Not knowing The Resolution was the opener is Limewire culture (for legal reasons, I can neither confirm nor deny whether I also thought The Resolution was the opening track).
Revisiting “Caves”. It’s an ambitiously epic closer and the story behind its creation is lovely, but I’ve never loved it and it doesn’t really hold up tonight either.
“Caves” probably isn’t a top five song on the album for me, but it’s so crucial to experience of the album and the overall thematic arc that I can’t imagine in not being on here. Also, the second half is fucking awesome.
I’d put Swim, Annie, Hammers, and Miss Cali above Caves, but I guess it would be in my top 5 then, just barely. Plus my younger brother had leukemia, so the song resonates with me on a deeper level than most people.
Yeah, thinking about it more, it’s probably my five, after Crashin, Hammers, Swim, and Dropout. If Doris Day were in play, that would bump it to six.
Crashin is great. I like Dropout, but it never hit me that hard. What draws you to it? Or what resonated with you about it?
I remember some clips and/or live takes of songs circulating before the album came out, and I latched onto that song immediately. When the album came out, I think it struck me as the closest thing to an Everything in Transit style song. There are deeper tracks lyrically (though I love the themes of escapism in that one, and the "And our friends will write us letters..." verse is great), but I think the melody is always what sold it for me. That chorus is huge.
“caves” is one of the most beautiful songs ever made i love glass passenger the whole way through, even acknowledging he cut some dope songs. album got me through some shit
EIT has always been THE summer album for me. TGP has always been a fall record, but for some reason People and Things seemed more like a mix of fall AND spring to me. i remember hearing caves live for one of the first times he played it live (on a keyboard lol) and hands down it is one of the loveliest songs he's ever written.
interesting how everyone's talking about having Glass Passenger out of order; my illegal download of that was fine, but I had Everything in Transit in the wrong order for yerars; I don't remember the specifics but Holiday From Real was still the first song, Dark Blue was later, Into the Airwaves wasn't even there (interestingly, Through Being Cool also was missing it's last song from the same source), and La La Lie was the last song on it
Listened to TGP last night, here's my tiers. Crashin Miss California Hammers and Strings Spinning --- Swim The Resolution Annie Use Your Telescope American Love Drop Out --- Caves Bloodshot --- Suicide Blonde Orphans What Gets You Off
Crashin Hammers Swim Drop Out Caves The Resolution Spinning Annie What Gets You Off Bloodshot Miss California Orphans American Love Suicide Blonde
Tier 1: Spinning Crashin Drop out Hammers Resolution Tier 2: Swim American Love Annie Miss California Tier 3: Caves Tier 4: Bloodshot Suicide Blonde Orphans what gets you off
Top: Caves Crashin Hammers Spinning Swim Middle: American Love Annie Miss California Resolution Drop Out Orphans Bottom: Suicide Blonde Bloodshot What Gets You Off (which arguably might be the worst JM song?)
"orphans" is so dope come on y'all. and i adore "what gets you off" lol anyone who ranks "bloodshot" at the bottom has NOT had a nervous breakdown
Tier 1: Spinning Crashin Resolution Miss California Doris Day Caves At Full Speed Tier 2: Swim American Love Annie Cell Phone Tier 3: Bloodshot Suicide Blonde Orphans What gets you off Hammers Drop Out This is kind of where it's always been for me.