| Author | Message | ||
     beno Member Username: Beno Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2005 |
Top 5 anyone? Me: 1. Malibu 69 2. Cave In 3. One plus one 4. Open invitation 5. Signs of life | ||
| gareth w Member Username: Gareth Post Number: 12 Registered: 05-2005 |
1. One plus one 2. Haunted house 3. Haven't i been a fool 4. Coming up for air 5. Comet scar | ||
| M. Mark Burgess Member Username: Fortysomething Post Number: 34 Registered: 05-2005 |
1.You Can't Have Everything 2.Ice in Heaven 3.Girl in a Beret 4.Cave In 5.Signs of Life | ||
| Peter Azzopardi Member Username: Pete Post Number: 127 Registered: 09-2004 |
It should be a top 10 or 15: 1. Stones For You 2. Surround Me 3. Simone and Perry 4. Keep My Word 5. Coming Up For Air | ||
| beno Member Username: Beno Post Number: 7 Registered: 03-2005 |
feel free to post your to 10 or 15 :o) | ||
| Jeff Whiteaker Member Username: Jeff_whiteaker Post Number: 132 Registered: 10-2004 |
1. haunted house 2. she's so strange 3. stones for you (original b-side version) 4. making it right for her 5. signs of life 6. day my eyes came back | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 32 Registered: 12-2004 |
1. Comet Scar 2. Simone & Perry 3. Easy Come, Easy Go 4. Surround Me 5. Ice In Heaven | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 80 Registered: 04-2005 |
Not necessarily in order... 1. Room for Skin 2. Haunted House 3. Dropping You 4. Who Said Love Was Dead 5. Lighting Fires (I know, most don't like this) If we can include Jack Frost songs, replace the last one with "Cousin/Angel." | ||
| B. Rider Member Username: Boundary_rider Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2005 |
Again, no order really: 1. Riddle in the Rain 2. Stones for You 3. Haunted House 4. Easy Come, Easy Go 5. Hot Water | ||
| Dusty Member Username: Dusty Post Number: 15 Registered: 05-2005 |
1) Lighting Fires 2) Haunted house 3) The dark side of town 4) All her songs 5) Ice in heaven | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 49 Registered: 05-2005 |
1.0 Hot Water 1.1 Keep My Word 1.2 House of snakes 2.1 Fingers 2.2 Horsebreaker star | ||
| Duncan Hurwood Member Username: Duncan_h Post Number: 17 Registered: 05-2005 |
My favourite song of all he's recorded as a solo artist is his cover of "If I should fall behind". If we're only talking about songs he's written, then: 1 From my lips 2 Haven't I been a fool 3 Comet Scar 4 Hot Water 5 Don't you cry for me no more | ||
| kuba a Member Username: Kuba Post Number: 26 Registered: 05-2005 |
1. Lighting Fires 2. Easy Come Easy Go 3. Haunted House 4. Fingers 5. Open Invitation | ||
| gareth w Member Username: Gareth Post Number: 13 Registered: 05-2005 |
and for what it's worth, my bottom 5: 1. The pawnbroker 2. Sally's revolution 3. That's that 4. Head over heels 5. If i was a girl | ||
| John Flood Member Username: Floodjo Post Number: 34 Registered: 05-2005 |
Thought this would be easy until I saw other people's list and realised how bloody great so many of his songs are. At this moment, I'd go for: Lighting Fires Riddle in the Rain The Dark Side of Town Black Mule Signs of Life Haunted House And the worst.... The Pawnbroker Putting the Wheels Back on | ||
| Graham Twyford Member Username: Graham_twyford Post Number: 21 Registered: 05-2005 |
OK here's my tuppence worth: Horsebreaker star The dark side of town Fingers Do you see the lights Open invitation Stones for you Room for skin Haunted house Riddle in the rain | ||
| David Matheson Member Username: David_matheson Post Number: 34 Registered: 12-2004 |
Giving one point for each vote, and ignoring rankings, so far the top favourites of Grant's solo work is looking like this: Haunted House 8 Signs Of Life 4 Stones For You 4 Lighting Fires 4 Open Invitation 3 Comet Scar 3 Ice In Heaven 3 Easy Come, Easy Go 3 Riddle In The Rain 3 Hot Water 3 The Dark Side Of Town 3 Fingers 3 | ||
| fsh Member Username: Fsh Post Number: 53 Registered: 05-2005 |
I think it would be more interesting to look at from which album most songs have been nominated. I don't have the time to do something like that, but maybe someone else might have more time on their hands. My guesstimate is that 'Horsebreaker Star' comes out on top. And before you say it - yes, I know it's a double album and has more songs than the others. But there's at least a single albums worth of top drawer material on HBS imho. | ||
| John Flood Member Username: Floodjo Post Number: 38 Registered: 05-2005 |
This sequence of songs on Watershed is world class - sometimes feels like the finest 20 mins. of music on planet earth (especially late at night): Haven't I Been A Fool Haunted House Stones For You Easy Come Easy Go Black Mule I mean if some new guy appeared and covered those songs, released them and only them to start with, you'd think he couldn't miss! | ||
| Kurt Stephan Member Username: Slothbert Post Number: 84 Registered: 04-2005 |
You're right, John, it's really good--although I'd probably still take almost any 20-minute stretch of GoBs albums 2-6 instead, or the first side of "Marquee Moon" (which just might be the LP side of the gods). I listened to "Watershed" last week and was impressed by how good that stretch of songs is. Too bad the album is marred by some serious "radio-friendly" clunkers on it like the opening track (name escapes me) and the awful, awful "Putting the Wheels Back On." | ||
| Adrian P Member Username: Adp Post Number: 6 Registered: 05-2005 |
My top 5: 1. Surround Me 2. One Plus One 3. Haven't I Been A Fool 4. Comet Scar 5. Don't You Cry For Me No More Now to work on my RF top 5... | ||
| John Flood Member Username: Floodjo Post Number: 41 Registered: 05-2005 |
Kurt - glad you liked it! I have been saturating myself with that sequence in the last week or so - superb. I have read umpteen times how good Marquee Moon is but have never even heard it! Maybe it's time I dug out of someone's collection for starters. Putting the Wheels Back on is bloody awful yep. As I posted on 22nd. Nov. And the worst.... The Pawnbroker Putting the Wheels Back on | ||
| Peter Senning Member Username: Peter_senning Post Number: 7 Registered: 05-2005 |
My top 5: 1. Malibu 69 2. Ice in Heaven 3. Cousin / Angel (Jack Frost) 4. Even as We Speak (Jack Frost) 5. Thought That I Was over You (Jack Frost) Cheers, Peter | ||
| Hardin Smith Member Username: Manosludge Post Number: 6 Registered: 03-2006 |
Great idea for a thread...GMs solo records are great in their own right... 1) All Her Songs 2) Cave In 3) In Your Bright Ray 4) Horsebreaker Star 5) Haven't I Been A Fool My favorite cover version GM has done is his take on "The Ballad of Easy Rider". Masterful. I only just heard it recently, having been in possession of the inferior US version of Horsebreaker Star, that didn't contain it. When I lost it recently in a move, I purchased the far better UK version, with more songs.... |