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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

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.

I picked slow songs cause they usually fit my mood better

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

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.

wohoo tiebreaking vote!

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

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

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

i thought i was the only one!

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

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?

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.

ahh, the name changes!

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.

stabbed him up not once, but twice

Cubicles will now suffice.

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......

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