Rank the Big Whiskey Songs

[#40BigEyedFish]

i think the album has 3 tiers:

tier 1:

1. Lying in the Hands of God
2. Shake Me like a Monkey
3. Why I am

tier 2:

4. Seven
5. Dive In
6. Spaceman
7. You and Me
8. Grux / #35

tier 3:

9. Squirm
10. Time Bomb
11. Funny
12. Alligator Pie
13. Baby Blue Eyes

[vthokie182]

1. Squirm
2. Lying In The Hands of God
3. Seven
4. Grux/Shake Me Like A Monkey
5. Spaceman
6. Alligator Pie
7. Time Bomb
8. Dive In
9. Funny The Way It Is
10. You & Me
11. Why I Am
12. Baby Blue

[DMBlackwatch41]

been listening to this a lot, finally i am hearing good music

1) Lying in the Hands of God
2) Sqiurm
3) Shake me Like a Mokey
4) Why I am
5) Gator Pie
6) Time Bomb
7) Spaceman
8) My Baby Blue
9) Dive in
10) Seven
11) Funny the way it is
12) You and Me

[ProudestMonkE41]

It keeps changing so no disrespect to the bottom half of the list...

Squirm
Lying in the Hands
Spaceman
Seven
Cockadile
Monkey, Shake me like a
Time Bomb
Why I Am
Funny the Way It Is
Dive In
Baby Blue
You and Me

To me, Alligator Pie is a blessing - having this song out now almost guarantees me that I'll never hear Bayou again that song got really old really quick to each his own tho, more power to the Bayou lovers

You know come to think of it I would be interested in a poll of "What do you prefer Bayou or Alligator Pie?"
Anyone wanna help me start a poll on that? I'm not sure how you do it

[Panther41]

1-11 Everything else
12 You And Me
13 Baby Blue


That said, even Baby Blue has grown on me considerably.

[made2heal]

Originally Posted by ProudestMonkE41

It keeps changing so no disrespect to the bottom half of the list...

To me, Alligator Pie is a blessing - having this song out now almost guarantees me that I'll never hear Bayou again that song got really old really quick to each his own tho, more power to the Bayou lovers

You know come to think of it I would be interested in a poll of "What do you prefer Bayou or Alligator Pie?"
Anyone wanna help me start a poll on that? I'm not sure how you do it

That is funny, I remember when Bayou was good, untill they played it at every single show I went to and released it on all the weekend at the rocks cd's and then I was sick of it. Yay for GATOR PIE!

[ProudestMonkE41]

Originally Posted by made2heal

That is funny, I remember when Bayou was good, untill they played it at every single show I went to and released it on all the weekend at the rocks cd's and then I was sick of it. Yay for GATOR PIE!

That was my problem I saw a bunch of shows in 05-06 and heard it at almost every show I went to. Then they did the un-dmb like thing of playing it back to back nights when I saw them in Charlottesville in 06. I was done at that point.

[groogrux27]

Tier 1:
Shake Me
Why I Am
Alligator Pie
SpaceMan
Funny The Way It Is
Lying In The Hands of God
Squirm

Tier 2:
Seven
Baby Blue
You and Me
Dive In

Tier 3:
Time Bomb

[hardmb41]

I have to preface this list by saying that this was very hard and the songs are interchangable...that's just the way it is. But this is how I feel right now...

1 Shake Me Like A Monkey (this song is an INSTANT ASS SHAKER!)
2 Time Bomb (sounds so much like it could be from the Lillywhite's-especially the very beginning)
3 Seven (love this fucking song!!!)
4 Baby Blue (this song is BEAUTIFUL and can be interpreted any way you damn well please!)
5 Why I Am
6 Dive In
7 Spaceman
8 Funny the Way It Is
9 Lying in the Hands of God
10 Squirm
11 Alligator Pie
12 You and Me

ARGGGHHHH!!!! I can't do this, guys...Seriously...you should see the paper I'm ranking on...messy!!! And I still am not sure about my list!

[groogrux27]

Originally Posted by ProudestMonkE41

It keeps changing so no disrespect to the bottom half of the list...

