Cross-posting from the DBT facebook group.......



What four songs should be on Cooley's Mt Rushmore?? You can pick four and only four. I'll tally up in a day or two. My four: Women Without Whiskey, Zip City, Uncle Frank, Ramon Casiano. Mt. Hood coming in a few days. Photo credit to phungi.

An impossible task.

Uncle Frank, Women Without Whiskey, Zip City, Carl Perkins Cadillac.

Zip City, Cottonseed, Marry Me, Bob ( )

Zip City, Marry Me, Carl Perkins’ Cadillac, Women Without Whiskey

Of course, this is the kind of list that could change tomorrow depending on how I wake up feeling.

Zip City
Women Without Whiskey
Love Like This
Where the Devi Don't Stay

When The Pin Hits The Shell
Uncle Frank
Gravity's Gone
Ramon Casiano

Pin
Zip
Marry
WWW

Not a chance.

Tough one -
1) Daddys' Cup
2) One Of These Days
3) Carl Perkin's Caddy
4) Three Dimes Down

Zip Up to Michigan wrote:An impossible task.

Uncle Frank, Women Without Whiskey, Zip City, Carl Perkins Cadillac.

Not so impossible, you got 2 out of 4 right and were close on the other two!

WWW,
Ramon
Zip
One of these Days

strongly considered, but ended up 5th, 6th and 7th on my list:

Devil
Frank
Carl Perkins

Ramon Casiano being picked ahead of many other songs seems like you are all pulling a giant prank on me. This can't be serious

Zip City wrote:Ramon Casiano being picked ahead of many other songs seems like you are all pulling a giant prank on me. This can't be serious

I picked it because (a) it's as good as anything Cooley's ever written (ie, it's in the top tier) and (b) I wanted one song to represent the modern era of DBT.

I'm definitely blaming you for this one, clams. You are flat out diabolical. Plus it raises once again the burning question of why we all care so much about such things.

Zip City
Space City
Daddy's Cup
Surrender Under Protest

And before you ask zip, while I, too, was motivated in part to include something more recent, I will defend Surrender as among Cooley's best songs to anyone who cares to argue the opposite. It is the equivalent of Uncle Frank, i.e. a brilliant "history song" that says more in a 3 minute record than anything we were ever taught in school.

The number of great songs this list (like all of them) leaves out is just staggering.

beantownbubba wrote: It is the equivalent of Uncle Frank, i.e. a brilliant "history song" that says more in a 3 minute record than anything we were ever taught in school.

Funny, I've used the exact same Uncle Frank analogy for Ramon. Extra points for the excellent springsteen reference, bubba.

beantownbubba wrote:The number of great songs this list (like all of them) leaves out is just staggering.

LOL, proving my own point, after much agonizing I had actually decided to include "Loaded Gun in the Closet" over "Daddy's Cup" but my fingers had their own ideas.

Clams wrote:Funny, I've used the exact same Uncle Frank analogy for Ramon.

Another great "history song" for sure, just not as great as Surrender

Clams wrote:Extra points for the excellent springsteen reference, bubba

Zip City
Women Without Whiskey
One of These Days
Love Like This

I can think of a dozen or so more off the top of my head that could easily be on here

Zip City wrote:Ramon Casiano being picked ahead of many other songs seems like you are all pulling a giant prank on me. This can't be serious

I tried to choose his four best but if we are going career spanning maybe something like:
Uncle Frank, Zip City, A Ghost To Most/Birthday Boy, Ramon Casiano.

Mr. B wrote:

Zip Up to Michigan wrote:An impossible task.

Uncle Frank, Women Without Whiskey, Zip City, Carl Perkins Cadillac.

Not so impossible, you got 2 out of 4 right and were close on the other two!

WWW,
Ramon
Zip
One of these Days

strongly considered, but ended up 5th, 6th and 7th on my list:

Devil
Frank
Carl Perkins

I think we have the same “Top 7.”

rlipps wrote:Zip City
Women Without Whiskey
One of These Days
Love Like This

I can think of a dozen or so more off the top of my head that could easily be on here

That's my 4 too, but I did 2 Carl Perkin's & 3 Uncle Franks as penance.

if we are talking "modern era", Filthy and Fried is as worthy as Ramon Casiano or Surrender Under Protest... in fact, Cooley likes it so much, it may be the only song he played twice in the same show...

Carl Perkins
Uncle Frank
Marry Me
Ghost

Cooley clearly needs more space on Mt. Rushmore.

pearlbeer wrote:Cooley clearly needs more space on Mt. Rushmore.

No doubt, especially given that 72 and Sounds Better in the Song haven't even been listed yet (always possible I glanced past them)

Surprised that I'm the only one who went with Cottonseed. Further proof that I just ain't right

whatwouldcooleydo? wrote:

pearlbeer wrote:Cooley clearly needs more space on Mt. Rushmore.

No doubt, especially given that 72 and Sounds Better in the Song haven't even been listed yet (always possible I glanced past them)

Surprised that I'm the only one who went with Cottonseed. Further proof that I just ain't right

There's a parallel thread in the DBT fan page on FB. Sorry to disappoint you, but Cottonseed gets plenty of love there. Sounds Better in the Song does pretty well but I only recall 72 getting a couple of votes. FWIW, of the three, Sounds Better was the hardest omission for me. Great stuff.

beantownbubba wrote: There's a parallel thread in the DBT fan page on FB. Sorry to disappoint you, but Cottonseed gets plenty of love there. Sounds Better in the Song does pretty well but I only recall 72 getting a couple of votes. FWIW, of the three, Sounds Better was the hardest omission for me. Great stuff.

The FB post has over 200 comments. I'm planning to tally up tonight and then move onto P Hood's top 4.

Zip City
Love Like This
Shut Up and Get On the Plane
Surrender Under Protest

Bonus Track: Trying To Be The Boss (on a Beaver Brown budget)

I think this is the same list I offered there. But that was a day ago, my beliefs may have changed.

Ghost To Most
Shut Up & Get On The Plane
Women Without Whiskey
Uncle Frank

Women Without Whiskey
Love Like This
A Ghost to Most
Carl Perkins' Cadillac

Sooooooo tough!

Flea wrote:I think this is the same list I offered there. But that was a day ago, my beliefs may have changed.

Ghost To Most
Shut Up & Get On The Plane
Women Without Whiskey
Uncle Frank

That's nothing, I think Arkansawyer has voted like 6 times since yesterday