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Posted by Gabriel Syme on 11-18-2004 at15:11:

  Favorite 5 songs

We've recently had a couple of threads in which we gave our 5 favorite DA albums. While lying in bed last night not going to sleep, I wondered what songs I would pick if asked to name 5 of the many wonderful songs recorded by my favorite band. As an exercise in extreme compression of taste, I ask all of you, "Which are your 5 favorite songs by Daniel Amos?"

Naturally, I'll start.

1. Soon! (I cry every single time)
2. Author of the Story
3. The Double
4. Banquet at the World's End
5. When the Moonlight Sleeps

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Posted by .backs. on 11-18-2004 at15:22:

 

i think i might agree with you on 1 and 2. 5 would be hard to rule out...

but Pool, Hats, Joel, Broken Ladders, Big Bite, Memory Lane, and and and

would have to be squeezed in too.

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Posted by Mountain Fan on 11-18-2004 at15:36:

 

I simply can't pick 5.

Every once in awhile I put Soon on repeat and just listen to it over and over. Makes me cry too sometimes. But then Terry's lyrics have a way of that. Have you ever just sat down and read some of them with no music? Great stuff!

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Posted by drfong on 11-18-2004 at15:54:

  Favorite 5

In no particular order...
Horrendous Disc
Memory Lane
Home Permanent
Neverland Ballroom
Traps, Ensnares

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Posted by .backs. on 11-18-2004 at16:07:

 

Welcome DR! i am quite fond of your little town. Do you ever get ice cream at the little shop near the Festus statue?

H Disc is a great choice.

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Posted by dorfsmith on 11-18-2004 at16:23:

 

How do you choose. Here's my list today...it will change tomorrow

1. Darn Floor Big Bite
2. It's The 80's (So Where's Our Rocket Packs)
3. Sleep Silent Child
4. (What's Come) Over Me
5. Note To Anna

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Posted by sprinklerhead on 11-18-2004 at16:32:

 

Mine change sometimes but, it is usually pretty close to this:

Sins of the Fathers
(What's come) over me
Hole in the World
My Beautiful Martyr
Walls of Doubt

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Posted by Joey T. on 11-18-2004 at16:39:



5) Ghost of the heart.
4) The Pool (Dr. Edt version..)
3) Darn Floor, Big Bite!
2) Fingertips
1) Earth Household..

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Posted by dennis on 11-18-2004 at16:40:

  This is straight outta my ass, but here goes!

1) The Earth Household
2) Half Light, Epoch & Phase
3) The Unattainable Earth
4) When everyone wore Hats
5) NeverLand Ballroom

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Posted by .backs. on 11-18-2004 at16:43:



SOYA?

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Posted by dennis on 11-18-2004 at16:45:

 

how can you pick 5???

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Posted by wes berlin on 11-18-2004 at17:45:

  as of this moment in time........

1. darn floor big bite
2. unattainable earth
3. author of the story
4. when everyone wore hats
5. pay for surf

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Posted by Theo on 11-18-2004 at19:05:

  Well...

Not sure I'm willing to commit to five.

But at the head of the parade, I'll say we're in good company with:

1. Soon
2. Author of the Story
3. When the moonlight sleeps

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Posted by dennis on 11-18-2004 at20:22:

RE: This is straight outta my ass, but here goes!

quote:

Originally posted by dennis 1) The Earth Household 2) Half Light, Epoch & Phase 3) Strong Points, Weak Points 4) When everyone wore Hats 5) NeverLand Ballroom

edit

Part two

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Posted by PuP on 11-18-2004 at20:59:

 

This is just DA, right?

Whenever Joel is playing, I stop what I am doing and listen. I cannot concentrate on anything else.

Soon! is probably my second-favorite DA tune.

Safety Net comes in third.

I have always liked Father's Arms. That string section at the end is great!

So I need a fifth. Song, that is. If You Want To? That's a good one. Or Faces to the Window, I like that. Maybe When Everyone Wore Hats. That part in Get Back Aboard the Bus, Aloha where the band goes temporarily insane is really cool. Meanwhile has the best bridge. I love the cowbell on Who's Who Here. Alarma! Author of the Story. Here I Am.

Aaaaargh! It's questions like this that drove Berger insane!!!!

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Posted by dorfsmith on 11-18-2004 at21:24:

 

Father's Arms is high on my list

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Posted by .backs. on 11-18-2004 at23:14:

 

Even the rendition by the Boone sisters is pretty good.

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Posted by dorfsmith on 11-18-2004 at23:45:

 

Oh my, I forgot all about that

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Posted by Gabriel Syme on 11-19-2004 at07:08:

 

Yes, 5 is artificially limiting, but it made me think hard about it. My list changes frequently, though the one's I listed are always near the top. It leaves out songs I absolutely love like Ghost of the Heart, Mall (All Over the World), Walls of Doubt, A Sigh for You, Joel, (What's Come) Over Me, Pregnant Pause, Your Long Year, William, Hollow Man, It's the Eighties, If You Want To....................

I didn't know that Soon! topped so many people's lists. That's refreshing to know.

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Posted by dennis on 11-19-2004 at08:59:

  RE: This is straight outta my ass, but here goes!

quote:

Originally posted by dennis quote: Originally posted by dennis 1) The Earth Household 2) Half Light, Epoch & Phase 3) Strong Points, Weak Points 4) When everyone wore Hats 5) NeverLand Ballroom edit Part two

This still seem pretty close.