I'm just confused a bit because I hadn't meant anything bad.
Good, neither did I. So, would you like to answer my questions/comments?
Didn't have that much time yesterday but I can try now...
It's not "easily and without question the worst".
Thanks for not reading the very next thing I posted, "IMHO."
Ok, I admit I overlooked that at first, and it did sound a bit weird, but it's my fault I guess because this changes the meaning.
It has the same rights as every other song on the album
I have no idea what this means.
Meaning some people, just like You Not Me (which I also find not even 1/3 as bad as most people say, it's just a decent catchy song), treat it like it doesn't even deserve to be called good for whatever reasons (I don't want to sound like I'm stereotyping but I can't help feeling it's because it's the only not-at-all prog song on the album). Which I find annoying to say the least, because like I've already said, it's far more original and clearly had more effort put into it than A Rite of Passage which got a much fairer response.
and it's not any less DT.
It is to me. There is nothing distinctively DT about it. It is a song (again, like I mentioned, like Forsaken) that could have been done by anyone. Specifically, this song sounds like it could have been on one of JLB's last two solo albums. Both of which I love, but if I want to hear that, I will listen to them. When I want DT, I want something different.
Well, I'd call that simply experimenting. Some riffs definitely sound DT to the core and except from the screamed chorus (which is new done _like this_ but not new for DT) the vocals are basically trademark JLB style. The rest is mostly something new, but there is honestly nothing I'd call out of place. And I really feel ADTOE NEEDS this song, otherwise it would explode from an overload of complexity imo, as most of the other songs take much more time to get into (for me at least, but most of them really isn't that easily accessible).
That they explore new territory (which is always a good thing) doesn't mean it's not DT - and unlike A Rite of Passage, which was a cool but rather predictable and not very original heavy/prog metal song, Build Me Up, Break Me Down is quite unique and remarkable.
I see nothing unique or remarkable, and I see no new territory.
The intro, the chorus, the totally different way of making a single-like song (fairly simple structure and catchy, without the obligatory solo section, but with a TON of details and different layers of sound instead), the ending (which is one of my favourite moments of the album, it's incredibly dramatic), and in general I'd say it's hands down the bravest single-oriented song DT has ever done, which _really_ moves out of their comfort zone (since, let's face it, pretty much all other single-oriented DT songs just followed the formula of a heavy/thrash metal song with more technicality and an occasional prog metal section - and I really like most of these, I'm not bashing them, just stating what I think).
And it is a much more straightforward song than most on the album because it doesn't contain any technical/solo parts, but it's in no way simplistic or uninteresting. There's a LOT of awesome detail in the song and they clearly put far more effort into it than "let's just make a modern metal single".
I didn't say it was simplistic and there was no detail, and I didn't accuse them of putting no effort into it or accusing them of trying to make a modern metal single. What are you talking about? Why are you putting words in my mouth? Why are you working so hard to debate me on this?
I'm not putting words in your mouth, just saying what the song is/is not in my opinion?...
Topic: "Build Me Up, Break Me Down" is the "You Not Me" of ADTOE (Read 13444 times)
