Favorite 5 Yo La Tengo songs

[PopTodd]

Just the originals, we can do a whole nother thread for their covers.

 

1. Pablo and Andrea

2. Upside Down

3. The Hour Grows Late

4. Black Flowers

5. Bartleby, Hardly Working

 

(I'm waiting to see how many "Blue Line Swinger"s we get.)

[MrRain422]

1) Autumn Sweater

2) Everyday

3) Drug Test

4) Demons

5) Sugarcube

[MattZ]

1. Tom Courtenay

2. Cherry Chapstick

3. I Heard You Looking

4. Stockholm Syndrome

5. The Crying of Lot G

 

EDIT: 15 total songs so far, and no repeats yet...

[PopTodd]

EDIT: 15 total songs so far, and no repeats yet...

 

I was thinking the same thing. Says a lot.

[mpolak21]

1. Autumn Sweater

2. Blue Line Swinger

3. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

4. Sugarcube

5. Today is the Day (rock version)

 

 

--Mike

[quarter23cd]

This might as well be called "list the first 5 song titles you can think of". My favorites tend to shift a lot.

 

Tears Are In Your Eyes

Blue Line Swinger

Flying Lesson (Hot Chicken #1)

Stockholm Syndrome

Nothing But You And Me

[deepseacatfish]

1. Damage

2. Moby Octopad

3. Pass the Hatchet I think I'm Good

4. Sugarcube

5. Tom Courtenay

[sureshot]

1. Blue Line Swinger

2. I Heard You Looking

3. Tom Courtenay

4. From a Motel 6

5. Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Gookind

[MattZ]

This will always make me smile. The dude who got this on video was standing right next to me.

 

[HighFives]

Tom Courtenay

Autumn Sweater

Big Day Coming (Fast)

From A Motel 6

Upside Down

[ms. yvon]

today's favorite: mr. tough!

 

falsetto duet!

[Kalle]

today's favorite: mr. tough!

 

falsetto duet!

 

I agree Mr. Tough is a sweet song! It's the horns that get me every time!

[yermom]

There are way too many but "Our Way to Fall" and "Little Eyes" are definitely two of them.

 

Edit: A very good thing to do while listening to "Little Eyes" is to read what kids think about the song.

[blue_94_trooper]

Thanks to the Owl and the Bear, just this afternoon I listened to night 2 of last year's Hannukah run at Maxwell's .

 

at the moment:

 

Stockholm Syndrome

Pass the Hatchet

Green Arrow (best ever use of crickets in music)

Nowhere Near

Blue Line Swinger

[Killer Whales]

I Heard You Looking

Pass the Hatchet, I Think I'm Goodkind

Sugarcube

Our Way to Fall

Deeper Into Movies

 

What can I say? I just love those feedback freakouts

[Wilco LP #7]

Stockholm Syndrome

You Can Have It All

Sugarcube

I Heard You Looking

 

...i dunno...

[Oil Can Boyd]

I was thinking about my list this morning while listening to my ipod and the slow version of Autumn Sweater popped up on shuffle.

I love both versions of that song.

[quarter23cd]

Edit: A very good thing to do while listening to "Little Eyes" is to read what kids think about the song.

That is awesome.

[blue_94_trooper]

[PopTodd]

That is awesome.

 

Brilliant.

Because it's all so true.

[Guest Muncle Douchey]

i've never heard a Yo La Tengo song - but i guess all have to check them out after seeing all the love their getting.

[MattZ]

1. Tom Courtenay

2. Cherry Chapstick

3. I Heard You Looking

4. Stockholm Syndrome

5. The Crying of Lot G

 

EDIT: 15 total songs so far, and no repeats yet...

 

Scratch that. This is my top 5.

 

1. Evanescent Psyhcic Pez Drop

2. The Story of Yo La Tango

3. Sugarcube

4. Paul is Dead

5. Our Way To Fall

[stickman]

I got mine:

 

- Saturday

- Sugarcube

- Story of Yo La Tango

- Big Day Coming (I'm not saying which one)

- I Heard You Looking

 

I guess I have to stop now.

[Sir Stewart]

3. Let's Save Tony Orlando's House

I'm surprised this one isn't on everyone's list. I guess I don't know enough YLT tunes...?

[wheelco]

Moby Octopad

Detouring America with Horns

Sugarcube

The Room Got Heavy

Stockholm Syndrome

 

but I love stuff like Blue Hippo and Georgia vs. Yo La Tengo