MM 3-4: Life Wasted vs. Arc vs. Army Reserve vs. Bu$hleague

[stip]

Choose your favorite. Voting closes 8pm(ish) est 3/19

[ABNorman]

Life Wasted for now, but I'll switch to Army Reserve at any point if it seems like it has a chance.

[stip]

This one is super easy.

Arc: I always thought I wanted a song like this until I got it. The Wolf on Into the Wild is a better version of this. I don't doubt that Eddie was coming from a raw place with this one, but the emotion has never fully pushed through

Army Reserve: One of Eddie's better stories from the back half of their career. Genuinely moving and cool atmosphere that is once again undercut by the sound and feel of S/T

Bushleaguer: Eddie's spoken word pieces just don't work for me, and what an utterly uninsightful take down of Bush, and even Bush's america

Life Wasted: 5 star song. Possible top 10 song for me. S/T's harshness works well here - gives the riff an edge and imbues Eddie's performance with a ragged energy appropriate for THIS song. The fade out of Mike's awesome solo is the maybe the most offensive moment in the catalog.

[LetMeSleep]

Army Reserve and that was an easy choice.

Ed's voice grates in LW. The RA tracks are 2-3 star tracks.

[Anders]

Army Reserve

[wease]

Life Wasted for now, but I'll switch to Army Reserve at any point if it seems like it has a chance.

Good call

[liebzz]

The fade-out in Lightning Bolt is far more offensive, picking Life Wasted here.

[stip]

The fade-out in Lightning Bolt is far more offensive, picking Life Wasted here.

you know what, you're right. I take my comment back. Second most offensive moment

[liebzz]

The fade-out in Lightning Bolt is far more offensive, picking Life Wasted here.

you know what, you're right. I take my comment back. Second most offensive moment

Remember when they played Lightning Bolt live and it turns out there’s an epic 1:15 jam in there!? Also more offensive: when Infallible transitions from verse to chorus, the added harmonica in Footsteps, no lyrics Brother, and Supersonic.

[epilogue]

Stip rigging another match ...

Still voting for Army Reserve, though, and I don't even care.

[WaitingForBluey]

I ain't mad

[Anders]

Army Reserve is very underrated.

[stip]

Life Wasted wins