Red Mosquito

Jorge wrote:

stip wrote:and lets none of us fool ourselves into thinking that the hail hail riff holds a candle to animal

The "Hail Hail" riff is way more interesting. Has much more character to it. It's jagged, restless, and weirdly disorienting because there's no sense of key center (at least at first). That kind of harmonic ambiguity creates this anxious, unresolved feeling, like the riff is teetering on the edge of two keys but never committing. There’s a push and pull to it that never resolves cleanly, and feels like the song is constantly leaning forward, finally twisting into something sour. The "Animal" riff is much more traditional and diatonically in-the-box. There are things about "Animal" that are really cool -- I love how the chorus feels tightly wound and contained compared to the louder verses, and the way it fully unravels at the end is really satisfying -- but the main riff is whatever. I prefer the weird, crooked, unsettled energy of the "Hail Hail" riff.

Good final but "Hail Hail" gets my vote

Higgs wrote:Animal. It's time.

Anders wrote:Hail Hail is easily the best song. But I guess Animal will win on a pity vote, since it has never won before. Seems to be the way RM votes. Always wanting a virgin to get it.

Anders wrote:Hail Hail is easily the best song. But I guess Animal will win on a pity vote, since it has never won before. Seems to be the way RM votes. Always wanting a virgin to get it.

Anders wrote:

Jorge wrote:

stip wrote:and lets none of us fool ourselves into thinking that the hail hail riff holds a candle to animal

The "Hail Hail" riff is way more interesting. Has much more character to it. It's jagged, restless, and weirdly disorienting because there's no sense of key center (at least at first). That kind of harmonic ambiguity creates this anxious, unresolved feeling, like the riff is teetering on the edge of two keys but never committing. There’s a push and pull to it that never resolves cleanly, and feels like the song is constantly leaning forward, finally twisting into something sour. The "Animal" riff is much more traditional and diatonically in-the-box. There are things about "Animal" that are really cool -- I love how the chorus feels tightly wound and contained compared to the louder verses, and the way it fully unravels at the end is really satisfying -- but the main riff is whatever. I prefer the weird, crooked, unsettled energy of the "Hail Hail" riff.

Good final but "Hail Hail" gets my vote

Good post.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Anders wrote:

Jorge wrote:

stip wrote:and lets none of us fool ourselves into thinking that the hail hail riff holds a candle to animal

The "Hail Hail" riff is way more interesting. Has much more character to it. It's jagged, restless, and weirdly disorienting because there's no sense of key center (at least at first). That kind of harmonic ambiguity creates this anxious, unresolved feeling, like the riff is teetering on the edge of two keys but never committing. There’s a push and pull to it that never resolves cleanly, and feels like the song is constantly leaning forward, finally twisting into something sour. The "Animal" riff is much more traditional and diatonically in-the-box. There are things about "Animal" that are really cool -- I love how the chorus feels tightly wound and contained compared to the louder verses, and the way it fully unravels at the end is really satisfying -- but the main riff is whatever. I prefer the weird, crooked, unsettled energy of the "Hail Hail" riff.

Good final but "Hail Hail" gets my vote

Good post.

Agree, right down to the vote

Jorge wrote:

stip wrote:and lets none of us fool ourselves into thinking that the hail hail riff holds a candle to animal

The "Hail Hail" riff is way more interesting. Has much more character to it. It's jagged, restless, and weirdly disorienting because there's no sense of key center (at least at first). That kind of harmonic ambiguity creates this anxious, unresolved feeling, like the riff is teetering on the edge of two keys but never committing. There’s a push and pull to it that never resolves cleanly, and feels like the song is constantly leaning forward, finally twisting into something sour. The "Animal" riff is much more traditional and diatonically in-the-box. There are things about "Animal" that are really cool -- I love how the chorus feels tightly wound and contained compared to the louder verses, and the way it fully unravels at the end is really satisfying -- but the main riff is whatever. I prefer the weird, crooked, unsettled energy of the "Hail Hail" riff.

Good final but "Hail Hail" gets my vote

stip wrote:ive got at least 6 songs on VS ahead if hail hail