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Old 10-29-2009, 11:54 AM   #391
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

now that ive had it for 6 months:

Why I Am
Seven
Shake Me Like A Monkey
Squirm
Time Bomb
Baby Blue
Lying in the Hands of God
Alligator Pie
Funny The Way It Is
You and Me
Spaceman
Dive In
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Old 10-29-2009, 01:22 PM   #392
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Lying in the Hands of God
2. Seven
3. Squirm
4. Baby Blue
5. Why I Am
6. Time Bomb
7. Shake Me Like a Monkey
8. Alligator Pie
9. Spaceman
10. You & Me
11. Funny The Way It Is
12. Dive In
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Old 10-29-2009, 11:39 PM   #393
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Lying In The Hands of God
2. Seven
3. Squirm
4. Shake Me Like A Monkey
5. Why I Am
6. Baby Blue
7. Spaceman
8. Alligator Pie
9. Funny The Way It Is
10. Dive In
11. You and Me
12. Time Bomb
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Old 10-30-2009, 03:17 PM   #394
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

Baby Blue
You and Me (see below)
Why I Am
Lying In The Hands of God
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Seven
Funny The Way It Is
Time Bomb
Spaceman
Dive In
Squirm
Alligator Pie

Reading through this thread, I'm noticing 'You & Me' hasn't been receiving much love in peoples' rankings. It was near the bottom of my list on first listen to the album. I was bothered by the repetitiveness of the chorus and simplicity of the music. But...in the context of the album, it's a damn near perfect way to close.

The album ends on such an emotional rollercoaster with the weighty themes in Alligator Pie, the exhausting ecstasy of Seven, and the explosive boiling point of Time Bomb (the culmination of all the extreme emotions touched on throughout the first 10 tracks).

Baby Blue then follows as the moment of pause, quiet, fatigue, and reflection - the moment of solitude where all the weight of the world has finally crushed us, despite our best efforts. You can hear it in Dave's voice. He is a beaten man. To end the album like that would be to admit defeat.

Then comes You & Me. Instead of the angry tone in Time Bomb, You and Me is a simple song of rebirth - taking what we've learned from hardships/failure and starting again with a renewed vision of the f'ed up world and appreciation for simplicity. The repetitive lyrics and beat are like our footsteps moving forward. Not running, not panicked, but with a clarity and calm that everything will be ok. The music is purposely less dynamic because our new life is less volatile emotionally.

No matter what, we move on with life...and so too does this band.
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Old 10-30-2009, 03:39 PM   #395
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1. Squirm
2. Lying in the Hands of God
3. Dive In
4. Funny The Way It Is
5. You & Me
6. Time Bomb
7. Shake Me Like A Monkey
8. Baby Blue
9. Spaceman
10. Why I Am
11. Seven
12. Alligator Pie
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Old 11-02-2009, 12:15 PM   #396
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Alligator Pie
2. Shake Me
3. Funny
4. Why I Am
5. Timebomb
6. Squirm
7. Baby Blue
8. Seven
9. Dive In
10. LITOHG
11. You and Me
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Old 11-02-2009, 01:14 PM   #397
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1. Alligator Pie
2. Shake Me
3. Funny
4. Why I Am
5. Timebomb
6. Squirm
7. Baby Blue
8. Seven
9. Dive In
10. LITOHG
11. You and Me
You're missing a song there, skippy.
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Old 11-02-2009, 07:18 PM   #398
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Shake Me Like a Monkey
2. Why I Am
3. Seven
4. Baby Blue
5. Alligator Pie
6. Squirm
7. Lying in the Hands of God
8. Funny the Way it Is
9. Time Bomb
10. You and Me
11. Spaceman
12. Dive In
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Old 11-02-2009, 11:45 PM   #399
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Squirm
2. Why I Am
3. Lying In the Hands of God
4. Funny the Way It Is
5. Shake Me Like a Monkey
6. Spaceman
7. Timebomb
8. Alligator Pie
9. You & Me
10. Dive In
11. Baby Blue
12. Seven
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Old 11-03-2009, 01:15 AM   #400
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. LITHOG/Squirm
3. Seven
4. Baby Blue
5. Gator Pie
6. Dive In
7. Why I Am
8. Spaceman
9. FTWII
10. SMLAM
11. Time Bomb
12. You and Me (and I don't hate this song by any means)

