Favourite Blitzen Trapper Song

Hey Blitzen Trapper listeners...(i don't like the word FAN)

I'am just curious: What is your favourite Blitzen Trapper Top 5?

Post it in reply...

Wow, a Top 5 is tough!  Here are 5 favorites at the moment, unordered:

Destroyer of the Void

The Tree

Heaven and Earth

War is Placebo

God & Suicide

I'd also have to give special mention to "Futures & Folly," as it was the first BT song I ever heard.  I'm pretty sure I was in love with the band before the song ended, that very first time I heard it.  I still love that one.  They don't seem to do it live much - did they used to?

And about "War is Placebo" - that song is far too amazing to be relegated to a limited edition single! (Same is true for the beautifully hushed, Shins/Elliott Smith-like B side "Booksmart Baby"!)

Hey  Indied,

Great! i miss a few songs. Like War is Placebo. Couldn't find a download (free or buy) either.(got a clue for me?)

You said 5 favorites at the moment. Thats a true phrase. I like your list and the comparison from the song i don't know with Elliott Smith triggers me. Elliott Smith is another favourite of me.

Ok, here is my " at the moment" list:

1. Ansel and Emily Desader 

2. Below the Hurricane

3. Black river killer (live)

4. Destroyer of the void

5. Echo (live)

But tomorrow "the man who would speak true" could be on my list.

Let's wait for more contributions..

top 5 songs in no particular order for the last couple days have been:

- war on machines

- c*****r went down (maximum volume of course)

- simple tree

- saturday night

- ballad of bird love

i've been busy in the kitchen and seem to be picking up tempo tunes i'm sure this will change once my adrenaline rush is gone!

Jamieson thanx.

I tracked them all down and listened to them in the right order.

Your BT taste is quite heavy :-) . 

This is really nice . Who's next?

"ECHO" = running round my brain all day now...

 

By the way: It's christmas eve here.

merry Christmas - Prettige Kerstdagen (Dutch)

1. Big Black Bird

2. Jericho (there is a certain live recording where Earley sings this gorgeous harmony, and it just feels right)

3. Lady on the Water

4. Ansel and Emily Desader (and I don't say this with an elitist sneer, but I kinda like the Garmonbozia version better)

5. Ballad of Bird Love

And just like you, indied, "Futures & Folly" was the song that sold me, too.  I think this is a great idea for a thread, by the by.

(Ashamed to beg: Anyone have a copy of "War is Placebo" or "Booksmart Baby" to share? )

The "War is Placebo"/"Booksmart Baby" single does seem awfully hard to track down.  I got my copy at Criminal Records in Atlanta about a year ago (Apparently they had a few leftover from the previous "Record Store Day", 2009), but last time I was in there, they still had a few copies!  Looking back, I should've bought the rest.  It's probably worth a shot getting in touch with them here: http://www.criminalatl.com/Home to see if you can order online.  I don't get in there that often or I'd go try and pick them up, myself.

If that doesn't work, maybe someone close to the band (Matt?) has an idea where one could still get this gorgeous (pink and white) piece of vinyl.  If all else fails, I've got digital versions of the tracks (vinyl comes with download code), but I'd want an "official" go-ahead to send them out...

1. Jericho (Live)

2. Big Black Bird

3. Lady on the Water

4. Echo

5. Taking it Easy too Long.

My list for this week:

1: Futures & Folly

2: Sci-Fi Kid

3: Dreamers & Giants

4: Running Revolution

5: Ansel & Emily Desader

Thanx Folks! I keep listening to your lists!!

After about 20 contributions we could make a "Top 5 out of 20" 

1. Black River Killer

Why? It's pretty cinematic and haunting. Taking up where Sprinsgteen's Nebraska left off.

2. Country Caravan

Alt country at its best. Those accents that shift across the bar lift it from being an everyday song.

3. Heaven and Earth

Esp the demo version. Revisits biblical madness in the chorus, and a fab vocal take on the verse, with a sobbing melody.

4. Simple Tree

A good one for putting the top down and hitting the gas.

5. The Tailor

Sounds like the story of a madman.

P.S. Best Jericho I've found is here

Blitzen Trapper
11th annual Pickathon Roots Music Festival
Pendarvis Farm
Galaxy Barn Stage
Happy Valley, Oregon
2009-08-01

http://www.archive.org/details/blitzentrapper2009-08-01.galaxybarnstage.matrix.flac16

 

Any better ?

I think there are no best songs; they're all great.

Try:

Reno

evening star

sleepy time in the western world

furr

wild mountain nation

Sleepy time in the western world live in Tivoli (Utrecht) was perfect!

