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My Morning Jacket => The Music => Topic started by: dookie shoot bandit on Jun 28, 2011, 04:02 PM

Title: perfect album battle
Post by: dookie shoot bandit on Jun 28, 2011, 04:02 PM
With 6 studio albums and over 70 songs, I thought it would be cool to battle each song number from each album against each other (ex. Heartbreakin Man vs At Dawn vs Mahgeetah vs Wordless Chorus vs Evil Urges vs Victory Dance).  And then ultimately come up with the the monster of all mixtapes!!! Here's mine...

1. Wordless Chorus - Z
2. Dancefloors - ISM
3. The Bear - TF
4. Masterplan - ISM
5. Off The Record - Z
6. Holdin on to Black Metal - C
7. Honest Man - AD
8. Lay Low - Z
9. Slow Slow Tune - C
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Touch Me pt.2 - EU
14. Butch Cassidy- TF
Bonus Track(just because): One Big Holiday
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: e_wind on Jun 28, 2011, 04:26 PM
1. At Dawn - AD
2. Lowdown - AD
3. The Way That He Sings - AD
4. Wonderful - C
5. One Big Holiday - ISM
6. I Will Sing You Songs - ISM
7. Its About Twilight Now - TTF
8. You Wanna Freak Out - C
9. Rollin Back - ISM
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. PWW - AD
13. Strangulation - AD
14. Butch Cassidy - TFF
15. I Think I'm Going To Hell - TFF

I'll add 3 EP songs because it's some of their best work.
16. Where To Begin
17. Cobra
18. Tonight I Wanna Celebrate (version that says "God bless, god bless the USA")



#1 was hard with Mag, but AD is the best album opener of ALL TIME. #2 was a tough choice with They Ran. #5 was a tough choice with OTR, but OBH always brings it, no matter how many times it closes out the show. #8 was super hard, clashing with Xmas and Lay Low, but YWFO is my favorite song on the new record. I'm currently in love with it. #11 was tough with I Will Be There When You Die.

I think I just realized that Z is no where near my favorite record. ISM > AD > C > TTF > Z > EU



If this was real, in my opinion obviously, the Rollin Back -> Dondante -> Steam -> PWW-> Strangulation would be the most epic thing ever.
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Jun 28, 2011, 05:00 PM
1. At Dawn-AD
2. Lowdown-AD
3. The Way That He Sings-AD
4. Death Is My Sleezy Pay-AD
5. Hopefully-AD
6. Bermuda Highway-AD
7. It's About Twilight-TTF
8. X-mas Curtain-AD
9. War Begun-TTF
10. If It Smashes Down-AD
11. I Needed It Most-AD
12. Phone Went West-AD
13. Strangulation!-AD
14. Butch Cassidy-TTF
15. I think I'm Going to Hell-TTF

Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: dookie shoot bandit on Jun 28, 2011, 05:48 PM
The hardest ones for me were: wordless vs at dawn
                                                   obh vs off the record
                                                   steam engine vs. i needed it most
                                                   black metal vs bermuda highway vs into the woods
                                                   lowdown vs dancefloors
                                                     
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: gardenparty on Jun 28, 2011, 06:41 PM
Not any easy task.  #9  #10 were killers!

1. Mahgeetah - ISM
2. Touch Me Part 1 - EU
3. Gideon - Z
4. Nashville to Kentucky -TTF
5. Thank You Too! - EU
6. I Will Sing Your Songs - ISM
7. Anytime - Z
8. X-Mas Curtain - AD
9. Slow, Slow Tune - C
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Strangulation - AD
14. Butch Cassidy - TTF
15. I Think I'm Going to Hell - TTF
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: davymac on Jun 28, 2011, 08:55 PM
Oh this should be fun...

