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Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:17 am
by Anders
What do you think is the worst song on Gigaton?
Mods, can we get a poll with each of the Gigaton songs?
Gigaton
Here are the songs as listed on the album:
1. Who Ever Said
2. Superblood Wolfmoon
3. Dance of the Clairvoyants
4. Quick Escape
5. Alright
6. Seven O'Clock
7. Never Destination
8. Take the Long Way
9. Buckle Up
10. Comes Then Goes
11. Retrograde
12. River Cross
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:41 am
by PHATJ
Buckle Up
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:41 am
by Anders
I need to listen to the album in full quality first. But so far Retrograde and Seven O’Clock are prime candidates.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:42 am
by Anders
PHATJ wrote:Buckle Up
Ouch, one of my top songs.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:43 am
by PHATJ
Anders wrote:PHATJ wrote:Buckle Up
Ouch, one of my top songs.
Anders wrote:so far Retrograde and Seven O’Clock are prime candidates.
If it makes you feel any better, these are probably my next two at the bottom.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 8:44 am
by Anders
PHATJ wrote:Anders wrote:I need to listen to the album in full quality first. But so far Retrograde and Seven O’Clock are prime candidates.
If it makes you feel any better, these are probably my next two at the bottom.
A little bit.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 9:15 am
by Parrhesia
This one's easy: superblood wolfmoon by a huge margin. Followed closely by retrograde.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:01 am
by igotworms
Surprised by the hate Retrograde is getting. That was one of the standouts on first listen.
All in all it's a solid album - even the weaker tracks contain some interesting instrumentation, structure or production. The only one with very few redeeming qualities for me is Never Destination, which sounds like it was written and recorded in about 5 minutes flat.
I wonder whether they felt the album skewed too heavily to slower/moodier tracks so they felt obliged to wedge in another rocker.
Either way, it's a bit lazy, though not awful enough that I'll skip it.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:03 am
by stip
Never Destination is such a busy song, I can't imagine it as lazy. Familiar, maybe - but a lot of that, honestly, is because of the influences it is cribbing from, rather than being self-referential to the catalog.
I had take the long way, but the worst song on gigaton is still fine
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:54 am
by ghost
Parrhesia wrote:This one's easy: superblood wolfmoon by a huge margin. Followed closely by retrograde.
This
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:00 pm
by Juvenal
Retrograde would be the one for me but it's saved by those last two minutes.
Never Destination probably.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:01 pm
by Ms Harmless
ghost wrote:Parrhesia wrote:This one's easy: superblood wolfmoon by a huge margin. Followed closely by retrograde.
This
I'd have to agree, but I still really enjoy both of them
I'm so happy to have a PJ album with nothing I want to skip over
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:10 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Retrograde and it's not close.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:12 pm
by stip
Superblood Wolfmoon is awesome. I love that song more and more every day. Best fast song on the album
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:13 pm
by dad
Monkey_Driven wrote:Retrograde and it's not close.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:14 pm
by Jorge
"Superblood Wolfmoon" is just an utterly inept song in a dozen different ways. It's not only the worst song on Gigaton by some distance but one of the worst things they've ever done.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:15 pm
by Ms Harmless
stip wrote:Superblood Wolfmoon is awesome. I love that song more and more every day. Best fast song on the album
I might be wrong about my ranking, we'll see; I just don't dislike anything here!
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:39 pm
by DeeDee
Take the long way or Never Destination.
As usual, the punk/garage songs placed in the middle/last part of their records are the worst.
Retrograde is NOT one of the worst songs of this album, not by a long shot.
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:43 pm
by epilogue
Buckle Up
Re: Worst Gigaton song
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 12:43 pm
by reconstruction_ seeds
theplatypus wrote:"Superblood Wolfmoon" is just an utterly inept song in a dozen different ways. It's not only the worst song on Gigaton by some distance but one of the worst things they've ever done.
I'm not good at breaking down what goes on in a song but maybe you can help me understand this song better. if i compare this to sonething like green day's when i come around, for example, they're both fun tunes (though i dont like when i come around) with vocals that could be either loved or hated but sbwm doesn't sound limited to the same riff throughout the song and has a guitar solo which perfectly fits the energetic pace of the song. Would you hate sbwm if the vocals were done by one of your favorite singers? The song is wordy but but for someone who doesn't mind the style it has plenty of hooks in the lyrics and there's enough guitar highlights in it to keep my focus. I get it though, if the guitars were busier in when i come around i would still despise the song because i hate the vocals.
If nothing else, sbwm adds variety to the album in a fun/Hitchiker kind of way?