Top 50 Boston Songs

[redsock]

Originally posted by Etan de Balzac, Footie Ball Player:
  Shouldn't the Del Fuegos be in their somewhere?
 
 I remember in the Fall of my freshman year at Worcester Polytechnic Institute, there was a three band bill on campus; the Del Fuegos, the Neigborhoods, and I forget the third band. Good times.

My best-friend went to WPI. When were you there?

[redsock]

Originally posted by snailhook:
  not sure, but i think throwing muses were mostly based in rhode island,

Missed them on the list, they are also most certainly from RI. We don't have enough bands from little Rhodie, not gonna let Boston steal all the good ones.

[ggw]

Let's be honest -- Rhode Island is really just a suburb of Boston.

[snailhook]

actually, for the last decade, i think providence has had a superior, more vital scene than boston. i'll take lightning bolt, six finger satellite, and arab on radar over any band in boston recently.
 
 another good boston band unmentioned is wheat. they had a couple of great songs on a couple of good albums.

[Arlette]

Originally posted by ggwâ?¢:
  From Boston Magazine:
 
 5. The Neighborhoods, Prettiest Girl (1991)
 8. Mission of Burma, That's When I Reach for My Revolver (1981)
 13. Lyres, Help You Ann (1984)
 28. Aerosmith, Mama Kin (1973)
 35. Mission of Burma, Academy Fight Song (1981)
 

Wow, love that list.  My faves are above.  Gawd, I loved the Neighborhoods, so glad they made the Top 5.  We all thought they would be HUGE.  But wait, 1991?  Don't think so.  Gotta be 1981, right?  I wish I had a way to listen to Prettiest Girl.

[redsock]

Originally posted by snailhook:
  actually, for the last decade, i think providence has had a superior, more vital scene than boston. i'll take lightning bolt, six finger satellite, and arab on radar over any band in boston recently.
 
 another good boston band unmentioned is wheat. they had a couple of great songs on a couple of good albums.

Hey, taking nothing away from Providence, but it has really only been over the last decade only. Very little before that. Add Mahi Mahi and Sage Francis to your list though. True, all mentioned are better than the Godsmack/Staind crew of Boston's recent submissions.

[ggw]

Weren't Winter Hours from Boston?

[Guiny]

Originally posted by snailhook:
   i'll take lightning bolt, six finger satellite, and arab on radar over any band in boston recently.

Who, who and who?

[snailhook]

just a few awesome boogie rock bands that should've made it big but didn't for some reason. check 'em out.

[Guiny]

Their names sound cool that's for sure.

[SPARX]

Buffalo Tom should have more than 1 song on that list. Best thing to ever come out of Boston to these ears.

[shemptiness]

Winter Hours was from NJ I think.  What about Morphine?  D'OH!  They're on the list.

[Frank Gallagher]

the sensational alex harvey band]
 (alex harvey)
 
 Chorus
 Are you going to the party?
 Are you going to the boston tea party?
 
 Redcoats in the village
 Thereâ??s fighting in the streets
 The indians and the mountain men, well
 They are talking when they meet
 The king has said heâ??s gonna put a tax on tea
 And thatâ??s the reason you all americans drink coffee
 
 Chorus
 
 Fire in the mountains, flames upon the heath
 And the president spits out the news
 Heâ??s biting on wooden teeth
 The children of the colonies
 Got a different tale to tell
 Iâ??m going down to the city
 Tell my folks Iâ??m doing well
 
 Chorus
 
 Bringing back the buffalo to the long prairie
 Bringing back the fishes swimming in the sea
 The children of the colonies
 Got a different tale to tell
 Iâ??m going down to the city
 Tell my folks Iâ??m doing well
 
 Chorus

[thirsty moore]

Good to know someone else knows this band.  The Hammer Song is excellent.
 
 

Originally posted by Roadbike Mankie:
  the sensational alex harvey band]

[Charlie Nakatestes, Japanese Golfer]

Boston, New Jersey...same difference. Both places and peoples that New Yorkers feel they're superior to.
 
 
 

Originally posted by Shemp:
  Winter Hours was from NJ I think.  What about Morphine?  D'OH!  They're on the list.