Not quite the afternoon but it’s close enough... Round One Final Totals: Sextape - 9 Hexagram - 10 Lovers - 6 Entombed - 13 ————————- Round Two: 1) Hexagram vs. Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) 2) Root vs. Digital Bath 3) Entombed vs. Phantom Bride 4) Beware vs. Change (In The House Of Flies)
Be Quiet is great but it still does not top Hexagram for me. The energy, the unique structure, Chino’s delivery... I could go on for a while. Hexagram Digital Bath Entombed Beware Also want to say, this is an excellent top 4. You all have done a great service.
Be Quiet and Drive (Far Away) Digital Bath Entombed Change (in the House of Flies) Beware is truly excellent and a worthy opponent, but Change is one of those transcendent tracks. I refuse to penalize it because it is so popular. It deserves all of its acclaim.
Current Totals: Hexagram - 2 Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) - 11 Root - 1 Digital Bath - 12 Entombed - 10 Phantom Bride - 3 Beware - 6 Change (In The House Of Flies) - 7
At the end of round two, we have a tie between Beware and Change (In The House Of Flies)! This was an extremely difficult tie for me to break. I assure you that I've given it a lot of thought and I listened to both songs on the drive into work this morning. The final 1:25 or so of Beware is definitely a highlight for me and it's one of their strongest songs on Saturday Night Wrist. On the other hand, Change (In The House Of Flies) is one of the songs that got me into Deftones and it's a very important song in their discography. I'm going to go with Change (In The House Of Flies) by the slightest margin. I think it'd be unfair to penalize it because of its popularity. I'm sorry to the 8 of you who I've disappointed! Round Two Final Totals: Hexagram - 2 Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) - 14 Root - 1 Digital Bath - 15 Entombed - 12 Phantom Bride - 4 Beware - 8 Change (In The House Of Flies) - 8 (9) ---------------------------- Round Three: 1) Be Quiet And Drive (Far Away) vs. Digital Bath 2) Entombed vs. Change (In The House Of Flies)
Honestly though, all of the songs left now are ridiculously good so I’ll be happy with any of them winning.