Best song by album

[Iowan]

I think this was done back on 9B, but it's fun and sparks a lot of debate, so let's do it again. Just go with each album and pick the song you think is the best.

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: One of These Days
Southern Rock Opera: Zip City
Decoration Day: Marry Me
The Dirty South: Goddamn Lonely Love
A Blessing and a Curse: World of Hurt
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: A Ghost to Most
The Big To-Do: Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots: Mercy Buckets

Final tally per songwriter:
Cooley: 5
Hood: 3
Isbell: 1

[Mr. B]

[quote="Iowan"]I think this was done back on 9B, but it's fun and sparks a lot of debate, so let's do it again. Just go with each album and pick the song you think is the best.

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: One of These Days
Southern Rock Opera: Zip City
Decoration Day: Marry Me
The Dirty South: Goddamn Lonely Love
A Blessing and a Curse: World of Hurt
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: A Ghost to Most
The Big To-Do: Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots: Mercy Buckets


I agree with you on 5 of 9. Agree on first three, then:

DD: Outfit
TDS: Where the Devil Don't Stay
ABAAC: Space City (would have gone with World of Hurt until seeing Secret to Happy Ending and its backstory on this song)
BTC: A Ghost to Most
TBTD: 4th Night of Drinking
Go-GO Books: Mercy Buckets

[bovine knievel]

Living Bubba
Uncle Frank
Women Without Whiskey
Heathens
Lookout Mountain
Feb 14
A Ghost To Most
Birthday Boy
I Used To Be A Cop

[Clams]

really hard

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: Uncle Frank (or Tales Facing up)
Southern Rock Opera: not sure - Ronnie & Neil or Zip City or WWW
Decoration Day: Heathens
The Dirty South: Sands of Iwo Jima
A Blessing and a Curse: Goodbye (very hard to go against Space City after watching the movie)
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: Daddy Needs a Drink
The Big To-Do: Santa Fe
Go-Go Boots: Used to be a Cop

need to think about a couple of those

[hpz4]

Gangstabilly- Living Bubba
PD-Uncle Frank
SRO-Zip City
DD-Heathens
TDS-PPOTM
ABAAC-Gravity's Gone
BTCD-Ghost To Most
TBTD-Santa Fe
GGB-Pulaski

[beantownbubba]

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: Uncle Frank
SRO: Zip City
DD: Outfit
TDS: Puttin' People on the Moon
ABAAC: Gravity's Gone
BTCD: The Righteous Path
TBTD: Fourth Night of My Drinking
GGB: Mercy Buckets

PH: 5
MC: 3
JI: 1

7 out of 9 are toss ups; only Living Bubba & Mercy Buckets are clear cut first choices for me.

[bovine knievel]

I see a defining moment in DBT fandom since TSTAHE.

Folks will say, I liked Space City before I knew the backstory.

[Smitty]

GB: Living Bubba
PD: OOTD or Tales Facing Up
SRO: WWW or A&F
DD: Heathens
TDS: GDLL
ABAAC: WOH
BTCD: Daddy Needs a Drink or GTM
Fine Print: TVA
TBTD: Birthday Boy
GGB: Pulaski

[Slipkid42]

GB - Living Bubba
PD - Love Like This
SRO - Zip City
DD - Outfit
TDS - PPOTM/Lookout Mt. (can't decide)
ABAAC - Wednesday
BTCD - The Righteous Path
TBTD - Santa Fe
GGB - UTBAC

[Tequila Cowboy]

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: Uncle Frank
Southern Rock Opera: Zip City
Decoration Day: Pin Hits The Shell
The Dirty South: Lookout Mountain
A Blessing and a Curse: World of Hurt
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: Righteous Path
The Big To-Do: You Got Another
Go-Go Boots: Mercy Buckets

Final tally per songwriter:

Hood: 5
Cooley: 3
Tucker: 1

[RevMatt]

I scrolled straight to the bottom so I wouldn't be unduly influenced.

