favorite songs
 

what are your favorite songs for lindsey's solo career?

mine Great Day wrote by Lindsey and Will (his son who is now 10 but 8 when he wrote the song)

It will be a different one tomorrow but right now I'm really loving Time Precious Time. I just played it on a loop and zoned out while I was taking a break from work this morning.

I'd have to say it's Play in the Rain...

I used to hate flipping the album over for part II...

but love the tune...

My favs:

Great Day
Castaway Dreams
Johnny Stew
Wait For You
Don't Look Down
Treason
Gift of Screws
Down on Rodeo

Shut Us Down

As of now...

Castaway Dreams
It Was I
Slow Dancing
Loving Cup
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
Street of Dreams
Doing What I Can
Surrender the Rain
This is the Time
I Want You

The "trouble" all started with "Trouble." ;)

And I continued down the path with "Holiday Road."

I used to go absolutely nuts to "Go Insane."

And then I swayed off to "Soul Drifter."

I daydream during "Street of Dreams."

The entire of "Under the Skin" gets under mine.

I'll always remember the precious time I saw/heard "Time Precious Time" at Nokia. An indelible concert moment if ever I had one.

And Lindsey's right, "Gift of Screws" sort of calls up a connotation, but it's a gift that keeps screwing with my head!

I'm DYING to add the Lindsey Mac moments here, but I'll stop before I hurt myself.

Can I pretend that Out of the Cradle is just one really long song? Ok. Then that's my favorite. And Red Rover, The Right Place to Fade, and Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind.

For today anyway...

GOS tour live version is one of my all time favourite live experiences. That version of the song and the Ellen show version (Isn't Walfredo great on this?) are up there with my favourite Lindsey songs.

I forgot about these two, especially DOR. Play in the Rain would be up there with my favourites. And I Want You. And Shadow of the West. And Bel Air Rain. And...

I would agree with that. How many years did I have the demo of the song and never paid any attention to it? Then, I saw it live (a bit before I got the album) and it simply exploded. And Lindsey seems to be infused with a special kind of energy when he performs the song too. It seemed to me even his facial features transformed from what I'm used to seeing.

Honestly, there are about 6 songs on the GOS album that he should always perform on his solo tour, but I know he won't. He will probably only revisit a couple of them. But Gift of Screws, the song, should definitely be one of those two that make the cut.

As for a favorite song of his, I don't have one. But if I was making any kind of list, definitely Time Bomb Town would be on it.

Michele

Go Insane
Under the Skin
Doing What I Can
Castaway Dreams (acoustic version from Not Too Late doc)
Love Runs Deeper
Shadow of the West
Time Bomb Town
Soul Drifter
Surrender the Rain
Right Place to Fade (aka Twist of Fate ;) )
Treason
Shut Us Down
I Am Waiting (Soundstage)

^^
I'm glad you mentioned the Soundstage version of I am Waiting. For some reason I like it so much better than the studio version on UTS. It just doesn't sound right to me.

Other favorites:
Soul Drifter
Countdown
Holiday Road
Wait for You
Trouble
Down on Rodeo
Go Insane
Shut Us Down
Gift of Screws

It's hard to decide for just one song. My all-time favourite Lindsey song would be "What's the World Coming To". But that is FM, and here, you asked about solo songs.

I haven't got all of his solo albums, just those past the "split" of 87. All of them have some gems. "Gift Of Screws" has the most, "Out Of the Cradle" has the 2nd most and "Under the Skin" has the 3rd highest number of gems.

"Right Place To Fade" and "Love Runs Deeper" are tied for best song of GOS.
"Countdown", "Soul Drifter", "Don't Look Down" and "Turn It On" are tied for best of OOC
and
"Show You How", "Down On Rodeo", "Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind" and "It Was You" are tied for best song of UTS.

I'm hoping that he makes another solo album of new material soon. But please, let's have more real percussion next time around.

Bwana, A Satisfied Mind.

