Brian’s Best of List - BoDeans
Here is my list of my favorite BoDeans songs. These are songs that are my favorites and some that are fan favorites. Not all the fan favorites are mine, but they are catchy to the new fan and probably helped me get hooked initially. I would venture to say that the BoDeans are my favorite band right now and highly recommend them to anyone. Everyone that I have introduced them too, or taken to a live show has become a fan. The BoDeans are fronted by Sam Llanas and Kurt Neumann. Two lead singers whose voices really complement each other. They are from Waukesha, WI and are mainly a Midwestern known band. They have had some national exposure including the theme to the TV show “Party of Five.”
I recommend seeing them live. Those that live in MN or WI usually have several chances to see them a year, especially in the summer. Definitely a band that is better at an outdoor venue, but anywhere will do. Most people are surprised that they know a few of their songs, but just never knew who sang them.
1. Still The Night, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams: This is the BoDeans song a lot of people know, but don’t know who sings it. It is a fan favorite and, as Kurt puts it at every show, “this is a sing along song.”
2. Dreams, Outside Looking In: My all time favorite BoDeans song. I remember hearing it first when they opened for U2 on The Joshua Tree tour. They opened the show with this song and I’ve liked it ever since.
3. Only Love, Outside Looking In: The first BoDeans song I heard on the radio. I still remember I was driving somewhere in Minneapolis and the radio announced the BoDeans were named as the opening act for the upcoming U2 show (previously mentioned) and they played this cut. I liked it from the get go.
4. Say About Love, Outside Looking In: No story, just a good song.
5. No One, Home: I recently started liking this song, after hearing it live. I had always skipped over it before. It tells the story of a downtrodden alcoholic woman that can be found on the same bar stool every night. Great lyrics, great melody.
6. Good Work, Home: Another in concert fan favorite. Reminds me of an old 50’s rockabilly style song.
7. Naked, Black and White: One of my favorites. The song is about laying it all on the line with someone you love. Telling all. Kurt adds a great counter-melody to Sam’s lead vocal at the end of the song.
8. True Devotion, Black and White: Not sure what this song is about, but I’ve liked it for a long time. When I read the liner notes I think it is about an addict of some sort…
9. Good Things, Black and White: Probably the biggest “in concert” fan favorite. Another sing along song. The band could play the music and just let the crowd sing and a lyric wouldn’t be missed. Huge energy when the band plays this live. Usually the encore/last song of the show.
10. Paradise, Black and White: Interesting lyrics about having the good life when others don’t have it so good.
11. Idaho, Go Slow Down: I never knew what this song was about until Kurt explained it at a recent show I was at. He said he and Sam were on tour driving a van across Montana and broke down. They walked into a bar where they stood out and felt very out of place.
12. Closer to Free, Go Slow Down: The theme song to the TV show “Party of Five”. A fan favorite. Not one I listen to a lot, but it’s fun to watch the crowd get into it at a live show.
13. The Other Side, Go Slow Down: A song about suicide. Pretty dark song, but also kind of catchy. One of my best friends tried to kill himself and had the lyrics written out as his note. (I counted the pills 6 times, there’s 72).
14. Feed the Fire, Go Slow Down: Catchy, harder, fast tune.
15. (We Can) Live, Resolution: New song that I have grown to like. No real meaning to me.
16. Crazy, Resolution: See prior note
17. Hopes, Kurt Neumann - Shy Dog: A song about hopes and dreams from Kurt’s solo effort.
18. Words, Kurt Neumann – Shy Dog: Another cut off Kurt’s solo effort I enjoy.
19. Good Day to Die, Absinthe - A Good Day to Die: A song from Sam’s solo effort about his brother running away during his childhood. They found him dead in California. Not sure if it is true, but he uses his own name in the lyrics. Pretty Dark song.
20. Bully on the Corner, Absinthe – A Good Day to Die: A song about Sam getting beat up daily by a bully on the way home from Kindergarten. Not sure if it is true, but he uses his own name again. Another dark song.
