I don't see how it's any less hooky or bland than Where the Streets Have No Name.

the last two soldiers on the battlefield
survivors of the war
they aim at one another while their mothers beg the lord
"if you're listening, i'm missing him
so somehow bring him home
how did it come to this?"
so the soldiers lift their rifles
they're aiming at the head
they think of their first love before they take their final breaths
and some where in the distance they hear something someone said: "how did it come to this?"


- Streetlight Manifesto - "The Big Sleep"

Perhaps one of the most vivid images I've gotten of the second World War excluding Call of Duty. They (being Streetlight, Catch 22, and BotAR) seem to like Hemingway a great deal, and thus are obsessed with war and its effects on people. It shows in their music.

Wonderful song.

Also see "Streetlight Manifesto - Point/Counter-Point"

Yes, yes, and yes.

Oh and I got another one:

Muse - Ruled by Secrecy

Especially if you listen to the lyrics.

Victoria's Secret is secks.

Don't think that songs like Shy and tallulah are really powerful though..

Um, because the music in Streets is amazing and continues the momentum of the song. There is also a definite hook in the chorus.

I dont want to insult your musical taste, I'm just saying that to me, that song was bland and had no hook. It reminded me of Edwin McCain.

I didn't take it as an insult, and I wasn't trying to make a shot at U2, though it does look a lot like I did.
I was attempting to make a comparison between the two songs, even though they're totally different, because I guess both of them are either bland or powerful.

Unfortunately, the first 3 songs on TJT don't do much for me anymore because I hear them way too much. I used to love them. It's different from Coldplay's first album, which I used to love but don't like anymore. I still consider myself a fan of the famous 3 songs from TJT.

I just fear I've scared you and the observers away from Toad. I still think I can get you into them though, I just have to try harder.

I'd tell you to give She Tried, which I linked to earlier in this thread, a listen, but the link isn't working. It might not be interesting at first, but it all builds up to a spectacular ending.

I'll post some more that you can try out. Anyone else can too, but you seem to be the only person interested. The songs aren't overtly powerful, but they're still very strong.

Glen Phillips- True (live) This song is really good! It's one of his poppier songs. Actually, though, he co-wrote it with Dan Wilson from Semisonic.

Glen Phillips- Back on My Feet (Demo) This song is really beautiful, but I wish that this version had a guitar playing instead of the organ chords. This is a soft song, but it does pick up.

Glen Phillips- Gabriel (live) This song is really soft, so you have to be in the right mood for it.

I'll post more, unless there's a total lack of interest.

Dream Theater - Misunderstood

Clocks - Coldplay
Sleeping Satellite - Tasmin Archer

Ya, I know what you mean about the first 3 songs from the Joshua Tree just not doing it for you anymore. I usually just set my iPod to skip them and Bullet to go straight to Running to Stand Still.

I'm listening to True right now. It's pretty good, reminds me of Athens-rock stuff... Ya, I can say that and be vague because Athens is an hour from where I live.

I'm on Back on My Feet now and it reminds me of a song on Beck's latest album\one of my friend's songs. I like.

Gabriel - i've pinned down who his voice reminds me of, Edwin McCain. I think I've said it before actually, but it really does. It's not a bad thing, or a good thing. Actually this song reminds me of Edwin McCain's Let Them in Peter. Probably because of similar themes and chord structures.

I really think you'd like Damien Rice if you're not into his stuff already.

I will have to check him out. Pitchfork gave O a bad review, but I don't always agree with them anyway.
He got a really good review from AMG.
If you know of any free mp3's that are legal, I'll download a song.
I'm thinking of buying some Paul Westerberg/Replacements stuff now though, so I don't think I'll buy his album really soon.

Edwin McCain sounds like the name a serial killer would have.

does AMG give anyone the review they actually deserve though? That was the best review I've read and it said nothing but good things about the album, but still a little bit shy of 5/5.

[url]www.damienrice.com[/url] has samples of almost all his songs.

AMG generally tries to be as unbiased as possible.
4.5 stars is really good for them. 4 stars is considered a good album even.

I'll check out those song clips tomorrow.

