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219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:03 am
by stip
Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:07 am
by E.H. Ruddock
Can’t Keep, easy
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:11 am
by LetMeSleep
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Can’t Keep, easy
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:14 am
by stip
Really like them both. Great performances in both - one by the full band and one by Eddie carrying the song. Some of it may be the comparative recency, some of it may be that I'm a lyrics guy, but I think I'm giving this to Comes then Goes.
Although Betterman is better than both of these
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:28 am
by Jaeti
I think I have both of these at 4.5 stars in my mind today, tonight, this second. Throwing my vote to Comes Then Goes.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:53 am
by PHATJ
LetMeSleep wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Can’t Keep, easy
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:57 am
by warehouse
vote for the new song. again, i think this shows the strength of the new stuff. can't keep is a great album and concert opener, even when its just ev by himself. i dunno if its the subject matter, or the production with the guitars, but i love comes then goes. ev also sounds great and the lyrics are painfully beautiful.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 12:59 am
by liebzz
PHATJ wrote:LetMeSleep wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:Can’t Keep, easy
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 1:33 am
by tragabigzanda
this is the first really tough matchup for me, and the first time I feel the weight of a song's newness pushing out a beloved favorite. Gonna abstain unless my vote turns out to be vital.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 1:38 am
by digster
Can't Keep is still a favorite opener of mine; I love how the song threatens to spill over the brim at the end of each chorus only for Eddie to strangle that last moment of release. I like that that was a choice they were willing to make (and it certainly lends credence to the idea that Riot Act's approach is a stylistic decision). I do like Comes Then Goes, but some of the lyric writing, to me at least, feels kind of stilted, and when the song is as sparse as that one is, it draws your attention that much more.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 1:45 am
by E.H. Ruddock
tragabigzanda wrote:this is the first really tough matchup for me, and the first time I feel the weight of a song's newness pushing out a beloved favorite. Gonna abstain unless my vote turns out to be vital.
Make a decision
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 1:47 am
by tragabigzanda
E.H. Ruddock wrote:tragabigzanda wrote:this is the first really tough matchup for me, and the first time I feel the weight of a song's newness pushing out a beloved favorite. Gonna abstain unless my vote turns out to be vital.
Make a decision
Is this cyber bullying?
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 2:29 am
by Higgs
Comes Then Goes for me.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 2:50 am
by E.H. Ruddock
This shouldn’t be this close. Can’t Keep is 5 star
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:13 am
by VinylGuy
i like both of them, and CTG might had one of the best lyrics out there, but Cant Keep is the winner here, mostly because it features the whole band re arranging a ed solo tune and making magic.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:16 am
by Chris_H_2
E.H. Ruddock wrote:This shouldn’t be this close. Can’t Keep is 5 star
Right? It’s an absolute travesty.
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:33 am
by epilogue
E.H. Ruddock wrote:This shouldn’t be this close. Can’t Keep is 5 star
Both are 5 star songs!
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 3:34 am
by LetMeSleep
epilogue wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:This shouldn’t be this close. Can’t Keep is 5 star
Both are 5 star songs!
You will rank them!
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 6:39 am
by Anders
Can’t Keep
Re: 219. Can't Keep vs. Comes Then Goes
Posted: Tue April 06, 2021 9:42 am
by Birds in Hell
Comes Then Goes is (from what I remember) very boring.