Here is my list of my favorite BoDeans songs. These are songs that are my favorites and some that are fan favorites. Not all the fan favorites are mine, but they are catchy to the new fan and probably helped me get hooked initially. I would venture to say that the BoDeans are my favorite band right now and highly recommend them to anyone. Everyone that I have introduced them too, or taken to a live show has become a fan. The BoDeans are fronted by Sam Llanas and Kurt Neumann. Two lead singers whose voices really complement each other. They are from Waukesha, WI and are mainly a Midwestern known band. They have had some national exposure including the theme to the TV show “Party of Five.”
I recommend seeing them live. Those that live in MN or WI usually have several chances to see them a year, especially in the summer. Definitely a band that is better at an outdoor venue, but anywhere will do. Most people are surprised that they know a few of their songs, but just never knew who sang them.
1. Still The Night, Love & Hope & Sex & Dreams: This is the BoDeans song a lot of people know, but don’t know who sings it. It is a fan favorite and, as Kurt puts it at every show, “this is a sing along song.”
2. Dreams, Outside Looking In: My all time favorite BoDeans song. I remember hearing it first when they opened for U2 on The Joshua Tree tour. They opened the show with this song and I’ve liked it ever since.
3. Only Love, Outside Looking In: The first BoDeans song I heard on the radio. I still remember I was driving somewhere in Minneapolis and the radio announced the BoDeans were named as the opening act for the upcoming U2 show (previously mentioned) and they played this cut. I liked it from the get go.
4. Say About Love, Outside Looking In: No story, just a good song.
5. No One, Home: I recently started liking this song, after hearing it live. I had always skipped over it before. It tells the story of a downtrodden alcoholic woman that can be found on the same bar stool every night. Great lyrics, great melody.
6. Good Work, Home: Another in concert fan favorite. Reminds me of an old 50’s rockabilly style song.
7. Naked, Black and White: One of my favorites. The song is about laying it all on the line with someone you love. Telling all. Kurt adds a great counter-melody to Sam’s lead vocal at the end of the song.
8. True Devotion, Black and White: Not sure what this song is about, but I’ve liked it for a long time. When I read the liner notes I think it is about an addict of some sort…
9. Good Things, Black and White: Probably the biggest “in concert” fan favorite. Another sing along song. The band could play the music and just let the crowd sing and a lyric wouldn’t be missed. Huge energy when the band plays this live. Usually the encore/last song of the show.
10. Paradise, Black and White: Interesting lyrics about having the good life when others don’t have it so good.
11. Idaho, Go Slow Down: I never knew what this song was about until Kurt explained it at a recent show I was at. He said he and Sam were on tour driving a van across Montana and broke down. They walked into a bar where they stood out and felt very out of place.
12. Closer to Free, Go Slow Down: The theme song to the TV show “Party of Five”. A fan favorite. Not one I listen to a lot, but it’s fun to watch the crowd get into it at a live show.
13. The Other Side, Go Slow Down: A song about suicide. Pretty dark song, but also kind of catchy. One of my best friends tried to kill himself and had the lyrics written out as his note. (I counted the pills 6 times, there’s 72).
14. Feed the Fire, Go Slow Down: Catchy, harder, fast tune.
15. (We Can) Live, Resolution: New song that I have grown to like. No real meaning to me.
16. Crazy, Resolution: See prior note
17. Hopes, Kurt Neumann - Shy Dog: A song about hopes and dreams from Kurt’s solo effort.
18. Words, Kurt Neumann – Shy Dog: Another cut off Kurt’s solo effort I enjoy.
19. Good Day to Die, Absinthe - A Good Day to Die: A song from Sam’s solo effort about his brother running away during his childhood. They found him dead in California. Not sure if it is true, but he uses his own name in the lyrics. Pretty Dark song.
20. Bully on the Corner, Absinthe – A Good Day to Die: A song about Sam getting beat up daily by a bully on the way home from Kindergarten. Not sure if it is true, but he uses his own name again. Another dark song.
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