Top 5 songs by The Band

[Connemara]

Here we go folks. -4% Pantomime (The Band + Van Morrison=AWESOME) -Across the Great Divide -A Change is Gonna Come. Maybe Rick Danko's best vocal, although obviously It Makes No Difference is a close contender. -Orange Juice Blues -Tears of Rage. Probably my favorite song ever. The Band are sort of like The Beatles...they made almost zero bad tracks.

 

[itsstillmatt]

-Cripple Creek
-The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
-Long Black Veil
-Ophelia
-I Shall Be Released

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by iammatt

-Cripple Creek -The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down -Long Black Veil -Ophelia -I Shall Be Released
The last two are simply out of this world. Levon Helm performs Ophelia a lot and it is one of my goals in life to see him in concert soon.

 

[aportnoy]

The Weight
It Makes No Difference
Stage Fright
Don't Do It
Rag Mama Rag

 

[Brad]

When I Paint My Masterpiece
Don't Do It
Unfaithful Servant
It Makes No Difference
The Weight (with the Staples Singers)

 

[culverwood]

Stage Fright
The State I'm In
Cripple Creek
I Shall Be Released
Time To Kill

 

[Thomas]

When Robbie Robertson was out promoting Storyville, he appeared on SNL. He and his band perfromed The Weight as their second tune of the night and I thought it was the best song I'd ever heard.

 

[Connemara]

How did I forget "Don't Do It"

 

[Kennils]

The Weight
Up on Cripple Creek
When You Awake
I Shall Be Released
Across the Great Divide

You have got to appreciate The Band. I mean come on they are the band!

 

[Thomas]

Originally Posted by Connemara

How did I forget "Don't Do It"

Not sure. Your first post seemed rather lucid and sober...

My top five:

Don't do it
The Weight
Stage Fright
It Makes No Difference (killer solo)
The Night they drove old Dixie down.

 

[Connemara]

Speaking of The Band, I just found this cover of "Rag Mama Rag" done by The Boss. Not bad.

 

[Connemara]

Also, the Levon Helm doing "Ophelia" in Nashville late last year:

 

[Connemara]

I am really moved by The Moon Struck One. It's one of those songs that only Robbie Robertson could write and Richard Manuel could sing. Very haunting. My fav. verse: I was vacant, Julie was a bird with a broken wing We were always afraid of what tomorrow might bring We'll drive down to Durango--up and leave this place And maybe forget the triangle with a change of pace The car broke down when we had just begun And we walked back to the house while the moon struck one

 

[bachbeet]

I must have missed this thread. I like most every Band song they put out. Hard to pick a favorite 5. I do think my favorite album is still their first, Big Pink. From the psychedelic Chest Fever lyrics (and chilling/epic organ intro) to the sparse I Shall be Released, a great album.

 

[Connemara]

Originally Posted by bachbeet

I must have missed this thread. I like most every Band song they put out. Hard to pick a favorite 5. I do think my favorite album is still their first, Big Pink. From the psychedelic Chest Fever lyrics (and chilling/epic organ intro) to the sparse I Shall be Released, a great album.
Yeah, there really is no "best Band song." They are all so great. IMO it's one of the few groups in American music history that put out only a few (if any) duds. I saw Levon Helm this past summer and it was out of this world. The crowd was eating out of his hand.