Squirm
Lying in the Hands
Spaceman
Seven
Cockadile
Monkey, Shake me like a
Time Bomb
Why I Am
Funny the Way It Is
Dive In
Baby Blue
You and Me

To me, Alligator Pie is a blessing - having this song out now almost guarantees me that I'll never hear Bayou again that song got really old really quick to each his own tho, more power to the Bayou lovers

You know come to think of it I would be interested in a poll of "What do you prefer Bayou or Alligator Pie?"
Anyone wanna help me start a poll on that? I'm not sure how you do it

hey just went ahead and did one for you, hope thats ok

[jzens]

Why I Am
Seven
Spaceman
SMLAM
Alligator Pie
Time Bomb
Squirm
LITHOG
You and Me
FTWII
Dive In
Baby Blue

[SteveIsGood347]

Tier 1:

1. Squirm
2. LITHOG

Tier 2:

3. Alligator Pie
4. Shake Me
5. Time Bomb
6. Baby Blue
7. Seven
8. Why I Am

Tier 3:

9. Spaceman

Tier 4:

10. You and Me
11. FTWII
12. Dive In

[Othello-5]

it's nice to see that the lists are all different and nobody's trashing each other

[ProudestMonkE41]

Originally Posted by groogrux27

hey just went ahead and did one for you, hope thats ok

Hey thanks buddy

Go Gater Pie!

[aoeiifreak]

Okay, adopting the tier philosophy. here goes.

Tier 1:

Squirm: I seriously cannot listen to this song only once in my car. The only Big 3 songs in this category for me are The Stone, Ants, LIOG, and Billies.
LITHOG: Great, great song. Just great. The new Proudest Monkey IMO.

Tier 2: Time Bomb: I think if the band had taken Roi's advice "[the pace riff] should be the chorus, and something else should be the verse", the song would have been top DMB of all time. As it stands, this song is very interesting and fresh for me in a DMB perspective.
Baby Blue: Great, great song. It's only tier 2 because it's not The Stone's little brother, ala Squirm. The best soft song DMB has put out to date.
Why I Am: Perhaps the "catchiest' song the band has ever produced. This song is great. "When my story ends it's gonna end with him, heaven or hell..."...the only complaint about the song is that I wish Carter would hit the pedal every syllable of "heaven or hell". Nearly perfect.

[sean52692]

Studio:

1. Squirm
2. Lying In The Hands of God
3. Shake Me Like A Monkey
4. Time Bomb
5. Grux
6. Seven
7. Spaceman
8. Dive In
9. Alligator Pie
10. You & Me
11. Why I Am
12. Baby Blue
13. Funny The Way It Is

Live:
1. Why I Am
2. Spaceman
3. Lying In The Hands Of God
4. Squirm
5. Time Bomb
6. Alligator Pie
7. Seven
8. You & Me
9. Funny The Way It Is

I love all of the songs, no doubt.

I wish that Tim had a more prominent riff in Why I Am, and Dave's voice was more gruff (like it is live)...

[aoeiifreak]

Someone please tell me Squirm studio is not "Big 3" quality. It would really boggle my mind.

[made2heal]

Originally Posted by aoeiifreak

Someone please tell me Squirm studio is not "Big 3" quality. It would really boggle my mind.

Spuirm studio is not "Big 3" quality. But Funny is definitely the "Big Duce" on this album.

[Vert]

My list!

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

I'm surprised people haven't ranked Alligator Pie higher, I think it's an amazing song...but it is similar to Louisiana Bayou (very little similarity in my opinion but the similarity is there). It just haunts everyone's minds thinking back to something on Stand Up I guess

It's so hard to rank these songs except for the first three in my list because those songs are perfect...the rest are so close in quality that I have trouble ranking them. I love every single song on this album with Baby Blue being slightly lower than the others.

[aoeiifreak]

Originally Posted by made2heal

Spuirm studio is not "Big 3" quality. But Funny is definitely the "Big Duce" on this album.

I'm curious -- what does this have that The Stone doesn't? It might have fewer verses and more repetition at the end, but the structure of The Stone makes it so only about half of a Squirm verse has as many lyrics as a whole Stone verse...