Go Insane is one of my favorite albums. I would definitely get that. For me, I wouldn't rate Law and Order as high, but if you like the last 3 I think the first two would round out your collection quite nicely.

Michele

I promise to forgive you for that..............someday.

This is painstaking....

Turn it On
Holiday Road
Go Insane
Surrender the Rain
Don't Look Down
Under the Skin
Shut us Down
Down on Rodeo
Twist of Fate
Love Runs Deeper
Underground

I agree! I would vote Love Runs Deeper and Gift of Screws to make the cut for the next tour. But he should honestly do: RPTF, LRD, DYMM, Underground, Wait for You, GOS, and Great Day for every tour! haha! The rest should all be Cradle songs.

He owes us some Cradle. After we asked him specifically, he just threw us a Don't Look Down bone. :distress:.

Michele

1. It Was You
2. Holiday Road
3. Wait for You
4. Great Day
5. To Try for the Sun
6. Trouble
7. Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
8. Go Insane
9. Soul Drifter
10. I Want You

honorable mentions
Gift of Screws
Love Runs Deeper
Did You Miss Me
Slow Dancing

1. Go Insane
2. Down On Rodeo
3. Trouble
4. Wait For You
5. The Right Place To Fade
6. Wrong
7. Bel-Air Rain
8. Holiday Road
9. Countdown
10. Gift of Skrews

Honorable mentions:

Slow Dancing
To Try For The Sun
Great Day

-Matt

Wait, now we're doing honorable mentions? Okay everything but Law & Order excepting Trouble.:] Back slowly away awaiting to be attacked by rabid Law & Order fans.

Lindsey does owe us more OOTC. One day I will hear Soul Drifter live (not betting on Countdown, since I have one performance of him playing it live).

In no particular order:

"Trouble"
"Holiday Road"
"Go Insane"
"Countdown"
"Shut Us Down" (live)
"Cast Away Dreams" (live)
"The Right Place To Fade"

Trouble/Go Insane
 

Which version of each would you say you like the best?

I have such affinity and memories for the original Trouble, so as much as I love still hearing it in setlists, I'll go for the original.

As much as I loved the original Go Insane and liked the revised version, I think the current Mac Go Insane is somewhere in the middle and just perfect.

I love that album!!!

*I* do! :nod:

That's #1 for me.

Plus (in somewhat chronological order)

Bwana
Trouble (orig studio version)
Shadow Of The West
Holiday Road
Dancing Across The USA
Go Insane
Play In The Rain (both...why they didn't just make it one long track for the CD boggles the mind)
Loving Cup
DW Suite
On The Wrong Side
Big Yellow Taxi (his Joni Mitchell cover...awesome!)
Peacekeeper (solo version)
Bleed To Love Her (orig GOS version)
Murrow Turning Over In His Grave (orig GOS version)
Steal Your Heart Away (Best Buy disc version)
She Smiled Sweetly
The Singer Not The Song
Gotta Get Away (actually...ALL of his Rolling Stones covers)
Under The Skin
Show You How
Castaway Dreams
Try For The Sun
Down On Rodeo
Great Day
Gift Of Screws
Wait For You
Right Place To Fade
Bel Air Rain

Yes, that is nice. I wish it had exposure somewhere, so that more could hear it.

Michele

A Satisfied Mind and Bwana are my favorites, but I really could just copy and paste the Law and Order track listing and be done with it. Ratatata.

But for two or three songs, Out of The Cradle is one big gigantic steaming pile. A few additional songs sound decent live, but the rest is just overbaked dreck. There's a reason why its STILL his biggest commercial failure, folks.

Gift Of Screws is an excellent collection of songs. Go Insane, Law & Order, and Under the Skin- in that order (Lindsey monkeyed with some of the UTS songs unnecessarily)

Wow. Never mind that OOTC seems to be most Lindsey fans favorite album. In fact at his last Chicago solo show they were sold out of signed OOTC CD's, but still had the rest of them. Big giganitc steaming pile, indeed.:rolleyes:

I don't have Law & Order or Gift of Screws yet...

