View Full Version : Rank: "Under the Skin" songs
I know it's still a little early, but you can always change it later. As of right now, here's how I have them in terms of fave to least fave, though I love the whole album through and through.
1. Castaway Dreams (Didn't care for it at first, now I LOVE it)
2. It Was You
3. Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
4. Show You How
5. Shut Us Down
6. Under the Skin
7. To Try For the Sun
8. I Am Waiting
9. Down on Rodeo
10. Flying Down Juniper
11. Not Too Late (It's wonderful, but a little too talky/harsh-like. I still love it tough, in moderation)
dontlookdown
10-23-2006, 01:06 PM
i love the whole album
haven't digested it enough yet to rank it
but i think
Cast Away Dreams
and Flying Down Juniper are the weakest.
Only because I find them too conventional stacked up against the rest.
face of glass
10-23-2006, 01:12 PM
Down On Rodeo
It Was You
To Try For The Sun
Show You How
Shut Us Down
Flying Down Juniper
Not Too Late
I Am Waiting
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Under The Skin
Cast Away Dreams
Of course there's the school of thought that the album should be taken as a whole, instead of naming just the highlights. And I have to admit, most of the time I play it in its entirety. It sounds like the tracks really do belong together.
DavidMn
10-23-2006, 01:20 PM
I love the whole album as well, but the 2 standouts for me are Under The Skin and Flying Down Juniper.:nod:
chiliD
10-23-2006, 01:23 PM
I just take it as one complete body of work, I don't really take it as individual songs.
shackin'up
10-23-2006, 04:43 PM
I just take it as one complete body of work, I don't really take it as individual songs.
So do I. Since first listen I just can't look at it as a collection of songs that you can rank. They all stand in contact with eachother.
carrie721
10-23-2006, 04:56 PM
I just take it as one complete body of work, I don't really take it as individual songs.
this is why all these "favorite album/song/whatever" threads have been irritating me. it seems like an exercise in futility. :shrug: i love this album as a whole.
foxyluva
10-23-2006, 05:01 PM
this is why all these "favorite album/song/whatever" threads have been irritating me. it seems like an exercise in futility. :shrug: i love this album as a whole.
Alot of people don't like albums as a whole, and often don't like artists: they just like songs, which annoys the crap out of me :laugh:
carrie721
10-23-2006, 05:04 PM
Alot of people don't like albums as a whole, and often don't like artists: they just like songs, which annoys the crap out of me :laugh:
i hate that! i don't understand when people just download songs or whatever, and never whole albums. and never listen to albums front to back. :confused: maybe i'm a snob or something ... :laugh:
wondergirl9847
10-23-2006, 05:05 PM
It is always very difficult to rank any LB songs for me, but here ya go. I love each and every song.
1. Under the Skin (this is #1 no matter what, I think)
2. SGCYM
3. I Am Waiting
4. Down on Rodeo
5. Castaway Dreams
6. Flying Down Juniper
7. Shut Us Down
8. To Try for the Sun
9. Not Too Late
10. It Was You
11. Show You How (gets a bit too repetitive towards the end)
danax6
10-23-2006, 05:11 PM
I just take it as one complete body of work, I don't really take it as individual songs.Agreed. It's really not an album that can be taken apart with each song studied individually, it works much better when studied as a whole. It's one big long story. That said, I have to admit that Under the Skin is my favourite chapter, and It Was You it my least favourite one. It should have been an epilogue instead of being stuck somewhere in the middle, and even then it wouldn't really have fit. It's too trite and poppy.
I liked it better live though, when taken out of the main story and performed as it should be, on its own. :wavey:
mylittledemon
10-23-2006, 05:30 PM
As of now...
Down on Rodeo
Under the Skin
Flying Down Juniper
Try For the Sun
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
I Am Waiting
Cast Away Dreams
Shut Us Down
Not Too Late
Show You How
It Was You
ontheEdgeof17
10-23-2006, 08:45 PM
Cast Away Dreams
Down on Rodeo
Show You How
Under the Skin
It Was You
Not Too Late
SGCYM
I Am Waiting
Shut Us Down
Try For The Sun
Flying Down Juniper
TwistedGypsy
10-23-2006, 09:40 PM
Not Too Late-Love the lyrics and music is fabulous
It Was You-Such a fun heartfelt song
To Try For The Sun-LOVE, Love the lyrics.
Under The Skin-real mellow and kind of sexy:rolleyes:
Down On Rodeo-just love it
Shut Us Down-love it
I Am Waiting-great cover
Cast Away Dreams-another mellow kind of sad song which I like
Flying Down Juniper-I really like it, but just not quite up to par with the others
SGCYM-ONly because I've listened to it so much
BTW, did the guy that wrote Try For The Sun write it for SnL?? The lyrics are dead on!!!
