Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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Thin Air
66
85%
I'm Open
12
15%
 
Total votes: 78

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Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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I really loved Thin Air when it first came out.
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i dislike both of these. I voted for thin air, though
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I voted for Thin Air, I still like Im Open a lot tho.
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I really like both of these. Slight edge to Thin Air though.
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Pop quiz... When was Thin Air first performed? I was there... Love it!

Never liked the spoken word thing on I'm Open, but it's tolerable. The rest of it is ok.
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bridge 99, i listened to the webcast
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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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Thin Air by a mile.
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Thin Air is so lovely and its on Binaural.
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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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Thin Air sounds damn good on the record, but I'm Open has some of that same instrumental mood-development experimentation that made Dead Man so good. So while both are nice (but perhaps underwritten), and both rely heavily on the way they were recorded to give them a lot of their charm or depth, the latter's production points off in a direction I wish the band had explored more.
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Thin Air is a wonderful little song.
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the music on thin air is really nice, as is the feel of the song. I hate the lyrics though.
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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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I don't know what to say except there are some good lyrics in this song. I wouldn't hold it as their greatest lyric, but most of their songs aren't.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:bridge 99, i listened to the webcast
Right on... Great lineup that day!
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Birds in Hell wrote:Thin Air by a mile.
Yep.
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stip wrote:the music on thin air is really nice, as is the feel of the song. I hate the lyrics though.
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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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I like both, but the lyrics to "I'm Open" have always struck me as kind of high school poetry-ish. I do agree with McP that it sounds wonderful, though.

I went with "Thin Air."
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durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:the music on thin air is really nice, as is the feel of the song. I hate the lyrics though.
:shock:
Ya I'm really starting to think he says things just to get a reaction.
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Kaius wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
stip wrote:the music on thin air is really nice, as is the feel of the song. I hate the lyrics though.
:shock:
Ya I'm really starting to think he says things just to get a reaction.
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Re: Match BK: Thin Air vs. I'm Open

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people are welcome to defend the lyrics to thin air.

Hate is too strong a word though. I'll dial that back
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