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The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 67

Discussion in 'Music Forum' started by Melody Bot, Jan 9, 2016.

  1. RobJGolde

    Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em!

    That's a good point, although I think "Orphans" could make a good run at that title as well
     
  2. Sean Murphy

    Most Prestigious Supporter

    Goodbye circus wheel
    May you rest along the sea
    I have given you the fire of my youth
    And the triumph o're my enemies
    Goodbye fair weather home, and your faithless factories
    I have given you the blood and the truth
    From the wounds they laid onto me

    this is a song i cant help but sing along to every time i comes on, same with Old Haunts as well actually haha


    ....same with allot of TGA songs tbh.
     
  3. Craig Manning

    @FurtherFromSky Moderator

    Those are probably my two favorites on American Slang, along with the title track. I think they are the thematic core of the record.
     
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  4. Barresi

    Spooky Space Kook

    Boxer
    Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
     
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  5. RobJGolde

    Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em!

    Boxer (14) vs. Casanova (11)

    Dark Places (8) vs. Cowgirls (17)
     
  6. I can't think of Here's Looking At You, Kid as sad, because I saw them right before Handwritten came out at a packed venue (They could have played somewhere twice as big) and when they played that song Brian had the biggest smile on his face at the "I'm famous now for all of these rock and roll songs" as if he was truly realizing for the first time that they had pulled it off.
     
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  7. Boxer
    Dark Places

    Easy choices. Dark Places is an exceptionally great song and Boxer is second favorite Slang cut. I’ve also got a pretty strong personal connection to Dark Places.
     
  8. I’d say so, especially when you stack it up against Backseats, although the second verse in “Get Hurt” always pulls at me, and the end of “Rollin’ and Tumblin’” where Fallon questions whether he should just start abusing drugs to deal with the grief of divorce is pretty bleak.

    “So should I take everything,
    All your temporary medicines?
    All your reds, your blues, and your cocaine?
    Should I take something to try on the weekend?”
     
  9. jjnunn118

    Signal Vs. Noise Prestigious

    Boxer
    Dark Places
     
  10. abw123

    Trusted

    I always thought he should have named the album The Great Depression, such a clever line in that song and also thematically what the whole album is about.
     
  11. abw123

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    (not that "Get Hurt" doesn't get the same idea across, as a title).
     
  12. CarpetElf

    chorus's #3 oklahoma city comets fan Prestigious

    Orphans, Old Haunts, and Spirit of Jazz
     
  13. SamLevi11

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Holy shit, I was just re-listening to Dark Places and I guess I wasn't paying attention before...

    Fuck.

    That's a great but very sad song.
     
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  14. SamLevi11

    Prestigious Prestigious

    Petition to let me change my vote immediately as it won't matter ;-p
     
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  15. RobJGolde

    Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em!

    Boxer (16) vs. Casanova (11)

    Dark Places (10) vs. Cowgirls (17)
     
  16. RobJGolde

    Wrecked 'em? Damn near killed 'em!

    You guys are killing me here! Haha FWIW though, if I were allowed to vote, i'd go with Dark Places too
     
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  17. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    If we were allowed to change it would be 12-14 right now and super close

    plz
     
  18. clucky

    Prestigious Supporter

    At least we can have pyrrhic victory of knowing we got a couple of people to realize the greatness of Dark Places
     
  19. Barresi

    Spooky Space Kook

    If I remember correctly, "The Great Depression" was the original title of the song. But they changed it so they wouldn't step on Dave Hause's toes, who had recently released a song with the same name.
     
  20. abw123

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    No kidding? I never heard that, nor am I familiar with Hause.
     
  21. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    Go listen to him and the Loved Ones now
     
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  22. abw123 Oct 5, 2017
    (Last edited: Oct 5, 2017)
    abw123

    Trusted

    Makes sense though. Rollin' and Tumblin' never sounded like a real TGA song title to me
     
  23. Shrek

    sleigh bells 4ever Prestigious

    i always liked dave hause, but there is a particular strike anywhere song that means the absolute world to me and can reduce me to tears without fail, but it's a lesser known song from a later album of theirs that never caught fire, and then they quietly disappeared.

    of all songs, dave covered that on the b-side of i believe the "pray for tucson" 7". it was one of them in that series, i have it at home. i was kinda stunned that he covered such a deep cut song by a deep cut band and i adore his version and subsequently now love him.
     
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  24. Barresi

    Spooky Space Kook

    I'll try and find the exact quote, but yeah, they're good buddies with him, they've toured together.

    His solo albums are definitely worth checking out, and like @Joe4th said, his old band the Loved Ones.

    Also, he plays the husband in this video.

     
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  25. Joe4th

    Memories are nice, but that's all they are. Prestigious

    What song?