Poll: What's your favorite song(s) off of "Listen..."?

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Topic:	Poll: What's your favorite song(s) off of "Listen..."?
by: Dan July 5, '05 3:16am	We've kind of been doing an informal survey since the CD release to try to figure out what songs people like the best. This can be the official survey. We want as much feedback as possible. It will be used for things like which songs to push to radio, to see what side of MGM people like best, and just as a public display for ourselves and fans to see what others think. It's an open forum, you don't need to log-in or anything to post. If you don't have the CD yet, you can at least listen to and vote on the seven songs posted on our songs page. And feel free to comment on why you like a particular song. We love feedback! I'll get things going. The whole album is so good, but here's my top 5- 1) "Thank You"- I still sometimes get a little misty-eyed at the end 2) "Simple Mathematics"- Rock! 3) "L'Ange"- Perhaps a little too crazy for radio, but there's no better groove to get you skanking than the ska verse in this song. 4) "You Can Lie"- Has sweetness written all over it. It's also a good song to lip sync to your sister to weird her out. 5) "Goodbye Grey Skies"- Originally written by Jeff for his old high school ska band, add in a little Rafalak (Jay's bass intro, and Ian's crazy cool horn breakdown ending) and you've got one hell of a ditty.
by: Ashley July 5, '05 8:14am	Location: Scotia my favorite song is reggae people.
by: Kelsey July 5, '05 12:48pm	Location: schenectady, NY "thank you" is hands down the best. <3 I love all of you. <<33
by: Catt July 5, '05 12:54pm	Location: Schenectady NY Website: http://www.myspace.com/vegbabe11 The songs that I find amazing ... well in order 1. You Can Lie (Love the vocals and message) 2. Reggae People (So much fun to dance to) 3. L'ange (Love the beginning so much fun) 4. Simple Mathematics (nice rock feeling) 5. Goodbye Grey Skies (Love it all) You guys are amazing
by: Heather July 5, '05 1:54pm	Location: Stillwater, NY My fav. song is You Can Lie but all of them are great! You all rock!!
by: Carter July 5, '05 2:12pm	Location: Saratoga Springs Website: http://myspace.com/pinstripemelee Man that's a toughie.. Thank You The bass fills in perfectly when there are no vocals and is a great backup when there are. Classic ska-tar, works great in this song, and the high-hat tap on the bridge and chorus does so much to drive the song. Plus the lyrics are amazing. And Ian's voice is sex.
by: Kelly July 5, '05 2:54pm	Location: Albany Firstly I'd like to note that this album is similar to Bob Marley's "Legend" in the sense that its best listened to from start to finish, and repeat . But for the sake of survey's... 1)Goodbye Grey Skies 2)Thank You 3)Right Now 4)Reggae People 5)Ian Don't Eat Meat (secret song track 16)
by: Makya July 5, '05 3:39pm	Website: http://www.myspace.com/makya UP AND DOWN
by: cooper July 5, '05 6:46pm	Location: hell listen to what? i dont even have a cd. hook a brother up...later
by: Valerie Renee July 5, '05 10:41pm	Location: Guilderland, NY Website: http://www.myspace.com/valerierenee Such a hard question... I guess a little countdown is in order.... 5) You Can Lie (I love Kate's voice and I love the flow) 4) Ian Don't Eat Meat (Sean Rowe rules) 3) Simple Mathematics (This song rocks hard) 2) Right Now (Good message, good flow, good beats, fun to sing along to) 1) Thank You (I love the message, it makes me think of my dad)
by: Dan July 6, '05 4:08am	Hey cooper... you can listen to 7 of the songs off of Listen on our songs page. If you want to buy a CD, we're selling them for $10 each (merch page is in the works). In the mean time you can contact any member of the band or dan@rkstar.com. To everyone else- Thanks! Keep the votes coming in!
by: Joe Rafalak July 6, '05 11:09am	Location: Scotia Aright so Listen... is an amazing album so I believe a countdown is neccessary 1. Reggae People, hands down the mix between reggae and hip hop is great 2. Right Now, I love the music and Badi is great 3. Thank You, The message is great 4. Ronnie's Lament, I don't know if interludes count but I love it every time I here it I can't get it out of my head 5. You Can Lie, I know I'm stealing Val's comment I'm sorry Val but I like The flow of it and Kate's voice
by: Beckie B. July 7, '05 4:14am	Location: Burnt Hills 1)Reggae People. The first time I heard that song...I was hooked. 2)Listen.Paddy is freaking great.(the message is really good too) 3)California Van Song. Its freaking great. 4)You Can Lie. Kate is freaking great. 5)Ian Dont Eat Meat Listen...really is an awesome CD. You guys are freaking great.
by: Lua July 7, '05 11:24am	Location: Schenectady, NY Hey kids! I'm going to have to agree that the whole album is phenomenal, so I have more than one favorite. 1. Thank You - I get all teared up. I just love it. 2. Right Now 3. You Can Lie 4. Reggae People 5. Up and Down As a whole the album just blows me away. Everything is so good and all of it is so positive. You don't see that much these days. high five I believe Monkey Gone Mad will bring about world peace. But only if they get an A on their history report!
