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Haken v. new single Nightingale (April 26)

Started by Nick, October 31, 2014, 11:44:22 AM

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ariich

Two? I could understand if you'd feel that way about it being a whole load of different songs (I wouldn't agree, but I'd understand), but only two?

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me7

It feels like song A that shifts to song B halfway through and than back to song A for the finale.

erwinrafael


Nick

RANKINGS.

Have we done this yet?

Elixir > Falling > Crystallised > Visions

Zydar

Celestial Elixir
Crystallised
Falling Back To Earth
Visions

BlackInk

That is a nearly impossible ranking for me to do. But do it I shall. This is how it looks at this very moment:

1. Celestial Elixir
2. Crystallised
3. Visions
4. Falling Back to Earth

Nick

So it's settled then. Celestial Elixir is the best them. No further discussion on this topic needed. :biggrin:

krands85

Visions>Celestial Elixir>Crystallised>>>Falling Back To Earth
Whoaaaahh, ohhh, ohhhhh. Whoaaaahh, ohhhhh, ohhhhhh. Waaah, ahhh, haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaowwwwww

Lucien

1. Crystallised
2. Falling Back to Earth
3. Visions
4. Celestial Elixir

Mosh

Celestial
Falling Back to Earth
Visions
Crystallized


425

Celestial Elixir
Falling Back to Earth
Visions

I know this is bad, but I've actually only listened to Restoration twice. So...

erwinrafael

Visions won the Survivor this year over Celestial Elixir.

Best epic for me is still The Mind's Eye - Portals - Shapeshifter.

The Cat Of Tuscany

Celestial Elixir
Falling Back To Earth
Crystallised
Visions

erwinrafael


Shadow Ninja 2.0

does anyone actually hate visions

but yeah elixir would be my top and crystallized would be next

the rest go somewhere

erwinrafael

My ranking:

1. Visions - a musical composition masterpiece. The extended ending really plays well not just as a closer for the album, but as a closer for live shows, as well. It also has the best drumming in a Haken song by Raymond Hearne (Darkest Light is second best drumming in my book). The only thing I wish to be changed in this song is the fast guitar playing backing the vocals at around 14:58-15:21. A more skilled guitarist would have pulled that off more smoothly and with more precision.

2. Falling Back to Earth - beautiful. that's all.

3. Crystallised - Beginning and ending is amazing. Middle part is a bit too extended and repetitive as I noted in my earlier posts.

4. Celestial Elixir - this is a good song, but it has one structural defect as an "epic." It does not have a payoff section. For me, a long song really needs a definitive climax to make the long journey worth it.

jammindude

Crystallized
Falling Back to Earth
Visions
Celestial Elixir

mikemangioy

Visions
Falling Back To Earth (really close)
Celestial Elixir
Crystallised

Although every song is  :hefdaddy

The Cat Of Tuscany

Quote from: erwinrafael on April 10, 2015, 05:53:18 PM
The Visions haters are out!
I don't hate Visions, but I just like the other three more.  :biggrin:

erwinrafael

Yeah, I think I used too strong a term with hate. :p

425

Quote from: erwinrafael on April 10, 2015, 04:49:37 PM
Visions won the Survivor this year over Celestial Elixir.

... No, it didn't... The final round was a tie. If the "which one got more votes in the previous round" method was used, which it wasn't, Celestial Elixir would have won. But there is no possible interpretation of those results in which Visions won.

But, yeah, I don't hate Visions. Celestial Elixir is my favorite Haken song, and I just like FBTE a smidgen more than Visions. And, as I said, I've only heard Crystallised twice in my life, so I have little to say on that subject.

erwinrafael

Right, it ended up in a tie. My Visions bias must have muddled my memory.

GasparXR

Visions > Crystallised = Falling Back to Earth > Celestial Elixir

Zydar

Just chiming in to say that the section at 9.54-10.04 in Crystallised is sooo awesome.

YtseJamittaja

That's great but the section at 5:44-6:04 is blowing my mind every time I hear it. It's that kind of music which I love so much.

Prog Snob

Both of those parts are really great, though I like Zydar's more.  The whole song is a sonic pleasure

Elite

Quote from: 425 on April 11, 2015, 12:10:46 PM
Quote from: erwinrafael on April 10, 2015, 04:49:37 PM
Visions won the Survivor this year over Celestial Elixir.

... No, it didn't... The final round was a tie. If the "which one got more votes in the previous round" method was used, which it wasn't, Celestial Elixir would have won. But there is no possible interpretation of those results in which Visions won.

I just came here to say this as well. Visions did win the 2012 and 2013 survivor though.
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MrBoom_shack-a-lack

Those are cool parts. There's lots of cool sections in Crystallised I just think the build up to the last chorus and the whole ending is really great especially the tasty guitar lead at 17:05.

BlackInk

Haken announced swedish tour dates today! I will probably see them at Sticky Fingers.

Implode

Is anyone else here going to the concert in Chicago this Sunday? :metal

Zydar

Quote from: MrBoom_shack-a-lack on April 20, 2015, 04:59:56 AM
Those are cool parts. There's lots of cool sections in Crystallised I just think the build up to the last chorus and the whole ending is really great especially the tasty guitar lead at 17:05.

And how about that epic gong at the very end. SO MUCH POWAH!

countoftuscany42

does anyone know what's happened to Aquarius? I saw mentions that it's not on spotify anymore, but its also not on iTunes!  I don't know the album at all but wanted to familiarize myself before their philly show next week.  any word on why this isn't available anywhere?

ariich

No idea, but it's not available for download on Amazon either.

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Dublagent66

Hmmm...interesting.  Maybe they plan on releasing a remastered version and pulled the old one?  Not sure why they would do that, but I can't think of any other reason that makes sense.  Oh bummer.  :-\

MrBoom_shack-a-lack

Yea it's not on Spotify anymore, weird.