Trouble
Slow Dancing
Go Insane
Surrender the Rain
Countdown
You Do or You Don't
Under the Skin
Castaway Dreams
Down on Rodeo

Main reason...it was released 5 years too late.

I rarely reply to much anymore, but the above statement made me so angry, so filled with vitriol, that could not wait to attack my keyboard and dispatch a response.

Out of the Cradle is one of my 10 favorite albums of all time. A collection of songs that hang together in such a cohesive manner, that all the songs seemlessly flow together like pages in a well-written story. No need to change the running order ever on this one.

Commercial failure, sure. However, it was beloved by many, including Rolling Stone who gave it 4 stars and Stereo Review who made it their Critics Choice of the Month.

Certainly it enjoyed more critical success than the first two albums. Why it failed commercially had little to do with people passing on its content and more to do with them just not knowing the darn thing was out there.

I wonder if Lindsey thought that way when he didn't include it in the UTS setlist. Did he think we wouldn't miss the songs because they didn't sell? If so, I'd like to give him a good talking to.

Michele

I don't think Ive ever heard anyone say that before....

Oh, absolutely. Completely agree.

I'm glad you like it. I'm serious- I really do. There's just too many cringe-worthy tracks on it- whether it be because of the lyrical content, the music, the production, Lindsey vocal performance, or all four. "This Is The Time" pulls off this rare superfecta feat.

Which makes absolutely no sense, given the considerable marketing dollars, promotional appearances/radio station tours, and extensive concert touring (he opened for Tina Turner, for christsake).

I ask this with all sincerity and wild-eyed curiosity- what should Lindsey/WBR have done to get the public's attention that would have changed the fortunes of this project? Is it not possible that his target audience at the time just saw it as what it was- an already-dated, wholly self-derivative solo album from an ex-member of a (basically) dead & irrelevant band. High profile promotional appearances like the Leno/"Don't Look Down" trainwreck did more to confound than intrigue.

I think he's still smarting from the massive failure that it was. He put in a lot of man-hours and went to extraordinary lengths to promote the thing- not to mention the 5+ years in recording it. I also think he looks back on it the same way he does L&O and GI- its in the past, he was a different person then, not really ashamed of his efforts but not willing to put it out in the forefront, either.

There's nothing he could have done. The public wasn't interested in output from him at that point. But the volume of sales is no way to compare the quality of the album to that of his other offerings. While you may not like the album, I don't think its sales are proof that most other people disliked it or liked the first two more. The first two just had more help from the FM afterglow. If he'd released OOTC right around The Dance's popularity, I bet the very same album would have sold more.

Michele

Law and Order:
Johnny Stew
It Was I
Shadow Of The West

Go Insane:
Go Insane (I also adore all of the live versions, whether it's the stripped down just him and the guitar or the more recent one, it's all great)
Slow Dancing
D.W. Suite

Out Of The Cradle:
Surrender the Rain
Soul Drifter
This Is The Time

Under The Skin:
Castaway Dreams
Someone's Gotta Change Your Mind
It Was You

Gift Of Screws:
Time Precious Time
Underground
Love Runs Deeper

Miscellaneous:
Dancing Across the U.S.A.
On the Wrong Side

Mine:

Down On Rodeo - Specifically the demo version with lyrics. I've praised this version to the moon and back so I won't any further.
Trouble - Always been a favorite but Lindsey gave it new life with his alternate live takes starting with the Under the Skin tour.
Cast Away Dreams - This one became an instant favorite the moment I heard it.
Underground - Same here. It might be my favorite Lindsey solo track ever, it's hard to say.
Soul Drifter - Long story behind this one that I won't go into.
Go Insane - I think the album version doesn't get the credit it deserves. I love listening to it with headphones on.
Dancing 'Cross The U.S.A. - Underrated track.
Under The Skin - Memories.
Bel Air Rain
Treason

Matt