Overall after almost 6 1/2 months of having the album, I'm still very pleased with it and listen to it regularly.
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Old 11-03-2009, 11:44 AM   #401
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

1. Seven
2. Why I Am
3. Lying in the Hands of God
4. Squirm
5. Funny the Way It Is
6. Spaceman
7. Alligator Pie
8. Shake Me Like a Monkey
9. Time Bomb
10. You and Me
11. Baby Blue
12. Dive In
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Old 11-04-2009, 11:37 AM   #402
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1. Lying in the Hands of God
2. My Baby Blue
3. Squirm
4. Dive In
5. Seven
6. Grux -> Shake Me Like a Monkey
7. You and Me
8. Time Bomb
9. Funny the Way It Is
10. Alligator Pie
11. Spaceman
12. Why I Am
After listening to it for the first time straight through in a while here are my adjusted rankings

1. Baby Blue
2. Lying in the Hands of God
3. Squirm
4. Seven
5. Grux -> Shake Me Like A Monkey
6. Dive In
7. You and Me
8. Why I Am
9. Time Bomb
10. Funny the Way It Is
11. Spaceman
12. Alligator Pie
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Old 11-19-2009, 11:18 PM   #403
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Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

As we all know, Portishead are working on the new album. When do you think it will be released?
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Old 11-21-2009, 06:35 PM   #404
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

Top 3 right now:

Seven
Lying
Monkey

Middle 3

Time Bomb
Funny
You & Me
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Old 12-08-2009, 06:47 PM   #405
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

Approaching 8 months, here is how it has changed.

Squirm
Why I Am
Alligator Pie
Seven
Shake Me Like a Monkey
Lying In the Hands of God
Baby Blue
Time Bomb
Dive In
Funny the Way it Is
Spaceman
You and Me

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Old 12-08-2009, 07:07 PM   #406
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

Here is my new rankings....

Lying in the Hands of God (no change still my favorite, I think it always will be)
Seven (Big riser for me...liked it before, love it now)
Squirm (this one goes up and down for me...love it on the album not as much live)
Grux>Shake Me Like A Monkey(I get chills everytime now)
Funny The Way It Is(I know its not a popular choise but it just reminds me of the time before the album came out and the mystery of everything also it is a GREAT single)
Alligator Pie (Just freaking Rocks will never get old)
Time Bomb ( Love it, just feels like it could be so much better that I can't fully appreciate it)
Why I Am ( Great Tribute, Good song, makes me happy)
Spaceman (I love the groove and the chorus still gets me up and singing.)
Dive In (this one is a big faller for me...I still like it, it is just to bland to really have staying power)
You and Me ( I find myself liking this one sometimes, but overall I just feel it is forced and could be much better)
Baby Blue ( just too simple and its not that I don't like it, but when I put in the album its never what I am wanting to play)
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Old 12-14-2009, 02:32 AM   #407
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

I'll divide this up into two sections, songs i generally enjoy, and songs I don't really dig

1.)Squirm
2.) Lying In The Hands of God
3.) Seven
4.) Alligator Pie
5.)Timebomb
6.)Why I Am
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7.)Spaceman
8.)Funny
9.)Shake Me
10.)Dive In
11.)Baby Blue
12.) You & Me
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Old 12-14-2009, 05:10 AM   #408
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Re: Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

Lying In The Hands Of God
Seven
Squirm
Alligator Pie
Why I Am
Shake Me
Baby Blue
Timebomb
Funny The Way It Is
Spaceman
You & Me
Dive In

I think that's all of them.
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Old 12-14-2009, 08:05 AM   #409
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I'll divide this up into two sections, songs i generally enjoy, and songs I don't really dig
I can get into that. Let's see. Going with studio versions.

