What's your Brian Fallon Top 5?

enola wrote:

Harbortown wrote:

Too difficult.

1. American Slang
2. '59 Sound
3. Senor and the queen
4. Elsie
5. Sink or swim

lol! I will just second your Top 5. Works pretty well for me too!

YES! haha

Hmm but I like this challenge so here's legit...

1. American Slang
2. The Backseat
3. Behold the Hurricane
4. 59 Sound
5. 45

Honorable mentions: 1930, Boxer, Tin Pan Alley, Blood Loss.

I feel like this is along the lines of "pick your favorite of your children" or something impossible like that.

1. Casanova, Baby!
2. Here's Looking At You, Kid
3. 1930
4. The '59 Sound
5. 45

1. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
2. Navesink Banks
3. Blue Jeans & White T-Shirts
4. The Blues, Mary
5. She Loves You

thomas94 wrote:

1930...I like that acoustic version much more than the usual one, you too?
The Patient Ferris Wheel
Goodnight Irene
59 Sound
45

I like the acoustic version better too. Sometimes I wish they would record it...but ya can't always get whatcha want.

And, now that 45 is in the mix, I'm tempted to change my top five. But, maybe I'll list it as an honorable mention. haha

@TGAforLife: I also wish they will play 1930 acoustic version on a radio session or even record it some day...so we'd have a professional recording of that song.

1) Patient Ferris Wheel
2) Miles Davis & The Cool
3) Orphans
4) Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
5) American Slang

Or something. Ask me again tomorrow and I'll give you a different list.

Today my top five are:

1. Bring It On
2. She Loves You
3. The Blues, Mary
4. The Spirit of Jazz
5. The Backseat

But like Loazis said, this could change tomorrow. Except for Bring It On. I don't know if anything will ever top that one.

In no order, beyond my #1-

1. American Slang

Miles Davis and the Cool, Id'a Called You Woody Joe, Wherefor Art Thou Elvis, Behold the Hurricane.

honorable mention goes to The Backseat, Great Expectations, and The Patient Ferris Wheel.

thomas94 wrote:

@TGAforLife: I also wish they will play 1930 acoustic version on a radio session or even record it some day...so we'd have a professional recording of that song.

Just youtubing that now, have never heard it acoustic, but it is beyond incredible!

Recording it as a hidden track at the end of Handwritten would be such a wicked gift to his longtime fans!

Of course it's unlikely though...

This is tough... It changes for me ALL THE TIME once I manage to listen to them so much I kind of burn them out. However, these are the 5 (If I can keep it to that) that just keep me coming back.

1. Here's Looking At You, KId
2. Miles Davis and the Cool
3. Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis?
4. Sugar
5. She Loves You

Honorable Mention: Tin Pan Alley (it didn't make the first list because it's so... different, but it's still amazing)

Ask me again soon and it will probably be different, haha.

1. The Backseat - the first time I heard this song was when I realized gaslight was gonna be one of my favorite bands.
2. Here's Lookin' At You, Kid - the first song I really loved by them, lyrics are just amazingly genuine.
3. Boxer - Maybe the catchiest song Brian has ever written.
4. Black Betty & The Moon - My favorite off of Elsie.
5. The Spirit of Jazz - didn't really get into this song much until recently, don't know why. I don't know if this is the right word but it seems like he just "flows" so well in this song.

I like all of his solo acoustic stuff but I don't think it compares to the quality of anything from TGA or THC. Like everyone has said this could change tomorrow, it hurt to leave a few songs off this list.