Best third song on an album ever?

e-stone · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 1:24 pm

how do you guys answer these? i need to be sitting at home pulling out cd's to even think about responding....

KPH · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 2:12 pm

Lots of my favorite tracks from albums seem to be at the 3 spot:

Pulp - "Common People"
Yo La Tengo - "Sugarcube"
Air - "run"
Dylan - Johanna, Maggie's Farm, etc.
Bedhead - "Bedside Table"
TVOTR - "blind"
Flaming Lips - "The Sound of Failure"
Catherine Wheel - "Crank"
Catherine Wheel - "Black Metallic"
Built to Spill - "Carry the Zero"
Grandaddy - "go in the go-for-it"
Wrens - "surprise, honeycomb"
Portishead - "sour times"
Hum - "if you are to bloom"
Pavement - "stop breathin'"
Depeche Mode - "Personal Jesus"
B&S - "me and the major"
Burning Airlines - "Pacific 231"
Rocket from the Crypt - "on a rope"

And, I think you could make the case that "Welcome to the Terrordome" is the third proper song on Fear of a Black Planet. Of course, you also get "911 is a Joke" via the track order, so it's like, a win/win!

mcaputo · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 2:23 pm

I'm sure I could come up with many more. But off the top of my head-

nick drake/bryter layter - at the chime of a city clock
flying burrito bros/gilded palace of sin - hot burrito #2
son volt/trace - tear-stained eye
neil young/on the beach - revolution blues
guided by voices/bee thousand - tractor rape chain
scud mountain boys/massachusetts - penthouse in the woods
stevie wonder/innervisions - living for the city
bob dylan/the times they are a-changin - with god on our side
the rolling stones/sticky fingers - wild horses
joni mitchell/blue - little green
the clash/s-t - i'm so bored with the usa
NMH/in the aeroplane over the sea

KPH · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 2:31 pm

M83 - "run into flowers"

Yail Bloor · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 3:28 pm

KPH Wrote:

Built to Spill - "Carry the Zero"

Excellent call.

I'll add Pixies/Bossanova/Velouria

Ex Lion Tamer · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 3:47 pm

Two that came quickly to mind and haven't been mentioned...

The Beat Elvis Costello

She Divines Water Camper Van Beethoven (so long as you consider Eye of Fatima parts 1 & 2 as the same song - I do).

Radcliffe · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 3:57 pm

Are you doofi doing this shit off the top of your heads? 'Cuz I can't even imagine having the extra memory space to commit to answering questions like "what's your favorite 3rd song on an album?"

(And don't get me wrong. I know it's important. That 3rd song is the deciding factor of whether the series is close at 2 - 1 or a blow-out at 3 - 0. So yeh, it's fuckin' PIVOTAL. )

KPH · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 4:02 pm

So far today I've done this, 3 memes, 2 aborted blog postings, and I'm still waiting for work to pick-up.

Also, iTunes makes this really easy to suss out.

paladisiac · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 4:03 pm

yeah, but what is your favorite SECRET song ever? you know, those extra songs after silence on the last track...

Hegel · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 4:05 pm

by memory. That's why I only listed two.

shiv · **Posted:** Fri May 19, 2006 4:09 pm

dismemberment plan
what do you want me to say? off E&I
the ice of boston off Is Terrified

jawbreaker
fireman off Dear You

south pacific · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 5:36 am

You guys are completely nuts to know and do this.

shiv · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 8:39 am

i actually had to look at my cd's

Mick · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 8:52 am

Interpol - NYC.

red · **Joined:** Fri Jun 17, 2005 5:34 am **Posts:** 5009

The jukebox at Gingerman Tavern here in Chicago is full of great third songs. I've paid $10, played every third song and had a pretty awesome mix.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 11:50 am

mcaputo has a damn good list, but I'll throw repeats out anyway.

Neil Young, "Revolution Blues" [ On The Beach ]
2 Live Crew, "Table Dance" [ Shake a Lil Somethin' ]
Wally Pleasant, "I Hate Cops" [ Welcome to Pleasantville ]
Social Distortion, "Story of My Life" [ Social Distortion ]
Steve Earle, "More Than I Can Do" [ I Feel Alright ]
Lou Reed, "Metal Machine Music III" [ Metal Machine Music ]
Stevie Wonder, "Living for the City" [ Innervisions ]
Crooked Fingers, "Call to Love" [ Dignity & Shame ]
Guided By Voices, "I am a Tree" [ Mag Earwhig! ]
Sugar, "Changes" [ Copper Blue ]
Dead Milkmen, "Stuart" [ Beezlebubba ]
The Replacements, Color Me Impressed" [ Hootenanny ]

Red House Vincent · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 12:34 pm

I only need to list one:

"Teardrop" - Massive Attack

A little piece of heaven sandwiched between the dark awesomeness of "Risingson" and "Inertia Creeps". I'm suprised I (or anyone else) didn't think of it sooner.

Hegel · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 12:43 pm

Red House Vincent Wrote:

I only need to list one:

"Teardrop" - Massive Attack

A little piece of heaven sandwiched between the dark awesomeness of "Risingson" and "Inertia Creeps". I'm suprised I (or anyone else) didn't think of it sooner.

What soundtrack is teardrop on? It's killing me. Its on the tip of my tongue.

gauchebag · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 1:40 pm

amgl Wrote:

Interpol - NYC.

this is a pretty brilliant call.

Red House Vincent · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 7:14 pm

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

What soundtrack is teardrop on? It's killing me. Its on the tip of my tongue.

On Allmusic, while I didn't see any soundtrack that had Teardrop, it is listed in the Guiness Book Of Records for the most used song in Chillout Complilations. So there.

splates · **Posted:** Sat May 20, 2006 7:19 pm

Red House Vincent Wrote:

Hegel-Oh's Wrote:

What soundtrack is teardrop on? It's killing me. Its on the tip of my tongue.

On Allmusic, while I didn't see any soundtrack that had Teardrop, it is listed in the Guiness Book Of Records for the most used song in Chillout Complilations. So there.

a depressing statistic

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