If you’re like me, you’re always looking for new ways to discover new music. Music blogs are an excellent source, and as The Prez Obama always says, “TheFrontloader.com is perhaps the best music blog ever created on the face of the Earth, and maybe if we all listen to folks like Ol’ Swap, bands like Wham! would never split up,” and I never disagree with The Prez… unless I do. Anyhow, I came across a site the other day (thanks to @thewordpainter) called GoRankem.com that is an excellent source for checking out new or old artists.
GoRankem.com allows you to not only find out how fans rank their favorite artist’s songs, but it lets you do the same as well. It’s a great way to discover new music… if you’re not familiar with an artist, just look them up on GoRankem.com and take a gander to what their fans think are their best songs… that’s often a good place to start. The site also offers snippets of each selection, so if you like what you hear, you now have a way of going about discovering more about the artist. I would highly recommend GoRankem.com… it’s fun, it’s informative, and it’s a site I’m sure I’ll visit quite often. You can follow @rankem on Twitter here.
After creating an account on GoRankem.com, I thought I was all ready to rank some songs, but then I realized just how big of an undertaking that task is. I’ve always tried to avoid doing these kinds of lists because I’d like to think that I don’t have “favorite” songs per se, but rather I have song “preferences” that change as my life changes. After thinking about it some more, I have concluded that I DO have favorites… they’re the songs I go to no matter what. They’re the songs that have remained constant even when everything doesn’t. They’re the songs that define the artist to me.
So because of The Black Crowes‘ impending indefinite hiatus and new album Croweology, I thought I’d list my top 10 favorite songs from their catalog. It didn’t take me long to make this list, but it took me a while to commit to them because I’m just that kind of guy. I tried to find live boots of each song that I haven’t posted before, so forgive me if there are doubles.
Yeah, I also noticed that the majority of the songs are from The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion and Amorica, but who can deny that those are great albums that pretty much set the tone for their career? So here’s my top 10… what’s yours?
Top 10 Songs by The Black Crowes
1. My Morning Song – My Morning Song (live 8-9-2005) – (from Southern Harmony)
2. Sting Me – Sting Me (live 8-10-2005) (from Southern Harmony)
3. Wiser Time – Wiser Time (live 8-7-2005) (from Amorica)
4. Remedy – Remedy (live March 1995) (from Southern Harmony)
5. Thorn in My Pride – Thorn in My Pride (live acoustic) (from Southern Harmony)
6. The Last Place That Love Lives – The Last Place That Love Lives (from Before the Frost)
7. Descending – Descending (live 8-7-2005) (from Amorica)
8. Feathers – Feathers (live 8-10-2005) (from The Lost Crowes)
9. Gone – Gone (live 8-9-2005) (from Amorica)
10. Soul Singing – Soul Singing (live 8-5-2005) (from Lions)
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What a cool site! I'm gonna have to check it out more this weekend!
You picked some gooduns, that's for sure! “Descending” and “Soul Singing” are two of my absolute favorites as well.
Hmmm… ten is a lot to commit to. If you ask me tomorrow (or even later today), the list may be different… but I'll try :)
1) Seeing Things
2) Descending
3) Jealous Again
4) Soul Singing
5) Could I've Been So Blind
6) Sting Me
7) Remedy
8) HorseHead
9) No Speak No Slave
10) Hard to Handle
Dude, that was HARD.
“it’s fun, it’s informative, and it’s a site I’m sure I’ll visit quite often”
love to hear that. we're a resource more than anything, but just like you said, we want it to be enjoyable whether you're browsing or ranking :)
“I’d like to think that I don’t have “favorite” songs per se, but rather I have song “preferences” that change as my life changes”
believe me, you're not alone. that's why we allow you to update your rankings any time you want. then again, we'd probably like to see you ranking as many artists as you can…
“I thought I’d list my top 10 favorite songs from their catalog”
no need to do that when you can reference them from your profile right here: http://www.gorankem.com/rankings/4296-The-Black... with youtube vids to boot!
@just_kap – seeing things at the top? def feeling that…
-adam
Love that site! You're right, it's hard to break away from it! Here's my top 10 BC songs:
1. Soul Singing
2. Thick & Thin
3. Horsehead
4. Greasy Grass River
5. Hi-Head Blues
6. No Speak No Slave
7. Miracle To Me
8. Thorn In My Pride
9. Good Friday
10. Sting Me
Diggin the live version of My Morning Song — great lists! Here's mine: http://www.gorankem.com/rankings/4302-The-Black...
(mostly from shake your money maker)
1 She Talks to Angels
2 Seeing Things
3 Remedy
4 Jealous Again
5 Twice as Hard
6 Hard to Handle
7 Could I've Been So Blind
8 Stare It Cold
9 Sister Luck
I realize I left off all of Shake Your Moneymaker on my list! LOL!!! “Seeing Things” was my #10 but then I remembered “Soul Singing.”
Man, I love all those songs you listed! What a great band!
Ooooh “Greasy Grass River” is a good one! And “Miracle to Me!”
Lions is a most underrated album.
Yeah, Shake Your MOneymaker is a fantastic album! Came at just the right time. “Stare it Cold” has SUCH a great ending… that song and My Morning Song are my favorite show enders!!
Thank you for sharing your list!
no love for “she gave good sunflower” ??? it's my all-time favorite.
Just because a song didn't make it on the list doesn't mean I don't dig on it ;-) What's your top 10?
I dont know if i can make a list of my top 10 favorite songs, but wow i was shocked to see that none of you included songs like
Girl From A Pawnshop
Bring On Bring On
Welcome To The Good Times
Sister Luck is also on my all time favorites!
And i definitely agree with My Morning Song!!!
“Girl From a Pawnshop” is definitely up there on my list. The whole Three Snakes album is stellar… never understood why it didn't get great reviews. Yeah, it was REALLY tough putting together a top 10 list for the Crowes, but I had to go with the songs I always go to initially when I'm in a Crowes mood.
I should've done a Top 20 or 30 list LOL!
OK Big Crowes Fan Here
Top 10 From The OC
Some stuff here previously unrecognized ;)
1. My Morning Song
2. Virtue and Vice
3. How Much For Your Wings
4. Cursed Diamond
5. Sometimes Salvation
6. Thorn In My Pride
7. Bring On Bring On
8. She Gave Good Sunflower
9. Sister Luck
10. Ballad in Urgency/Wiser Time
so, so hard. usually I tend to like songs i've seen live a lot more than others. hmm let's see
1. she gave good sunflower >> my absolute favorite, have yet to see it live. its my lifes mission.
2. wiser time.. i want a couple lines from that song inked someday. “tired yet wiser for the time” & “another song, another mile”
3. bring on, bring on >> reminds me of the morning i moved into college.. first song we listened to on the drive down
4. HOTEL ILLNESS >> god i love this song so, so much..
5. good morning captain is my favorite off BTF
6. she talks to angels, aka the song that founded my almost four year obsession
7. by your side
8. feeeeaaaaaathhhersssss
9. movin on down the line
10. PEACE ANYWAY
a conspiracy, remedy, STING ME.. it goes on forever.
hey we do allow for that top 20…keep it at that for consistency sake more than anything, but we'll surely be reevaluating as time goes on ;)