The Wonder Years Band • Page 48

It may be worth emailing or tweeting at Chris Laxamana to see if he'd email you the file or post it at least temporarily.

 

Your guest was who made me think of it in the first place. Any chance he still has the mp3?

 

I'll ask!

 

San Andreas is one of the stronger songs from the NCTH batch. You're bad and you should feel bad.

I agree. "I Don't Like Who I Was Then" feels rushed sort of just there to be the traditional pop punk song. Overall I think its boring and messy. San Andreas is a jam and fit more with the record.

 

Palm Reader (Alt version)
IDLWIWT
You In January (really tough pick)
Stained Glass Ceilings
Patsy Cline
Hemingway
Bluest Things
Cigs and Saints

during the Suburbia and TGG cycles they were probably my favorite band, but I never got into NCTH and haven't seen them live since the TGG tour. Thanks For The Ride and You In January are my two favorites, of course they got matched up together haha

 

"Palm Reader" (28) vs "Palm Reader (Alternate Version)" (10)
"Slow Dancing With San Andreas" (8) vs "I Don't Like Who I Was Then" (30)
"You In January" (19) vs "Thanks For The Ride" (19) TIE!
"Stained Glass Ceilings" (24) vs "I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave" (14)
"No Closer To Heaven" (10) vs "A Song For Patsy Cline" (28)
"Cardinals" (26) vs "A Song For Earnest Hemingway" (12)
"The Bluest Things On Earth" (35) vs "It's (Sort Of) A Pleasure To Meet You" (3)
"Brothers &" (0) vs "Cigarettes & Saints" (38)

So as of right now.... You In January and Thanks For The Ride are tied. If someone would like to break that tie, that'd be pretty sweet. Paging @nicksteinborn , @Thomas Nassiff , or anyone else who wants to vote.

 

Taking a hard vote for You in January.

 

Thanks to @ryanfears we have our winners.

Palm Reader" (28) vs "Palm Reader (Alternate Version)" (10)
"Slow Dancing With San Andreas" (8) vs "I Don't Like Who I Was Then" (30)
"You In January" (20) vs "Thanks For The Ride" (19)
"Stained Glass Ceilings" (24) vs "I Wanted So Badly To Be Brave" (14)
"No Closer To Heaven" (10) vs "A Song For Patsy Cline" (28)
"Cardinals" (26) vs "A Song For Earnest Hemingway" (12)
"The Bluest Things On Earth" (35) vs "It's (Sort Of) A Pleasure To Meet You" (3)
"Brothers &" (0) vs "Cigarettes & Saints" (38)
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This leads us to Round 2 of No Closer To Heaven which will go from now until 5PM EST 09 August 2017

"Palm Reader" vs "I Don't Like Who I Was Then"
"You In January" vs "Stained Glass Ceilings"
"A Song For Patsy Cline" vs "Cardinals"
"The Bluest Things On Earth" vs "Cigarettes & Saints"

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
A Song for Patsy Cline
Cigarettes and Saints

 

Palm Reader
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals (only one difficult for me this round)
Cigarettes & Saints

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals
Cigarettes & Saints

 

Come on people Palm Reader is one of the best songs on the album.

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
A Song for Patsy Cline
Cigarettes & Saints

 

Palm Reader
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals (this one hurt)
Cigarettes & Saints

 

Thank you!

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then, and it's not even close for me.
Also, purely because I love Jason's part, Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals, obviously
And even more obviously, Cigarettes & Saints

 

"I Don't Like Who I Was Then"
"You In January"
"Cardinals"
"Cigarettes & Saints"

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals
Cigarettes & Saints

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
A Song for Patsy Cline
Cigarettes and Saints

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals
Cigarettes & Saints

 

Palm Reader
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals - extremely hard to vote for as Patsy Cline hits just as hard.
Cigarettes & Saints - also really close for me as Bluest Things on Earth is also absolutely fantastic.

All this NCTH talk just makes me wish we could go through that album cycle all over again (it's my all-time favorite album).

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Stained Glass Ceilings
A Song For Patsy Cline
Cigarettes & Saints (so tough bec Bluest Things is my 2nd favorite of NCTH)

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
You In January
Patsy Cline
Cigarettes and Saints

 

This round hurts quite a bit:

Palm Reader
Stained Glass Ceilings
Cardinals
Bluest Things (I love C&S, but this song has emerged as one of my favorites on the album and it deserves at least one vote)

 

I Don't Like Who I Was Then
Still one of the best classic-sounding Wonder Years songs, in my opinion. "If I can manage not to fuck this up" gets me going every single time, even now almost two years later. The raw energy in that delivery is infectious.

Stained Glass Ceilings
The message of this song puts it over the top for me, plus Jason's feature is incredible. Toughest call of the round for me, I think, simply because "You In January" is one of my favorite love songs of the past several years.

Cardinals
I love this song so much. I'm almost glad it survived even though I voted against it in the first round. I went back and forth on that pick so much so I'm not going to go against it here.

Cigarettes & Saints
Because, obviously.