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Old 12-09-2023, 09:23 AM   #1
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Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

From favorite to least favorite, treating Pantala Naga Pampa > Rapunzel as a single song.

I'll go first with what is almost certainly an unpopular opinion:

The Stone
Crush
The Dreaming Tree
The Last Stop
Pig
Don't Drink the Water
Pantala Naga Pampa > Rapunzel
Spoon
Stay (Wasting Time)
Halloween
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Stone (ruined live by the sing along)
    The Last Stop (terrible live now)
    Pig
    The Dreaming Tree
    Don’t Drink the Water
    Crush
    PNP Rapunzel
    Spoon
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Old 12-09-2023, 09:37 AM   #3
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    All things considered for me (live/studio, how much I've listened to each over the course of my fandom):

    The Dreaming Tree
    Crush
    The Last Stop
    Pig
    The Stone
    Halloween
    Stay
    Spoon
    Don't Drink the Water
    PNP>Rapunzel
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    Old 12-09-2023, 10:02 AM   #4
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Stone
    Dreaming Tree
    Spoon
    Crush
    Rapunzel
    Pig
    Last Stop
    Don’t Drink the Water
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

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    Originally Posted by kevinacohn View Post
    From favorite to least favorite, treating Pantala Naga Pampa > Rapunzel as a single song.

    I'll go first with what is almost certainly an unpopular opinion:

    The Stone
    Crush
    The Dreaming Tree
    The Last Stop
    Pig
    Don't Drink the Water
    Pantala Naga Pampa > Rapunzel
    Spoon
    Stay (Wasting Time)
    Halloween
    How you dare you force us to choose a favorite child?

    But I will.. These are picked solely as the studio versions represented on BTCS. Not necessarily my favorite order of live versions.

    PNP - Rapunzel
    Pig
    Spoon
    Crush
    The Stone
    Dreaming Tree
    The Last Stop
    Don't Drink The Water
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Old 12-09-2023, 10:24 AM   #6
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Stone
    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    Spoon
    Crush
    The Last Stop
    Rapunzel
    Halloween
    Don't Drink the Water
    Stay


    All but the last three are legit 10/10 songs.
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    Old 12-09-2023, 10:34 AM   #7
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Spoon
    Last Stop
    Stone
    DDTW
    Crush
    Pig
    Rapunzel
    Dreaming Tree
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Old 12-09-2023, 11:45 AM   #8
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Don't Drink the Water
    The Last Stop
    Pantala Naga Pampa / Rapunzel
    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    Crush
    Spoon
    The Stone
    Stay (Wasting Time)
    Halloween
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    Old 12-09-2023, 12:54 PM   #9
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    yikes this'll be tough...

    judging BTCS studio versions alone:
    1. Spoon
    2. Dreaming Tree
    3. Last Stop
    4. Crush
    5. Stone
    6. Pig
    7. DDTW
    8. PNP > Rapunzel
    9. Stay
    10. Halloween

    judging based on best live performances:
    1. Spoon
    2. Dreaming Tree
    3. Last Stop
    4. Stone
    5. DDTW
    6. Crush
    7. PNP > Rapunzel
    8. Halloween
    9. Pig
    10. Stay
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    Old 12-09-2023, 02:36 PM   #10
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Stone
    Pig
    Spoon
    The Last Stop
    The Dreaming Tree
    Don't Drink The Water
    Crush
    Rapunzel
    Stay
    Halloween (Studio version. Not the song entirely).
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    Old 12-09-2023, 04:18 PM   #11
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Crush- this is studio perfection, reminiscent of something that could have come from aja
    The stone- pretty much same as above. It darker and introspective, could be one of their best songs. Agree with someone above, crowd sing along ruins it live
    Dreaming tree-dark, moody and beautiful
    Spoon- the saxophone and arrangements make it top tier so does the lyrical inquisition
    Don't drink the water-its dark and wonderful. I've used this song on many occasions to get me through tough times, granted I shouldn't have. As much as it could be about America it pertains to most of south of texas
    Halloween-raw emotion blowing up, not for everyone but great
    Pig- one of their best songs, shame it was ignored for as long as it was
    Rapunzel- fun song, and could always help with the pussy eating over/under if you bet at shows
    Stay-fun summer song, kind of out of place here
    Last stop-high energy with middle eastern vibe. Caught it a handful times live, would take Minarets over it. The musical breakdown is top notch. If they are going to play it live and not go all the way there's no point
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    Old 12-09-2023, 10:37 PM   #12
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Quote:
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    The Stone
    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    Spoon
    Crush
    The Last Stop
    Rapunzel
    Halloween
    Don't Drink the Water
    Stay


    All but the last three are legit 10/10 songs.

    you dont think DDTW is a 10/10 song? what is it missing for you compared to the others?
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    Old 12-10-2023, 01:37 AM   #13
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Studio ranking:

    Crush
    Spoon
    The Stone
    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    Rapunzel
    The Last Stop
    Stay
    Don’t Drink The Water
    Halloween

    Live ranking:

