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10 a.m. automatic will always have a special place in my heart. It's the first TBK song I ever heard and it made me fall in love with them instantly.

Favorite original :Stack Shot Billy.

Favorite cover : My mind is ramblin'

( runner ups : thickfreakness, busted, girl is on my mind, eh...I could go on and on )

Elevator, No trust, Just got to be, The Moan, Thickfreakness and on and on.......

set you free

first song I heard. instantly hooked.

Favorite album original: Hurt Like Mine- This song encompasses everything that made me become absolutely obsessed with how Dan Auerbach plays the guitar. The rhythm, the lead-fills, the incredible tone. Its got it all!

Favorite cover on an album: 1-Everywhere I Go. So dark and moody, gives me chillbumps every time i listen to it. Kinda like a guilty pleasure., 1a-Meet Me in the City. I could be in the most shitty mood ever, and this song will break that mood. I start my day off listening to this song on a regular basis.

Favorite B-side: Evil- Short, but damn it's sweet. Love the boogie on this one. Great slide-work as well on this one. Love the RAWNESS of it (that one's for you 'Magic,-you fucking lurker! )... Got to give some love to Something On Your Mind here as well. Although it's a cover/B-side. Great song, really feel the emotion that fucking pours from this one.

Favorite live original: 10 A.M. Automatic- This song kills-it live. Dans' improvisation skills really shine on this one.

Favorite live cover: I'm Glad- I think Beefheart would be proud. Such a powerful song. I wish it were a staple at every show.

capricorn2972 - 6 hours ago  » 
I think it's impossible to choose.

I agree wholeheartedly here, just can't choose...

but if i go by metachronos, i first heard the - Chulohoma - album, just bought it and listened and that was me hooked.
But then when i did some further listening and heard - Heavy Soul - i was addicted!!

I do remember not being all that into some of the songs on TBCU at first, i dunno why. But after coming home from a particularly good night out once, i put it on to chill(cause id had a special cigarette!) and was absolutely blown away by - Brooklyn Bound I'll never forget it, that was me sold and here i am

I agree with daxenut...Magic Potion is an amazing album. It's the one I find myself going to when I want to hear The Black Keys.

I've given this a lot of thought and it's not easy to choose one favorite. If I had to choose one based on the album version it would have to be Black Door. If the album version of I Got Mine had the same solo that it has when played live, it would much easier to choose.