Psh, ***-faces, the whole lot of them. Giving Jump 2 stars and Damien only 4.5 And then they give almost every Green Day album 4.5's? Ya right.

They give some Toad albums low reviews also.

Green Day isn't that bad. Some of their songs suck, but they're better than all of the bands that they influenced.

Jumping on the Dream Theater bandwagon here ...

+1 to A Change Of Seasons (listening to it right now as a matter of fact)
Metropolis Part 1

Edit: Gah, sorry about the thread necromancy. Was searching the forum and kinda forgot about dates.

Explosions in the Sky - A Song for our Fathers

A bit like Billy Joel's Goodnight Saigon in that it also starts and ends with an instrument mimicking the tell-tale whop-whop-whop blades of a Huey. Slowly builds with a bass-line, and a snare drum and the rest of the band joining in and building until a crescendo, a slight drop, and back to the mock Huey blades.

Explosions in the Sky - Have You Passed through this Night?
This great evil? Where's it come from? How'd it steal into the world? From what seed, what root did it grow from? Who's doing this? Who's killing us? Robbing us of life and light. Mocking us with the sight of what we might have known. Does our world benefit the earth? Does it help the grass to grow, the sun to shine? Is this darkness in you too? Have you passed through this night?
Uses narrative from The Thin Red Line to haunting effect. Musical stillness.

God Speed You Black Emperor! - Rockets fall on Rocket Falls
Music to watch the world go to hell by way of thermonuclear war.

Van Morrison - TB Sheets
Helplessly watching someone die painfully and inevitably slowly on a hospital bed.

mr bungle - retrovertigo

everyone listen!!!

quality tune, quality vocals and quality lyrics, <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

I love Explosions in the Sky and Godspeed You Black Emperor.

I officially declare GYBE! - Moya the most powerful song... ever.

That's not even one of their better songs. 1959 is by far their most powerful.

Muse - Falling Away With You
Muse - Bliss
Muse - Thoughts of a Dying Atheist
Muse - Apocalypse Now (just for the epic-ness of this one)
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
Muse - Muscle Museum
Oasis - Champagne Supernova
Oasis - Wonderwall
Incubus - I Miss You
Greenwheel - I Don't Believe
Theory of a Deadman - Last Song

Sonata Arctica - Replica
Dream Theater - Change of Seasons
The Who - Baba O' Reily
The Eagles - One of these Nights

Pretty much any of Tupac Shakur's songs, as well as a lot of instrumentals....Mostly to films.

Muse - Hysteria
Muse - Stockholme syndrome
Deftones - Knife prty
Foo Fighters - Everlong
Metallica - the outlaw torn
Muse - showbiz (live, not studio)
Korn - Good God
Joe Satriani - Into the Light
Metallica - Call of Ktulu
Metallica - fade to black

...and a few more i can't remember right now.

Ooooh forgot an important one...

AC/DC - For those about to rock (we salute you)

Howard Shore - The Bridge of Khazad Dum
Howard Shore - Minas Tirith

And my personal favorite...

Howard Shore - The White Tree

This is my favorite type of song!

Pearl Jam - Porch
Pearl Jam - Deep
Pearl Jam - Rearviewmirror
Pearl Jam - Go
Pearl Jam - All Night
Pearl Jam - Last Exit
Pearl Jam - Spin the Black Circle
Pearl Jam - Hail Hail
Neil Young - Tonight's The Night
R.E.M. - Low
R.E.M. - Begin the Begin
R.E.M. - Bad Day
The Rolling Stones - Gimme Shelter
The Emotions - Best of My Love
The Who - Won't Get Fooled Again
The Who - A Quick One, While He's Away
The Doors - Roadhouse Blues
The Doors - When the Music's Over
The Strokes - Hard to Explain
The Strokes - Reptillia
Nirvana - Tourette's
The White Stripes - Hypnotise
The Hives - Abra Cadaver
Bruce Springsteen - Growin' Up
Bruce Springsteen - Born to Run
Bruce Springsteen - Badlands

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A long list, but only because I live for music that has enough energy to give me goosebumps..

Woo.

I have to applaud you for choosing one of their less well-known songs. I love Low, and the sequencing of it on the album is perfect.