[Peregrine]

I need to wait a while before I can rank them . . . I just can't, yet. I could probably put them in a top half/bottom half order, but that's about it. Such a good album.

[Peregrine]

I'm surprised there isn't more love for Y&M. Great song.

[made2heal]

Originally Posted by aoeiifreak

I'm curious -- what does this have that The Stone doesn't? It might have fewer verses and more repetition at the end, but the structure of The Stone makes it so only about half of a Squirm verse has as many lyrics as a whole Stone verse...

Hey, you curious little piiiiig..., First off, I don't really know why you're questioning me about it, I was more or less ripping on "funny" even DMB had it listed as the No. 2 song. Second of all, FTWIIs rhymes with Poop. And tird, I never said Squirm was bad, but it will never be BTCS, it's on GRUX. If anything, LITHOG and Squirm should have been the basis for the rest of the album, I think that would have been cool to have heard an album made around those 2 dard songs. Oh, I almost forgot, "Funny the way shit is", and yes, it sure is. Uggh. can I go now?

[comerelaxnow]

LITHOG
Spaceman
Squirm
Why I Am
Dive In
Alligator Pie
SMLAM
Funny The Way It Is
You and Me
Timebomb
Seven
Baby Blue

[davygravvy]

WOW no one has Time Bomb as the best. I am surprised. Obviosuly Dave likes it the best cause he plays at the encore.

1. Time Bomb!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2. Grux>LITHOG
3. SMLAM
4. Seven
5. FTWII
6. Squirm
7. Baby Blue
8. Dive in
9. Why I Am
10. Alligator Pie
11. You and Me
12. Spaceman

[kingchrisII]

1. Squirm
2. Time Bomb
3. Grux > Shake Me Like A Monkey
4. Lying In The Hands of God
5. You and Me
6. Alligator Pie
7. Funny The Way It Is
8. Space Man
9. Seven
10. Why I Am
11. Baby Blue
12. Dive In

edit: I have never liked every song on a DMB album before... ever.
double edit: until this one.

[SaveMe]

As of June 11th although these tunes are constantly shifting.

1) Shake Me Like A Monkey
2) Grux
3) Spaceman
4) Seven
5) You & Me
6) Baby Blue
7) Time Bomb
8) Squirm
9) Why I Am
10)Alligator Pie
11) Funny The Way It Is
12) Lying in the Hands of God
13) Dive In

[Shawn12]

1. Squirm (love the strings)
2. Grux/Shake Me Like A Monkey (love the horns)
3. Seven (love the horns in the background and chorus sticks in your head)
4. Aligator Pie (lyrics are ok. I just keep hearing a lap-guitar in my head when I listen to this, so it rocks out harder in my mind)
5. Lying in the Hands of God (love Timmy in this)
6. Time Bomb (I appreciate the yelling at the end, but without seeing Dave actually doing it...it doesnt quite hit home for me)
7. Why I Am (just catchy and great Roi images in my head)
8. Baby Blue (just a pretty song)
9. Funny The Way It Is (poppy no doubt, but i get "if you think about it" stuck in my head a lot)
10.Dive In (pretty song. for me, I have to be in a somber mood to really get into it though)
11.You and Me (this is actually a good song. Wondefful verses and pre-choruses. I like it. I would have ranked it higher, but I sort of feel like the lyrics in the chorus were something last minute and done for the sake of finishing the song. maybe Dave wanted it to be just a sweet, simple song)
12.Spaceman (i like it, but it doesn't really grab me. The whole song kind of coasts along for me. If I rarely heard this song I wouldn't long for it. I'd probably just miss Carter on drums.)

[SmoothD41]

1. Baby Blue
2. Squirm
3. Seven
4. Spaceman
5. Why I Am
6. Alligator Pie
7. Time Bomb
8. Lying in the Hands of God
9. Grux-->Shake Me Like a Monkey
10. Dive In
11. You and Me
12. Funny the Way It Is

[Bellissimo]

In all reality every track besides Baby Blue and You and Me could be #1 at any time. However, live, Time Bomb is turning into a complete monster.