Red Mosquito

Upper Hand vs. WMA

i have great respect for the lyrical and musical swing that WMA meant at the time. But Upper Hand, even though it's on the bottom third of Dark Matter for me, is a barn burner of an anthem - the kind of song they refused to write for almost 20 years. Gets the vote

I dig them both. I’ll come back to this one.

nothing can get the upper hand on WMA's rototoms

Police may have stopped my brother (again) but they won't be able to stop me from voting for - yep, you guessed it - W.M.A.

Farmer John wrote:Police may have stopped my brother (again) but they won't be able to stop me from voting for - yep, you guessed it - W.M.A.

so clean cut

Both wonderful. I'll be happy with either advancing.

But WMA gets my vote.

Upper Hand may be my fave tune on DM but it's no WMA.

Pleasantly surprised at the results so far.

Upper Hand

Alright, Upper Hand making its move!

epilogue wrote:Both wonderful. I'll be happy with either advancing.

But WMA gets my vote.

"Upper Hand" is one of my two favorite songs on DM (the other is "Scared of Fear"). I really like it.

I've had a lot of ebb and flow with "WMA" over the years. When I first got Vs. on cassette as a kid, it was one of my favorite songs. My love for it faded during the middle era, when it felt like the band had kind of forgotten it, relegating it to "Daughter" tags and whatnot. But over the past few years my ears have really opened up to it again, to the point where it's probably one of my favorite tracks on Vs. now.

Interesting match, but I'm taking "WMA."