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sirens vs light years

cwar077cwar077 Posts: 72
edited March 2014 in The Porch
Two wonderful songs on similar themes, both with a ton of EV emotion. Light years has been a favourite for years, yet the melody and progression of sirens resonates extremely deep and taps a new dimension of pjs sound.

On a side note, when sirens was released prior to llightening bolt, I was in Europe exploring a number of concentration camps trying to wrap my head around how such an atrocity could occur. I was on my own for several weeks and unable speak local languages. I remember being in Poland, sitting in birkenau (the largest and most systematic death camps) in a forest area between gas chamber 4 and a Russian mass grave and I sat and listened to sirens. Never have I loved and missed my girlfriend and family more than that moment, it seemed to articulate a fear and sadness that I was unable to do in my own words.

As such...I vote sirens.
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,141
    Light Years
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    wozza77wozza77 Posts: 273
    tight call, but light years for me.
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    BLACK35BLACK35 Hanover, Ontario Posts: 22,463
    Sirens for me
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    pdalowskypdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 14,698
    sirens
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    ckravitzckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    Light Years for me. I'm likely alone on this but I'd go so far as to say that Light Years is its respective album's best song. I'm going to hide now as the NAIS folks are angry!! :-)
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    shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,776
    The subtlety of Light Years makes this one an easy choice for me. I appreciate Sirens, but it's poetry both musically and lyrically is anything but subtle.
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,412
    Light Years by light years. Much better constructed song, more interesting, better lyrics, no solo using the super cheese setting on the delay pedal.
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    ChoccoloccotideChoccoloccotide A grass shack nailed to a pinewood floor Posts: 810
    Sirens
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    mrluthor9mrluthor9 Posts: 264
    With heavy breath, awakened regrets
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,628
    Light Years, and those two songs aren't even playing the same game in my opinion. Someone around here early on that Sirens reminded them of November Rain, and that has forever poisoned my opinion of the song. I don't mind slow or love songs. I like Just Breathe quite a lot, but Sirens does have way too much glam rock embedded in it. Light Years is straight PJ.
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    Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,736
    Light Years and it's not even close.
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    joberschlakejoberschlake Columbus, OH Posts: 1,179
    ^^^^^^ what he said.
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    mrussel1mrussel1 Posts: 28,628
    Perhaps a Mankind vs. Sirens/Evenflow contest would be more fair?
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    mrluthor9mrluthor9 Posts: 264
    mrussel1 said:

    Light Years, and those two songs aren't even playing the same game in my opinion. Someone around here early on that Sirens reminded them of November Rain, and that has forever poisoned my opinion of the song. I don't mind slow or love songs. I like Just Breathe quite a lot, but Sirens does have way too much glam rock embedded in it. Light Years is straight PJ.

    November Hotel is much better than November Rain

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    GratefulJamGratefulJam Posts: 1,782
    Light years but Sirens is gaining some respect in this camp.

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    rw160510rw160510 Posts: 909
    Light years all the way. Sirens is ok but it always reminds me of a ropey Take That ballad.
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    actonplpactonplp Maine Posts: 173
    I honestly couldn’t pick between the 2. They both rank in my all-time top 5 favorite PJ songs, but I love each for different reasons. Sirens still gives me goose bumps when I hear it, it is such a beautiful & heartfelt song that describes a more grownup side of love & how it brings out the fears that can haunt us.

    Light years is also very emotional, but in a sad kind of way. I think of it every time someone close dies & hearing it always reminds me of the day that all rock radio stations across the country played the song at the same time to honor those lost at the concert in Denmark.

    The more emotional the song, the more I tend to love them & these 2 are prime examples. I just can’t choose!
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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,532
    mrussel1 said:

    Light Years, and those two songs aren't even playing the same game in my opinion. Someone around here early on that Sirens reminded them of November Rain, and that has forever poisoned my opinion of the song. I don't mind slow or love songs. I like Just Breathe quite a lot, but Sirens does have way too much glam rock embedded in it. Light Years is straight PJ.

    November Rain is a classic.
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    SuziemaySuziemay Posts: 11,165
    These are both very different in my opinion but if I had to pick, Light Years.
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    red mosred mos Posts: 4,953
    of the two: Light years.
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    boyo79boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    DewieCox said:

    Light Years by light years. Much better constructed song, more interesting, better lyrics, no solo using the super cheese setting on the delay pedal.

    Completely agree!

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    karmadefectkarmadefect Posts: 806
    I love Light years and I always have.
    Sirens took more of an efford to get to like it.
    I still don't appreciate the album version.
    So I have to vote Light years.

    I did love the story you told.
    I can imagine Sirens having a large impact there.
    It did on me when I saw the clip about Steve Gleason with Sirens running under the film.

    Although I understand why you like Light years and Sirens, I see them as very different.
    Sirens does speak of loss, but it's rather the fear of losing than actual loss.
    Light years shows the love for a person like Sirens does, but the love is lost and will only remain as a memory.
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    whoyouare72whoyouare72 Chicago IL Posts: 2,070
    Indifference71 said:

    Light Years and it's not even close.

    I agree 100%. Light Years by a mile.

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    karmadefectkarmadefect Posts: 806
    DewieCox said:

    no solo using the super cheese setting on the delay pedal.

    Yes that solo isn't Mike's best work.
    It sounds rather 80's big hair band.
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    EnterThanmanEnterThanman London, ON Posts: 1,057
    Light Years destroys Sirens. And I like Sirens.
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    shortstackshortstack Posts: 2,339
    sirens makes me want to cry... and not in a good way.

    light years by light years, totally.

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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Indifference71 said:

    Light Years and it's not even close.

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    EddieisNumber1EddieisNumber1 Brisbane, Australia Posts: 49
    It's a hard choice but i have to say Light Years.
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    dannydanny Posts: 2,270
    light years
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    JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    I laugh at this comparison.. First time I heard Light Years I was amazed by its melody, very original and well constructed.. still impress me to this day, after almost 15 years.. Sirens, I was quite shocked by its average level, and more so considering it was a PJ song.. then you have the outro of Sirens with those annoying and senseless "aahh, oohh".. when the outro of light years is simply awesome, especially the version from Seattle 2000 2nd night... How a PJ fan can prefer sirens to light years is a mystery to me..
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