Actually, why choose? I just listen ............. 

1. Heaven and Earth

2. The Tailor

3. Dreamers & Giants

4. Country Caravan

5. The Tree

 

Rascall

numerology calculator | numerology

1. Black River Killer

2. Silver Moon

3. Country Caravan

4. Laughing Lover

5. Furr (Daytrotter version)

No particular order:

Country Caravan

Dragon's Song

Shoulder Full of You

Saturday Nite

Preacher's Sister's Boy

I must say, Furr is still my favorite, 'cause it was the first song from the band I heard, and it gave me goosebumps :) I asked one of the dj's from errorfm.com, Larry Woodside, to play it, but he didn't have the album. He went searching and fell in love with the sound. I'm 'proud' I made an indie radio station dj discover BT :D

This is becoming an impressive list. !!

Thanx folks!!

Well I will add my list soon but had to post that I am glad to see that some of you also like "The Tailor" because it is definatly one of my favorites from this bands most recent album.

i use cunning revolution as ringtone on my phone. Great!! Try it!

1. Furr

2. Destroyer of the Void

3. Laughing Lover

4. Sadie

5. Love U

 

That was harder to prioritize than I thought it would be.

1.) Texaco

2.) Ansel & Emily Desader

3.) Country Caravan

4.) Destroyer of the Void

5.) Reno

TOO MANY GOOD ONES...

1. All the Stones (it took me about 5 seconds to fall in love with this song. beautiful)

2. Silver Moon

3. Furr

4. Big Black Bird

5. and a tie between God and Suicide and Country Caravan

 

It does always change though.

I'm a new listener, I haven't gotten into their older albums yet, because I can't seem to stop replaying the current one. My favorites are: 1. Evening Star 2. Destroyer of The Void 3. Dragon's Song 4. The Tree 5. Lover Leave Me Drowning

I'm not a new listener, I go back a few years with BT.  The newest album is my favorite overall. I still love the older albums but I think Eric Earley's songwriting ability grows greater with time.

My current top five, but not in any order:

Destroyer Of The Void, Heaven And Earth, Cold Gold Diamond, The Green King Sings, Dragon's Song

And Love I Exclaim!, which I add because it doesn't really count as a whole song.

Hi Folks,

It's been a while... But still listening to BT tracks. The list is getting more impressive every month!

here are my favs for this month:

1. Stripes (Field Rexx)

2. Dreamers & Giants (Field Rexx)

3. Lux & Royal Shopper (Field Rexx)

4. Ansel & Emily DeSader

5. Reno

 

Thanx !

Fire and Fast Bullets

Sleepytime in the Western World

and Jericho.. That track is just too sweet.

big black bird

furr

evening star

american goldwing

war on machines

Updated list for mine changed slightly.

1. Furr

2. Laughing Lover

3. Stolen Shoes and a Rifle

4. Big Black Bird

5. Wild Mountain Nation

It does change a lot.

Your list is damn near identical to mine, orienteering. I swear, I probably listen to "All the Stones" at least once a day. I think that song would make anyone with ears an instant Blitzen Trapper convert.

I'm not familiar with some of these songs...Where can I find: Simple Tree, All the Stones, Ballad of Bird Love?

Thanks!

Bulldozers, all three of those songs can be found on iTunes (or at least, that is where I got them).  Simple Tree is a bonus track from "Destroyer. . ." while The Ballad of Bird Love is the bonus track from "Furr" (I still remember the first time I heard that song).  All The Stones is from a benefit with "Patagonia" in the name.

AND.  I would highly recommend all three.  They are especially great songs!

http://soundcloud.com/gatorbutts/blitzen-trapper-might-find-it

For me, it'd be:

1. Black River Killer

2. Preacher's Sister's Boy

3. Furr

4. Sadie

5. Laughing Lover

Thanks for the info Munky!

My current top 5:

1-Your Crying Eyes (AG)

2-Asleep for Days (FR)

3-Wild Mountain Nation (WMN)

4-Ballad of Bird Love (Furr bonus)

5-Pink Padded Slippers (B-side)

I have so many favorites. I always love Country Caravan live- the studio version does not do it justice. Stolen Shoes & A Rifle is great- the acoustic guitars really shine on that song. BT does has a really special feel for playing country music. I wish it was longer, though, they need to extend it instrumentally for another few bars at the end I think. I also read in an interview where Eric listed John Denver as a influence. I can hear that in many of his songs. I always loved John Denver, too. They just recently replayed his famous Wildlife Concert on PBS last weekend, hope alot of people tuned in to that and got to experience the genius of the man.

