Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five - "Boxing"
Ben Folds Five - Ben Folds Five - "Boxing"
Sonic Youth - Washing Machine - "The Diamond Sea"
Spiritualized - Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space - "Cop Shoot Cop..."
5/22 - The Cure - Hollywood Bowl
5/31 - Brian Jonestown Massacre - Teragram (?)
6/07 - Chelsea Wolfe - Teragram (?)
6/14 - Silver Apples - Troubadour
6/16 - John Carpenter - Orpheum
last.fm, if you care
Twitter, if you dare
The Trilogy
Cop Shoot Cop
Gouge Away
All of these are debatable since pretty much every song on them are the best. But they're all perfect endings and I always look forward to hearing them as soon as I put on the first track.
Pulp - We Love Life - "Sunrise"
Bob Dylan - Blonde on Blonde - "Sad Eyed Lady of the Lowlands" (gave up on trying to find a non-cover on youtube)
St. Vincent - Actor - "Just the Same but Brand New"
Sufjan Stevens - Age of Adz - "Impossible Soul"
Gang Gang Dance - Eye Contact - "Thru and Thru"
Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle - "Spain"
Interpol - Turn on the Bright Lights - "Leif Erikson"
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I'm really, really fond of "Bar Italia" as a closer.
Is it cheating to choose a song that takes up over 50% of an album?
Can - Monster Movie - "Yoo Doo Right"
Probably. I would go Godspeed's Yanqui U.X.O.'s Motherfucker=Redeemer / Motherfucker = Redeemer (cont), in that case.
*based upon tedious fact checking.
Radiohead- Kid A- Motion Picture Soundtrack. Not technically the best song but just laying in bed in the middle of night waiting for the last part just took you somewhere else.
off the top of my head.....
1) Aphex Twin "Actium" - Selected Ambient Works 85-92
2) Kraftwerk "The Man Machine - The Man Machine
3) Bright Eyes "Let's Not Shit Ourselves" - Lifted or The Story Is in the Soil, Keep Your Ear to the Ground
The Doors - Waiting for the Sun - "Five to One"
*based upon tedious fact checking.
Not only is this the best song on Seven Swans, It's the best Sufjan song period.
RAPE STOVE
white power?!
Bruce Springsteen: Darkness on the Edge of Town - Title Track
Which reminds me, the best "last song of the album is always excellent" band working today: The Hold Steady.
"Killer Parties"
"How a Resurrection Really Feels"
"Southtown Girls"
"Slapped Actress"
A personal favorite would be Johnny Cash: American Recordings - "The Man Who Couldn't Cry (Live)"
Mew: Frengers - Comforting Sounds
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation
dredg - El Cielo
Morrissey - Vauxhall And I - "Speedway"
Probably my favorite Morrissey song too next to "Late Night, Maudlin St."
9/22 The Mekons @ Pappy & Harriet's
Where's the "Albums where the BEST song is the SECOND song" thread?
I miss talking to TomAz.
We all do. I live in the same city as him (unless he relocated) and rumor has it that at 3:15am if you listen closely and its really really quiet you can hear him telling you to go fuck yourself.
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When I read this (which I completely disagree with):
The first thing I thought of was this (which completely I agree with):
And this strikes me as an odd thing to say:
Because if you are into modern music at all, you indirectly give a flying fuck about the Beatles. Whatever you listen to was influenced by them. Examples: Arcade Fire and Tool.
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Nine Inch Nails: The Downward Spiral - Hurt (well my favorite song on the record is Closer...but what a way to end such a hardcore abrasive album)
Nirvana: Incesticide - Aneurysm
April 24 - Queens of the Stone Age
April 26-28 - Levitation