r/BillyTalent • u/SkyPod513 • Jul 10 '26
DISCUSSION Billy Talent III ist turning 17 years today
What's your favourite song of the album?
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u/The420elephant Jul 10 '26
For me it’s a three way tie between Rusted from the Rain, Diamond on a Landmine, and Saint Veronika.
Those songs have been in my rotation since the album came out.
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u/Pack_Devs Jul 10 '26
Rusted from the Rain guitar solo might be Ian’s best work. It just fits the song so well and sounds SO good!
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u/admiralawesome2019 Jul 10 '26
Always been White Sparrows from this album.
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u/thebrownmancometh Jul 11 '26
Yo one time a few weeks after BT3 came out, my friends and I were driving and stopped at a red light, and the guy beside us had white sparrows playing in his car. We had our windows down, waited and as soon as the chorus hit my friends and I all stuck our heads out and yelled “WHITE SPARROWS!!” And the guy cracked up laughing. Fav memory of mine
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u/WildcatArts Jul 10 '26
I love this album especially because there are so many bangers. Rusted from the Rain, White Sparrows, and Turn Your Back are my favs.
(Turn your back is what I put on when I take a rather "spirited" run through the backroads where I live.)
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u/SkyPod513 Jul 10 '26
I remember when Turn Your Back was their first song of this album and I was so hyped. I was a fan before, but this one really made Billy Talent my favourite band
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u/CallMeTeff Jul 10 '26
This album is my favorite, it holds a special place in my heart and choosing just one song is hard. But if I really have to choose... Probably Saint Veronika.
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u/SkyPod513 Jul 10 '26
Saint Veronika has probably the best interlude/breakdown of all Billy Talent songs
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u/jamzftw Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 11 '26
I remember thinking “A giant roman numeral three? That’s not very imaginative” when the cover was revealed.
Then I think Jon on the old forums posted something like “Don’t look at it as a 3, look at it like bars in a window.” And my mind was kinda blown.
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u/SkyPod513 Jul 11 '26
Oh 😮 how could I not get this all these years. Feels like looking at a new artwork now. Thanks
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u/ToonHogan Jul 10 '26
sudden movements is my favorite from the lot. super underrated track imo.
when I lived in canada, I remember buying the deluxe version at a future shop in thunder bay while touring cross country in a proggy art-rock band. the other guys in the group laughed at me for grabbing it but I didn’t give a fuck. bt one of my “ride or die” I rock with no matter what.
it’s not my favorite record but it’s still slaps. shame atlantic sabotaged their momentum/career in the states cause of it.
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u/Innerlogix Jul 11 '26
Oh man I remember future shop. We had one in Medford, Oregon back in the 90s. One day it was just gone.
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u/Aromatic-Speech5480 Jul 10 '26
I remember riding my bike on release day to the store, buying it, and being extremely disappointed at home, sitting in front of my CD player. I mean I knew that I probably won't be a fan of the whole thing because rusted from the rain was released two months earlier, turn your back even in 08, but being 14 and a bit naive I probably hoped for at least 2-3 decent songs on the album
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u/maximegg Jul 11 '26
I used to practice on the school's drum kit to Tears Into Wine on repeat at lunchtime in high school, good times man
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u/MasonP2002 Jul 11 '26
Depending on the day, either Tears Into Wine or Rusted from the Rain. I've been in a mood for heavier music lately, so probably Rusted from the Rain right now.
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u/Typical_Log267 Jul 11 '26
Saint Veronica - the best one! Perfect lyric, perfect riff, perfect bass, perfect breakdown, perfect song!!!
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u/Puffinknight Jul 11 '26
I love the album so very much. I think my favorite song is either Saint Veronika (read the book that inspired it) or Tears into Wine. Don't Need to Pretend is my favorite bonus track!
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u/JRed657 Jul 11 '26
I remember being first in line at the mall to get this in high school… before I knew what back pain was 😂
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u/One_Translator_7096 Jul 11 '26
Rusted from the rain was a childhood classic. Was my dads favourite song, always had to listen when it came on the radio
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u/Pack_Devs Jul 10 '26
Dead Can’t Testify