In no particular order, best listened to with no particular place to go.

Texaco (BT)

The All-Girl Team(BT)

Simple Tree (DV)

War on Machines (Furr)

Not Your Lover (Furr)

Futures & Folly (WMN)

Love the Way You Walk Away (AG)

Street Fighting Sun (AG)

 

OK, that's more than 5...hard to stop ;)

Too hard to pick a top 5 anything I'd say... but here goes:

1) Below the Hurricane (ahhh, those harmonies (sigh))

2) Lady on the Water

3) Love the way you walk away (yeah it's "new", but damn it I'm a sucker for some steel guitar)

4) Furr (not a very original choice I know, but as others have said you never forget your first BT)

5) Stranger in a strange Land (another newbie, but I have a fetish for lines that could appear on tombstones! "When I'm gone, you'll know me by the friends I leave behind."

That's my top 5 for today anyway, now if I could just squeeze me some Big Black Bird, Echo, Stolen shoes and a rifle, Might find it Cheap and numerous others into the list I'd be a happy man!

well it has almost been a year since i last posted in this thread so i thought i might update my selection.  perhaps it should be noted that i am sick, sick, sick so it may have a bearing on what ive been listening to.  again in no particular order:

1. astronaut

2. maybe baby

3. 40 stripes

4. stranger in a strange land

5. canyon's edge

the gambler outtake is also a strong contender since it still makes me giggle

My Blitzen Trapper Greatest Hits CD:

1. Astronaut

2. Texaco

3. Jericho

4. Black River Killer

5. Sadie

6. Evening Star

7. Wild Mountain Nation

8. 40 Stripes

9. Below the Hurricane

10. Shoulder Full of You

11. Street Fighting Sun

12. Love I Exclaim!

13. Furr

14. Saturday Nite

15. Murder Babe

Oh, and whatever song that was that they used for the soundtrack in the Episode 5 tour video...

ASTRONAUT

furr

wild mountain nation

might find it cheap

country caravan

war on machines

This week's top 5 (in no particular order)...

Booksmart Baby (live at Canopy Club, Urbana, IL 10-16-2009)

Look My Way

War is Placebo

All the Stones

Jericho (live at Portland Playhouse 9-14-2010 - check YouTube - sound not so great, but my fave version of Jericho ever.)

 

Honorable mentions:

Street Fighting Sun

Rent A Cop

Farthest Shore

Ansel & Emily DeSader

Destroyer of the Void

Evening Star

Taking it Easy Too Long

 

And I could go on...and on...and on...

• Laughing Lover
• Big Black Bird
• Big Adventure
• Might Find It cheap
• Preacher's Sister's Boy

Pretty much every thing.

Is that the Spirit of Jazz?? Your hat's on fire ;) 

to all BT fans!!!  - BT had a song way back when on their myspace page that never made an album or EP.  It was an AWESOME song.  my favorite, actually.  I cannot remember the name but it was around 2007-2008 timeline I think.  Can anyone help me with the title and where I can find it?  Thanks and happy holidays!

Free, you're probably thinking of "10 Cent Slut", released on Eric's "Trapper" solo record:

http://web.archive.org/web/20060615054834/http://blitzentrapper.net/media/05-10-cent_Slut.mp3

Gotta love the Wayback Machine!

Gator,

Did they ever post the rest of that album, or just that song? It's vanished into the ether and I've been hunting for some trace. I have heard the entire thing, but the lengths I had to go to do so were pretty ridiculous! 

Mojo, here you go:

https://www.mybluepiemusic.com/album?a=145289

See my other post in the "'Trapper' album, buy it here" thread...that site is bogus.

 

Alright, and let's not count Furr, Gold for Bread, or God & Suicide because they seem too obviously awesome. 

1. Destroyer of the Void (DotV)

2. Country Caravan (WMN)

3. Preacher's Sister's Boy (Black River EP)

4. Saturday Nite (Furr) 

5. Love the Way You Walk Away (AG)

Addendum:

6. Jericho (Daytrotter Sessions--all of which are great)

7. Lady on the Water (Furr)

8. Reno (BT)

9. Texaco (FR)

10. Stranger in a Strange Land (AG)

I'm kind of a newbie (only discovered Blitzen Trapper in late January), but here are my top 5 favourite Blitzen Trapper songs. Not in order....

 

-Ever Loved Once

-American Goldwing

-Love The Way You Walk Away

-Furr

-The Man Who Would Speak True

YAY the forum is fixed :D

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