The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 31

Brian said it himself in an interview. If there's one song to summarize Gaslight Anthem, it'd be '59 Sound. I agree.

45 shares some similar qualities so I could see why someone would say something like that or Great Expectations.

 

Yeah, gotta be "The 59 Sound."

 

Oh I meant '59 Sound is the quintessential Gaslight album. But the song itself is also a good choice for song.

 

I'm just dropping in here to show some appreciation for Señor And The Queen, don't mind me.

 

What's the consensus on this cover? I've always really enjoyed it, and I definitely don't think it touches the original, but I give Brian and Ian props for doing something really strange with it. I just never really see it get discussed at all, maybe that's for a reason.

 

I like that cover of Joey, but I love this more haha.

 

Teenage Dream is probably my favour Crowes cover. Really well done.

 

Just caught up on this thread and just throwing out there that I love Desire, Too Much Blood and Keepsake. In fact I'd say Handwritten is front to back my favourite TGA album.

Still need to get into Get Hurt though. Saving that for this Autumn and hoping it really gets me.

 

Listened to Handwritten today. It's such an easy listen.

 

The '59 Sound is finally clicking today and boy... my younger self was a fool.

Nearly teared up at the title track.

 

Wherefore Art Thou, Elvis? is the most Gaslight Anthem of all GA songs with the most GA song title of all GA song titles and is also the best GA song written by the band Gaslight Anthem

 

I listened to Sink Or Swim today again and that shit's better than I remember too.

 

youre on a roll in this thread jacob im so proud

 

American Slang is next, so stay tuned haha

 

that ones my fav album of theirs so i think youre in for a treat.

my Sink Or Swim tattoo is something I'm still proud of to this day, wanted to pay homage to both TGA and Rise Against

 

That's dope! What's weird is that I've had all of these albums for years now, but really only liked Handwritten until now.

 

My goodness, why did no one force me to listen to The Backseat?!

What a song.

 

AND THESE COWBOYS ALL GO CRAZY IN THE HEEEEEEEEEEAT

 

Always like the title track of American Slang.

Couple tracks in and I know this is a bold claim, but this is definitely their most "Jersey" album, right?

 

Guitar lead at the beginning of Queen of Lower Chelsea sounds like Camptown Ladies sing this song, doo dah doo dah

 

That's easily one of my favourite Gaslight songs. I used to listen to that album whilst walking around the city at night.


It's great to have you discovering all of this music now because it's reminding me how much I love this band.

 

I really enjoyed American Slang! It's funny how my opinion of the albums after are starting to change now that they are in context with the rest of the band's output.

Listening to Handwritten this morning, for example, I realized that the album is great, but it's a shame it doesn't get dynamic until the last two songs.

 

American Slang is definitely the most Jersey album. Handwritten is purely a California album. Get Hurt is a Jersey album from the perspective of someone who left, came back, and can't find the same feeling as before. The '59 Sound is perfect.

 

ok fine jacob i get it ill listen to the gaslight anthem today geez just let me live

 

It's amazing how much thematically darker Get Hurt is. Also easily has some of the band's worst songs. I hate Ain't That A Shame so much.