, I was disappointed to be honest. Many people have stated that Brian sounds "happy" on WIRWFC, but no more so than on "On Christmas Day". Also, even though this song is a couple of years old, and Brian's vocals have supposedly gotten better the last few years, I find his lead on this song as good as any on the album.
You nailed it.
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December 30, 2005, 01:10:18 PM »
Love and Mercy
There's So Many (surprised nobody has mentioned this one!)
The Waltz
Lay Down Burden
Rio Grande
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December 30, 2005, 01:42:35 PM »
Quote from: Chris Brown on December 30, 2005, 01:10:18 PM
There's So Many (surprised nobody has mentioned this one!)
I almost did, but went with (I think) Melt Away instead. I do like There's So Many quite a bit.
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There's So Many was done best in a 1983 demo under the title "Up In The Sky".
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1. Caroline, No (ingenious pick by Ian, and right on)
2. In Blue Hawaii
3. Still I Dream of It [demo]
4. Warmth of the Sun [IJWMFTT version] (love his landed-angel voice on this one)
5. Love and Mercy [again, IJWMFTT]
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1. Caroline, No (ingenious pick by Ian, and right on)
Thanks brother, but I'm smacking myself for not thinking of:
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3. Still I Dream of It [demo]
That one is the end of the world.
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December 30, 2005, 07:43:06 PM »
Whew,
tough
call...
In no particular order:
1. Melt Away - from IJWMFTT
2. WIRWFC - beautiful music, gorgeous group singing, very poignant lyrics by B.T.
3. GIOMH (live, not recorded - live it was magnificent)
4. Love & Mercy - the full version, like on the Tribute video or Tsunami benefit
5. Lay Down Burden
On Christmas Day, Christmasey, Your Imagination, There's So Many, & This Isn't Love were all in contention too.
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