    The Stone
    Pig
    Crush
    The Last Stop (with reprise only)
    Spoon
    Halloween (pre 2010)
    DDTW
    The Dreaming Tree
    Stay
    Rapunzel (idk why just couldn’t care less when this is played)
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    Old 12-10-2023, 04:59 AM   #14
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    The Stone
    The Last Stop
    Pig
    Don't Drink the Water
    Crush
    The Dreaming Tree
    Spoon
    Halloween
    Pantala Naga Pampa > Rapunzel
    Stay (Wasting Tim
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Crush
    The Stone
    Pig
    Don’t Drink the Water
    The Last Stop
    The Dreaming Tree
    Pantala -> Rapunzel
    Spoon
    StayHalloween
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    Old 12-10-2023, 07:22 PM   #16
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Before These Crowded Streets is my 3rd favorite album of all-time. Here is my rankings…

    •The Stone
    •The Dreaming Tree
    •Crush
    •Halloween
    •Pig
    •Spoon
    •Pantala Naga Pampa » Rapunzel
    •The Last Stop
    •Stay
    •Don’t Drink the Water
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    Old 12-10-2023, 07:31 PM   #17
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Crush
    Pig
    Spoon
    Don’t Drink the Water
    The Dreaming Tree
    The Stone
    The Last Stop
    PNP/Rapunzel
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Old 12-11-2023, 06:56 AM   #18
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    Before These Crowded Streets is my 3rd favorite album of all-time. Here is my rankings…
    out of curiosity, what are 1 and 2? btcs is tied for my #1 with sgt. peppers
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    Old 12-11-2023, 07:22 AM   #19
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Dreaming Tree
    Crush
    Spoon
    The Stone
    Pig
    Don't Drink The Water
    Rapunzel
    The Last Stop
    Pantala Naga Pampa
    Stay
    Halloween
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    Old 12-11-2023, 10:17 AM   #20
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    The Dreaming Tree
    The Stone
    Crush
    PNP-->Rapunzel
    Spoon
    The Last Stop
    Pig
    Don't Drink The Water
    Halloween
    Stay
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    Old 12-11-2023, 03:15 PM   #21
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Crush
    Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    The Stone
    Last Stop
    Stay
    PNP - Rapunzel
    Don't Drink the Water
    Halloween
    Spoon
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    Old 12-11-2023, 06:19 PM   #22
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    Re: Rank the songs from Before These Crowded Streets

    Wow, I'm shocked by how many people have Halloween ranked in their bottom 3. I think the song is pretty meh live, but I think the production/arrangement of the studio recording is incredible. I have such a visceral memory of hearing that song on the CD back in the day and just listening to it with my headphones on over and over, it took my breath away. I still get excited for it when it comes on when I listen to the album.

    Crush
    The Stone
    Halloween
    Pig
    The Dreaming Tree
    Stay
    Spoon
    PNP-Rapunzel
    DDTW
    The Last Stop
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    Pig
    Crush
    The Dreaming Tree
    PNP>Rapunzel
    Spoon
    The Last Stop
    Don't Drink the Water
    Stay
    The Stone
    Halloween
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    Studio:

    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    The Stone
    Crush
    The Last Stop
    Don't Drink the Water
    Rapunzel
    Spoon
    Stay
    Halloween

    Live:

    The Last Stop (pre-2019)
    The Dreaming Tree
    Crush
    Spoon
    Pig
    The Stone
    Halloween
    Don't Drink the Water
    Rapunzel
    Stay
    The Last Stop (2019-2023)
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    Don’t Drink The Water
    Stay
    The Dreaming Tree
    The Stone
    Pig
    Crush
    Pantala Naga Pampa>Rapunzel
    Spoon
    The Last Stop
    Halloween

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    Studio:

    The Dreaming Tree
    Pig
    The Stone
    Crush
    The Last Stop
    Don't Drink the Water
    Rapunzel
    Spoon
    Stay
    Halloween

    Live:

    The Last Stop (pre-2019)
    The Dreaming Tree
    Crush
    Spoon
    Pig
    The Stone
    Halloween
    Don't Drink the Water
    Rapunzel
    Stay
    The Last Stop (2019-2023)
    Good lord the way people trip over themselves to let it be known how much they dislike half-stop. Yes the release from breaking out of the build of the outro is one of the most gratifying parts of the song but I seriously question that if the presence of the outro brings it from #1 to the bottom of your list if you actually like the song to begin with or if you're just flinging hyperbole over the outro.
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    Songs and where they land in my overall rank

    The Stone (2)
    Pig (3)
    The Last Stop (5)
    Don't Drink the Water (7)
    PNP >> Rapunzel (9)
    The Dreaming Tree (13)
    Crush (15)
    Halloween (21)
    Spoon (27)
    Stay (88)

    Yeah... I like BTCS.
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    out of curiosity, what are 1 and 2? btcs is tied for my #1 with sgt. peppers
    I'm curious to why sgt peppers is so far up there? I'm guessing nostalgia. The Beatles were one of my favorite groups back when I was in my teens. Btcs is far superior from a production and musical level, maybe even lyrical (depending on how life has gone) to sgt peppers. As I've gotten older the Beatles to me were just a pop group driven by McCartney and Harrison and found I really didn't like Lennon, which became more apparent when I watched the Disney documentary a few years back. Btcs reminds me of something that could have come from Becker and Fagan, and that's something the Beatles simply couldn't have accomplished.
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    The Dreaming Tree
    The Stone
    Spoon
    Don't Drink the Water
    Pig
    Crush
    Rapunzel
    The Last Stop
    Stay
    Halloween
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    Stone
    Pig
    Crush
    Last Stop
    Dreaming Tree
    PNP> Rapunzel
    Spoon
    Don't Drink the Water
    Halloween
    Stay
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