BlackWidow
10-23-2006, 10:26 PM
I am waiting....
i hate that! i don't understand when people just download songs or whatever, and never whole albums. and never listen to albums front to back. :confused: maybe i'm a snob or something ... :laugh:
Well, no. I'm a whole album person as well. But if it's a crappy one-hit-wonder artist with a really great track then I'll just take that one, thank you. :)
Glittermoondust
10-23-2006, 10:41 PM
Well, no. I'm a whole album person as well. But if it's a crappy one-hit-wonder artist with a really great track then I'll just take that one, thank you. :)
Yep--have to agree with the above....... some artists just luck out and have a really cool song and then the rest are :confused: :laugh: And then some you can just listen to the whole CD and love it..........
carrie721
10-23-2006, 10:47 PM
Well, no. I'm a whole album person as well. But if it's a crappy one-hit-wonder artist with a really great track then I'll just take that one, thank you. :)
:laugh: well, yeah. and just so you know, i wasn't meaning you when i was talking about people who don't appreciate albums/artists. :o
:laugh: well, yeah. and just so you know, i wasn't meaning you when i was talking about people who don't appreciate albums/artists. :o
No, I know you weren't. I was just explaining myself because I always download like 1-3 songs off of crappy artists' albums into my iPod. I'm not embarrassed to admit I have 1 or 2 Spice Girls/Britney Spears/Ricky Martin-types on it. My boyfriend is disgusted, but I work out strictly to uptempo stuff, so it's a necessity. :nod:
henryscutter
10-24-2006, 03:44 AM
1 shut us down
2 i am waiting
3 try for the sun
4 under the skin
5 down on rodeo
6 sgcym
7 cast away dreams
8 it was you
9 show you how
10 juniper
11 not to late
CreepingDeath
10-24-2006, 06:40 PM
Cast Away Dreams
Down On Rodeo
Under The Skin
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Show You How
I Am Waiting
To Try For The Sun
Shut Us Down
Not Too Late
Flying Down Juniper
It Was You
ThrownDown
10-24-2006, 07:49 PM
1 down on rodeo
2 it was you
3 show you how
4 cast away dreams
5 shut us down
6 i am waiting
7 try for the sun
8 sgcym
9 under the skin
10 not to late
11 juniper
mylittledemon
10-24-2006, 09:47 PM
boy everyone seems to dislike JUNIPER...? Why? It makes me cry when I hear it. Hmm.
GypsySorcerer
10-24-2006, 10:34 PM
I tried to do this, but I just can't. SGCYM was fifth, and like it too much for fifth place. :shrug: I will say that what he did with "To Try for the Sun" is simply brilliant.
Hawkeye
10-25-2006, 02:26 PM
1. Castaway Dreams
2. Not Too Late
3. It Was You
4. Show You How
5. Try For the Sun
6. Shut Us Down
7. I am Waiting
8. Down on Rodeo
9. Under the Skin
10. SGCYM
11. Flying Down Juniper
shackin'up
10-25-2006, 02:42 PM
boy everyone seems to dislike JUNIPER...? Why? It makes me cry when I hear it. Hmm.
That's why ranking seems stupid to me.Around Nr. 10 would be Juniper for me and it makes me cry too. If you're ranking songs from such a great album it looks like you dislike some songs that you love.:shrug: :shrug: :shrug:
By the way, Juniper only makes me cry if I play the whole record. So it's not only the song itself that pushes the button.
Janet
10-26-2006, 01:33 AM
This is hard because I honestly love every single song...that is so rare for me. But there isn't one song I don't love.
1. I AM WAITING
2. IT WAS YOU
3. NOT TOO LATE
4. SHOW YOU HOW
5. CASTA AWAY DREAMS
6. TO TRY FOR THE SUN
7. SOMEONE'S GOTTA CHANGE YOUR MIND ( this low only because I listened to it SO much back in '01 when I got that Reprise cd)
8. DOWN ON RODEO ( again, already listened to it to death)
9. SHUT US DOWN (ditto)
10. UNDER THE SKIN
11. FLYING DOWN JUNIPER
That's why ranking seems stupid to me.
I understand what you mean. Believe me, it was all in fun. The entire album is a masterpiece and I really can't go through it without appreciating the beauty of each song- including Juniper which I think is gorgeous. I just wanted to do something diff. No offense meant to anyone, particularly Lindsey's work. :)
foxyluva
10-26-2006, 10:04 PM
My favourite is 'Someones Gotta Change Your Mind' - I knew it would be as well :D
WelshWitchPMD
10-26-2006, 11:37 PM
I can't really list them in order but I do think that "Under The Skin" is just a beautiful song. That is the one that stands out for me. "It was You" I just don't know but that would be my least favorite. I do like the fact that he mentions his kids because he does seem to be in love with them.
DavidMn
10-27-2006, 03:27 PM
I can't really list them in order but I do think that "Under The Skin" is just a beautiful song. That is the one that stands out for me. "It was You" I just don't know but that would be my least favorite. I do like the fact that he mentions his kids because he does seem to be in love with them.right with you my dear.:nod: :xoxo:
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