MMVII/Round1A: Rational Gaze vs. Dream Ghost - Metal-R.US

Blaise

Meshuggah- Rational Gaze

vs.

Old Man's Child- Dream Ghost

N00bs

Not one of OMC's best moments for me. Throw in the fact that "Rational Gaze" is one of Meshuggah's best tracks of alltime. Winner: Meshuggah

About2Crash

Meshuggah all the way. This is the first song I ever heard from them and one of the best. Too bad that the rest of "Nothing" pretty much just sounds like a lesser version of this.

Amok

I could barely take a minute of that Meshuggah song. Like Revenge of the Fallen and Battlefield Earth, you know it's going to be awful from the start. I'd have chosen a different song off of Ill-Natured, but it beats the Meshuggah track without question. OMC.

Wigg

Rational Gaze.

Dream Ghost was a bit of a snore.

Blaise

Rational Gaze...Not by much though. It was a little punchier and interesting. The keyboard parts in Dream Ghost were pretty cool but I wished it changed up a bit more.

the score so far:

Rational Gaze- 4
Dream Ghost- 1

Iced

Rational Gaze
"Never stray.. from the common lines!"

Acid_Burn_420

Rational Gaze. Not a huge Meshuggah fan, but they have some killer songs, and this being one of them....and definitely not one of Old Man Child's best...

stach

Wow this is amazing I submitted The Dream Ghost because I think it is Old Man's Child's very best. It is a great song.I am a big OMC fan, I have all of the CDs.

N00bs

Quote:

Originally Posted by stach

Wow this is amazing I submitted The Dream Ghost because I think it is Old Man's Child's very best. It is a great song.I am a big OMC fan, I have all of the CDs.

Same here but ive never been a big fan of that album or that particular song. Had it been anything off of "In Defiance of Existence" i would of voted for them.

stach

Quote:

Originally Posted by N00bs

Same here but ive never been a big fan of that album or that particular song. Had it been anything off of "In Defiance of Existence" i would of voted for them.

It is funny how people's taste in music goes. I like every OMC album, But
"Ill Natured" is by far my favorite.

But then I can not stand Galder's other band Dimmu.

Zee

Meshuggah destroys. They make hard shit sound easy and still keep it crazy heavy. OMC is was just eh

Pelican

Rational Gaze, its one Meshuggah song i really like. after listening to it again i want to make a song interpretation of it, lol

Erik

Quote:

Originally Posted by Amok

I could barely take a minute of that Meshuggah song. Like Revenge of the Fallen and Battlefield Earth, you know it's going to be awful from the start. I'd have chosen a different song off of Ill-Natured, but it beats the Meshuggah track without question. OMC.

Meshuggah seems like a band that you should like given certain changes made. The same could be said for me.

Old Man's Child was engaging, dark and didn't have Meshuggah's vocalist. It wins.

About2Crash

I thought that Meshuggah was boring until I started listening to it and trying to figure it out like a musical Rubick's Cube.

And I love Rubick's Cubes.

Blaise

Quote:

Originally Posted by About2Crash

I thought that Meshuggah was boring until I started listening to it and trying to figure it out like a musical Rubick's Cube.

And I love Rubick's Cubes.

I don't see whats so hard to figure out about Meshuggah. In Rational Gaze for example there aren't that many moving parts. Not alot of nuance, just the approach is unconventional (hitting notes you wouldn't expect)...End result it sounds weird which is the objective...I think...Not so much "hey I really have a melody in there you just have to listen to it backwards". For the most part I think they are pretty good with some pretty interesting riffs and sounds.

the score so far:

Rational Gaze- 8
Dream Ghost- 2

stach

I still don't see why people are voting for this Meshuggah song.
There isn't much to the writing there isn't a flow, actually there isn't much of anything.
Conversely The Dream Ghost, rocks and has great continuity, and just a great overall feel to it. Oh well,people like what they like.

Iced

Rational Gaze has so much flow it's ridiculous. It's all subjective.

stach

Quote:

Originally Posted by Iced

Rational Gaze has so much flow it's ridiculous. It's all subjective.

I hear a lot of stops and holds, I don't hear any flow.

Iced

>>Rational Gaze has so much flow it's ridiculous. It's all subjective.
>>It's all subjective.
>>subjective

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Amok They All Look At Me Funny Moderator MRU Donor Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Olympia, WA. Posts: 10,016 Images: 4 Horns up: 283 Horns up 606 times in 458 posts	I could barely take a minute of that Meshuggah song. Like Revenge of the Fallen and Battlefield Earth, you know it's going to be awful from the start. I'd have chosen a different song off of Ill-Natured, but it beats the Meshuggah track without question. OMC.
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Wigg I am really really great. Moderator MRU Donor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Adelaide, Australia Posts: 5,570 Images: 14 Horns up: 283 Horns up 424 times in 306 posts	Rational Gaze. Dream Ghost was a bit of a snore.
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Iced Senior Citizen MRU Donor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Maryland Posts: 4,515 Images: 22 Horns up: 262 Horns up 420 times in 296 posts	Rational Gaze "Never stray.. from the common lines!"
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Acid_Burn_420 Dope Smokin' Metal Geek Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Niagara Falls, Canada Posts: 294 Horns up: 93 Horns up 39 times in 31 posts	Rational Gaze. Not a huge Meshuggah fan, but they have some killer songs, and this being one of them....and definitely not one of Old Man Child's best...

stach shredder MRU Donor Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: so wis, no, il. border Posts: 5,105 Images: 68 Horns up: 2 Horns up 278 times in 198 posts	Wow this is amazing I submitted The Dream Ghost because I think it is Old Man's Child's very best. It is a great song.I am a big OMC fan, I have all of the CDs.
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Zee Day Tripper Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Albany, NY/ Haverstraw, NY Posts: 1,760 Images: 12 Horns up: 4 Horns up 39 times in 27 posts	Meshuggah destroys. They make hard shit sound easy and still keep it crazy heavy. OMC is was just eh
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Pelican Tea Snob Moderator MRU Donor Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: England, not Britain Posts: 5,459 Images: 49 Horns up: 365 Horns up 293 times in 214 posts	Rational Gaze, its one Meshuggah song i really like. after listening to it again i want to make a song interpretation of it, lol
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