harmless wrote:I'm absolutely staggered at the hatred ATW receives here.
Take comfort in the fact that I dislike The Fixer more than ATW.
Most people do... but seriously, ATW has its flaws but relatively far fewer compared to other Backspacer songs. People were locked into what this song should be before listening to it, so what it is tends to be lost on them.
The bridge/solo take the song into an area it doesn't need to go.
If the bridge was lighter, and more 'Yieldy' (like Faithfull or something), I'd probably enjoy the song as a whole much, much more.
harmless wrote:I'm absolutely staggered at the hatred ATW receives here.
Take comfort in the fact that I dislike The Fixer more than ATW.
Most people do... but seriously, ATW has its flaws but relatively far fewer compared to other Backspacer songs. People were locked into what this song should be before listening to it, so what it is tends to be lost on them.
The bridge/solo take the song into an area it doesn't need to go.
If the bridge was lighter, and more 'Yieldy' (like Faithfull or something), I'd probably enjoy the song as a whole much, much more.
Fair comment. That solo is needlessly bombastic. But it sounds good enough.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
harmless wrote:I'm absolutely staggered at the hatred ATW receives here.
Take comfort in the fact that I dislike The Fixer more than ATW.
Most people do... but seriously, ATW has its flaws but relatively far fewer compared to other Backspacer songs. People were locked into what this song should be before listening to it, so what it is tends to be lost on them.
The bridge/solo take the song into an area it doesn't need to go.
If the bridge was lighter, and more 'Yieldy' (like Faithfull or something), I'd probably enjoy the song as a whole much, much more.
Fair comment. That solo is needlessly bombastic. But it sounds good enough.
Yeah, I just don't think it needs to be that heavy. I see 'In Hiding' as a good model of what this song should be: anthemic and soaring, but without over-distorting.
harmless wrote:I'm absolutely staggered at the hatred ATW receives here.
Take comfort in the fact that I dislike The Fixer more than ATW.
Most people do... but seriously, ATW has its flaws but relatively far fewer compared to other Backspacer songs. People were locked into what this song should be before listening to it, so what it is tends to be lost on them.
The bridge/solo take the song into an area it doesn't need to go.
If the bridge was lighter, and more 'Yieldy' (like Faithfull or something), I'd probably enjoy the song as a whole much, much more.
Fair comment. That solo is needlessly bombastic. But it sounds good enough.
Yeah, I just don't think it needs to be that heavy. I see 'In Hiding' as a good model of what this song should be: anthemic and soaring, but without over-distorting.
That's certainly what the rest of the song is, yeah.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
I think the chorus of In Hiding is pretty bad, and everything else is great.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
I wish ATW would click with me, but it just doesn't tickle my fancy. I have tried, but as of today, it's still a miss for me. Maybe one day I'll get it. Maybe I need to go back and listen to this album again. I haven't listened to it since we did an LAL on the old board (2 years ago?).
I'm listening to Backspacer now, for the instant shot of happy that I sometimes require. It's working.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
Some folks they got some, yeah others they got none
aw-huh
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
