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Top 5 songs by The Band

post #1 of 17
4/9/08 at 2:03am
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Here we go folks. -4% Pantomime (The Band + Van Morrison=AWESOME) -Across the Great Divide -A Change is Gonna Come. Maybe Rick Danko's best vocal, although obviously It Makes No Difference is a close contender. -Orange Juice Blues -Tears of Rage. Probably my favorite song ever. The Band are sort of like The Beatles...they made almost zero bad tracks.
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post #2 of 17
4/9/08 at 2:39am
-Cripple Creek -The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -Long Black Veil -Ophelia -I Shall Be Released
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post #3 of 17
4/9/08 at 2:40am
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Originally Posted by iammatt View Post
-Cripple Creek -The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -Long Black Veil -Ophelia -I Shall Be Released
The last two are simply out of this world. Levon Helm performs Ophelia a lot and it is one of my goals in life to see him in concert soon.
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post #4 of 17
4/9/08 at 10:06am
The Weight
It Makes No Difference
Stage Fright
Don't Do It
Rag Mama Rag
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post #5 of 17
4/9/08 at 10:09am
When I Paint My Masterpiece
Don't Do It
Unfaithful Servant
It Makes No Difference
The Weight (with the Staples Singers)
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post #6 of 17
4/9/08 at 11:31am
Stage Fright
The State I'm In
Cripple Creek
I Shall Be Released
Time To Kill
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post #7 of 17
4/9/08 at 11:50am
When Robbie Robertson was out promoting Storyville, he appeared on SNL. He and his band perfromed The Weight as their second tune of the night and I thought it was the best song I'd ever heard.
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post #8 of 17
4/9/08 at 7:38pm
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How did I forget "Don't Do It"
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post #9 of 17
4/9/08 at 11:16pm
The Weight
Up on Cripple Creek
When You Awake
I Shall Be Released
Across the Great Divide

You have got to appreciate The Band. I mean come on they are the band!
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post #10 of 17
4/9/08 at 11:20pm
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How did I forget "Don't Do It"

Not sure. Your first post seemed rather lucid and sober...

My top five:

Don't do it
The Weight
Stage Fright
It Makes No Difference (killer solo)
The Night they drove old Dixie down.
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post #11 of 17
4/10/08 at 5:27pm
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Speaking of The Band, I just found this cover of "Rag Mama Rag" done by The Boss. Not bad. http://youtube.com/watch?v=p7F0zbapPkk
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post #12 of 17
4/10/08 at 5:32pm
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Also, the Levon Helm doing "Ophelia" in Nashville late last year: http://youtube.com/watch?v=vA5YuDrmPUY&feature=related
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post #13 of 17
10/31/08 at 12:29am
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I am really moved by The Moon Struck One. It's one of those songs that only Robbie Robertson could write and Richard Manuel could sing. Very haunting. My fav. verse: I was vacant, Julie was a bird with a broken wing We were always afraid of what tomorrow might bring We'll drive down to Durango--up and leave this place And maybe forget the triangle with a change of pace The car broke down when we had just begun And we walked back to the house while the moon struck one
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post #14 of 17
10/31/08 at 12:38am
I must have missed this thread. I like most every Band song they put out. Hard to pick a favorite 5. I do think my favorite album is still their first, Big Pink. From the psychedelic Chest Fever lyrics (and chilling/epic organ intro) to the sparse I Shall be Released, a great album.
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post #15 of 17
10/31/08 at 1:54am
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Originally Posted by bachbeet View Post
I must have missed this thread. I like most every Band song they put out. Hard to pick a favorite 5. I do think my favorite album is still their first, Big Pink. From the psychedelic Chest Fever lyrics (and chilling/epic organ intro) to the sparse I Shall be Released, a great album.
Yeah, there really is no "best Band song." They are all so great. IMO it's one of the few groups in American music history that put out only a few (if any) duds. I saw Levon Helm this past summer and it was out of this world. The crowd was eating out of his hand.
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