Hey guys, help me like Crystallised more.
It is the one song I simply can't get into no matter how much I try. The song has a FANTASTIC intro, fun verses, and a soaring chorus. Then, from 4:26 - 15:53 I lose all interest. I despise the vocal melody in that "Passages of time" verse (what the hell were they thinking there??) and the instrumental section does not hold me at all. I do appreciate those happy little acoustic guitar riffs sprinkled in there, though. Sometimes I feel Haken should just stop with those wacky instrumental sections completely and stick to melodic, beautiful instrumentals (e.g.
those moments in Celestial Elixir, Drowning In The Flood, Falling Back To Earth, and the coda in Visions). Coming back to Crystallised, the ending is pretty good, and a nice way to finish off the song. It's just those 11 minutes in between the first and last sections that put me to sleep.
But ehh. One failed experiment in 3.5 albums worth of magic I can forgive