The Gaslight Anthem Band • Page 49

Okay, it seems the counts have stopped coming in. Thanks for your votes everyone! This means that...

Great Expectations
Handwritten
Here Comes My Man
Here's Looking At You, Kid
and Howl will advance to Round 2

HOWEVER we are still in Round 1. The next phase of matches will be:

I Could'a Been a Contender vs. I'da Called You Woody Joe

Keepsake vs. Mae

Mama's Boys vs. Meet Me By the River's Edge

Miles Davis & The Cool vs. Misery

Mulholland Drive vs. National Anthem
GO!!!!

 

This round is gonna be a bloodbath

 

the easiest round so far;

I Could'a Been a Contender
Mae
Meet Me By the River's Edge
Miles Davis & The Cool
National Anthem

 

This one is fucking hard.

Woody Joe
Keepsake (even though it will lose big I think)
Meet Me By The River's Edge
Miles Davis
Mulholland

 

I Could'a Been a Contender
Mae
Meet Me By the River's Edge
Miles Davis & The Cool
National Anthem

This one was definitely the hardest one, with the "Mae"/"Keepsake" pairing being the toughest pick of the entire bracket so far. I know a lot of people don't like "Keepsake," but I love it. That riff is just so gargantuan, and it was the best song in the set at that 29-song Detroit concert I posted the setlist for a few pages back. But "Mae" is an incredibly important song for me, so I've gotta go with that.

"National Anthem" vs "Mulholland" is tough too, but not quite as hard.

 

People don't like "Keepsake"?? That's just strange. That song is gold.

 

I Could'a Been a Contender (2) vs. I'da Called You Woody Joe (1)

Keepsake (1) vs. Mae (2)

Mama's Boys (0) vs. Meet Me By the River's Edge (3)

Miles Davis & The Cool (3) vs. Misery (0)

Mulholland Drive (1) vs. National Anthem (2)

 

Keepsake is good but i LOVE Mae. Was toying with considering adding it to the list of possible wedding songs haha, we are both huge gaslight fans

 

Some people think it's bland or generic or something.

 

I remember very distinctly that I thought Keepsake was awful the first 4-5 listens only because the chorus seemed forced - the way the notes (vocals) are drawn out, it seemed lazy to me. I quickly realized I was wrong. Great great song and powerful lyrics.

 

Speaking of generic, I can't wait until we get to the S's so I can vote against Stray Paper.

 

maybeeee my least favorite song by them

 

Preach that gospel. Not sure how that song made the cut but "Have Mercy" didn't. Or Sweet Morphine or Mama's Boys for that matter.

 

Stray Paper and Selected poems are probably my two least favorites and I hope they're not against eachother haha

 

I think Selected Poems is fucking top-tier Gaslight, so to each his own! But yes, Stray Paper is just so AVERAGE and boring, compared to the rest of their output.

 

I didn't like Selected Poems initially, but it grew on me after a little while. But yeah, Stray Paper exactly like you said, average and boring. And FFS, can we move on from the use of "blood" in Gaslight songs?

 

I Could'a Been a Contender
Mae
Meet Me By the River's Edge
Miles Davis & The Cool
National Anthem

Easy round for me

 

"Bleeding out of this vein.........with the radio on........"

 

I Could'a Been a Contender (3) vs. I'da Called You Woody Joe (1)

Keepsake (1) vs. Mae (3)

Mama's Boys (0) vs. Meet Me By the River's Edge (4)

Miles Davis & The Cool (4) vs. Misery (0)

Mulholland Drive (1) vs. National Anthem (3)

 

Jesus, looks like I'm on an island by myself with Woody Joe, Keepsake, and Mulholland.

 

I Could'a Been a Contender (got a tattoo of this one)
Mae
Meet Me By the River's Edge
Misery
National Anthem

Those last three were tough.

 

I Could'a Been a Contender
Mae
Mama's Boys
Miles Davis & The Cool
National Anthem

Selected Poems is phenomenal you monster

 

I Could'a Been a Contender
Mae
Meet Me By the River's Edge
Miles Davis & The Cool
Mulholland Drive

 

I'da Called You Woody Joe
Mae
Mama's Boys
Miles Davis & The Cool
Mulholland Drive

This was the easiest round so far. Nice relief.

 

I still contend that if the 4 Get Hurt b-sides were their own EP that it would be in my top 3 Gaslight releases