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Which do you like more?

Take Away My Pain
38 (42.2%)
The Best Of Times
52 (57.8%)

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Offline MykeHavoc

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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2010, 09:50:44 PM »
Quote from: JayOctavarium on September 27, 2010, 08:39:40 PM
Take away my painnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn

Well, to be accurate, the vowel section of the word is what is held.
Add a "uh" to the end of that, and it's the James Hetfield way to say it.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2010, 09:51:33 PM »
Adding uh to the end of a word is the best thing ever.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2010, 10:26:13 PM »
The JLB way is to weirdly pronounce things, as in "the crowed applauds".

What disqualifies TBOT for me is the lyrics. Quite a few cringe moments.

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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2010, 10:27:26 PM »
im a large black clouds and silver linings fan so im going to go with best of times
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2010, 10:47:05 PM »
Take Away My Pain has a much more mellow flavor and all around seriousness to its lyrics. The Best of Times has an overbearing epic side to it and the lyrics come off as cheesy sometimes. Then again, I love the reggae-ish sound that I hear in the back of TAMP.

But that's just me.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #40 on: September 27, 2010, 10:50:24 PM »
Quote from: rumborak on September 27, 2010, 10:26:13 PM
The JLB way is to weirdly pronounce things, as in "the crowed applauds".

What disqualifies TBOT for me is the lyrics. Quite a few cringe moments.

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Yeah, for me it's just the "thank you for....MY LIFE"

I mean yeah he gave birth to him...big deal!

Anyway I really don't want to start a debate on this but I jsut think that it sound weird in the sound when I hear it...I understand were Mike is coming from though.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #41 on: September 27, 2010, 11:26:17 PM »
Whoa..this is a close race. I thought TBOT would win by a mile. I guess theres just too many of you "I like the older songs better than the new ones no matter what you say!"-guys.   ;) no Im kidding
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #42 on: September 27, 2010, 11:35:07 PM »
Take Away My Pain. Both demo and album. That's not to say I don't like TBOT though. I just feel TAMP is a stronger song.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #43 on: September 27, 2010, 11:41:38 PM »
The demo version of Take Away My Pain. Also, TAMP's lyrics are better imo.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #44 on: September 28, 2010, 12:16:57 AM »
I really like them both, but TBOT is slightly better.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #45 on: September 28, 2010, 12:44:27 AM »
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #46 on: September 28, 2010, 01:38:29 AM »
Tie game...Shit just got real.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #47 on: September 28, 2010, 02:24:12 AM »
they are pretty close for me, but went with the newer simply because it is still fresh and growing
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #48 on: September 28, 2010, 04:22:33 AM »
Take Away My Pain no doubt.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #49 on: September 28, 2010, 05:23:03 AM »
wow its at 50/50
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #50 on: September 28, 2010, 06:41:40 AM »
TBOT solo shits on TAMP demo or not.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #51 on: September 28, 2010, 06:48:56 AM »
Side point, the deaths of MP's parents were lauded with huge epics, while the death of JP's father (Another Day, TAMP) got much less than epic treatment.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #52 on: September 28, 2010, 09:00:04 AM »
Lyrically, "Take Away My Pain" wins by 298,472 miles, but musically, it is pretty close. 
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #53 on: September 28, 2010, 11:17:37 AM »
Quote from: Gorille85 on September 27, 2010, 10:50:24 PM
Yeah, for me it's just the "thank you for....MY LIFE"
I mean yeah he gave birth to him...big deal!

For me there's three moments:

- "But then came the call, our lives changed forever more"
- "thank you for....MY LIFE"
- "My heart is bleeding bad, but I'll be ok"

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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #54 on: September 28, 2010, 11:46:14 AM »
Quote from: rumborak on September 28, 2010, 11:17:37 AM

- "My heart is bleeding bad, but I'll be ok"

I have to admit that the grammar nazi inside of me cringes every time I hear that line. :p :lol It should be, "My heart is bleeding badly..."  I get that sometimes a grammatical error can be made to make a vocal melody sound more natural and better*, but that is not one.  The line sounds awkward as is, so I think he could written a better line that would have sounded better, while still conveying the same amount of emotion.

*A good example of a grammatical mistake that makes the vocal melody sound better is in Death Cab for Cutie's "Tiny Vessels."  The line, "She is beautiful, but she don't mean a thing to me," sounds perfect from a melodic standpoint.  It correctly being, "...but she doesn't mean a thing to me," would have made the line sound too clunky, like they jammed in one too many syllables or something.  
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #55 on: September 28, 2010, 12:10:50 PM »
Hmm, tough call. The solo in TBOT slightly gives it the edge for me.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #56 on: September 28, 2010, 12:24:08 PM »
Haven't voted 'cos I can't split 'em. Love both songs. I find TAMP the "sadder" song, but I like the generally upbeat nature of much of TBOT, anfd the outro solo, as others have said, is beautiful.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #57 on: September 28, 2010, 12:36:20 PM »
"My heart is bleeding bad" is probably the most embarrassing and worst lyric DT has ever written in my opinion, worse than anything of SC. And while I respect what it means to MP, TBOT just feels kind of bloated to me. I'll go with Take Away My Pain, though I'm not a huge fan of that either.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #58 on: September 28, 2010, 01:41:01 PM »
TBOT, it's one of their better mellow songs, but TAMP is one of those songs that I do not listen to really often, but when I do, it's really a good song
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #59 on: September 28, 2010, 07:56:37 PM »
Take Away My Pain, easily. For me it's better in every way - music, lyrics, melodies, etc. I find TBOT pretty bland and uninspired sounding. But that's just me.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #60 on: September 28, 2010, 08:20:19 PM »
I really like Take Away My Pain, but I love The Best of Times.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #61 on: September 29, 2010, 04:14:19 AM »
The Best Of Times

Not even close IMO.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #62 on: September 29, 2010, 04:25:52 AM »
I just got my hands on FII demos (not done listening) and while TAMP is better (I still prefer TBOT), what really drew my attention is You or Me. That song really stands out for me, and is so much different than anything else form DT.
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Re: Take Away My Pain vs. The Best Of Times
« Reply #63 on: September 29, 2010, 05:25:30 AM »
The guitar solo from TBOT. As *full* songs, none
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