"The Band": Favorite song.

[JanMichael]

You know, these guys! http://theband.hiof.no/albums/band_greatest_hits_2000.html

I normally wouldn't post a "Best Of" music poll but that "Oh my gay stars!" guy got me going!;-)

[nomaco-10]

1. WHISPERING PINES, was even listening to it earlier on a comp.

[NightTrain]

2. Err.... "The Weight?"

n/t

[ixion]

3. yeah, The Weight is their best, IMHO

[Feanorcurufinwe]

13. The Weight

[Bossy Monkey]

16. Ditto (n/t)

[Rooktoven]

18. The weight by a mile...

Chest Fever at #2...

[TheBigGuy]

22. I vote "The Weight"...suprised thats not on the list.

...deffo their best.

[JanMichael]

26. I, I, I, simply forgot the *name* of the song!

It was late, I'd been drinking, that's all I have to say now...

[ornotna]

4. Yep .... The Weight n/t

[wtmusic]

6. The Weight weighs in

I crack myself up.

[madrchsod]

5. best of?

the last waltz,music from big pink.

[zekeson]

7. The Last Waltz

thats my favorite The Band. The perfect reprise of any band. Wish they had stopped there. The weight, if I have to follow the rules and pick a song.

[JanMichael]

9. Honestly? They're almost ALL worthy of mention!

I got tired of searching the web for the best of the best.

I also had a copy of the Last Waltz that I played until it broke (tape).

Fav song for me? That night they "drove ol' dixie down" I guess. Too difficult! "Ophelia"! "Up on Cripple Creek"!

Argh...:freak:

[nomaco-10]

11. The Band The "Brown Album" includes all and Rag Mama Rag

[nomaco-10]

8. The Band by The Band is one of my top

five or six albums of all time. If you haven't heard Whispering Pines, it deservrs a listen.

[mitchum]

10. "Chest Fever" for Garth Hudson's "American song" improvisation

[On the Road]

12. The Band -- You Hit My Hot Button!

God, do I love their music.

Many of their best songs were not hits. A lot of them were quiet. I think my favorite is probably "Hobo Jungle" from "Northern Lights, Southern Cross."

Others that really resonate with me are "Whispering Pines," "The Rumor," "Islands," "The Legend of Pepote Rouge," "Rocking Chair," "Too Soon Gone" (from Jericho), and "Acadian Driftwood." How many bands write songs about the French and American Indian War?

[phaseolus]

14. Daniel and the Sacred Harp!!!

...also Chest Fever and Rag Mama Rag and about a dozen others. "Ain't No More Cane" from the Basement Tapes ... "Baby Don't you Do It" that opens the Last Waltz film ... the version of The Weight in the film, with the Staples...

My wife can't get enough of Long Black Veil from 'Big Pink'. She plays all of Robbie's solo stuff a lot, too. I think she has a crush on the guy...

[JackSwift]

15. The Band

second album, the whole thing.

Other worthy mentions:

Evangline, The Weight, King Harvest, The Well, Out of the Blue, I Shall Be Released,

[ben_thayer]

17. "The Weight"

"When I saw Carmen and The Devil walkin side by side-
I said Hey Carmen, Come on let's go downtown-
She said I got to go, but my friend can stick around-"

HaHaHaHa Wow....

[JanMichael]

20. CRAP! How the hell did I miss that one?!

It's my number two easily...

Doh! Remembered the lyrics forgot the name of the song...

[frogbison]

19. Stagefright is an excellent album

But "When I Paint My Masterpiece" is my favorite song.

Glad I got to see them in concert (Superball, Mpls., summer 1970 or so) back in the day.

[Cocoa]

31. that's my favorite of their albums too

I'll nominate "All la Glory" for song, just because it hasn't been mentioned. :toast:

[Spirochete]

21. The Weight

Chest Fever should have been included, also

[maxanne]

23. so many songs

The Weight, Acadian Driftwood, When I Paint my Masterpiece, Unfaithful Servant, Atlantic City....

[supernova]

24. Arrgh! Makes my head hurt!!

Thanks JanMichael! :P

Tie between "The Weight" and "Dixie". I've loved both for different reasons since I was a kid.

[LWolf]

25. No fair.

Too many. I clicked on "Cripple Creek." But it could have been others, too!

[bmbmd]

27. Take a load off, Fanny

I vote for "The Weight"-and not just because I watched "The Big Chill" Friday night....

[TheBigGuy]

28. I like The Weight...but what is it about?

Good tune, evocative lyrics, but what kind of place is "Nazareth" anyway?

One of the more cryptic tunes in the folk/country/rock genre that the Band worked in...

[JanMichael]

29. Good question.

Awesome combination of words and music but what the hell is it all about?

[phaseolus]

32. Compared to "Chest Fever" that song's an open book...

n/t

[Karenina]

30. ALL OF THEM.

:-)

And you be nice to Allen, JM, he's a sweetie. Night Train was just having one of those takeeverythingpersonally moments. Oh, everybody just go here:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=105&topic_id=159829

[JanMichael]

34. Oh I was just yanking his chain.

I love that queer duck!

[mac56]

33. "The Weight"

Especially the version from "The Last Waltz": The Band with The Staple Singers. Amazing.

Second choice: "It Makes No Difference".

[Jack Rabbit]

35. Another vote for The Weight

Of those named, I would go for The Night They Drove Ole Dixie Down.

[nothingshocksmeanymore]

36. Well I'll just atag a big ole "ditto" here but their version of

"I shall be released" with falsetto rocks too!

[Coffee Coyote]

37. Don't Ya Tell Henry

Just about any gem from The Basement Tapes like "Katie's Been Gone", "Bessie Smith", or "Yazoo Street Scandal" - or from the first two albums - "King Harvest (Has Surely Come)", "Chest Fever", "The Weight", "I Shall Be Released", "Jemima Surrender", or "Across The Great Divide". So many, many more...

[catpower2000]

38. The Weight, but out of the choices, I pick Ophelia...

BTW, Aretha Franklin's version of The Weight is better than the Band's.

Cat

[RedEarth]

39. The Weight and one of my all time favorites...

Get up Jake. I Shall be Released and The Night They Drove ole Dixie Down, also, both very good. The Band had one of the most unique sounds of any group I can remember. Loved their music. The music of The Band and Van Morrison seem timeless....even my teenage kids like their music.

[JanMichael]

40. Yes! Even the kids like the Band!

Thank goodness.

Welcome to DU BTW.