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Dayvenkirq 
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 Posted: May 05 2012 at 06:39 |
 Tasartir wrote:
Great times for people who are trying to express an opinion.
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Seriously, dude, get a life, you know. You are just wasting your time. Take out the trash. Write a piece of music. Plant a tree. Build a house. Give birth to a child.
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Capt Fongsby
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 06:47 |
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A bit of a slump album to me, I'm afraid. Excellent musicianship as always, but relatively weak in the songwriting department, IMO.
I'll be voting for the plinkety-plonk Lullaby till it's gone.
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geneyesontle
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 11:25 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Jesus Gawd this kid is more of a detriment to the polls section than Gandalff
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DETRIMENT!!!
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Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb
- Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle
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geneyesontle
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 11:27 |
irrelevant wrote:
Experience.
And yes, A Reunion is beautiful, I hope people aren't voting for it simply because it's the shortest. |
Experience is one of the best songs of the album.
Rune2000 wrote:
1. In a Glass House
2. The Runaway
3. Way of Life
4. Experience
5. An Inmates Lullaby
6. A Reunion
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Almost perfect list. You'll just have to change Way of Life and Experience in order and that would make a perfect list in my personal opinion.
Edited by geneyesontle - May 05 2012 at 11:31
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Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb
- Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle
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wilmon91
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 11:51 |
A Reunion.
Not because it's short, but the chorus is a bit boring, and it's something about the singing which isn't great.
Another soft song which works much better is Think of Me With Kindness from Octopus, but it builds up from soft to loud. "A Reunion" is soft all the way, no energy or dynamics.
Edited by wilmon91 - May 05 2012 at 11:53
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irrelevant
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 11:53 |
geneyesontle wrote:
irrelevant wrote:
Experience.
And yes, A Reunion is beautiful, I hope people aren't voting for it simply because it's the shortest. |
Experience is one of the best songs of the album.
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Not to me. Still a very good song though.
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irrelevant
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 12:02 |
wilmon91 wrote:
"A Reunion" is soft all the way, no energy or dynamics. |
And provides a refreshing change in the album. 
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: May 05 2012 at 12:30 |
wilmon91 wrote:
"A Reunion" is soft all the way, no energy or dynamics. |
True. I see why this could be off-putting, but I personally don't mind because the short is so short that it never exhausts itself to the point of needing to change. Two verses and two choruses are just the right length. "Think of Me With Kindness" is actually one of my least favorite GG songs from their "classic" phase. I've learned to appreciate it over time, but I'm still not 100% sold on the vocal melody. I actually believe GG never made a bad song until "Empty City" and "Timing". After listening to "Experience" again, I realized that my problem wasn't the "heavy" riff (although I still find the part where it goes up and down on the same three notes a bit silly) but more the "choral" vocal section by Kerry. It's disruptive and I find the vocal arrangement and the church organ too bombastic. Still a good song on the whole. The instrumental sections are killer.
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geneyesontle
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 10:26 |
Here are the results: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. An Inmates Lullaby 6. A Reunion
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Poseidon wants to Acquire the Taste of the Fragile Lamb
- Derek Adrian Gabriel Anderson, singer of the band Geneyesontle
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irrelevant
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 10:43 |
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
I actually believe GG never made a bad song until "Empty City" and "Timing".
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U MAD
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HarbouringTheSoul
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 12:36 |
irrelevant wrote:
HarbouringTheSoul wrote:
I actually believe GG never made a bad song until "Empty City" and "Timing".
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U MAD |
Maybe? "Bad" might have been an exaggeration (although it holds true for "Timing"), but I don't like the verse melody even though the atmosphere is very pleasant, and the transition between the soft and heavy parts is unfitting. It feels less like a song and more like a construction that groups together two unrelated themes.
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 14:15 |
geneyesontle wrote:
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Jesus Gawd this kid is more of a detriment to the polls section than Gandalff |
DETRIMENT!!!
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I think he was talking to Tasartir.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 14:18 |
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The Bearded Bard
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Posted: May 06 2012 at 14:23 |
Capt Fongsby wrote:
A bit of a slump album to me, I'm afraid. Excellent musicianship as always, but relatively weak in the songwriting department, IMO. |
Agreed!
Capt Fongsby wrote:
I'll be voting for the plinkety-plonk Lullaby till it's gone.
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Noooooo 
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