Red Mosquito • View topic - Finals: Alive (3:39-5:43) vs. Immortality (2:18-3:10)

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39894

Voting ends 5/30

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39894

well we all knew it would come to this. Two amazing pieces, very different and very worthy. My vote is obviously for Alive. It's a next level solo that the entire song builds towards, and falls apart without. The defining moment in one of their most defining songs. That it goes on for a full two minutes, and could just keep going, is a testament to what Mike accomplished here.

Immortality is great, and it captures the confused lonely weariness of that part of the song perfectly. But unlike the Alive solo, if you excised that solo from Immortality the song still works (diminished obviously, but still works). It enhances, but I don't know that it adds, in the same way that Alive does.

PHATJ · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2017 10:27 pm

Alive is great, but I'm an Immortality guy.

Anders · **Posted:** Sat May 27, 2017 10:41 pm

In this category, this is a slam dunk for Alive.

evenslow · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2017 7:34 pm

I find myself going for Immortality

ABNorman · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 10:16 pm **Posts:** 4447

Not a huge solo fan, so haven't been voting in this, but listened to these two back to back and went with Immortality. Feels a bit more focused than the Alive solo, and is a little less "LOOK AT ME".

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39894

currently tied 6-6. leaving this open until Tuesday evening 8pm est

Norris · **Posted:** Mon May 29, 2017 11:58 pm

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47331

There

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 7:45 pm

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47331

Indeed

Anders · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 8:20 pm

This is crazy.

PHATJ · **Posted:** Tue May 30, 2017 10:48 pm

Anders wrote:

This is crazy.

It's not crazy. Immortality is great. But I am a bit surprised that this is tied. Stip is *this close* to having a bit of redemption for all those MM loses for Alive. :lol:

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39894

it is 11-11. leaving this open until 10 pm est since im stepping out

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39894

PHATJ wrote:

Anders wrote:

This is crazy.

It's not crazy. Immortality is great. But I am a bit surprised that this is tied. Stip is *this close* to having a bit of redemption for all those MM loses for Alive. :lol:

do the right thing, phatj!

Finals: Alive (3:39-5:43) vs. Immortality (2:18-3:10)

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