Really enjoy:
1. Baby Blue
2. Shake Me Like a Monkey
3. Alligator Pie
4. Seven
5. Lying In the Hands of God
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Songs I enjoy a little bit:
6. Why I Am
7. Timebomb
8. Squirm
9. Dive In
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Songs I really don't care for:
10. You & Me
11. Funny
12. Spaceman
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Old 12-14-2009, 08:06 AM   #410
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I can get into that. Let's see. Going with studio versions.

Really enjoy:
1. Baby Blue
2. Shake Me Like a Monkey
3. Alligator Pie
4. Seven
5. Lying In the Hands of God
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Songs I enjoy a little bit:
6. Why I Am
7. Timebomb
8. Squirm
9. Dive In
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Songs I really don't care for:
10. You & Me
11. Funny
12. Spaceman
Not too different live, other than Funny would be above You & Me, Why I Am would jump up almost all the way to the top, and Squirm might go above Timbomb.
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Old 12-14-2009, 08:31 AM   #411
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Squirm
Seven
Time Bomb
Shake Me Like A Monkey
LITHOG
Alligator Pie
Spaceman
Why I Am
Funny The Way It Is
Baby Blue
Dive In
You & Me
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Old 12-14-2009, 11:26 AM   #412
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Squirm
Spaceman
Seven
Grux > Shake Me Like A Monkey
Lying In The Hands of God
Time Bomb
You & Me
Why I Am
Baby Blue
Funny The Way It Is
Alligator Pie
Dive In

LIVE: Squirm and Seven do it for me along with LITHOG. Even Spaceman with the horns is unreal
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Old 12-14-2009, 01:18 PM   #413
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Alligator Pie
Lying in the Hands of God
Squirm
Beach Ball
Time Bomb
Grux -> Shake Me Like a Monkey
Write A Song
Why I Am
#27
Funny the Way It Is
Spaceman
Dive In
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Baby Blue
Cornbread
Seven
You and Me
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Old 12-14-2009, 05:43 PM   #414
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Alligator Pie
LITHOG
Time Bomb
Seven
Spaceman
Squirm
Baby Blue
FTWII
Dive In
SMLAM
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Lying in the Hands of God
Why I Am
Seven
Shake Me Like A Monkey
Squirm
Alligator Pie
Time Bomb
Spaceman
Baby Blue
Funny the Way It Is
Dive In
You and Me
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Seven
Alligator Pie
Lying in the Hands of God
Spaceman
Squirm
Funny the Way It Is
Baby Blue
Shake Me Like A Monkey
Why I Am
Dive In
You and Me
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Old 12-14-2009, 09:24 PM   #417
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Rankings as of now:

1. Squirm
2. Lying in the Hands of God
3. Dive In
4. Time Bomb
5. Funny the Way It Is
6. You & Me
7. Shake Me Like a Monkey
8. Baby Blue
9. Why I Am
10. Spaceman
11. Seven
12. Alligator Pie
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Old 12-14-2009, 10:13 PM   #418
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1.Lying in The Hands Of God
2.Seven
3.Squirm
4.Shake Me
5.Why I Am
6.Alligator Pie
7.Baby Blue
8.Timebomb
9.Funny
10.Spaceman
11.You & Me
12.Dive In
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Little Red Bird:

1. Beach Ball
2. #27
3. Little Red Bird
4. Write A Song
5. Cornbread
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Old 12-15-2009, 07:22 PM   #420
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LITHOG
Squirm
Seven
Gator Pie
Baby Blue
Dive In
Why I Am
Time Bomb
Funny The Way It Is
Spaceman
Shake Me Like a Monkey
You and Me
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