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gauchebag
 Post subject: Best third song on an album ever?
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 10:58 am 
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My first nominees are

The Great Curve -Talking Heads, Remain In Light
The Good Things -Talking HEad, More Songs About Buildings and Food
The National Anthem - RAdiohead, Kid A
St. Elmo's Fire - Brian Eno, Another Green World

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Geekiest thread ever.
I love it.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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radiobag....you are crazy. this thread topic is out thurr

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Six Days at The Bottom of the Ocean - Explosions in the Sky

Last Goodbye - Jeff Buckley
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good call on the buckley

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the beatles - revolver
03 - I'm Only Sleeping

LOVE THIS SONG

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Timis Wrote:
radiobag....you are crazy. this thread topic is out thurr


yeah, but so ill.

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voodoo chile -jimi hendrix, electric ladyland

edit: nevermind, that was a case of "one, two, four" holy handgrenade esque skipping (although yes, that was5)

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Once she loved a boy. But he did not love her.
His name was Jun. Disillusioned she tried to forget.
She left everything and traveled to the other world.
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Wire - "Three-Girl Rhumba" (Pink Flag)
Hüsker Dü - "Makes No Sense At All" (Flip Your Wig)
R.E.M. - "So. Central Rain" (Reckoning)

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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iron_and_beer
 Post subject: Re: Best third song on an album ever?
PostPosted: Fri May 19, 2006 11:38 am 
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gauchebag Wrote:
The National Anthem - RAdiohead, Kid A


This is the first one that came to mind for me.

I'll also nominte:
"Rock & Roll" - Velvet Underground (Loaded)
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I thought about mentioning High and Dry from The Bends, but I have to go with:
Interpol: NYC from Turn on the Bright Lights
Sigur Ros: Staralfur from Agaetis Byrjun
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Elliott Smith - Waltz #2 (XO)
Beastie Boys - Pass the Mic (Check Your Head)
Mighty Mighty Bosstones - Hell of a Hat (Question the Answers)
Ultraspank - Butter (Ultraspank)
Black Flag - Six Pack (Damaged)
Sunny Day Real Estate - Every Shining Time You Arrive (How It Feels to Be Something On)
Dave Brubeck Quartet - Take Five (Time Out)
Bob Dylan - Masters of War (Freewheelin' Bob Dylan)
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Iron_and_Beer Wrote:

I'll also nominte:
"Rock & Roll" - Velvet Underground (Loaded)


good one

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paper Wrote:
Iron_and_Beer Wrote:

I'll also nominte:
"Rock & Roll" - Velvet Underground (Loaded)


good one


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A couple of my favourites:

Tragically Hip
New Orleans is Sinking - Up to Here
Cordelia - Road Apples
The Darkest One - In Violet Light

Neil Young
Only Love Can Break You Heart - After the Gold Rush
Fuckin' Up - Ragged Glory

Bob Dylan

Maggie's Farm - Bringing it All Back Home
It Takes A Lot to Laugh, It Takes A Train to Cry - Highway 61 Revisited
Visions of Johanna - Blonde on Blonde

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The Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation" from Doolittle
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bgl3 Wrote:
The Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation" from Doolittle


just listened tothisyesterday....what analbum andwhat athird song.

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Some that I can remember

"Crazy Love" (Moondance) - Van Morrison
"All The Young Dudes" (All The Young Dudes) - Mott The Hoople
"Today" (Siamese Dream) - Smashing Pumpkins
"We're Comin' Out" (Let It Be) - The Replacements
"Wave Of Mutilation" (Doolittle) - The Pixies
"ABC" (ABC) - The Jackson 5
"Drawing Rings Around The World" (Rings Around The World) - SFA
"Is That Love" (East Side Story) - Squeeze
"Thing Called Love" (Bring The Family) - John Hiatt
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds" (Sgt. Pepper) - The Beatles
"Fall On Me" (Life's Rich Pageant) - R.E.M.
"In The Aeroplane Over The Sea" (In The Aeroplane Over The Sea) - NMH


But my favorite 3rd song is probably:

"Razor Face" (Madman Across The Water) - Elton John
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gauchebag Wrote:
bgl3 Wrote:
The Pixies - "Wave of Mutilation" from Doolittle


just listened tothisyesterday....what analbum andwhat athird song.


Seconded. This album makes my top ten of all time.
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nirvana "heart shaped box" ?

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paladisiac Wrote:
nirvana "heart shaped box" ?



I thought about that one, but it isnt even the third best song on that album
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haven't researched it but I don't think there's anything better than

Gram Parsons "A Song For You", #3 on GP
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billy g Wrote:
haven't researched it but I don't think there's anything better than

Gram Parsons "A Song For You", #3 on GP


Outstanding.

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I've recently noticed that all the unfortunate events in the lives of blues singers all seem to rhyme... I think all these tragedies could be avoided with a good rhyming dictionary.

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Sunny Day Real Estate - Every Shining Time You Arrive (How It Feels to Be Something On)


Ironically, this is also the only good song on this album.
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