Red Mosquito

There's still so much great stuff left on The Rising.

According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

darth_vedder wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Since that a-hole dct took my pick, I have no idea what I'm doing for my final. May need to revisit Tracks or Tunnel of Love. Maybe I'll hit up The River for 3 songs off that one.

"Roll of the Dice" is still available. You're welcome.

I haven't listened to any songs, other than Roll The Dice now, from Human Touch. Is the general consensus that this album and the one released around the same time are both some of his weaker offerings?

Human Touch, more so than Lucky Town, is generally considered one of his worst two or three albums. The whole reason why there are two albums is Bruce recorded Human Touch, didn't love it, and decided to write and record some more. Instead of doing another double album, he just released two simultaneously. Lucky Town is fairly decent.

Both have some real good songs, even better if you seek out the stripped down solo versions that he played during the Devils and Dust tour (and early 90's solo shows). Once all picks are in I will highlight a few. I almost went with one in particular with my last pick.

darth_vedder wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Since that a-hole dct took my pick, I have no idea what I'm doing for my final. May need to revisit Tracks or Tunnel of Love. Maybe I'll hit up The River for 3 songs off that one.

"Roll of the Dice" is still available. You're welcome.

I haven't listened to any songs, other than Roll The Dice now, from Human Touch. Is the general consensus that this album and the one released around the same time are both some of his weaker offerings?

The Rising still has some songs left, I may grab something from it.

The 90s (starting with Human Touch/Lucky Town) are generally considered to be Bruce's nadir, with the caveat that he came up for air with two well received soundtrack offerings (Streets of Philadelphia and Secret Garden).

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

Couple of mine weren't even in the top 100.

Restless Nights (86)
Fade Away (85)
Roulette (76)
Streets of Fire (54)
Jungleland (13)
Born in the U.S.A. (9)
Two Hearts (N/A)
Ain't Good Enough For You (N/A)

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

How did you do that?

Scottmusic
Thunder Road (3)
This Hard Land (46)
Long Walk Home (96)
Land of Hope and Dreams (23)
Tunnel of Love (26)
Rocky Ground (73)
Take 'em As They Come (nr)
Devils and Dust (88)

this ranking is obviously garbage

Cover Me
Secret Garden
The Ghost of Tom Joad (12)
Fire (100)
It's Hard To Be A Saint in The City
If I Should Fall Behind (41)
Blinded By The Light (89)
War

Wease has a lot NOT in the top 100.

bada wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

Couple of mine weren't even in the top 100.

Restless Nights (86)
Fade Away (85)
Roulette (76)
Streets of Fire (54)
Jungleland (13)
Born in the U.S.A. (9)
Two Hearts (N/A)
Ain't Good Enough For You (N/A)

How the fuck is "Two Hearts" not in there? Are these people morons?

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bada wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

Couple of mine weren't even in the top 100.

Restless Nights (86)
Fade Away (85)
Roulette (76)
Streets of Fire (54)
Jungleland (13)
Born in the U.S.A. (9)
Two Hearts (N/A)
Ain't Good Enough For You (N/A)

How the fuck is "Two Hearts" not in there? Are these people morons?

I know at least two guys that really love it.

Spoiler: show

Higgs

Streets of Philadelphia (24)
Growin' Up. (48)
Candy's Room. (45)
Wrecking Ball. (43)
One Step Up. (54)
Lonesome Day. (83)
Terry's Song. (--)
Rockaway the Days (--)

Although the whole RS 100 is a pretty dumb listing.

bada wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bada wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

Couple of mine weren't even in the top 100.

Restless Nights (86)
Fade Away (85)
Roulette (76)
Streets of Fire (54)
Jungleland (13)
Born in the U.S.A. (9)
Two Hearts (N/A)
Ain't Good Enough For You (N/A)

How the fuck is "Two Hearts" not in there? Are these people morons?

I know at least two guys that really love it.

Spoiler: show

It takes twooooo!!!!!

Glad to see 5 of my 7 on the list, though I was a little surprised Kitty's Back didn't make the top 100. It did make the readers poll "10 Best Deep Cuts" however, coming in at #10.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists ... k-20141001

Nice to see that Ramrod made the top 100 list

Kitty's Back (N/A)
Dancing In The Dark (22)
Johnny 99 (49)
Reason To Believe (59)
Ramrod (91)
Cadillac Ranch (69)
You'll Be Coming Down (N/A)

durdencommatyler wrote:There's still so much great stuff left on The Rising.

Indeed. I've always thought Paradise was a terrific Bruce track, not many share that opinion.

vedder316 wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:There's still so much great stuff left on The Rising.

Indeed. I've always thought Paradise was a terrific Bruce track, not many share that opinion.

That song is incredible.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

bada wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:According to Rolling Stone, here's where the songs I drafted rank on Bruce's 100 Greatest Songs list:

Glory Days (66)
Because The Night (32)
New York Serenade (31)
Night (81)
Incident On 57th Street (17)
The Rising (28)
Shut Out The Light (36)
Tougher Than The Rest (35)

Couple of mine weren't even in the top 100.

Restless Nights (86)
Fade Away (85)
Roulette (76)
Streets of Fire (54)
Jungleland (13)
Born in the U.S.A. (9)
Two Hearts (N/A)
Ain't Good Enough For You (N/A)

How the fuck is "Two Hearts" not in there? Are these people morons?

The panel: Win Butler (Arcade Fire), Andy Greene (Associate editor, Rolling Stone), Dr. Lauren Onkey (The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum), Jackson Browne (singer-songwriter, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer), Mikal Gilmore (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Christopher Phillips (Editor and publisher, Backstreets magazine), Peter Ames Carlin (Journalist, Springsteen biographer), Brian Hiatt, (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Rob Sheffield (Contributing editor, Rolling Stone), Bethany Cosentino (Founding member, Best Coast), Alan Light (Journalist and author, The Holy or the Broken), Steven Van Zandt (Actor, guitarist, E Street Band member), Bill Flanagan (Executive vice president, MTV Networks), Edward Norton (Actor-director, two-time Oscar nominee), Warren Zanes (Founding member, the Del Fuegos), David Fricke (Senior writer, Rolling Stone), Tom Morello (Solo artist, Rage Against the Machine guitarist)

Where's lowlight? Darth you're up.

Come on, darth and lowlight! Let's get this thing going!

I'm trying to narrow my picks down now. It's a good problem to have and shows how many outstanding song this fella has. This has been a fun tournament, glad I played along.