I have listened to At Dawn a lot recently and have concluded that this is their best release. It's curious...
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I disagree,The Tennessee Fire is,then AD. ;)
I'm really torn between the two. They make me feel entirely different...
Quote I disagree,The Tennessee Fire is,then AD. ;)
you're wrong. At Dawn is their best.
At Dawn will always have a soft spot in my heart.
I like all of them the same, for different reasons.
At Dawn was my first & has always been my favourite (I love them all though!)
"At dawn" was my first and and favorite....
However, i think i need to listen to Z for another year or so before I can be sure it is not better.
I AM sure that "It Still Moves" is not the best. Side 1 wears me out sometimes. Side 2 kicks ass every time though.
I haven't listened to "TTF" enough to comment on it.
QuoteI like all of them the same, for different reasons.
Same here
QuoteThey make me feel entirely different...
I agree, but not just the two albums. All the albums are great. How can you say you have a favorite when it's like choosing your favorite child? haha
It depends on the weather.
I'm thinking Z or At Dawn.
You're wrong, Tracy. Obviously, they finally got it right on Z.
Z
I lean toward: At Dawn, Tenn Fire, It still moves and then Z
The name of this thread is:
At Dawn is the best MMJ album
QuoteI lean toward: At Dawn, Tenn Fire, It still moves and then Z
You have obviously listened to TTF more than me, but have not listened to Z enough yet....
No Z in top three? It cannot be!
QuoteThe name of this thread is:
At Dawn is the best MMJ album
well, it's a matter of opinion, my friend. I like them all equally as well, as they all make me feel differently and it depends on what mood I'm in. Each one has unique qualities that makes them...My Morning Jacket records...and nothing else is like them, anywhere. I'm just sayin'.
QuoteAt Dawn was my first & has always been my favourite (I love them all though!)
Same here. That is, if I have to pick a favorite... it's a hard thing to do!
QuoteThe name of this thread is:
At Dawn is the best MMJ album
At Dawn is the best MMJ album
I must concur that At Dawn is the best record...so far! We have so many more to come, and I for one, cannot WAIT!
You guys, you can't argue. At Dawn is the best MMJ Album. Any opinions you guys have otherwise are okay to discuss in a thread called "Opinions concerning At Dawn being the best MMJ Album". However, the simple pure and true fact of At Dawn being the best MMJ Album is currently not up for debate.
Sorry.
Flava Flav is pissin' me off
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You have obviously listened to TTF more than me, but have not listened to Z enough yet....
No Z in top three? It cannot be!
I've listened to Z a lot, but I tend to only really listen to certain tracks now..... Anytime, Lay Low and Dondate....Doesn't mean I don't like the other tunes, just those one's stand out to me....Maybe Z will move up eventually.
Hi. Having had It Still Moves as my first exposure, Z is too far of a departure from the style I grew to add to my soul from ISM. I only like about half of Z.
I think AT Dawn starts out incredibly strong, but towards the end of the album, it kinda peters out for me- it is my # 2...
Tenn. Fire. is an great album, but much more bluegrass/less hardcore-a great indication of what was too come.
BUT,I think It Still Moves has had the longest, deepest impression on me. from start to finish, it is a masterpeice.
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I think AT Dawn starts out incredibly strong, but towards the end of the album, it kinda peters out for me.
If Strangulation and I Needed it Most is
petering out, then I hope their next album is entirely petered out.
ha. you guys are funny.
I listened to Strangulation from an '01 show in Austin that George sent to me awhile back on the way to work this morning and I started crying. I think this is either the 4th or 5th time that they have produced actual real tears. I had this weird feeling, that I couldn't pin down. It was like I wanted to cry, laugh and orgasm all at once. Luckily, only the tears came out.
QuoteIt was like I wanted to cry, laugh and orgasm all at once. Luckily, only the tears came out.
Ha! Yeah I know the feeling.
QuoteI listened to Strangulation from an '01 show in Austin that George sent to me awhile back on the way to work this morning and I started crying. I think this is either the 4th or 5th time that they have produced actual real tears. I had this weird feeling, that I couldn't pin down. It was like I wanted to cry, laugh and orgasm all at once. Luckily, only the tears came out.
And why, may I ask, Dear Bermuda, is that "lucky"???
Anyhoo....this is a great thread because I have been listening ONLY to At Dawn for about 2 weeks now and absolutely LOVING, LOVING it. I love The Way That He Sings but I'm dying to know what is the background chorus he's singing????? I'm a little "slow" but it sounds like -
Nah he don't roam, roam
nah he don't roam
nah he don't roam, roam...
PLEASE take it easy on me for riding the special bus on this one, but PLEASE, please can someone tell me what he's singing?!?!?!
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If Strangulation and I Needed it Most is petering out, then I hope their next album is entirely petered out.
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And why, may I ask, Dear Bermuda, is that "lucky"???
