Is Scarred Underrated?

[Seventh Son]

Scarred is awesome and gets too much hate, but what I really came in here to post was that Rime of the Ancient Mariner doesn't fade out.

Except it does?

What version are you listening to? It clearly doesn't. The song ends with the Bruce singing "On and on and on..." as the musicians come to a halt and his voices echoes off.

I have both the Powerslave and Live after Death versions. His voice trails off and the song slowly fades off.... that to me is a "fade out".

[Perpetual Change]

"Fade out" when discussing music, is a term that dates back a LONG time from the first days of the radio. It's when the volume of the recording just decreases while the instruments continue at full force. That's what a fade-out is.

Also, the instruments in Rime come to a complete stop. There's no question the guys have stopped playing and Bruce has stopped singing. On a real "fade out," it sound like the guys went on playing, even if you can't hear it anymore...

[pmahoney1337]

I always felt it was underrated as well. I know I underrated it when I first heard it. Now I love it.

[ricky]

Scarred is like the rest of Awake...it doesn't get alot of love, but it doesn't get alot of criticism, either.

Awake (like Scarred) is one of the works that is just in a world of it's own. Nobody has ever put it in the "worst DT has ever done pile." It just stands the test of time, I guess.

[wolfking]

Scarred is awesome and gets too much hate, but what I really came in here to post was that Rime of the Ancient Mariner doesn't fade out.

Except it does?

What version are you listening to? It clearly doesn't. The song ends with the Bruce singing "On and on and on..." as the musicians come to a halt and his voices echoes off.

I have both the Powerslave and Live after Death versions. His voice trails off and the song slowly fades off.... that to me is a "fade out".

I wouldn't consider ROTAM to fade out.

[ricky]

Scarred is awesome and gets too much hate, but what I really came in here to post was that Rime of the Ancient Mariner doesn't fade out.

Except it does?

What version are you listening to? It clearly doesn't. The song ends with the Bruce singing "On and on and on..." as the musicians come to a halt and his voices echoes off.

I have both the Powerslave and Live after Death versions. His voice trails off and the song slowly fades off.... that to me is a "fade out".

I wouldn't consider ROTAM to fade out.

whats a wolfking?

[wolfking]

A king of wolves, obviously

[ricky]

A king of wolves, obviously

sweet.

[Sir GuitarCozmo]

Scarred is tied with Surrounded for my favorite DT song.  Absolutely amazing.  I particularly love the middle section ("Do you feel...").  It starts out really reserved and slowly builds and builds until that last awesome note before going back into the chorus.  Killer.

[hefdaddy42]

Rime of the Ancient Mariner does not fade out.  Learning To Live and Scarred both fade out.  See the difference?

And yes, Scarred is underrated.  For me, it is probably one of the best marriages between DT's musical potential and their lyrical potential. 

[TAC]

And yes, Scarred is underrated.  For me, it is probably one of the best marriages between DT's musical potential and their lyrical potential. 

Absolutely. I feel the same way about Lines In The Sand.

[hefdaddy42]

And yes, Scarred is underrated.  For me, it is probably one of the best marriages between DT's musical potential and their lyrical potential. 

Absolutely. I feel the same way about Lines In The Sand.

So do I.

[Seventh Son]

Good thing both Scarred and Lines in the Sand are two of DT's best songs 

[TAC]

Good thing both Scarred and Lines in the Sand are two of DT's best songs 

Yup..Scarred is my #3 and Lines is my #6.

[hefdaddy42]

Good thing both Scarred and Lines in the Sand are two of DT's best songs 

True.  Both are Top 10-caliber for me.