GB -- "The Living Bubba"
PD -- "Love Like This"
SRO -- "Zip City"
DD -- "Decoration Day"
TDS -- "Goddamn Lonely Love"
ABAAC -- "World of Hurt"
BTCD -- "Two Daughters and a Wife"
TFP -- "Uncle Frank"
TBTD -- "Birthday Boy"
GGB -- "Go Go Boots"

Patterson -- 4 songs
Cooley -- 4 songs
Jason -- 2 songs

[Iowan]

GB: Living Bubba
PD: OOTD or Tales Facing Up
SRO: WWW or A&F
DD: Heathens
TDS: GDLL
ABAAC: WOH
BTCD: Daddy Needs a Drink or GTM
Fine Print: TVA
TBTD: Birthday Boy
GGB: Pulaski

3 toss ups? Smitty, this is not 'Nam. There are rules.

[Clams]

The Big To-Do: You Got Another

Really? Better than Santa Fe and Birthday Boy? Better than Fourth Night and After the Scene Dies? Wow.

[beagle001]

Gangstabilly~ The Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance~ One of These Days
Southern Rock Opera~ Women Without Whiskey
Decoration Day~ (toughest album to pick) Decoration Day, by "Eenie Meenie Minie Moe Elimination"
The Dirty South~ Goddamn Lonely Love
A Blessing And A Curse~ Space City
Brighter Than Creations Dark~ Ghost To Most
The Big To Do~ Girls Who Smoke
Go Go Boots~ Mercy Buckets

[Cubfan06]

Gangstabilly- Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverence- Love Like This
SRO- Angels and Fuselage
Decoration Day- Decoration Day
Dirty South- Tornadoes
ABAC- Space City
BTCD- Ghost To Most
Fine Print (not official record)- TVA
Big To Do- Santa Fe
Go Go Boots- tie Used to Be a Cop/Cartoon Gold/ Mercy Buckets

[dogstar]

GB - 18 Wheel of Love
PD - Uncle Frank
SRO - Zip City
DD - Outfit
TDS - Cottonseed
ABAAC - Gravity's Gone
BTCD - Self-Destructive Zones
TBTD - Drag the Lake
GGB - Where's Eddie

DD is definitely the hardest one to pick a song from. I also seem to like Cooley's songs more than I realised.

[Cubfan06]

The Big To-Do: You Got Another

Really? Better than Santa Fe and Birthday Boy? Better than Fourth Night and After the Scene Dies? Wow.

Among the Shonna tunes I like that the best to. It doesn't see the mix anymore either. Same with Huston and Purgatory Line. Over the course of time I thought those were actually fairly good songs that don't get pulled out at all.

[dangerbird]

Gangstabilly: Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance: One of These Days
Southern Rock Opera: Women Without Whiskey
Decoration Day: Decoration Day
The Dirty South: Never Gonna Change
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: A Ghost to Most
The Big To-Do: Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots: Rays Automatic Weapon

[Penny Lane]

Living Bubba
Uncle Frank
Ronnie and Neil
Outfit
Where the devil don't stay
Gravity's Gone
A Ghost to Most
Birthday Boy
Mercy Buckets

PH: 3
MC: 5
JI: 1

[cortez the killer]

The Living Bubba
One of These Days
Zip City
Heathens
Puttin' People on the Moon
Gravity's Gone
A Ghost to Most
The Wig He Made Her Wear
Used to Be a Cop

[Jeremy]

GB-Panties in Your Purse
PD-Love Like This
SRO-Zip City
DD-Sinkhole
TDS-Where The Devil Dont Stay
ABAAC-Little Bonnie
BTCD-Opening Act
The Fine Print-When the Well Runs Dry
TBTD-After The Scene
GGB-Go Go Boots

PH-5
MC-4
JI-1

[Mr. B]

I scrolled straight to the bottom so I wouldn't be unduly influenced.

GB -- "The Living Bubba"
PD -- "Love Like This"
SRO -- "Zip City"
DD -- "Decoration Day"
TDS -- "Goddamn Lonely Love"
ABAAC -- "World of Hurt"
BTCD -- "Two Daughters and a Wife"
TFP -- "Uncle Frank"
TBTD -- "Birthday Boy"
GGB -- "Go Go Boots"

Patterson -- 4 songs
Cooley -- 4 songs
Jason -- 2 songs

The Good Rev. is sneaking in an extra song by including TFP! Foul! I say we make him choose between LLT and Uncle Frank for Pizza -- I spent five minutes going back and forth on that one, he should too!