Anyhoo....this is a great thread because I have been listening ONLY to At Dawn for about 2 weeks now and absolutely LOVING, LOVING it. I love The Way That He Sings but I'm dying to know what is the background chorus he's singing????? I'm a little "slow" but it sounds like -
Nah he don't roam, roam
nah he don't roam
nah he don't roam, roam...
PLEASE take it easy on me for riding the special bus on this one, but PLEASE, please can someone tell me what he's singing?!?!?!
Well, it may have been a little dangerous is all I'm sayin'. With my legs going straight and all. ;)
Good question on TWTHS. I always thought of it as somewhat of a "wordless chorus" so to speak but now that you mention it, it does kind of sound like he don't roam or know maybe
"with your legs going straight" ??? HA!! I'm on the floor in my fffing cubicle right now! :D :D :D Yer killin me, dude! So you don't know what he's saying?? Poo! I REALLY want to know because he is singing something and they are words - maybe it is
now he don't know, know
now he don't know
now he don't know, know
now he don't know
Personally, I prefer "roam" because it makes me think he's a faithful man, whereas "know" makes me think he's a bit of an airhead.
i think he's sayin'
I ain't goin' roam roam
I ain't goin' roam
I ain't goin' roam roam
etc.
or...fill in the blank. it's far more interesting to overlay your own words as they are being sung in that way. kinda like the "eeeeeeedahdoo....eeeeedahdooo" at the end of "steam engine"...what's that shiznit, anyways?
Remember the thread about "What question you would ask Jim if you had a chance" It would be the Steam Engine question. My mission in life is to know what he's saying. I realize it's like the Pulp Fiction attache' case and I would probably be dissapointed, but I don't care. I want to know.
Quotekinda like the "eeeeeeedahdoo....eeeeedahdooo" at the end of "steam engine"...what's that shiznit, anyways?
I always thought that was "Sea Island! Sea Island Sea Island!"
Made me hungry for a "Sea Island Shrimphouse" seafood platter.
Quotei think he's sayin'
I ain't goin' roam roam
I ain't goin' roam
I ain't goin' roam roam
...what's that shiznit, anyways?
Nooooooo - I don't think that's what he's saying - do you really? What's a shiznit? Is that like a lice egg or something??? :P
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Nah he don't roam, roam
nah he don't roam
nah he don't roam, roam...
I think you got it.
That looks just like the sound I make when I'm "singin'" along with this song... which just happens to be found on THE BEST MMJ ALBUM EVER!!!
wrong.
Tennessee Fire is the best MMJ album.
End of Story.
The reason why At Dawn comes up a close second?
Honest Man. It's a bit sub-par.
End of Story.
i like that one album they did called Suspicious Minds
Quotei think he's sayin'
it's far more interesting to overlay your own words as they are being sung in that way. kinda like the "eeeeeeedahdoo....eeeeedahdooo" at the end of "steam engine"...what's that shiznit, anyways?
Word!
& Good Question.
Quotei like that one album they did called Suspicious Minds
Awesome!
Quotewrong.
Tennessee Fire is the best MMJ album.
End of Story.
The reason why At Dawn comes up a close second?
Honest Man. It's a bit sub-par.
End of Story.
My least fav song on the album too.....kinda messes up the mellow feel of the album as well.
There is not bad track on Tennessee Fire.God,what a great album.....a masterpiece.
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Good question on TWTHS. I always thought of it as somewhat of a "wordless chorus" so to speak but now that you mention it, it does kind of sound like he don't roam or know maybe
The 'Wordless Chorus' theory here. I like Dave. :)
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The reason why At Dawn comes up a close second?
Honest Man. It's a bit sub-par.
*gasp* For real? Honest man is damn close to my favorite! It screams "Exile on Main Street"!
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I like Dave. :)
I like you too. ;) :-*
i love everybody.
why do we gotta choose?
how come we can't just love?
xxoooxooxo
There is no favorite to be had. Each album kicks serious ass. I really wish I could have them perform for me everyday in my house. That'd be awesome. And it wouldn't matter what they played really at all.
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*gasp* For real? Honest man is damn close to my favorite! It screams "Exile on Main Street"!
yeah i love that song. its all psychadelicy and rockin and howlin.
I think Okonokos I'd consider their best album because it's the closest thing to hearing all of the albums at once, you know? There's a great bunch of songs on there.
But if it had to be studio albums, I'd say either Tennessee Fire or Z. I wish they played more TF songs live. 'They Ran' in philly was amazing.
QuoteI have listened to At Dawn a lot recently and have concluded that this is their best release. It's curious...
ding ding...
we have a winner!
tis' true... AT DAWN is their bestestestest record.
1. At Dawn
2. It Still Moves
3. Z
4. Tennessee Fire
At Dawn is a really, really, really special record.
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Each record is to special to be last. They don't deserve that burden. Therefore.
1. TN Fire
1. At Dawn
1. It Still Moves
1. SHIT it's still at the bottom "Z" (NOT FAIR!!)
Somebody lock this thread, I have at one time felt that each album was the greatest thing ever unleashed upon human creatures besides LOVE.
