My Life As A Pigeon Summers in PA I Won't Say The Lords Prayer Woke Up Older Don't Let Me Cave In And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
Yeah, that's wasn't too hard. Next round could be brutal though. I'm dreading the eventual Came Out Swinging Vs. Local Man Ruins Everything round. My two favourite songs by them...
I've given you all Summers in pa Lord's Prayer Woke up older Don't let me cave in And now I'm nothing Came out swinging Local man
"My Life As A Pigeon" "My Life As Rob Gordon" "You Made Me Want To Be A Saint" "Woke Up Older" "Me Vs. The Highway" "And Now I'm Nothing" "Came Out Swinging" "Local Man Ruins Everything"
My Life as a Pigeon - this was a weird choice because I didn't feel strongly either way but the triple guitar riff in this song cinched a win. My Life as Rob Gordon - the b-sides for this record are phenomenal and this is one of his best breakup songs. It's like an Easter Egg hunt to catch all of the references I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer - this song helped me leave Christianity behind Woke Up Older - difficult, but the bridge in Woke Up Older where Kennedy destroys the drum kit will always get to me Me vs. the Highway - no contest, this is my favourite song of all time Coffee Eyes - fuck you for making me make this decision. Coffee Eyes is such a great track with some incredible instrumentation and vocals, and my favourite TWY song to drum along to. But the last song on the record is just monumental, I honestly am pulled equally in both directions. I know And Now I'm Nothing will win so my vote goes to Coffee Eyes just to show it some love. Came Out Swinging - much love to Living Room Song, which still makes me laugh, but Came Out Swinging is the clear winner here. It's their iconic song. Local Man Ruins Everything - the little interlude tracks on this record are really awesome and I appreciate them but this was the beginning of this era, it ties back to The Upsides so nicely, and is just such a banger live.
Going to write a couple sentences about my picks because why not. This was the hardest round yet. "I've Given You All" vs "My Life As A Pigeon" Suburbia and I've Given You All are great songs, and even better when put together as one song paired with And Now I'm Nothing. Separately they are all strong songs but those two don't hit as hard without the context of the other two. "Summers in PA" vs "My Life As Rob Gordon" The line "It takes a fucked up head to think about dying alone when you're alone in your twenties / I'm glad it's not just me" hits me every time. "I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer" vs "You Made Me Want To Be A Saint" Might be my favorite song. Opened my eyes up about facing religion and the fact that I don't exactly have any belief in it. Grew up in a Christian family who was never super religious but I did get confirmed and was always confused as to why, but could never open up about it to my parents who wanted me to do it. This song helped me open up to myself more about not believing in religion. "Hoodie Weather" vs "Woke Up Older" "Growing up means watching my heroes turn human in front of me" reminds me of my grandfather who passed away going on ten years ago. When I heard that line, I was immediately brought back to when he was in the hospital; my hero. He was who I looked up to my entire life more than anybody, and seeing him battle cancer and decay for 4 years will always haunt me. It's crazy watching someone you look up to not be able to save themselves. "Me Vs. The Highway" vs "Don't Let Me Cave In" Truly a classic. "And Now I'm Nothing" vs "Coffee Eyes" The Wonder Years have the best endings. I personally think this is their best one out of context of the album. Funeral is their best ending overall, but you need the rest of the album to really get what that ending means. And Now I'm Nothing is a perfect song with or without context from the rest of the album. "Came Out Swinging" vs "Living Room Song" So I guess this was one of the tough decisions you were talking about... Came Out Swinging and Cigarettes & Saints are the best from their respective albums. Came Out Swinging will always mean so much to me. It beats out Living Room Song by a lot, but that song is still incredible. "Local Man Ruins Everything" vs "Suburbia" LOCAL MAN. RUINS. EVERYTHING.