[Duke Silver]

If DBT are gonna call GGB their "11th" album, might as well use all of them:

GB: The Living Bubba
PD: Love Like This
AAW: Don't Be In Love Around Me
SRO: Zip City
DD: Heathens
TDS: Carl Perkins' Cadillac
ABAAC: Gravity's Gone
BTCD: The Opening Act
TFP: When the Well Runs Dry
TBTD: Birthday Boy
GGB: Cartoon Gold if we're talking originals, Everybody Needs Love if covers qualify.

Hood: 4
Cooley: 6
Isbell: 1

[rawkshow]

gb - the living bubba
pd - love like this
sro - zip city
dd - when the pin hits the shell
tds - goddamn lonely love
abaac - space city
btcd - checkout time in vegas
tbtd- after the scene dies
ggb - mercy buckets

[RevMatt]

I scrolled straight to the bottom so I wouldn't be unduly influenced.

GB -- "The Living Bubba"
PD -- "Love Like This"
SRO -- "Zip City"
DD -- "Decoration Day"
TDS -- "Goddamn Lonely Love"
ABAAC -- "World of Hurt"
BTCD -- "Two Daughters and a Wife"
TFP -- "Uncle Frank"
TBTD -- "Birthday Boy"
GGB -- "Go Go Boots"

Patterson -- 4 songs
Cooley -- 4 songs
Jason -- 2 songs

The Good Rev. is sneaking in an extra song by including TFP! Foul! I say we make him choose between LLT and Uncle Frank for Pizza -- I spent five minutes going back and forth on that one, he should too!

I say that because Brad Morgan plays drums on TFP version, it is completely appropriate to vote for it. It is the superior version of the song. But if I had to choose between the PD version of Uncle Frank or Love Like This, I'd vote for LLT. Much tougher choice if I had to choose between LLT and TFP version of Uncle Frank.

[Flying Rabbit]

Gangstabilly: The Living Bubba (who can argue with what Patterson calls his best written song?)
Pizza Deliverance: Bulldozers and Dirt (because this is incredible live)
Southern Rock Opera: Shut Up and Get on the Plane
Decoration Day: Marry Me
The Dirty South: Lookout Mountain
A Blessing and a Curse: Gravity's Gone
Brighter Than Creation's Dark: The Righteous Path
The Big To-Do: Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots: keep going back and forth between Ray's Automatic Weapon, Mercy Buckets, and Used To Be A Cop

[claretkid]

Gangstabilly - The Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance - Love Like This
Southern Rock Opera - Zip City
Decoration Day - Outfit
The Dirty South - Danko/Manuel
A Blessing And A Curse - Space City
Brighter Than Creation's Dark - A Ghost To Most
The Big To-Do - Santa Fe
Go Go Boots - Mercy Buckets

[TruckerTomer]

Pretty hard. I'm gonna go with right now, cause it's always changing.

Gangstabilly - Panties in Your Purse
Pizza Deliverance - The Company I Keep
Southern Rock Opera - Angels And Fuselage
Decoration Day - Your Daddy Hates Me
The Dirty South - Tornadoes
A Blessing and a Curse - A World of Hurt
Brighter Than Creation's Dark - A Ghost to Most
The Fine Print - The Great Car Dealer War
The Big To-Do - Birthday Boy
Go-Go Boots - Used To Be A Cop

Hood - 7
Cooley - 3

[McButton]

Damn this is tough, I’m sure I cheated on SRO, but I couldn’t decide. I could do the whole list again with all different songs and that one would be true too. For what its worth, here are my choices at this moment.

Gangstabilly - The Living Bubba
Pizza Deliverance - Uncle Frank
Southern Rock Opera (Disc 1) - Zip City
Southern Rock Opera (Disc 2) - Let There Be Rock
Decoration Day - Outfit
The Dirty South - Where The Devil Don’t Stay
A Blessing and a Curse - Space City
Brighter Than Creations Dark - A Ghost To Most
The Fine Print - Goode’s Field Road Alternate
The Big To-Do - After The Scene Dies
Go-Go Boots - Mercy Buckets

PH - 5
MC - 5
JI - 1

[sactochris]

GB/Wife Beater
PD/Uncle Frank
SRO/Let There Be Rock
DD/Marry Me
TDS/The Day John Henry Died
ABAAC/Goodbye
BTCD/Daddy NeedsA Drink
TFP/TVA
TBTD/Sante Fe
GGB/Mercy Buckets