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ofnoconsequence
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When I think intense, I seem to remember Bright Eyes' Letting Off the Happiness, especially the first two cuts--If Winter Ends and Padraic My Prince
 
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I am thinking of "Instant Karma" by The Plastic Ono Band. Something so raw and out there about that song really gets to me.


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"Helter Skelter" and "Revolution" by the Beatles.

Many other Beatles choices, but those jumped out first.


Their cover of "Money" - Lennon (I think) was totally committed to the lyrics and the band was totally committed to the song.
 
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Really, any track off of Liars Drum's Not Dead.

I think that, with their trademark tension and release, The Walkmen have some really intense songs, "The Rat" comes to mind.


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I can't believe this hasn't been said yet but Television's "Marquee Moon" is a ten-minute epic battle of intensity (well at least in my opinion).


"Violence, she solved everything"
 
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If "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Imagine" are not intense, then I am not capable of quantifying what is!
 
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Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On". The song was not only brought about by events in Vietnam and civil rights activities but also by the end of his marriage and the death of his singing partner, Tammi Terrel. Gaye's voice is calm despite all the turmoil that inspired the song. Truly an all-time relevant masterpiece.
 
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I wanted people to make a short list of songs that they thought were very intense. Not intense, like it was death metal and extremely loud. I mean intense, like the singer really meant what he was singing. Basically, you could tell the lyrics were important to the singer. Here's a few that I thought of to start this off:

1. 2 headed boy- Neutral Milk Hotel (Jeff Magnum's intensity is hard to match).

2. Black-Okkervil River (Could have just as easily included For Real).

Short List, but hopefully this will start some debate.


Excellent, excellent choices. I'd add:

The National - "Mr November"
Onelinedrawing - "We Had A Deal"


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"Two-Headed Boy" and "Black" were the first two songs I thought of; "Mr. Novmber" is a really good one, too.
Plus:
"I Can't Get Next to You" by Thee More Shallows
"Cosmonaut" by At the Drive-In
"Good Morning, Captain" by Slint
"The Glow pt. 2" by The Microphones
"Samaurai Sword" by The Microphones
"Caravan Breakers" by Frog Eyes
"Nomadic Revery(All Around)" by Bonnie "Prince" Billy
"Forest Gospel" by Animal Collective
"How Near How Far" by Trail of Dead
3/4 of The Mountain Goats catalog
 
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Good Morning, Captain - Slint
Supposedly, just after screaming "I Miss Youuuu" the last time, the singer puked.


That is so cool!
 
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"When I Was In _______" - Juno

This song is actually in the musical dictionary under "intense". No, really, I just looked it up.


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Daniel, Esq.
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Lots of songs are intense. Among them:

The Replacements -- Answering Machine
Husker Du -- Never Talking To You Again
Grant Hart -- Little Nemo
TV On The Radio -- Wolf Like Me
Bruce Springsteen -- Spare Parts
Calexico -- All Systems Red
Drive By Truckers -- Sink Hole
Junip -- The Ghost of Tom Joad (cover of Springsteen song)
Low -- Death Of A Salesman
The Smiths -- The Queen Is Dead
Sun Kil Moon -- Carry Me Ohio
X -- Los Angeles
Rocket From The Tombs -- Frustration
U2 -- New Year's Day
Prince -- Bob George
James Brown -- Almost anything (RIP, BTW)

There are others, as well.
 
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"The Glow pt. 2" by The Microphones

"How Near How Far" by Trail of Dead
Great picks, joji. Almost anything from Source Tags & Codes is pretty intense. That whole album just has this strange sense of urgency.

I'll add a few more:

"That Crown Don't Make you A Prince" - Murder by Death
"St. Rosa And the Swallows" - The Thermals
"Our Trip" - The Thermals
"Obstacle 1" - Interpol
"The Trial" - Pink Floyd
 
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Rev. Rikard
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Like a Rolling Stone: Bob Dylan
Maybe I'm Amazed : Paul McCartney
When September Ends: Green Day
Janies Got A Gun: Aeorsmith
Every Picture Tells a Story: Rod Stewart
Whipping Post: Allman Brothers Band
When a Man Loves a Woman: Percy Sledge
Light Your Candle: Black Crows
Born to Run: Springsteen


Boy, you got to carry that weight a long time!
 
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The ones by Brite Eyes were great calls.

Positively 4th Street by Bob Dylan. You can feel his disgust for the person/people he is talking about.
 
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Ones that pop into my brain

Tonights the Night - Neil Young
Wrong way - Sublime
 
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"I'll Be Your Lover, Too" by Van Morrison
 
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Neutral Milk Hotel - Oh, Comely
Radiohead - Bones
The Beatles - A Day in the Life
The Smashing Pumpkins - Starla
 
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I Can't really think of many but without a doubt George Michael's "Waiting (Reprise)" from Listen Without Prejudice - Every song on the album is very heartfelt, as the album title would suggest, but the final track just sums it all up really.
 
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"Ticks and Leeches" - Tool

I don't know if the singer cares about the lyrics, but apparently it strains his voice so much they either never perform it live or he needs to use some sort of voice effects to perform it.

There's gotta be at least a couple of intense Rammstein songs. maybe "Klavier" or "Feuer Frei!" If only i could understand the lyrics it would be easier to determine.
 
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