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sweetanthony 05-14-2008 06:45 PM

Pick one: MCIS album or all MCIS B-sides?
 
If you could only listen to one or the other for the rest of your life, what would it be?

The proper MCIS album (you can inklude the 3 album vinyl version if you want) or the entire B-sides collection from the era?

As much as I love the B-sides, I couldn't give up Ruby, Porcelina, Stumbleine, Jellybelly, or Farewell & Goodnight... ever.

Ramdust 05-14-2008 06:52 PM

Are you insane?

sweetanthony 05-14-2008 06:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Ramdust (Post 3254287)
Are you insane?

Who decides who's crazy?

T&T 05-14-2008 07:07 PM

i'd pick the B-sides
they're always my favorite anyways.

brillo998 05-14-2008 08:02 PM

http://i55.photobucket.com/albums/g1...yourefired.jpg

CrabbMan 05-14-2008 08:23 PM

Wow, that's a really good question. I mean, I guess the album is winning by a landslide, but it's not as obvious of a choice as I might have assumed. Funny it took like a dozen years to be posed this question. Given the option, I would trade Dawn to Dusk for Zero and 1979.

Gossamer 05-14-2008 08:31 PM

Even though I prefer the album, Dreaming is one of the best tracks.

dudehitscar 05-14-2008 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Gossamer (Post 3254350)
Even though I prefer the album, Dreaming is one of the best tracks.

I always thought that cover wasn't very good. The original on the other hand is awesome.

muzzled4life 05-14-2008 09:01 PM

In other words for me: 1979 or Set the Ray to Jerry...I think i choose 1979...that echo that sounds like "take it" never gets old.

wpc33 05-14-2008 09:40 PM

I am a huge TAFH-lover, but let's be honest. As great a set it is, there are only about a dozen TRUE classics out of the 28. I love almost every track, but it is outweighed and outclassed by Mellon Collie.

dustrock 05-14-2008 09:48 PM

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Originally Posted by wpc33 (Post 3254382)
I am a huge TAFH-lover, but let's be honest. As great a set it is, there are only about a dozen TRUE classics out of the 28. I love almost every track, but it is outweighed and outclassed by Mellon Collie.

Right. But if you take the best 12 or 14 tracks and compare to the best 12 or 14 off MCIS, it's a lot closer than you'd think.

CrabbMan 05-14-2008 10:24 PM

Overall, 56 amazing recordings from a single session/era, what other band could even compare?

wpc33 05-14-2008 10:29 PM

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Originally Posted by dustrock (Post 3254386)
Right. But if you take the best 12 or 14 tracks and compare to the best 12 or 14 off MCIS, it's a lot closer than you'd think.

touche, but I'm not one to excise basically anything from Mellon Collie.

andrewface 05-15-2008 12:31 AM

i pity the 4 people that picked bsides

june_soma 05-15-2008 05:29 AM

Great. Now I have to think about this all day, and there's a pretty good chance my head will explode.

Phoenix Down 05-15-2008 09:44 AM

MCIS is better than its B-Sides, but TAFH is better than MCIS.

Chuck=Zero 05-15-2008 11:14 AM

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Originally Posted by wpc33 (Post 3254382)
I am a huge TAFH-lover, but let's be honest. As great a set it is, there are only about a dozen TRUE classics out of the 28. I love almost every track, but it is outweighed and outclassed by Mellon Collie.

Same here, for me most of 'em are on the 1979 and Zero EPs. Except for the song TAFH and maybe another one or two songs, there's nothin' on the other three EPs that I'm really crazy about.

sweetanthony 05-15-2008 11:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Phoenix Down (Post 3254709)
MCIS is better than its B-Sides, but TAFH is better than MCIS.

You mean the song TAFH? Or the TAFH single including all the songs on it? Either way, I disagree.

But I do wish TAFH would have been on MCIS. I don't care that it might have not "fit in" but imagine Disc 1 ending with TAFH instead of Take Me Down (the only song I really don't like at all on MCIS)? That would be insane.

The drums are so raw and dry on TAFH, plus the one take solo is just classic. I get chills just thinking about it.

fluxequalsrad 05-15-2008 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by muzzled4life (Post 3254362)
..that echo that sounds like "take it" never gets old.

huh?

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Originally Posted by sweetanthony (Post 3254760)
But I do wish TAFH would have been on MCIS. I don't care that it might have not "fit in" but imagine Disc 1 ending with TAFH instead of Take Me Down (the only song I really don't like at all on MCIS)? That would be insane.

TAFH after Porcelina would have been a bit much I think, my ears would hurt. I really like Take Me Down, I don't know why everyone hates it. Its a great little wrap up to the whole bombast of the first disc.

wpc33 05-15-2008 05:37 PM

Take Me down does work with the disc, it just isn't great.
I think TAFH at the end of TtS would be awesome, but it wasn't even recorded until March '96.

MisterSquishyHalo 05-16-2008 12:49 AM

MCIS would have been a epic 3 disc.

T&T 05-16-2008 01:08 AM

one day billy will come around and record his doubletriple album.
i'll be impressed then.

chrisothoulo 05-16-2008 01:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gossamer (Post 3254350)
Even though I prefer the album, Dreaming is one of the best tracks.

I totally love that song

Phoenix Down 05-16-2008 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sweetanthony (Post 3254760)
You mean the song TAFH? Or the TAFH single including all the songs on it? Either way, I disagree.

I mean TAFH as a whole, with all five A-sides as opposed to just the B-sides.


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