I'm sorry for this terribly rushed post. I felt awful earlier today, then had to work and I need to get to bed for work again so this is going to be very hurried. I apologize.
In an effort to do a quick and easy post, I am giving you a list of my favorite song of off each album (just the regular ones, not all the extras). But to keep it from being too boring and too much of a repeat from other entries, I'm also going to give you a sleeper favorite from each album. By which I mean a lesser known and loved song that I happen to adore and don't give enough (or any) attention to on all of my various favorites lists.
Here goes.
They Might Be Giants
Favorite: Don't Let's Start
Sleeper: Rhythm Section Want Ad
Lincoln
Favorite: Ana Ng
Sleeper: Mr. Me
Flood:
Favorite: Birdhouse in Your Soul (Duh)
Sleeper: Sapphire Bullets of Pure Love
Apollo 18
Favorite: Fingertips
Sleeper: Dinner Bell
John Henry
Favorite: Subliminal
Sleeper: Thermostat
Factory Showroom
Favorite: Till My Head Falls Off
Sleeper: Metal Detector
Long Tall Weekend
Favorite: Certain People I Could Name
Sleeper: Dark and Metric
Mink Car
Favorite: Man, It's So Loud in Here
Sleeper: Wicked Little Critta
No!
Favorite: Where Do They Make Balloons?
Sleeper: The House At the Top of the Tree
The Spine
Favorite: Museum of Idiots
Sleeper: Stalk of Wheat
Here Come the ABCs
Favorite: Alphabet Lost and Found (but only because I find the recorded version of Alphabet of Nations on this album so inferior to the live version)
Sleeper: D is for Drums
The Else
Favorite: Withered Hope
Sleeper: With the Dark
Here Come the 123s
Favorite: Nine Bowls of Soup
Sleeper: Nonagon
Here Comes Science
Favorite: I Am A Paleontologist
Sleeper: Photosynthesis
This is actually kind of an interesting exercise because there are several albums that have multiple of my very favorite songs on them so this forces me to look at my favorites just in terms of albums and pull out some songs I don't recognize enough. It's also just given me an idea for another entry. Maybe I'll give you a bonus one tomorrow to make up for this rushed one. Hmmmmm.
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Excellent list. With The Dark and Thermostat are total sleeper songs for me too. This was kind of a hard list to make because my instinct was to follow my favorite with my second favorite, so I had to think really hard about which songs I love but don't give much attention to.
ReplyDelete(Uninteresting sidenote about Photosynthesis: it reminds me of the only Postal Service song I've ever heard, "The District Sleeps Alone." They're almost the exact same song, it's crazy.)
They Might Be Giants
Favorite: She's An Angel
Sleeper: Everything Right Is Wrong Again
Lincoln
Favorite: Ana Ng
Sleeper: Where Your Eyes Don't Go
Flood
Favorite: Birdhouse In Your Soul (I feel like this should never, ever count, because it always cancels out so many other good songs)
Sleeper: Lucky Ball & Chain
Apollo 18
Favorite: The Guitar
Sleeper: My Evil Twin
John Henry
Favorite: No One Knows My Plan
Sleeper: Sleeping In The Flowers
Factory Showroom
Favorite: Pet Name
Sleeper: New York City
Mink Car
Favorite: Man, It's So Loud In Here
Sleeper: My Man
No!
Favorite: Four Of Two (wellll)
Sleeper: Where Do They Make Balloons?
The Spine
Favorite: Museum Of Idiots
Sleeper: Bastard Wants To Hit Me
The Else
Favorite: The Mesopotamians
Sleeper: Upside Down Frown
Here Come the 123s
Favorite: Seven
Sleeper: Nine Bowls Of Soup
Here Comes Science
Favorite: Meet The Elements
Sleeper: Roy G. Biv
I'm sorry you've not been feeling well. Interesting to read your answers to this, though. I'm going to attempt it, even though I have more than one favorite on each album and am still not quite sure which songs would be considered "sleepers". But I'm going to try to keep it to two songs per album. Here is my tentative list:
ReplyDeleteThey Might Be Giants
Favorite: Don't Let's Start
Sleeper: Everything Right Is Wrong Again
Lincoln
Favorite: Ana Ng
Sleeper: Where Your Eyes Don't Go
Flood
Favorite: Birdhouse In Your Soul
Sleeper: We Want A Rock
Apollo 18
Favorite: Fingertips
Sleeper: See The Constellation
John Henry
Favorite: No One Knows My Plan
Sleeper: Destination Moon
Factory Showroom
Favorite: Spiraling Shape
Sleeper: The Bells Are Ringing
Long Tall Weekend
(This album I'm still not as acquainted with compared to many of the others.)
Favorite: Older
Sleeper: Certain People I Could Name
Mink Car
(I'm also less acquainted with this one, but moreso than with Long Tall Weekend.)
Favorite: Hovering Sombrero
Sleeper: Another First Kiss
No!
(Ditto)
Favorite: Sleepwalkers
Sleeper: In The Middle, In The Middle, In The Middle (the fact that they don't actually sing this one makes me feel kind of guilty for some reason, so here's another:) Where Do They Make Balloons?
The Spine
Favorite: Museum Of Idiots
Sleeper: Stalk Of Wheat
Here Come The ABCs
Favorite: QU
Sleeper: Flying V
The Else
(The album I'm probably least acquainted with. *Goes to get it from car in the middle of the night*)
Favorite: Climbing The Walls
Sleeper: Upside Down Frown
Here Come The 123s
Favorite: Seven Days Of The Week (I Never Go To Work)
Sleeper: Seven
Here Comes Science
(Not terribly familiar yet, either.)
Favorite: I Am A Paleontologist
Sleeper: Meet The Elements (ironic, since the first test I ever failed in school was the Periodic Table test in sixth grade.)
Good grief, that was more difficult than I had expected. Even for a tentative list. So...many...favorites..
Wow, it took me forever to create that. At least the length of almost four albums. Megan's answer wasn't even there when I first clicked "comment", if that tells you anything (based on the time).
ReplyDeleteLate to post, but I wanted to participate in this one! I really like the "Sleeper" Favorites idea. We all have those songs that we're partial too but don't really mention all the time. Good call!
ReplyDeleteMy List:
They Might Be Giants
Favorite: Put Your Hand Inside the Puppet Head
Sleeper: Hide Away Folk Family
Lincoln
Favorite: Ana Ng
Sleeper: Stand On Your Own Head
Flood:
Favorite: Dead
Sleeper: Whistling in the Dark
Apollo 18
Favorite: I Palindrome I
Sleeper: See the Constellation
John Henry
Favorite: Destination Moon
Sleeper: The End of the Tour
Factory Showroom
Favorite: Till My Head Falls Off
Sleeper: Your Own Worst Enemy
Long Tall Weekend
Favorite: Certain People I Could Name
Sleeper: Dark and Metric
(I'm 100% on board w/ Blue Canary on this one.)
Mink Car
Favorite: Man, It's So Loud In Here
Sleeper: Hopeless Bleak Despair
No!
Favorite: Four of Two
Sleeper: Robot Parade
The Spine
Favorite: Thunderbird
Sleeper: Wearing a Raincoat
Here Come the ABCs
Favorite: Can You Find It?
Sleeper: ICU
The Else
Favorite: Withered Hope
Sleeper: Climbing the Walls
Here Come the 123s
Favorite: Figure Eight
Sleeper: Apartment Four
Here Comes Science
Favorite: Roy G Biv
Sleeper: Cells