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Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
The last time I ever saw my best friend from elementary school, I vividly remember watching the Aerials video on MTV. We had a falling out not long after and I never talked to her again. I wonder how she’s doing.
"One Last Breath" is probably one of Creed's weaker singles. It's easy to see that the big singles on Weathered were intended to capitalize on the success of "Higher" and "With Arms Wide Open," but were more watered down. At least "My Sacrifice" had some interesting moments in its progression, but this one is pretty cookie-cutter and stale.
I wasn't a fan of "Aerials" at first because it seemed to lack the more spastic weirdness that "Chop Suey!" and "Toxicity" had. I grew to enjoy it, though, and listening to it now, it's even better. Eastern melodies are no stranger to hard rock and metal, but in System's hands they obviously feel more authentic and better understood. I'm also fond of the way the song is structured, with the verse coming in heavy after the intro, but then dropping into a subdued chorus before climbing back into the heavy part that carries its momentum until the last section which returns to something more contemplative. A little different than the usual, I guess.
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
I still don’t think it gets acknowledged enough that the “Aerials” riff is exactly the same as the riff from “Whisper a Prayer for the Dying” by Coverdale/Page.
Joined: Sun May 31, 2015 12:11 am Posts: 3127 Location: The 216
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
I still don’t think it gets acknowledged enough that the “Aerials” riff is exactly the same as the riff from “Whisper a Prayer for the Dying” by Coverdale/Page.
Last Resort is basically the riff of Ghengis Khan by Iron Maiden.
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 6:03 pm Posts: 9359 Location: Washington State
I listened to Toxicity a lot the week it came out. So much so that for a couple years after I couldn't listen to some of the songs off of it without thinking about 9/11. That's probably the biggest memory link I've ever had with a piece of music.
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