Favorite Cowboy Bebop Songs

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-20 01:36am

Name your favorite instrumental piece, and your favorite vocal piece with lyrics, and explain why. Here's a listing for those of you unfamiliar with the soundtrack:

http://www.jazzmess.com/merch/cds/index.html

Instrumental: Space Lion

The piece that plays at the end of Jupiter Jazz II. This song completely makes the final scenes of this episode. Just beautiful.

Vocal: Rain

From Ballad of the Fallen Angels, plays while Spike fights Vicious. Pretty cool song, and the organ accompaniment kicks ass.

Other favorites include I Want it All Back, Tank!, Blue, and Memory.

Sokar · Post by **Sokar** » 2003-04-20 01:39am

You hit the best ones, especially "Space Lion" , I love that song and it fit the ending for Jupiter Jazz so perfectly. I also love "American Money", normally we only hear the first few seconds of it , but the whole thing is just so uptempo and fun

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Bebop was by far one of the best scored shows I've had the pleasure to see.

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-04-20 02:16am

Blue, Tank,!, REal Folk blues, and of course, Mushroom Samba!

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-20 02:21am

Autumn in Ganymede, Road to the West, Memory, Words we Could'nt Say, Spokey Dokey, and I think my favorite, Elm.

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-04-20 03:22am

Instrumentals:

Bad Dog, No Biscuits (chase scene with dog whistle & Ein--"Stray Dog Strut")
Goodnight Julia ("The Real Folk Blues Part II")
The Music Box ("The Real Folk Blues Parts I and II)

W/Lyrics:

Call Me Call Me (end of "Hard Luck Woman")
Rain (church scence, "Ballad of Fallen Angels")

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-04-20 03:32am

U mean Walk in the Rain?

I don't hear a sound, silent faces in the ground...

Great song.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-04-20 04:06am

Instrumental:

Can't say no to Space Lion or Tank!...Space Lion was just the perfect ending to Jupiter Jazz. Very mellow, touching tune, and the American Indian-style chants added a whole new flavor to it. Tank! is the exact opposite. It makes me want to get up and break shit.

Vocal:

Absolute first top choice, bar none, is Gotta Knock a Little Harder from the end of KoHD. This is one of the best Bebop songs ever. Starts soft, ends soft, but in the middle it lights a fucking fire in your belly.

Others I like are Call Me Call Me from the end of #24 (soft, mellow and extremely bittersweet...sends shivers down my spine every time I hear it), and Ask DNA from the KoHD opening credits (this song is just damn cool, even if it isn't Mai Yamane (sp?)).

Darth Fanboy · Post by **Darth Fanboy** » 2003-04-20 04:11am

Anyone here ever heard the Remixes on "Music For Freelance?"

Companion Cube · Post by **Companion Cube** » 2003-04-20 04:47am

"The real Folk blues".

neoolong · Post by **neoolong** » 2003-04-20 05:00am

Darth Fanboy wrote:Anyone here ever heard the Remixes on "Music For Freelance?"

Yup. With the Radio Free Mars broadcasts. I have the CD.

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-04-20 05:15am

Lessee...

Best vocal: Probably either Green Bird or See You Space Cowboy (The Real Folk Blues)

Best instrumental: Hard to choose...right now I've been listening to Yo Pumpkin Head a LOT, but Tank! might be the best. I don't know, they're all so good!

I looked through my collection (I've got every single one, booyah!), and these are the ones that jumed out at me:

OST 1
-Tank!
-Spokey Dokey
-Waltz for Zizi
-The Egg and I
-Felt Tip Pen
-Rain

OST 2 - No Disc
-American Money
-Bindy
-Fantaisie Sign
-Cats on Mars
-Green Bird

OST 3 - Blue
-Blue
-Words We Couldn't Say
-Mushroom Hunting
-Go Go Cactus Man
-Call Me Call Me
-Wo Qui Non Coin
-See You Space Cowboy

Cowgirl Ed OST
-Telephone Shopping

Cowboy Bebop OST Future Blues
-Musawe
-Yo Pumpkin Head
-7 Minutes
-Powder
-No Money

CD Box Set
CD 2
-Waste Land
CD 3
-Eyeball
-Amusement Park
-On the Run

EDIT: Took "Flying Teapot" off the list, for the reason that there are a lot of other ones that I like just as much but didn't put on here.

