Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
We did this for the Meskies a couple years ago so why not the Wilderness Years too. Anything released between Cut the Crap and X-Ray Style is fair game. First gets 3 points, second 2, and third 1. I'll tally in a week or two. VOTE VOTE VOTE!
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Here's the current tally. Feel free to still vote if you havent.
Trash City (26)
Burning Lights (14)
Unknown Immortal (13)
Island Hopping (12)
Tennessee Rain (10)
It's A Rockin World (9)
Gangsterville (8)
Cholo Vest (7)
Dum Dum Club (7)
Love Kills (7)
Shouting Streets (7)
Sleepwalk (7)
Afro-Cuban Be-Bop (6)
Ride Your Donkey (4)
Leopardskin Limosines (3)
Mango Street (3)
Nothin Bout Nothin (3)
Pouring Rain (3)
Tropic of No Return (3)
Jewelers and Bums (2)
Slant Six (2)
Harder They Come (1)
Permanent Record Theme (1)
Punk Rock Blues (1)
When Pigs Fly (1)
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1. Island Hopping
2. Tennessee Rain
3. Burning Lights
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Here's the current tally. Feel free to still vote if you havent.
Trash City (26)
Burning Lights (14)
Unknown Immortal (13)
Island Hopping (12)
Tennessee Rain (10)
It's A Rockin World (9)
Gangsterville (8)
Cholo Vest (7)
Dum Dum Club (7)
Love Kills (7)
Shouting Streets (7)
Sleepwalk (7)
Afro-Cuban Be-Bop (6)
Ride Your Donkey (4)
Leopardskin Limosines (3)
Mango Street (3)
Nothin Bout Nothin (3)
Pouring Rain (3)
Tropic of No Return (3)
Jewelers and Bums (2)
Slant Six (2)
Harder They Come (1)
Permanent Record Theme (1)
Punk Rock Blues (1)
When Pigs Fly (1)
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1. Island Hopping
2. Tennessee Rain
3. Burning Lights
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
1. Unknown Immortal
2. Nothin' 'Bout Nothin'
3. Trash City
EDIT: Sorry, Shouting Street. You just got nudged.
EDIT 2: Rethinking it.
2. Nothin' 'Bout Nothin'
3. Trash City
EDIT: Sorry, Shouting Street. You just got nudged.
EDIT 2: Rethinking it.
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
Good call.
1. Unknown Immortal
2. Island Hopping
3. It's a Rockin' World
The first two are always my top two Wilderness era Joe songs. Lotta great contenders for #3 tho, feeling "It's a Rockin' World' today.
EDIT: me good with the wordmaking
1. Unknown Immortal
2. Island Hopping
3. It's a Rockin' World
The first two are always my top two Wilderness era Joe songs. Lotta great contenders for #3 tho, feeling "It's a Rockin' World' today.
EDIT: me good with the wordmaking
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
It's weird, but Island Hopping never did it for me the way it does for a lot of folks on here. I don't dislike it, but it's just never what I think of when I think of great solo Joe songs.
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That's because I hate you.Wolter wrote:It's weird, but Island Hopping never did it for me the way it does for a lot of folks on here. I don't dislike it, but it's just never what I think of when I think of great solo Joe songs.
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
Man, I could live inside that song. That and Mondo Bongo have similar 'trouble in paradise' vibes that I can't get enough of.Wolter wrote:It's weird, but Island Hopping never did it for me the way it does for a lot of folks on here. I don't dislike it, but it's just never what I think of when I think of great solo Joe songs.
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
And Mondo Bongo is another that I like ok, but think of as utterly disposable.msza2 wrote:Man, I could live inside that song. That and Mondo Bongo have similar 'trouble in paradise' vibes that I can't get enough of.Wolter wrote:It's weird, but Island Hopping never did it for me the way it does for a lot of folks on here. I don't dislike it, but it's just never what I think of when I think of great solo Joe songs.
Seems like you're putting the cart before the horse, you stupid robot.Flex wrote:That's because I hate you.Wolter wrote:It's weird, but Island Hopping never did it for me the way it does for a lot of folks on here. I don't dislike it, but it's just never what I think of when I think of great solo Joe songs.
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
It's a Rocking World
Shouting Street
Burning Lights
Shouting Street
Burning Lights
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
1. Trash City
2. It's a Rockin' World
3. Permanent Record theme
2. It's a Rockin' World
3. Permanent Record theme
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So, on Sunday I was listening to the CD mix of Wilderness Years songs I had in my car, and while that era was very disjointed and aimless, he really had a lot of solid material coming out in dribs and drabs. I wish he had a stronger willed collaborator willing to both encourage and push him in that period.
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Shit, Trash City. I forgot. I've got to edit my list.Dr. Medulla wrote:1. Trash City
2. It's a Rockin' World
3. Permanent Record theme
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
Love the wilderness years, everything special and brilliant about the Mescalero era is bound up in that tough, soul-searching era imo. Can't do a top 3 without cheating, however.
1. Cholo Vest
2. Afro Cuban Be Bop
3. Walker (all of it, the whole damn thing, it's just one complete mass of inspired brilliance)
1. Cholo Vest
2. Afro Cuban Be Bop
3. Walker (all of it, the whole damn thing, it's just one complete mass of inspired brilliance)
Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
Ok, we can agree on something.Wolter wrote:So, on Sunday I was listening to the CD mix of Wilderness Years songs I had in my car, and while that era was very disjointed and aimless, he really had a lot of solid material coming out in dribs and drabs. I wish he had a stronger willed collaborator willing to both encourage and push him in that period.
I read somewhere that Joe's contract with Sony prevented him from singing on more than a few tracks per album unless it was an official solo album. Not sure if that's true but it would explain a lot, and would have contributed to that aimless feel.
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Yeah. I can't discount that recording contract hell is not a good place for anyone to be.msza2 wrote:Ok, we can agree on something.Wolter wrote:So, on Sunday I was listening to the CD mix of Wilderness Years songs I had in my car, and while that era was very disjointed and aimless, he really had a lot of solid material coming out in dribs and drabs. I wish he had a stronger willed collaborator willing to both encourage and push him in that period.
I read somewhere that Joe's contract with Sony prevented him from singing on more than a few tracks per album unless it was an official solo album. Not sure if that's true but it would explain a lot, and would have contributed to that aimless feel.
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Re: Wilderness Years - vote your top 3
It's a Rockin' World
Unknown Immortal
Sleepwalk (Loses points for the murky production but one of Joe's best songs for me)
Unknown Immortal
Sleepwalk (Loses points for the murky production but one of Joe's best songs for me)
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