Your Favorite Top 11 Big Star Songs

Why a top 11, you ask? Well, I couldn't decide between 2 of them for #10 so I just decided, to heck with it, you get a top 11. Now I just chose from the first 3 albums but feel free to pick songs from the reunion stuff if you wish. Ok, time for your favorite top 11 Big Star songs:

I'll go first, in descending order to my most favorite at #1.
11. Watch The Sunrise
10. Way Out West
9. Life Is White
8. Daisy Glaze
7. Kanga Roo
6. Holocaust
5. The Ballad Of El Goodo
4. September Gurls
3. Jesus Christ
2. Thank You Friends
1. Thirteen

 

This was tough. Reunion songs were not even a consideration.

This was the order I picked off the top of my head...this'll change tomorrow, I'm sure...

11. Night Time
10. Daisy Glaze
9. Thank You Friends
8. O My Soul
7. September Gurls
6. Thirteen
5. Watch The Sunrise
4. When My Baby's Beside Me
3. Feel
2. The Ballad Of El Goodo
1. Back of a Car

 

Very nice list. A couple of those that i didn't pick I really wanted to but I didn't want a top 20 list for a band with basically 3 albums.

 

Something like this.

1. Stroke It Noel
2. Thirteen
3. Kanga Roo
4. Holocaust
5. Ballad of El Goodoo
6. Take Care
7. Kizza Me
8. September Gurls
9. Nighttime
10. Oh Dana
11. O my Soul

 

11. Daisy Glaze
10. My Life Is Right
9. In The Street
8. Watch the Sunrise
7. Back Of A Car
6. When My Baby’s Beside Me
5. Mod Lang
4. Kanga Roo
3. Night Time
2. Try Again
1. I’m In Love With A Girl

First 3 albums mixed in a blender.

 

Perhaps easier to list “Least Favorite 11 Big Star Songs”...?

...which would not surprisingly be another member’s “Favorite Top 11 Big Star Songs.

 

I can't and won't do rankings. What I'll do is pick three songs from each album that I particularly love, and list them in no particular order. But that doesn't necessarily mean I love the ones not listed any less.

The Ballad of El Goodo
When My Baby's Beside Me
Watch the Sunrise

Way Out West
Back of a Car
September Gurls

Nightime
Thank You Friends
Holocaust

 

In order of favorites...the top 5 usually don't change.

11. Kangaroo
10. Watch The Sunrise
9. Thirteen
8. When My Baby's Beside Me
7. Watch The Sunrise
6. September Gurls
5. Holocaust
4. The Ballad of El Goodo
3. Back Of A Car
2. Daisy Glaze
1. Take Care

 

Back of a Car
Feel
O Dana
Ballad of El Goodo
Thirteen
Big Black Car
September Gurls
Way Out West
Nighttime
Daisy Glaze
O My Soul

 

Hate that song, otherwise great list.

 

Life Is White
Mod Lang
Don't Lie to Me
When my Babys Beside Me
Feel
She's a Mover
September Gurls
The Ballad of El Goodo
Jesus Christ
My Life is Right
Back of a Car

 

September Gurls
Back of a Car
Daisy Glaze
Kizza Me
Big Black Car
Nighttime
What's Going Ahn
Blue Moon
Jesus Christ
Life is White
Thirteen
Kangaroo

I don't know about the order

 

They are all my precious babies and I can’t choose but I will say that the India Song is the runt of the family and tends to get ignored more than the others.

 

"Morpha Too" is another dark horse...

 

I think of Morpha Too as the palette cleanser between the huge September Gurls and the quiet beauty of I'm In Love With A Girl. It's doesn't rise to the top but it's also over in a minute so no harm done.

 

Thirteen
Don't Lie To Me
In The Street (the single version though)
You Get What You Deserve
Daizy Glaze
Back Of A Car
Stroke It Noel
Jesus Christ
For You
I Am The Cosmos (cheating #1)
You and Your Sister (cheating #2)

 

I love "Morpha Too" myself...not sure why, or why someone else wouldn't for that matter I suppose. I wouldn't say it's the best song on the album, but it holds its own...

 

Stroke it Noel
Thirteen
The Ballad Of El Goodo
Back of a Car
September Gurls
Daisy Glaze
Big Black Car
I'm in Love with a Girl
Jesus Christ
Nightime
Blue Moon

 

Not necessarily in order
1. Thirteen
2. In the Street
3. Feel
4. The Ballad of El Goodo
5. Try Again
6. September Gurls
7. I’m in love with a girl
8. My life is right
9. Kizza Me
10. Thank you friends
11. Holocaust

Bonus: I am the Cosmos by Chris Bell as it’s as good as any above. Also #1 Record is absolutely incredible and their best

 

01) Thirteen
02) Holocaust
03) The Ballad of El Goodo
04) Big Black Car
05) September Gurls
06) Nighttime
07) Take Care
08) Give Me Another Chance
09) Try Again
10) Watch the Sunrise
11) What's Going Ahn

No problems ranking the first five songs of my list, and the order hasn't changed over the years. However, starting with #6 there's some movement and the list might not look the same in a few weeks from now.

 

Thirteen
My Life Is Right
Give Me Another Chance
Life Is White
What's Going Ahn
Mod Lang
Daisy Glaze
Morpha Too
Big Black Car
Take Care
Holocaust

 

I love Thirteen and September Gurls, but none of the other songs I’ve heard get me in anything like the same way.

 

Not in order of preference, but order of release.

The Ballad of El Goodo
In the Street
Thirteen
My Life is Right
Give Me Another Chance
Way Out West
You Get What You Deserve
Back of a Car
September Gurls
Thank You Friends
Jesus Christ

Gun to head, top 3 would be September Gurls, Thirteen and In the Street