SAMAS · Post by **SAMAS** » 2003-04-20 10:51am

"What Planet is This?"(Knockin on Heaven's Door) -- I once heard this song described as a scene involving Spike and the CHiPs chasing James Brown in the Blues Brothers' car. Believe me, this discription fits this track perfectly.

"The Real Folk Blues" -- self explanatory.

"Rush" -- Another excellent track to just jam to.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-20 11:10am

Instrumental - Wasteland, I don't know why but it sounds so haunting and martial at the same time. A peice that does a lot to convey the mood of the scene.

Other instrumental favorites: ELM (a song perfectly fitting the scene), the Dub version 3.14 (Ed humming along instead of singing), Autumn In Ganymede (good upbeat peice), Piano Black (just plain cool).

Vocal - See You Space Cowboy. Spike, Vicious, one last showdown. It's my favorite song from the show, very moody and evocative.

Other vocal favorites: Chicken Bone (it's an Ed song), Yo Pumpkin Head (a funs song), Don't Bother None (excellent blues song).

aphexmonster · Post by **aphexmonster** » 2003-04-20 05:48pm

I always liked trigun better

Kelly Antilles · Post by **Kelly Antilles** » 2003-04-20 05:55pm

My answer?

YES

meaning I love it all. I can't pick a favorite.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-20 05:57pm

OK, another topic: which version of Rain is superior, Steve Conte or Mai Yamane?

I personally disagree with Kanno; I prefer the Steve Conte version, Yamane is awesome but Conte puts a LOT of passion into this song.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-04-20 06:00pm

Are the downloads working again? For a while I couldn't access certain/all music files. =\

OK, another topic: which version of Rain is superior, Steve Conte or Mai Yamane?

CONTE!!!

Post by **Zaia** » 2003-04-20 06:33pm

Durran Korr wrote:OK, another topic: which version of Rain is superior, Steve Conte or Mai Yamane?

I personally disagree with Kanno; I prefer the Steve Conte version, Yamane is awesome but Conte puts a LOT of passion into this song.

I take it Mai Yamane is the female whose version appear in the actual session? I like her better. The quality of her voice is beautifully raw, which only enhances the evocative quality of the song.

I think, anyway.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-20 06:37pm

Zaia wrote:
Durran Korr wrote:OK, another topic: which version of Rain is superior, Steve Conte or Mai Yamane?

I personally disagree with Kanno; I prefer the Steve Conte version, Yamane is awesome but Conte puts a LOT of passion into this song.
I take it Mai Yamane is the female whose version appear in the actual session? I like her better. The quality of her voice is beautifully raw, which only enhances the evocative quality of the song.

I think, anyway.

Yeah, she's the main female singer of the series (Blue, I Want it All Back, and Real Folk Blues are hers, as well as some others).

Robert Treder · Post by **Robert Treder** » 2003-04-20 07:17pm

I love both, but I think the Conte version is better.

Post by **Kuja** » 2003-04-20 07:22pm

Tank!
Rush
Want It All Back
Bad Dog, No Biscuit
Walk In The Rain
Call Me, Call Me
Space Lion
The Real Folk Blues
See You, Space Cowboy
Blue

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-04-21 01:38am

I don't want a quiz telling me which CB songs I should like.

aphexmonster wrote:I always liked trigun better

Tasteless bastard.

Stormbringer · Post by **Stormbringer** » 2003-04-21 01:39am

DPDarkPrimus wrote:I don't want a quiz telling me which CB songs I should like.

What are you talking about? What quiz?

lux · Post by **lux** » 2003-04-21 01:45am

The Conte version is better, but wouldn't have worked as well in the series. Mai Yamane's version really fit in with the mood.

Joe · Post by **Joe** » 2003-04-21 01:48am

Dude, I just wanted to hear everyone's opinion, not tell you what you should like.