I've Given You All Summers I Won't Say the Lord's Prayer Hoodie Weather Don't Let Me Cave In Coffee Eyes Came Out Swinging Local Man
Does anyone know if this lyric in My Life As Rob Gordon is referencing something (song/movie) or is Stevie a friend/family of the band? My mind would go to Stevie Wonder or Stevie Nicks but I can't think of a song with similar lyrics. "Stevie said that if I woke up feeling helpless That I should think about it different That I had it all wrong It's not the end if you call it a new beginning"
My Life As A Pigeon My Life As Rob Gordon You Made Me Want To Be A Saint Hoodie Weather Me Vs. The Highway And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
"My Life As A Pigeon" "Summers in PA" "You Made Me Want To Be A Saint" "Hoodie Weather" "Me Vs. The Highway" "And Now I'm Nothing" "Came Out Swinging" "Local Man Ruins Everything"
My Life As a Pigeon Summers in PA You Made Me Want to Be a Saint Hoodie Weather Don't Let Me Cave In And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
Gonna be so mad if Me Vs. The Highway gets taken out first round. Don't let me cave in is good and all, but...
Pigeon Rob Gordon Lord's Prayer Hoodie Me vs The Highway Coffee Eyes Came out swinging Local man If Hoodie Weather and Me Vs The Highway get tossed in the first round I'm gonna throw down
My Life As A Pigeon My Life As Rob Gordon I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer Hoodie Weather Don't Let Me Cave In Coffee Eyes Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
I've Given You All My Life As Rob Gordon You Made Me Want To Be A Saint Woke Up Older Don't Let Me Cave In (tough choice) And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
I've Given You All - This and Summers In PA are chosen simply cause I like them a little more than the others, but still not loads Summers in PA - This and I've Given you All are chosen simply cause I like them a little more than the others, but still not loads I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer - I've always had a massive soft spot for this song, living near a church Woke Up Older - Used to see a girl named Jess and I loved this song at the time. Don't Let Me Cave In - For a long time, my favourite on the album And Now I'm Nothing - Easily one of my favourite TWY songs. Came Out Swinging - Their best song. Don't @ me. Local Man Ruins Everything - first song I heard from them.
Oh man that Hoodie Weather vs Woke Up Older matchup is so rough. Definitely gotta have to take some extra time to figure it out.
My Life As A Pigeon Summers in PA I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer Hoodie Weather Don't Let Me Cave In And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything Eliminating Woke Up Older and Coffee Eyes in the first round feels almost criminal but it had to be done. I'm looking forward to the Came Out Swinging v Local Man matchup next round.
"My Life As A Pigeon" "Summers in PA" "You Made Me Want To Be A Saint" "Hoodie Weather" "Me Vs. The Highway" "Coffee Eyes" "Came Out Swinging" "Local Man Ruins Everything"
My Life As A Pigeon - just a straight jam Summers in PA - i still put this on summer playlists I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer - a top 3 wonder years song for me Woke Up Older - this one was tough, essentially coin flip Don't Let Me Cave In - mentions Chicago, therefore it's awesome And Now I'm Nothing - this song felt like a new level for them back in 2011 Came Out Swinging - a few years back a good friend of mine and I listened to this about 20x on a road trip so I have really great memories attached Local Man Ruins Everything - I have the chorus tattooed on my arm so yeah
My Life As A Pigeon My Life As Rob Gordon I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer Hoodie Weather Don't Let Me Cave In And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything Dont vs Highway was brutal since thats my top 2 :( gdi
I've Given You All Summers in PA You Made Me Want To Be A Saint Hoodie Weather (very close) Don't Let Me Cave In And Now I'm Nothing Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything
My Life As A Pigeon Summers in PA I Won't Say The Lord's Prayer Hoodie Weather (I always forgot how much I fuckin' love this song) Don't Let Me Cave In Coffee Eyes Came Out Swinging Local Man Ruins Everything (tbh this could win just for the way Dan says LOCAL MAN. RUINS EVERYTHING. live) This was harder than Upisdes and NCTH combined.