Top Tracks Talk Options

[Voodoo Lady]

Last night a member of another band I follow tweeted this same question. A lot of cool discussion followed.

Top 7 LĪVE songs:

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Top 3 Deep Tracks:
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3.

Everyone’s going to be different with how they approach it, which makes for some cool conversation. I went fast, off the top of my head, with how I’m feeling today, and stayed away from rarities. I define deep track as one that is buried, that a casual fan would not recognize. Here’s mine:

1. I Alone
2. Lakini’s Juice
3. Dolphin’s Cry
4. Lightning Crashes
5. All Over You
6. White, Discussion
7. Pain Lies On the Riverside

1. You Are the World
2. Like I Do
3. Heropsychodreamer

What is interesting for me is that I’ve been tired of Lightning Crashes for about 20 years, but know I need to include it on the top 7. Also, I’m sure later I’ll want to replace Like I Do, but it’s what I’m craving today.

I’m anxious to see your lists.

[Gagball]

Top 7 LĪVE songs:

1. Operation Spirit
2. The Beauty of Gray
3. Selling the Drama
4. Shit Town
5. White, Discussion
6. I, Alone
7. Pain Lies on the Riverside

Top 3 Deep Tracks:
1. Mirror Song
2. Iris
3. The Dam at Otter Creek

Secret Samadhi and The Distance to Here are both awesome and it was hard not to include anything from them on my list, but nothing on those albums connected with me as powerfully as their first two albums. I've often wondered why that is since there are fans I share a lot in common with that are more passionate about SS and TDTH and was thinking it might have something to do with where I was in life when I first heard MJ and TC.

I don't know how true this is, but a conversation from a random old episode of Criminal Minds caught my ear a few weeks ago (bear with me, it's relevant I swear):

Dr. Spencer Reid: You know, 14 is when we start to make our own musical choices. Our cognitive development evolves at that age and we start to form our own cultural identity.

Derek Morgan: We stop listening to the music that our parents put on and we start listening to the music that our friends listen to.

Dr. Spencer Reid: And those musical experiences imprint on us. Our hormonal surges as teenagers may make the choices seem more personal and passionate. And later on in life we might experiment with other musical selections, but no music ever impacts us as much as that which we listen to at age 14.

I was 14 years old when I first heard Mental Jewelry and it hooked me immediately...then when Throwing Copper came out and "MY BAND" that I loved exploded on the scene I rode that wave of awesomeness and excitement into making Live a part of my cultural identity. So I think I definitely bonded with MJ and TC in a way that probably wasn't possible with their later albums, for me.

[Voodoo Lady]

I don't know how true this is, but a conversation from a random old episode of Criminal Minds caught my ear a few weeks ago (bear with me, it's relevant I swear):

Dr. Spencer Reid: You know, 14 is when we start to make our own musical choices. Our cognitive development evolves at that age and we start to form our own cultural identity. Derek Morgan: We stop listening to the music that our parents put on and we start listening to the music that our friends listen to. Dr. Spencer Reid: And those musical experiences imprint on us. Our hormonal surges as teenagers may make the choices seem more personal and passionate. And later on in life we might experiment with other musical selections, but no music ever impacts us as much as that which we listen to at age 14.

I was 14 years old when I first heard Mental Jewelry and it hooked me immediately...then when Throwing Copper came out and "MY BAND" that I loved exploded on the scene I rode that wave of awesomeness and excitement into making Live a part of my cultural identity. So I think I definitely bonded with MJ and TC in a way that probably wasn't possible with their later albums, for me.

That’s really cool; a very interesting take on things. While I’d say I really developed a love for music at 8 years old, I did listen to what those around me listened to. 13/14 years old is when, out of the genres I had been exposed to, I chose what I liked the best and started buying my own albums. Also, 14 was the age I attended my first concert and oh my God, at that moment it was all over. Call me deceased and bury me in hard rock and heavy metal.