it has taken me a while to think of mine... but i think that it has to be anytime. This song does strange things to me, if you see a crazy man who looks like he is sitting in his car alone screaming. it is me hearing that song
it beats 4 u
gideon
It depends on what day it is and what mood I am in, but I seem to always go to Lay Low.
Dondante
lay low or anytime - definitely depends on my mood. man, tough question though - they are all great.
I think Dondante is easily in my top 5 MMJ songs, but the thing is, it's not always listenable. I need to be able to get in the zone for that song in order to really listen to it. It's not a light song.
So my favorite song off the album would have to be Lay Low, even more so now after hearing about how frickin amazing it was for all of them jamming on that song and finally getting it to "click". That day when everything finally came together, you know, the end of that jam where all the guitars come into harmony and it just gets "locked in" and sounds ammazingly tight? Hearing about that made me go back and appreciate the song so much more, and I about threw my neck out at the show last night when they rocked the hell out of this one.
Right now? Don Dante
in the car: Anytime
in the morning: Wordless Chorus
in the afternoon: Knots Come Loose
in the evening: Don Dante
most of the time, i listen to the album in it's entirety
Sometimes Wordless Chorus, sometimes It Beats 4 U.
It would have to be Dondante, for sure. When I first heard this song at Bonnaroo this year, chills went up and down my body at a rapid speed. I will never forget that moment.
I was laying in a field of grass at Bonnaroo stairing up at all the clouds rolling by while Don Dante graced me with it's pressence in this universe. I think Don Dante is the most amazing song this band has recorded. I also think that "Into The Woods" is the centerpiece and most important track on Z.
QuoteI was laying in a field of grass at Bonnaroo stairing up at all the clouds rolling by while Don Dante graced me with it's pressence in this universe. I think Don Dante is the most amazing song this band has recorded. I also think that "Into The Woods" is the centerpiece and most important track on Z.
Pretty much exactly what I was going to say. Except that at that point in Bonnaroo, my brother gripped my shoulder, almost fainted, and just shook his head. I head tears in my eyes.
I love every song on this album. Dondante is, in my opinion, one of the best songs that exists. Like, in the world. It ranks up there with the other things that I need to have full quiet when I'm listening:
Beethoven's 9th, all movements together mmm
Mona Vanna by Rachmaninoff
Dark Side of the Moon (whole thing)
Candles in the Rain by Melanie
It's almost like a miniature symphony. There's so much going on in there.
I will never forget how I felt when I first heard it. Well, ah, okay, if I first heard it at Birmingham, I kind of forget because I was too spazzed, but I definitely remember, almost second for second, how I felt at Cat's Cradle. :)
Don Dante is a great example of why music was invented.
QuoteDon Dante is a great example of why music was invented.
A stunning piece of truth. Very good work, Brian.
Lay Low is my favorite, but the second half of DonDante is freakin amazing.I currently play the CD nonstop as I drive all day long and now my Mexicans love it too! They particuliarly like Knot comes Loose, I think they like the steel guitar.
QuoteLay Low is my favorite, but the second half of DonDante is freakin amazing.I currently play the CD nonstop as I drive all day long and now my Mexicans love it too! They particuliarly like Knot comes Loose, I think they like the steel guitar.
You have Mexicans?
strangulation.
Quotestrangulation.
you know whats strange about strangulation? i like it, but i wish it jammed the entire time. the beginning and the end blow my mind and make me wanna pull my hair out- in a good way
Dondante is an all time classic :'( :'( :'(
While Lay Low is an all time classic [smiley=guitar.gif] [smiley=guitar.gif]
Don Dante in a slight win over Wordless Chorus
Dondante is a great tune. So too is Lay Low. Into The Woods is an ambitious failure.
QuoteDondante is a great tune. So too is Lay Low. Into The Woods is an ambitious failure.