QuoteQuote from: johnconaway link=1166043949/30#34 date=1166211328i think he's sayin'
it's far more interesting to overlay your own words as they are being sung in that way. kinda like the "eeeeeeedahdoo....eeeeedahdooo" at the end of "steam engine"...what's that shiznit, anyways?
Word!
& Good Question.
So maybe he's not singing actual words at all but something more like:
na-eee-don-roam-roam
na-eee-don-roam
na-eee-don-roam-roam
na-eee-don-roam
Why am I obsessing about this?? It's my OC nature again! :-X :-/ :-X :-/
[size=12]I've always heard it slightly like words, but I think Jim understands some of the most important parts of music to be that which isn't actually words. It's funny that the song we're currently wonderingabout the words to has the phrase "It's just the way that he sings, not the words that he says, or the band." as the most important line of it all. It's even the title. So we have to take that into account, that it would just so happen to be the song where that is the most important actual phrase, with the
he don't know no
no he don't know
no he don't know no
no he don't know
being the most integral wordless phrasing. that's what i've always heard, but i've never taken it to actually mean much of anything beyond the principle of the sound of that phrase, which I think is one of the most beautiful things about the way Jim hears the English language.
I could wind-bag another paragraph or two (I am in college, after all), however it's Christmas break and I figure I owe it to you and to me to not even bother to do that.
p.s. i like the ability to change fonts so easily...
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nice font work tom. however, that post would have looked good in any font.
Quotenice font work tom. however, that post would have looked good in any font.
was that a pickup line?
i was introduced to MMJ by their Austin City Limits performance , i watched golden, then gideon. Was blown away yet was too tired to watch the rest. the next day i bought hopefully on itunes store. worked out nice, one song representing each of the latest 3 albums. First impressions are lasting impressions. when i buy a new album i sit in the dark and just listen, preferably with either drink or smoke in hand. i bought it still moves first, because golden was my favorite of the three. ISM was awesome. Then At Dawn... that was AWESOME. then...... there was Z. If the first time i ever listened to Dark Side of The Moon was a 10. and the first time i listened to OK Computer was a 9. Then Z was an 8.8. My mind was blown. blown to bits as it were. got TNF bout' 3 weeks ago. Thats awesome also, but for me...
1. Z
2. At Dawn
3. It Still Moves.
4. Tennessee Fire
QuoteQuotenice font work tom. however, that post would have looked good in any font.
was that a pickup line?
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Your font might be run of the mill pauwee, but I like it too. I'm not just a one font kind of guy.
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The reason why At Dawn comes up a close second?
Honest Man. It's a bit sub-par.
End of Story.
You've got me curious, bo dereks tits, just what is it that you dislike about Honest Man? I kept this thread in mind during my Xmas day At Dawn-athon, and just couldn't find anything bad about that song.
Actually, out of the whole album the only thing that ever struck me wrong was the "stomping" intro to Strangulation, and that's just because I'm usually floatin' off in some astral plane by that point when all of a sudden it comes blaring in and scares the shit out of me. I've grown to love it though... once I realized that if it weren't for that I might never make it back to my body.
At Dawn is their Master of Puppets... their Appetite for Destruction... their South of Heaven! It's their Moon and Antarctica, for cryin' out loud!!! It's their Love Will Keep us Together (that one's for you, Tenn![smiley=tongue.gif]). However, I'm not yet willing to say that it's their Dark Side of the Moon... since there's no tellin' what lays ahead.
QuoteQuote from: Tracy link=1166043949/0#0 date=1166043948I have listened to At Dawn a lot recently and have concluded that this is their best release. It's curious...
ding ding...
we have a winner!
tis' true... AT DAWN is their bestestestest record.
1. At Dawn
2. It Still Moves
3. Z
4. Tennessee Fire
At Dawn is a really, really, really special record.
8)
I think you can make a case for either At Dawn, TF, or It Still Moves as the best overall album. A list of my individual favorite songs would be a compilitation from all three. If I had to decide I may just go with It Still Moves, although TF was my first love. Seems like I may be in the minority with It Still Moves, but from start to finish it never seems to lose any of its driving force. It surprises me there is not more of a "It Still Moves" backlash
To me what's really interesting are the opinions of Z as the best or better than any of the others. I cant figure that out as a MMJ fan but we all see things in different lights. Z was such a departure in many ways, but undoubtedly a great album in its own way.
QuoteZ was such a departure in many ways, but undoubtedly a great album in its own way.
I always thought that "It Still Moves" was the departure album... From Jacket weirdness (TTF / At Dawn) - to Alt Country (ISM) - and then back home again (Z).
I think Z is the most consistent, and therefore the best. They're all excellent, though.
And for what it's worth, I always heard "Iye aum bum bum iye um bum." With that correct spelling too, if you hear "Aye aum" -- you've clearly heard too much. It's "iye."
Mine goes like this:
At Dawn
Z
Tennessee Fire
It Still Moves
but if any of you have chocolate and ice that is a very worthy EP as well :)
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