I would have to bust out with "Picture of You" but I was listening to Z the other night and I'm sorry but "Knot Comes Loose" is a ridiculously good song. So there is my pick...and why they don't play it live more is beyond me.
I saw them play it live in ATL last year and it sounded great.
Who says Knot Comes Loose is underated?!! Seriously...
Just because the band don't play a song live makes in underated?
I think Tom put it best once with regards to why Hopefully doesn't get played live anyone, different songs have meanings to Jim & the rest of the guys. Maybe that particular song (or any other song that doesn't get played live) represents something that they don't wish to repeat? It doesn't have to be that complex, maybe they don't think they can better it live or maybe it just doesn't fit in with the current live show?
Songs get written, recorded & played for lots of different reasons. Who are we to presume? :)
Underrated = Rollin Back.One of my favs that hardly ever gets played live or talked about much..
QuoteWho says Knot Comes Loose is underated?!! Seriously...
Just because the band don't play a song live makes in underated?
I think Tom put it best once with regards to why Hopefully doesn't get played live anyone, different songs have meanings to Jim & the rest of the guys. Maybe that particular song (or any other song that doesn't get played live) represents something that they don't wish to repeat? It doesn't have to be that complex, maybe they don't think they can better it live or maybe it just doesn't fit in with the current live show?
Songs get written, recorded & played for lots of different reasons. Who are we to presume? :)
Um.....okay.
That is not why I think it is underrated. The song doesn't get talked about much. When I hear people talk about Z, it is all about "gideon" or "dondante".....rarely do i hear about "knot comes loose". ...anyway,
why don't you come up with a good one that you feel is underrated?
I'll pick a song that I've under-rated personally, judged by my playcount off of iTunes... I've only listened to I Needed it the Most about 7 times - which is pretty sad, because it's a beautiful song. I haven't heard it live, yet, unfortunately.
QuoteI'll pick a song that I've under-rated personally, judged by my playcount off of iTunes... I've only listened to I Needed it the Most about 7 times - which is pretty sad, because it's a beautiful song. I haven't heard it live, yet, unfortunately.
I love it...I had it on my myspace page but MMJ took it down.
Nikk, I sent you a PM several days ago... is your box full, or something? I've been meaning to ask you that.
Here's another totally under-rated song... BUTCH CASSIDY!
QuoteNikk, I sent you a PM several days ago... is your box full, or something? I've been meaning to ask you that.
Here's another totally under-rated song... BUTCH CASSIDY!
Yeah, I love Butch Cassidy. It was great at the Camden solo show.
the first time i really listened to Butch Cassidy, i thought i was going to cry. these two lines:
they say you never even killed a man
til it came right down to the final stand...
and
cuz a soldier's death is so much better
than defeat just hangin around...
strangely enough, I think this song, as obscure as it has come to be, is one of the one's off of TTF that really shows Jim's prowess as a song-writer. In that it's so simple musically, but there's so much going on in it, and the mood he pulls out of it is perfect. it sounds like that slow motion deafened-and-dying-from-bullets sound where your world just slows down while you're dying. obviously i don't have first-hand experience of this, but i know shell-shock (if only from being next to front row at the frickin Rites of Spring show) and it's something similar. Where your world just slows down and everything begins to float. I don't know why I'm trying to describe this. But that and I Think I'm Going To Hell are probably my top 2 favorite songs off of that album.
Can't really defiine underrated. Perhaps overlooked? Anyway, here's mine.
I Needed it Most
I'll agree with "I Needed It Most" it's most definatly one of my very favorites and if they play it at the Ryman I might pass out. I am dying to hear Jims voice soak into the ryman auditorium on that one.
I'm also a HUGE "By My Car" fan, it's always been one of my favorites but I don't really ever hear it getting mentioned by other people as a favorite.
QuoteI'll agree with "I Needed It Most" it's most definatly one of my very favorites and if they play it at the Ryman I might pass out. I am dying to hear Jims voice soak into the ryman auditorium on that one.
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I Needed It Most is one my favorites as well.
I'm also pretty fond of If All Else Fails.
I just wanted to be yo friend.
I really like "Come Closer."
I have long loved "One in the Same." Such a beautiful song. I'd love to hear it live. "It wasn't till I woke up... that I could hold down a joke or a job or a dream" - such a great line.
I NEEDED IT MOST
I love that frickin song. You guys got it right.
Is War Begun underrated? I never hear anyone mention it, but it was the first MMJ song I loved, and remains a favorite.
And I agree w/ Rollin Back, too.
Rollin' Back is a mega hit. LOVE IT.
If All Else Fails
I Won't Cry
War Begun
Honest Man- Great song, great riffs-guitars blazin and some great Jim howlin. Never gets talked about here?
Weeks Go By Like Days-My favorite track off of either ch 1 or 2 (tyrone probably my second fave)
Evelyn
By My Car
Strangulation
2 underrated gems
Can You See The Hard Helmet On My Head?
Rollin' Back.
Why Don't You Love Me? (cover....)
By My Car
Weeks Go By Like Days
I think I'd have to say I Just Wanted To Say and Rollin Back, but then I also have to agree that overrated isn't a very good word to use, since pretty much everyone here love pretty much every song. :D
I agree, overlooked is a better word.
There is only one My Morning Jacket song i skip, and thats Honest Man. And if someone where to say they love, be my guest, say its underrated.... :o
QuoteThere is only one My Morning Jacket song i skip, and thats Honest Man. And if someone where to say they love, be my guest, say its underrated.... :o
I agree,Honest Man seems to be out of place on At Dawn..it disrupts the feel of the album.
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I agree,Honest Man seems to be out of place on At Dawn..it disrupts the feel of the album.
I love Honest Man. especially live.
sometimes your guitar will fall from your body
and crash straight down to the floor
and you're wonderin' if your guitar will see the next day through...
i don't like rollin back.
sue me.
i guess overlooked or 'not talked about much' would probably better describe a lot of these songs mentioned in the thread. my choice would be 'they ran'. it's such a powerfully emotional song, and it's just about someone taking off with a fucking lighter. that's a gift right there, folks.
Easy Morning Rebel and or Honest Man and quite a few from TTF
QuoteUnderrated = Rollin Back.One of my favs that hardly ever gets played live or talked about much..
Exactly. LOVE this song! I can't even believe someone can sing like that........unreal......amazing.
honest man is a great song, but is kind of out of place on the album. I've never been real into rollin back though.
oh, and I can't believe I forgot Hard Helmet. I LOVE that song.
Can't get into They Ran and Into the Woods I avoid.
The first minute or so of Easy Morning Rebel is barely tolerable. The horns provide salvation.
Quotehonest man is a great song, but is kind of out of place on the album. I've never been real into rollin back though.
oh, and I can't believe I forgot Hard Helmet. I LOVE that song.
At Dawn would be too mellow without Honest Man, you have to have some rock, right? Also love the transition from Honest Man to X-mas Curtain, could you really picture that album without those two back to back tracks?
I heart "Sweetheart."
I would say Strangulation. No, wait! I mean, If It Smashes Down. Yep. That's it! I love that song, btw.
Lowdown, but that's just me. ;)