Opinions on More Than a Feeling by Boston (poll)

[Heston]

it's fair to say the guy tears apart Doc's argument that the song is humdrum in parts.

Yet I'm bored as hell during most of it. Explain that, Dr. Heston, if that's really your name.

Your brain is wired differently to large parts of the population, the ones who like great melodies and arrangements. Same with "Noise Terror" Rev. Not a criticism, it's just a fact that people hear music differently. Swans are like Chinese water torture to me but there must be a market for it as they have a career.

[Dr. Medulla]

it's fair to say the guy tears apart Doc's argument that the song is humdrum in parts.

Yet I'm bored as hell during most of it. Explain that, Dr. Heston, if that's really your name.

Your brain is wired differently to large parts of the population, the ones who like great melodies and arrangements. Same with "Noise Terror" Rev. Not a criticism, it's just a fact that people hear music differently. Swans are like Chinese water torture to me but there must be a market for it as they have a career.

Which would suggest that this guy isn't tearing apart any argument, but rather advocating for the song. I mean, I agree with you most of the way here, tho I certainly love melody. I just think the verse part of the song and the instrumental break are tedious as fuck. But, as Wolter said on the previous page, it has to do with your tolerance for arena rock, which I mostly find appalling.

[Heston]

Probably mostly of interest to Heston, but this guy does good breakdowns of songs where he isolated a lot of the instrumentation and highlights a lot of the nuances in recordings. Here's his on More Than a Feeling:

I'm watching some of his other videos in the series, he is great. A lot of muso shit but he's very knowledgable and his enthusiasm is contagious.

[Heston]

it's fair to say the guy tears apart Doc's argument that the song is humdrum in parts.

Yet I'm bored as hell during most of it. Explain that, Dr. Heston, if that's really your name.

Your brain is wired differently to large parts of the population, the ones who like great melodies and arrangements. Same with "Noise Terror" Rev. Not a criticism, it's just a fact that people hear music differently. Swans are like Chinese water torture to me but there must be a market for it as they have a career.

Which would suggest that this guy isn't tearing apart any argument, but rather advocating for the song. I mean, I agree with you most of the way here, tho I certainly love melody. I just think the verse part of the song and the instrumental break are tedious as fuck. But, as Wolter said on the previous page, it has to do with your tolerance for arena rock, which I mostly find appalling.

The fly in the ointment here is that I don't like Arena Rock.

[Dr. Medulla]

it's fair to say the guy tears apart Doc's argument that the song is humdrum in parts.

Yet I'm bored as hell during most of it. Explain that, Dr. Heston, if that's really your name.

Your brain is wired differently to large parts of the population, the ones who like great melodies and arrangements. Same with "Noise Terror" Rev. Not a criticism, it's just a fact that people hear music differently. Swans are like Chinese water torture to me but there must be a market for it as they have a career.

Which would suggest that this guy isn't tearing apart any argument, but rather advocating for the song. I mean, I agree with you most of the way here, tho I certainly love melody. I just think the verse part of the song and the instrumental break are tedious as fuck. But, as Wolter said on the previous page, it has to do with your tolerance for arena rock, which I mostly find appalling.

The fly in the ointment here is that I don't like Arena Rock.

I am confident in saying you like it a whoooooole lot more than me. Not to say I'm better than you in that—whatever I say in our snarling and yapping, I'm fully relativist in terms of music; what you like, you like, and that's cool—but 95% of arena rock is the wettest of farts that privileges muso technique over true energy.

[matedog]

Probably mostly of interest to Heston, but this guy does good breakdowns of songs where he isolated a lot of the instrumentation and highlights a lot of the nuances in recordings. Here's his on More Than a Feeling:

I'm watching some of his other videos in the series, he is great. A lot of muso shit but he's very knowledgable and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Yeah the enthusiasm paired with his deep theory knowledge is a great combo. One of the more revelatory ones was Smells Like Teen Spirit where he dives into the probably accidental complexity of the chorus melody. I wonder if he ever tackled Paranoid...

[Heston]

Probably mostly of interest to Heston, but this guy does good breakdowns of songs where he isolated a lot of the instrumentation and highlights a lot of the nuances in recordings. Here's his on More Than a Feeling:

I'm watching some of his other videos in the series, he is great. A lot of muso shit but he's very knowledgable and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Yeah the enthusiasm paired with his deep theory knowledge is a great combo. One of the more revelatory ones was Smells Like Teen Spirit where he dives into the probably accidental complexity of the chorus melody. I wonder if he ever tackled Paranoid...

I'll watch out for that one. I've done three so far. I realised I'd watched his XTC one before, I thought he looked familiar.

[Heston]

Also, I never registered the fact they had a blank (no vocals) chorus before every normal chorus in this song before watching this. A really effective trick that you don't hear very often.

[JoseUnidos]

I voted National Anthem, because America should get what it deserves.

[Dr. Medulla]

I voted National Anthem, because America should get what it deserves.

I very much like the “May you live in interesting times” open-ended nature of your assertion.

[JoseUnidos]

I voted National Anthem, because America should get what it deserves.

I very much like the “May you live in interesting times” open-ended nature of your assertion.

On a related note, the song is perfect for what it is.

[Silent Majority]

Probably mostly of interest to Heston, but this guy does good breakdowns of songs where he isolated a lot of the instrumentation and highlights a lot of the nuances in recordings. Here's his on More Than a Feeling:

I'm watching some of his other videos in the series, he is great. A lot of muso shit but he's very knowledgable and his enthusiasm is contagious.

Yeah the enthusiasm paired with his deep theory knowledge is a great combo. One of the more revelatory ones was Smells Like Teen Spirit where he dives into the probably accidental complexity of the chorus melody. I wonder if he ever tackled Paranoid...

I'll watch out for that one. I've done three so far. I realised I'd watched his XTC one before, I thought he looked familiar.

Interesting video. I'll try a different song with him.

[Heston]

Incredible vocal. If you like the song it's worth listening to in isolation.

[Heston]

This stripped back mix really highlights how great the vocal is in this song. Just an incredible piece of singing by Brad Delp...

[Dr. Medulla]

This stripped back mix really highlights how great the vocal is in this song. Just an incredible piece of singing by Brad Delp...

You're just taunting me at this point that I can't change my vote to average.