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Bellringer Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 4:10 AM |
Quality of Travis b-sides is incredible, difficult to comprehend.
20
A Little Bit Of Soul
My Last Chance
Village Man
Life & Soul Of The Party
Can't decide on one, probably A Little Bit Of Soul just ahead of 20. But it ain't easy...they are so phenomenally good.
The Boy With No Name in particular could have been a stunning double album. |
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singme0430 Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 12:10 PM |
BenFilbert wrote: kdough20 wrote: We could always rename the thread Best Non Album Travis song?
I am adding another to my list "Rock 'n Salad Roll"
Good song! :)
Ah, I forgot that song! It's super! :D |
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Typing to Reach You Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 12:51 PM |
BenFilbert wrote: Typing to Reach You wrote: I remember going on about whether Sarah is a b-side before. I still think it isn't. J. Smith was never a single. It was an EP, and EPs are like mini albums. The J. Smith one is kinda a bad example of an EP because it only has 3 tracks like most of their singles, but it is an EP nonetheless. You can often get EPs with 5, 6 or more songs on. After all, it would seem odd to classify the Glass Onion songs as b-sides, no?
I would say Sarah IS a b-side. Maybe technically it isn't, but it's not on any album. J Smith reached number 1 on the Indie Singles Chart didn't it? Glass Onion wasn't released by Travis though was it? Wasn't it released when they were called Glass Onion? In that case no, they're not Travis b-sides. ;)
Lol, no I was just using Glass Onion, the band, as an example. ;P They released an EP, but it would be weird to consider those songs Glass Onion b-sides. It's the same concept with the J. Smith EP.
Humm, well yes, Sarah certainly isn't an album track. But I don't think that makes it a b-side either. I guess we like to think songs have to fit snugly into one category or the other, but I just don't think that's the case. And some songs may be both.
Was it J. Smith the song that topped the charts, of J.Smith the EP? If you see what I mean. I don't know what the rules are with EPs - whether their sales count as single or album sales. But I guess, with the new chart system introduced a few years back, any song can now enter the charts, regardless of whether it has been released as an official single or not. Since J. Smith was the title track of the EP, and the one that received some radio play, it makes sense that people downloaded that one the most.
But hey, I don't really claim to be an expert of these things lol, I'm just trying to work it out logically. Vulcan-style. :P |
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TheBoyWithAName Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 3:53 PM |
Nell wrote:
I don't wanna get high but you're going to die
You know that the title of that song is "I Don't Mean To Get High", right? ;)
About this "what's a b-side and what's not"-discussion, it would probably be better if we just called the songs "other tracks" :P |
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Nikki Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 4:04 PM |
My favorites in order:
The Connection
Just The Faces Change
You Bring Me Down
Sarah
Definition Of Wrong
Life And Soul Of The Party
Used To Belong
The Ballad Of J. Smith
City In The Rain
Tail Of The Tiger
20
Where Is The Love
Little Bit Of Soul
Beautiful
My Last Chance
1922
Me Beside You
Chances
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 5:17 PM |
| Ohh! You Bring Me Down is brilliant too. I love it! |
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alanistradi Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 5:22 PM |
BenFilbert wrote: Typing to Reach You wrote: I remember going on about whether Sarah is a b-side before. [...]
I would say Sarah IS a b-side. Maybe technically it isn't, but it's not on any album.[...]
All is relative. A lot of Travis songs are includes as 'b-sides' on the singles but later they appear oficially on the album, like happened with "The line is fine" and "Get up". There's other cases where these songs are hidden tracks but also depends of what album version is, for example, in my case I have the japanese editions of TMW and OTJS and they include "Be my baby" and both remix versions of WTRY (Driftwood b-sides) and "Sarah" (J. Smith EP) in each case respectivily.
BenFilbert wrote: In my opinion: "Non Album Travis song" = b-side. :)
agree
well, just add 'oficial' and its perfect for me ;) |
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monkey Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 5:25 PM |
Nikki wrote: My favorites in order:
The Connection
Just The Faces Change
You Bring Me Down
Sarah
Definition Of Wrong
Life And Soul Of The Party
Used To Belong
The Ballad Of J. Smith
City In The Rain
Tail Of The Tiger
20
Where Is The Love
Little Bit Of Soul
Beautiful
My Last Chance
1922
Me Beside You
Chances
what do you think you're doing having 20 so far down the list???????????? :p |
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alanistradi Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 5:39 PM |
Extremely hard to choose only one.
20, 1922, City in the rain, Village man, The Sea, I forget my name, Sarah, Used to belong, Tail of the tiger and so and so...
frandougeil wrote: Mine has to be Just the Faces Change,Sarah and i think Used to Belong is great..Don't know why u think otherwise Juli??
Incredible you don't like that song, dear Juli :) |
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Leia Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 6:39 PM |
| I love The Score, it's so beautiful. The Ballad Of J.Smith and Sarah are my favourites too. |
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MusicGirl99 Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 8:14 PM |
Typing to Reach You wrote:
I would say Sarah IS a b-side. Maybe technically it isn't, but it's not on any album. J Smith reached number 1 on the Indie Singles Chart didn't it? Glass Onion wasn't released by Travis though was it? Wasn't it released when they were called Glass Onion? In that case no, they're not Travis b-sides. ;)
Good point. Well, they haven't released as many EPs as albums or singles, so it looks like it's easier to group it with singles as they're shorter in length. Or just have a best Travis EP thread. :) |
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I Came in Through the Bathroom Window Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 9:01 PM |
alanistradi wrote:
frandougeil wrote: Mine has to be Just the Faces Change,Sarah and i think Used to Belong is great..Don't know why u think otherwise Juli??
Incredible you don't like that song, dear Juli :)
Well, I'm not sure why it is, maybe it's too cheesy for me? I tried to like it, but I just don't. Lol.
The Score is another one of my favourites :o) |
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Nikki Posted Mon 25 May, 2009 9:54 PM |
monkey wrote: Nikki wrote: My favorites in order:
The Connection
Just The Faces Change
You Bring Me Down
Sarah
Definition Of Wrong
Life And Soul Of The Party
Used To Belong
The Ballad Of J. Smith
City In The Rain
Tail Of The Tiger
20
Where Is The Love
Little Bit Of Soul
Beautiful
My Last Chance
1922
Me Beside You
Chances
what do you think you're doing having 20 so far down the list???????????? :p
LOL! I know you <3 it, Roo. So do I! Hey...it made my list! :P I'm all about the B-Sides right now...thanks to you! |
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leticia Posted Tue 26 May, 2009 3:22 AM |
I Came in Through the Bathroom Window wrote: Ohh! You Bring Me Down is brilliant too. I love it!
Ooh yes!! You Bring Me Down is in my fav list too!! |
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monkey Posted Tue 26 May, 2009 5:05 AM |
Nikki wrote: monkey wrote: Nikki wrote: My favorites in order:
The Connection
Just The Faces Change
You Bring Me Down
Sarah
Definition Of Wrong
Life And Soul Of The Party
Used To Belong
The Ballad Of J. Smith
City In The Rain
Tail Of The Tiger
20
Where Is The Love
Little Bit Of Soul
Beautiful
My Last Chance
1922
Me Beside You
Chances
what do you think you're doing having 20 so far down the list???????????? :p
LOL! I know you <3 it, Roo. So do I! Hey...it made my list! :P I'm all about the B-Sides right now...thanks to you!
:)
i am pretty great! |
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