Riot Act is like wine...

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  • stickboy
    stickboy Posts: 2,981
    Riot Act rocks top to bottom..love just about every song on there with the exception of MAAAYBBE LBC but even that I like so ;)
    Aah, fuck it, I’m just gonna go home, turn on the fuckin’ TV...
    Watch the nightly news and drink a beer...
    Like I could even change the world, yeah right...
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  • rebornFixer
    rebornFixer Posts: 4,901
    Veddernarian wrote:
    To me, Ghost is a song where they rely on their talent and get by. Like a smart kid not trying and gets a C+ where a little effort could have generated an A+. Even the solo was stolen from SOLAT.

    Whereas, on the other hand, Save you is probably their 2nd best song behind In my tree. The album is polarized in that way. Save you, I am mine, You are are so fine. Others could have been great.

    I heard that the producer kept takes which the band thought were rehearsal takes, and then kept it at that. I think someone boasted about doing that. I think that's the wrong approach. It results in a half-assed product. Yet, songs like You are, are polished and sound fantastic. I remember Mike saying he lost sleep thinking about how to do You are. That shows the effort. Great song!

    I would loved for them to have spent more time on Can't Keep, LBC, Ghost.

    Apparently Riot Act was largely recorded live, "off the floor", whereas Avocado wound up getting polished over the course of multiple takes. Honestly, I don't think Riot Act suffered for it, at all.

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