Ah, yeah, ok, I think you’re misinterpreting my post just a little bit.
One, I never said that “heavy chords and fast tempos = good song”. Yes, I have heard of Tool. I actually got their latest album for christmas. While I do like those songs like Vicarious and Rosetta Stoned, probably the heaviest tracks on there, I prefer a lot of their slower, more ambient and meaningful songs, like Intension and Wings (1+2)… at a stretch, Schism (probably my favourite song, but it does have a lot of heaviness at times). Yes I know Schism isn’t on 10,000 days. I’ve heard it from other places.
The actual point I was trying to get across wasn’t that, “Complexity + Heaviness = Awesome” because that would be stupid. Classifying a song as being “good” for those things would be stupid, as liking those things is a matter of opinion. I was actually trying to get across the point that “Complexity = effort, effort = good”. That’s why I’m saying that if you say that Starlight is good, which doesn’t look like it had much effort put into it at all (I’d go in to that in detail but that would take too long), then Stockholm Syndrome is about 10 times better. Not because people like all the heaviness, complexity, harmonies, all that other stuff, but because each of those things signify that a lot more effort was put in to those songs. Uh, except maybe the heaviness. That doesn’t have anything to do with anything.
Oh, and I’m sorry I called you a “stupid twat”. I’ve calmed down a bit since then, and I was just a bit caught up in the moment.
I’ll agree with that. I was exaggerating a little last night, and I feel like that probably amplified my point so much it got to the point where you could pretty much say that I hated this song. Based on what you saw me say. I’m not saying I hate this song. I like it. It’s pretty nice to listen to, I’m just saying that it’s not as good as most of Muse’s other songs. But it’s definately two steps ahead of a lot of other crap you hear nowadays.
Uh… not really. I haven’t heard… well, any Dream Theatre ('cept that one on Guitar Hero) so I wouldn’t. But I know a lot of bands that pretty much pour all their talent in to each and every song. Although, that said, there’s only one band I’ve ever listened to that I can safely say I love all of their songs, and they all feel like they have as much effort put in to them as the last. Hey, if you’re into (people call them Progressive Metal… they’re not really, I’d say they’re more) Power Metal, give Sonata Arctica a listen (search them on youtube or something).
Again, I’m sorry for over-reacting last night. I was being a bit of a prick over nothing. No hard feelings, eh?
