Sunday, July 3, 2011

The Next Tier

I feel like I'm dipping into the next tier of songs. This tier consists of lesser known non-singles that simply rock. They are the songs that I play over and over again, skipping other songs on the album to get to them. The question, do I pick the ones I truly love or the ones I don't think will make it back to me? I'm picking the ones I think Rambler and Dopey would take and hoping the ones I truly love fall to me.

First one is a song I think Chucksta will kick himself for not taking. I have a vague memory of him telling me about 5 years ago that this is known as one of the best non-single U2 songs. It's also the clear best song off of Boy and I would like to represent that album without necessarily having to take I Will Follow.

The Electric Co.

The next song is another great song off of Joshua Tree. After Bullet the Blue Sky, I feel the album really tails off...until this song. Totally pulls the album together near the end and solidifies it as a great album.

One Tree Hill

Upon Rambler reading that I took Electric Co. this was his response: "F___. F___. I was banking on taking it. F___. Can you at least take the live version? It's so much better."

So I'm actually taking the live version.

1 comment:

Daily Rambler said...

What Milhouse said. Someone wash this salty taste out of mouth.

One Tree Hill: Great song. (Crappy TV show.) One of those late-game tracks I would have definitely considered taking, but at this point there's enough great songs (on Joshua Tree too) that I can manage. But it will take me a while to get over Electric Co.