I'm curious as to what makes you call it a failure... (with no negative tones involved on my part, at all - just wondering)
I love Into the Woods but I swear the first couple of lines lines and Man on the Flying Trapeeze-like music kind of turned me off at first. EC, when I said "My Mexicans" I mean my amigos that work for me.Today they were into Anytime, made me play it three times in a row. ;D
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I'm curious as to what makes you call it a failure... (with no negative tones involved on my part, at all - just wondering)
I think " Into The Woods " is an ambitious failure because when compared to their canon of music up to this point ( meaning ' Z ' ), " Woods " gets muddled by being overly experimental and over-produced. The treatment of this song killed it's potential musical potency, at least for me.
it beats for you
or
lay low
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I think " Into The Woods " is an ambitious failure because when compared to their canon of music up to this point ( meaning ' Z ' ), " Woods " gets muddled by being overly experimental and over-produced. The treatment of this song killed it's potential musical potency, at least for me.
being an ambitious failure is better than a dismal failure, right? like being ambitious, they were trying really hard, just not up to your standards?
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being an ambitious failure is better than a dismal failure, right? like being ambitious, they were trying really hard, just not up to your standards?
More or less.
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More or less.
ahhh ok, just curious. i was just asking to clarify even though i disagree with what youre saying. im not going to berate you for not liking everything MMJ has ever done which i always find humourous in a certain way. wot makes it overproduced in yr eyes? the samples, the choir, etc??
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wot makes it overproduced in yr eyes? the samples, the choir, etc??
It's just that the song is really ' busy ' sounding with so many different musical styles and samples going on.
I love most MMJ tunes, but there's always one or two per album that don't always work for me.
That's very understandable. I think we all have those couple of tracks that we skip. However, it's hearing em live that brings em to life. I think I would actually like Easy Morning Rebel if I heard it live.
QuoteI was laying in a field of grass at Bonnaroo
fucking hippies
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fucking hippies
dirty fucking hippies
Hello Everone,
I'm completely new to My Morning Jacket until "Z".
But what a way to get introduced to them.....
This album is astonishing.The guys voice is beautiful and the songs are just incredible.Categorisation is impossible and that's never a bad thing.I only bought it last Friday but its not left the cd player since.What else have they put out?........
QuoteHello Everone,
I'm completely new to My Morning Jacket until "Z".
But what a way to get introduced to them.....
This album is astonishing.The guys voice is beautiful and the songs are just incredible.Categorisation is impsooible and that's never a bad thing.I only bought it last Friday but its not left the cd player since.What else have they put out?........
Check out the album page at the top of the site.
It's all good stuff.
oh and my favourites so far are It beats 4 you and the super uplifting OFF THE RECORD!!
What a wonder man followed closely by Off the record even though its a departure from anything I expected from them but I'm a sucker for Phone went west so the reggae vibe is welcome.
Lay Low !! What can you say about that guitar solo at the end? I also read the previous post about "Into the Woods" being an ambitious failure. I must say that song has really grown on me and become one of my favorites on the album. Keep it playing and you'll see.
I can't have just one favorite off this wonderful album:
Anytime
Lay Low
No one else likes "Into the woods?" I can't help but sing along on that track.
Lay Low is MMJ at their realist though.
i like what a wonderful man...its just a really happy song... good to listen to at the start of your day!
knot comes loose
then Off the record and gideon
Right now its Lay Low with Knot Comes Loose a close second
Wordless Chorus
Quotein the car: Anytime
in the morning: Wordless Chorus
in the afternoon: Knots Come Loose
in the evening: Don Dante
most of the time, i listen to the album in it's entirety
slebid..
just brilliant posting my man..hey! I 'm WITH YOU on all MMJ fronts 8)
IM new .. ;Dnice ta meet ya
mmJKThanger..a hangin out of the closet, down in chelsea nyc
wordless chorus
it's perfect. perfect opener. gets you goin an all that.
plus, the other day i zoned out listening to it and near the end, when jim sings his ASS off, i thought i was listening to marvin gaye's 'what's going on' (the album, not the song). surreal and comforting.
this song reassures me that music still matters.
wordless chorus
lay low
dondante