This Slackday post has actually caused me to do a lot of mental work. One of NTSIB’s twitter followers, @DtotheChan, asked me a seemingly innocent and simple question the other day: “top 5 black keys songs?”
My brain almost melted out of my ears.
There aren’t many bands I can point to and say, “I can’t pick a favorite song”, but with the Black Keys, I really can’t pick a favorite song. They have produced so much consistently good music, that no one song stands out more than any other to me. And now that I’ve gotten a good listen (several good listens) to Brothers, it’s impossible to quantify.
But here: I’ve done my best. I’ve chosen songs that make me feel something a little deeper than “Damn, that’s a kickass song!” (And I’ve excluded Brothers all together because I can’t even cope with that one yet – every time I listen to it, a new song sneaks up and smacks me in the face with its gem-like quality.) In no particular order…
- “Oceans and Streams” – from Attack and Release
- “The Flame” – from Magic Potion
- “Work Me” – from Chulahoma
- “When the Lights Go Out” – from Rubber Factory
- “Things Ain’t Like They Used To Be” – from Attack and Release
- Honorable Mention: ALL OF THEM
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