1. Wordless Chorus - Z
2. Circuital - C
3. Golden - ISM
4. Death is the Easy Way - AD
5. Off the Record - Z
6. Into the Woods - Z
7. Honest Man - AD
8. Lay Low - Z
9. Just Because I Do - AD
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Strangulation - AD
14. Butch Cassidy - TTF
15. I Think I'm Going to Hell - TTF
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: bddeat on Jun 28, 2011, 11:21 PM
1. Wordless Chorus - Z
2. Dancefloors - ISM
3. The Day Is Coming - C
4. Masterplan - ISM
5. One Big Holiday - ISM
6. Bermuda Highway - AD
7. Easy Morning Rebel - ISM
8. Evelyn - TF or Lay Low - Z, two of my favorite MMJ tracks
9. Slow Slow Tune - C
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Touch Me Pt 2 - Evil Urges
14. Butch Cassidy - TF
15. I Think I'm Going To Hell - TF
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: The DARK on Jun 29, 2011, 12:55 AM
1. Victory Dance- C
2. Dancefloors- ISM
3. The Bear- TF
4. Nashville to Kentucky- TF
5. One Big Holiday- ISM
6. Holdin Onto Black Metal- C
7. Anytime- Z
8. Lay Low- Z
9. Slow Slow Tune- C
10. Dondante- Z
11. I Needed It Most- AD
12. Phone Went West- AD
13. Touch Me Pt. 2- EU
14. Rocket Man- Chapter 1  ;)
15. I Think I'm Going To Hell- TF

There were some truly difficult choices in there, but the killer for me was having to pick I Needed It Most over Steam Engine.
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: Tracy 2112 on Jun 29, 2011, 09:18 AM
How could a song with the name War Begun ever lose a song battle?  :-\
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: Ruckus on Jun 29, 2011, 09:36 AM
I don't really get this game but I like games. 

1. At Dawn
2. Lowdown
3. The Way That He Sings
4. Masterplan
5. OBH
6. Bermuda Highway
7. Anytime
8. Xmas Curtain
9. War Begun
10.Dondante
11.Steam Engine
12.PWW
13.By My Car
14.Cassidy
15.I Think I'm Going to Hell

Plus
Where to Begin
How Could I Know
O

Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: pawpaw on Jun 29, 2011, 11:55 AM
Cool game! Here are my picks:

1. At Dawn - AD
2. Dancefloors - ISM
3. The Bear - TTF
4. Masterplan - ISM
5. One Big Holiday - ISM
6. Holdin' On to Black Metal - C
7. Anytime - Z
8. Run Thru - ISM
9. Slow Slow Tune - C
10. Movin' Away - C
11. I Will Be There When You Die - TTF
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Touch Me I'm Going To Scream Pt. 2 - EU
14. Butch Cassidy - TTF
15. I Think I'm Going to Hell - TTF
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: BigHerm on Jun 29, 2011, 12:03 PM
1. Mahgeetah - ISM
2. Lowdown - AD
3. Gideon - Z
4. Wonderful - C
5. One Big Holiday - ISM
6. I Will Sing You Songs - ISM
7. Anytime - Z
8. X-Mas Curtain - AD
9. Slow Slow Tune - C
10. Dondante - Z
11. Steam Engine - ISM
12. Phone Went West - AD
13. Touch Me pt 2 - EU
14. Butch Cassidy - TF
15. I Think I'm Going to Hell - TF

1-3 were impossible to choose. Also, I really wish Movin Away wasn't #10 so I could have included it here.
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: e_wind on Jun 29, 2011, 12:17 PM
I listened to my choices in that order last night at work and it just didn't really work. terrible flow. i felt like i was listening to jacket on shuffle.
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: Crispy on Jun 29, 2011, 02:15 PM
Firstly, this is impossible.
Secondly, cool idea.
Thirdly, I may have cheated and pretty much just made a mixtape. This would look quite different if this was a Live Version Song Battle. Hmmm...

1. At Dawn
2. Lowdown
3. The Bear
4. Death Is the Easy Way
5. One Big Holiday
6. I Will Sing You Songs
7. Anytime
8. Run Thru
9. Rollin' Back
10. Dondante
11. Steam Engine
12. Phone Went West
13. Strangulation!
14. Butch Cassidy
15. I Think I'm Going to Hell
16. Alabama Come Clean (yes, I'm counting it)

I went only by the tracks available on the 6 albums, so by default, #15 and #16 from TTF win.

The Dondante > Steam Engine > PWW selection is almost a consensus.

Sorry, EU and Circuital. Still love you guys.
Title: Re: perfect album battle
Post by: The DARK on Jun 29, 2011, 05:48 PM
Quote from: e_wind on Jun 29, 2011, 12:17 PM
I listened to my choices in that order last night at work and it just didn't really work. terrible flow. i felt like i was listening to jacket on shuffle.

Mixing songs from different MMJ eras doesn't really work... the transitions are always awkward. Making a greatest hits would be difficult!