What do you mean? Those songs are honorable mentions!
They should be higher!
I thought you were still working your way through their whole discography? If so, how can you be sure that those songs would hold up and remain that high?
Nah this is the point of top 50s, to see how people's opinions on songs vary. Makes it more fun when not everyone agrees.
Exactly.
Update:
10. "Stupid Girl" (
Flower Power)
This being in the top 10 will shock a few, I am sure, but I have always loved this song like crazy. TFK don't have many songs you can almost dance to, but this is one of them. The main part of the song is just killer, and the latter half, with the extended instrumental section, is a great way to end the song, topped off by the wordless vocals at the very end, which basically amounts to humming the main melody of the song at the point of the climax. Just incredible.
9. "Silent Sorrow" (
Retropolis)
This is arguably the most important song in my development as a TFK fan. I had bought some of their CDs in the summer of 2000, but wasn't really feeling them overall as a band; I liked most of Disc 1 of
Flower Power, but
Stardust We Are was a huge mountain I was having a tough time climbing, and
Retropolis wasn't doing it for me either at first. Then, one day I put
Retropolis on really loud and ended up falling asleep for a bit, and when I woke up, "Silent Sorrow" was just starting and I just laid there, groggy and trying to wake back up, as this song just utterly destroyed me. Still does, which is why it is number 9. Also, I think the Zappa influence in Roine's writing sometimes gets overlooked, but the instrumental section is definitely Zappa-esque.
8. "Psycedelic Postcard" (
Flower Power)
What a wonderfully bizarre and terrific song this is. I'll never forget them playing this when a friend and I saw them in late '06, and my friend, noticing me rocking out and singing along, turning to me at one point and saying, "I can't believe you know all of the words to this song."
The lyrics in this song are a major WTF, to say the least, but they just add to the bizarre and fun nature of the song. The middle section, with those ridiculous harmonies and then Stolt and Froberg doing a call and response section, is easily the highlight of the song.
I'll do a few more later today...