The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 87

I don't think anything on Sink or Swim is going to "murder" anything left in this bracket. Either of the SoS songs in this round would lose to "The Spirit of Jazz" or "The Patient Ferris Wheel" is the match-ups were different.

 

Spirit of Jazz
We Came to Dance

 

Ferris Wheel (9) vs Jazz (6)

Dance (9) vs Diner (6)

 

Ferris Wheel Divorce

 

Spirit of Jazz
We Came to Dance

 

Spirit of Jazz
Divorce

Both of these were hard. All four are top teir gaslight songs.

But "Stay hungry stay free and do the best that you can" is as close to the ethos of gaslight as you're gonna get and Spirit of Jazz is such an underrated gem

 

1930 is sitting in a corner being like "*cough cough* ahem"

 

Exactly!

 

The Spirit of Jazz
We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner

 

got those words tattooed on the inside of my forearm haha

 

The Spirit of Jazz
We're Getting a Divorce, You Keep the Diner (tough tough choice but this is the better song)

 

Ferris Wheel
Dance

 

Ferris Wheel
Dinner

 

Ferris Wheel (12) vs Jazz (10)

Dance (11) vs. Diner (11)

I had a feeling these matches would be this close.

 

"Spirit of Jazz" is my 2nd favorite off American Slang. Plus seeing as how I will always have a soft spot for The Bouncing Souls, Pete & Bryan's guest spot in that song make it that much more awesome

 

The bit where they do the chorus but cut it off so its like "Was I good, to you, the wife of my youth? Not another soul can love you like m... BOOM BOOM BOOM BOOM"

also never knew Pete and Bryan had guest vox on that song. makes it even better.

 

Yup! They're singing the "so i'm waiting!....and she's waiting!...ahhhhh!!!!" In the pre-choruses

 

That part is definitely the best part of the song.

 

Spirit of Jazz
We came to dance

 

Ferris Wheel (12) vs Jazz (11)

Dance (12) vs. Diner (11)

These are too close for me to call right now. Gonna keep these open for another 3 hours.

 

Diner plz

 

Make the tie.
Make it.

 

Jazz and Diner are my favorites off each of those albums, it would be such a bummer if they both lost.

 

Diner is such a great song.

 

I relistened to American Slang yesterday, first time in awhile. Still think it's my favorite. Just absolutely love the vibe of that album. Somehow every song sounds like TGA but also sounds like they belong on that album but would not fit on the others, if that makes any sense.