Fast or slow?

[Solidarity 9-6347]

this was sparked by a debate in the radiohead forum but is not limited to radiohead. after voting please give an explanation as to why you feel the way you do.

just curious

[megxyz128]

I enjoy both fast and slow songs, but I chose fast because I really love energetic songs fast songs. I LOVE slow songs too, don't get me wrong, but I definitely have to be in a mood for slow songs when I listen to them.

[Sufjan Stevens]

Slow songs are better in my opinion. When the bands I listen to makes a slow song, it means there's real emotion in the music and they want people to really pay attention to the stuff they write. I find the slower songs are, the more touching they come off as. I know some of you will doubt what I say, but that is what I feel. Usually when there's slower, more atmospheric music in a song, that means the lyrics are there to be focused on, not just something that is a part of the music. The lyrics come off as more important than a lame guitar solo and fast riffs in slower songs.

[xoNoDoubt69]

I picked slow songs cause they usually fit my mood better

[committed]

for me it all depends

sometimes in i'm the mood so i go nice and slow so it lasts

other times all i got is a minute so it's in and out you know

[Solidarity 9-6347]

for me, fast songs are better because of their level of energy. in terms of slow songs, i prefer the complex over the simple and the minor key over the major key (climbing up the walls, exit music, karma police, lucky, ana's song [sort of], and steam will rise). songs in a major key that dont have the energy of a fast song are kind of boring to me. i still like the song, but not in the same way. as to the general rule of fast songs not being as deep as slow ones, i would have to disagree. i know plenty of songs that are both deep and fast paced. IAH?, In Repair, and Electioneering are examples. i also think it may depend on your personality.

[starseed_10]

wohoo tiebreaking vote!

[emily]

boy did i get the wrong idea from the title of this thread.

[Axtech]

[Sufjan Stevens]

Hey, Steph disagrees with me on yet another thing! What a surprise.

[Mechanical Thought]

boy did i get the wrong idea from the title of this thread.

i thought i was the only one!

[committed]

it depends

for example

as much as i love alk3's cover of halloween

afi version > alk3 version

and for soco

i'd say

heroine > punk rock princess

[starvingeyes]

i cannot safely answer this question. i love both.

alan - don't you think it's possible, though, that in this case at least, that doesn't have anything to do with anything? or were you just making a comment about the general incompatiblities of your personalities?

[Sufjan Stevens]

I was going with the generalities. I can't think of a time we actually agreed on anything in the past 4 or 5 months. So yeah, it's just another area of disagreement, seeing that when we used to hang out she would always play the slower songs on cds, but yeah, fast is better.

[emily]

ahh, the name changes!

[Sufjan Stevens]

I like this name, I think I will keep it for a while. Steamer Trunk was alright, and Good Mourning was just downright misleading to some, and anyways, Mister Chainsaw is perfect for my mood, or something.

[committed]

stabbed him up not once, but twice

[Sufjan Stevens]

Cubicles will now suffice.

[Odin]

Ahem:

Strange Days
Apparitions
Prime Time Deliverance
New Version of Symbolistic White Walls
Fearless
Suburbia
Running For Home
Out of Season
Sort of a Protest Song
Omissions of the Omen
Life Beyond Minimum Safe Distance
Fine Art of Falling Apart
Flight Recorder from Viking 7

Matt Good is a ballad God.

Not to mention there's Teardrop, Angel, Future Proof, all Sigur Ros, Motion Picture Soundtrack, Exit Music (for a film), Lucky, Climbing Up the Walls, How to Dissapear Completely, Like Spinning Plates......

[starvingeyes]

where can i get the new version of symbolistic white walls? kazaa?