by: Michele & Cassidy July 7, '05 2:54pm	Location: Scotia! Website: http://myspace.com/shrimpoke808 My Favorite song off listen is Reggae people....and Cassidy loves you can lie!! go MGM!
by: Joe Nacco July 8, '05 12:33pm	Website: http://joenacco.com You can lie is the song I like best. I like ballads.
by: Shelly Shocke July 9, '05 1:41am	Location: Johnstown I like Thank You because it's the first song I heard by MGM and it brings back special memories. But after that I like Simple Mathematics, then Reggae People, You Can Lie and L'Ange.
by: Jason July 10, '05 10:48am	ok, so here's my 5 favorite songs from "Skunk With a Porpoise" (in no particular order): 1. Jumbalaya 2. The B-Flat Song 3. California Van Song (the classic version) 4. Feel Big 5. Empty (hands down my favorite song by Heath and Brendog about graduating high school) (ok, sorry, that was corny) and here's my 5 favorites from "Listen...": 1. Thank You (i love paddy's part, its probably my favorite thing on the album, i would get goose bumps when i first heard it) 2. Right Now (i think we made some pretty authentic sounding hip-hop with basically all live instrumentation; check out how kate's singing on the bridge gets flipped as a sample in the rest of the song) 3. L'Ange (Arya wrote basically this entire song, chords and lyrics, while he was at work without an instrument in front of him) 4. Listen (i think it makes a great intro the album, and kind of sets the tone that its not gonna be your average ska-punk album) 5. You Can Lie/Simple Mathematics thanks everybody for your nice comments and feedback!
by: Sahra July 12, '05 12:51am	Location: rochester I'd have to say that Thank You is my favorite. And then Reggae People because I've had that stuck in my head ever since 'BER played it on the local show. There, now I actually did it and didn't just think about it =)
by: Arya July 13, '05 1:24pm	OK, my faves: 1.) "Ian Don't Eat Meat": Brendog's guitar tone underscores the title with its beefy mids as it announces "I am cow, hear me roar". I also love how Brendan puts down the guitar to go to Subway, only to strap it back on in the nick of time to do some bovine-proportioned bends. And man, Sean Rowe, if you ever read this, you are it! Barry White who? A man who can deliver a fervent treatise to anyone hanging a cowbell around their neck has got funk in the trunk for days! 2.) "You Can Lie": Kate is too good. If P Diddy gets within 10 yards of this song with a sampler, grrrr. 3.) "Thank You": Hmm, hard to explain why songs are good; sometimes, they just are. Yeah, the lyrics are great here, the music is nice, the ending is amazing, but to paraphrase Zappa, talking about music is like dancing around architecture. Then again, he also said that rock journalism is people who can't write who interview people who can't play music for people who can't read, so take it all with a generous heaping of salt. Perhaps, I'm biased, but people will try and catch up to what Ian is doing in this song years from now and still not get it. 4.) "Right Now": Badi is so talented, it is unreal. There is also the Kate factor. 5.) "Listen": Perhaps intros shouldn't count, but I really dig this not only as a great way of setting up the vibe of the album (totally agree w/Jay on this), but as a piece in and of itself. As a general rule, horns rock (Kenny G and Boney James aside)!
by: Terry McClain July 29, '05 6:17pm	Location: Albany Website: http://www.delvinshadepublishing.com Hands down, "Right Now" really has a feel good vibe and has the hip hop hook going which I feel would blow you guys right out from the underground... Great production and mix of live instrumentation make this song a winner plus the positive message that hip hop REALLY needs RIGHT NOW... So go and DO IT, you mad monkeys!!! Great stuff overall, though...
by: Molly Aug. 7, '05 5:03pm	Location: Near Burnt Hills My favorite 5 songs off of this CD have to be: 1)Right Now 2)Up and Down 3)Simple Mathematics 4)California Van Song 5)You can Lie
by: Dan Aug. 7, '05 11:08pm	Hey, thanks everyone for your input, we really appreciate it. Here's the tally so far for any one interested in keeping track- "Thank You" - 50 "You Can Lie"- 41 "Right Now"- 39 "Reggae People"- 25 "Simple Mathematics"- 17 "Up & Down"- 14 "L'Ange"- 10 "Goodbye Grey Skies"- 7 "Ian Don't Eat Meat"- 7 "California Van Song"- 5 "Listen"- 3 "Ronnie's Lament"- 2
by: Vai Aug. 24, '05 2:44am	Location: The World! and New York 1) 'right now' is the JAM my friends. i guess im partial to hip hop but this flows like butta baby 2) Reggae People... awesome vocals, lyrics and band-ness 3) You Can Lie-- let the girl sing and its all uphill from there
by: Jay Pisano Aug. 29, '05 9:26pm	Location: San Francisco, CA Website: http://www.myspace.com/pisano What a solid album. 'Thank You' fires me up like no other.
by: Jen Senecal Jan. 10, '06 2:03pm	Location: Rotterdam I LOVE ALL THE SONGS
by: naina Aug. 5, '06 12:16am	Location: coventry my favorite song would be "right now"