Most Under-rated Mg(b) Song?

[alex_madf3rit]

Look Happy It's The End Of The World... great song

[johnerwin]

Look Happy It's The End Of The World... great song

 

I agree.

[Jarrod]

The Workers Sing A Song of Mass Production

Alert Status Red

[MountainMan]

MGB - The Inescapable Us

MG - A Long Way Down

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I agree.

 

I agree with your agreeance.

[c0micb0y]

Most of these are my favourite MG songs, I agree it's hard to determine what constitutes an underrated song. Jenni's Song was my favourite off BM, I used to play it all the time way back when around the fire on cottage weekends with friends. I've always dug Double Life, I love intro riff, and the rollercoaster clip right before the guitar busts a nut at the end. Peter, straight up good call, Buffalo Seven is a great track, for some reason it has always stuck out even though it's a pretty standard tune structurally. And I still crack a smile at Genn's guitar work near the end of Look Happy, just wonderful, playful stuff.

Also Moon Over Marin I absolutely love, it's so much more than a cover. Great atmosphere, I easily imagine all the imagery and narrative (polluted waves lapping the shore, the smell of dead fish etc).

 

One track I don't care for though is Pony Boy, it sure wouldn't have fit on AOB.

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I've always dug Double Life, I love intro riff, and the rollercoaster clip right before the guitar busts a nut at the end.

 

;) I've never heard it put quite that way before, but I agree with all of that. Also, the "yeah, yeah..." vocal and the bass are really effective in the buildup before...the guitar "blows its load" lol.

 

Also, Look Happy, It's The End Of The World is such a great song in it's pace and energy. I think it's his fastest song up until that point.

[Curtster]

MGB - A Boy and His Machine Gun

MG - We're so Heavy

[James]

Haven't Slept in Years?

[Seanathon]

The rat who would be king

I'm just glad I got to see live at least once.

Look Happy is a good choice as well.

[Prometheon]

Pre-MGB: Last of the Ghetto Astronauts

MGB: Fall of Man

Solo: It's Been Awhile Since I Was Your Man (and WLRRR in general)

[alex_madf3rit]

oh yea, I forgot about Failing the Rorscach Test, pretty damn good song

[Manchalivin]

MGB: A Boy And His Machine Gun

MG: Oh, Be Joyful!

Ahhh, A Boy and His Machine Gun is just what I was thinking and is my choice for underrated MGB song. Good to see, I figured no one would pick that one. Honestly, I think that's very possibly a top 3 MG song for me and it seems to get very little attention.

 

And for solo I agree The Boy Come Home is a really good choice. I think it's quite overlooked. My choice for underrated solo song though is Lullaby for the New World Order. That's one of my favourite Avalanche songs and I love what it talks about but see almost no mention of it.

 

Other underrated songs:

 

Middle Class Gangsters

Look Happy, It's the End of the World

Failing the Rorschach Test

I Miss New Wave

Bright End of Nowhere

The Devil's In Your Details

[Shortcut To Moncton]

look happy its the end of the world

[here is no why]

after all this... my votes go for...

 

Raygun & Life Inspite of Itself

[PlasticBag]

A Boy and His Machine Gun

[johnerwin]

Apparitions

 

Never really got the radio play it deserved and I wish he'd play it more often live

[umdesch4]

Hah! Congrats on making me spray coffee...

[sodamntired]

Apparitions

 

Never really got the radio play it deserved and I wish he'd play it more often live

played it in Winnipeg. it was awesome.

[Audio of Being]

Apparitions

 

Never really got the radio play it deserved and I wish he'd play it more often live

Really? I swear he plays it live every show.

[umdesch4]

I think the sarcasm was lost...

[Millstone]

The War Is Over never gets any love from anyone ever.

[sodamntired]

Bespin: The Betrayal.

is a song.

nobody really knows

(or likes)

it's funny

thats about it.

 

Matthew Good - The Lone Gunman for the win.

Edited November 24, 2009 by sodamntired

[here is no why]

I wish we could figure out the lyrics for Lone Gunman.

[Manchalivin]

Lone Gunman - agreed.

 

And The War is Over has gotten some love on here I believe. It's one of the (very few) best songs on LOTGA in my opinion.