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| Top 10 Big Black Songs
I'm actually rather surprised only 1 song from Atomizer made it, but if its rany consolation, "Jordan, Minnesota" is 11. | | 10 |  | Big Black
Songs About Fucking
"Pavement Saw" Such a catchy chorus. It's about murder, like many Big Black songs.
The twist is, this time he was the one murdered, not the murderer. | | 9 |  | Big Black
Bulldozer
"Pigeon Kill" This EP doesn't have a ton of highlights, but this song is an exception.
The heavy bassline is just so good in this one. | | 8 |  | Big Black
Atomizer
"Bazooka Joe" I used to hate this song due to how repetitive it is, but then a closer look at
the lyrics made it almost sympathetic. Plus the guitar here is pretty great. | | 7 |  | Big Black
Headache
"Pete, King of All Detectives" This EP is certainly their weakest, but this song saves it
from being a waste of time. With another heavy bass line and a weird cruel detective
theme it's hard not to dance to this like a nut. | | 6 |  | Big Black
Racer-X
"Racer-X" A great intro to their best EP. It's a slow one, but it's still a great way to
open it up and is always a pleasure to listen to. | | 5 | | Big Black
Songs About Fucking
"Colombian Necktie" Well this is basically one of the most fun songs they have. It'd
almost be worthy of being a sing a long song if it weren't about an extremely cruel type
of murder. | | 4 |  | Big Black
Lungs EP
"Steelworker" Like it or not, this is one of their best songs. It's cheesy and possibly
unnecessary and Albini may even hate the song, but it says so much about his ideas.
"See, I'm a, I'm a murderer, I kill what I eat,
See, I'm a, I'm a hunter-gatherer, I kill what I eat,
See, I'm a steelworker, I kill what I eat,
I'm a, I'm a bricklayer, I kill what I eat,
Great big thing crawling all over me." | | 3 | | Big Black
Racer-X
"Sleep!" This is the song that made me want to explore Big Black in the first place.
Great bassline, great guitar line, and Albini's gritty voice just suits the song so well. | | 2 | | Big Black
Songs About Fucking
"L Dopa" Without a doubt, the best song on Songs About Fucking. It's about waking up
from a coma. The pause in the song works pretty well. | | 1 | | Big Black
Racer-X
"Deep Six" Albini really likes to make catchy songs about murder, doesn't he? This
one has literally everything that makes Big Black great, heavy bass lines, catchy
chorus, danceability, song-a-long worthy lyrics about murder. There's a bit of
misogyny, but it's played off as facetious, so its no big deal for these guys. | |
ArsMoriendi
05.18.14 | BMDrummer, whenever you see this list, what are your 10 favorites? | NordicMindset
05.18.14 | Are any of these about fucking | ArsMoriendi
05.18.14 | @Green Baron: Mostly murder. | BMDrummer
05.18.14 | Well, knew I would be mentioned here. I'll try to make my list, but it's probably not too accurate since they have lots of good stuff. Also Green, some songs on Songs are about violent fucking.
10. Cables
9. Bad Houses
8. My Disco
7. Fish Fry
6. Ergot
5. Kerosene
4. Deep Six
3. L Dopa
2. Jordan, Minnesota
1. The Model (or) Bad Penny | Mort.
05.18.14 | interesting read, cool list | Riviere
05.18.14 | "This song is about Jerry lee Lewis before he killed one of his wives." - Albini on Kerosene | BMDrummer
05.18.14 | In the "Our Band Could Be Your Life" book though, Dave Riley said it was about having combining sex and fire though. | Riviere
05.18.14 | I know, Steve was being sarcastic when he said it. | ButteryBiscuitBass
05.18.14 | Big L - Lifestyles of the poor and dangerous
Notorious BIG - Life after death | BMDrummer
05.18.14 | Oh. Ever seen the last show they did in Seattle? Someone yelled "Complexion!" right before they played it and he said they would only play half of it, but then they never played it. | Riviere
05.18.14 | I've seen some of the show, that's the one Cobain was at. | BMDrummer
05.18.14 | Yeah, you can see him when they play Dead Billy. | ArsMoriendi
05.18.14 | I love "Dead Billy", it almost made the list. | BMDrummer
05.18.14 | I like that one too, but it's much better live imo. | ShadowRemains
05.18.14 | jordan minnesota and kerosene | widowslaugh123
05.19.14 | Passing complexion | ArsMoriendi
09.04.16 | Love Big Black | danielcardoso
09.04.16 | I'll fight you over bulldozer dude, that one rules. | ArsMoriendi
09.04.16 | It's all about Racer-X and Songs About Fucking honestly | adr
09.04.16 | lol one song from Atomizer, pretty much all of the songs from that album are better than anything on Songs About Fucking
| ArsMoriendi
09.04.16 | Hell no. Songs About Fucking is far more straightforward, which suits the style far better.
Racer-X is the best though |
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