The National - I Am Easy To Find (May 17, 2019) Album • Page 71

Same tbh.

HV is good and has some of my favorite National songs, but sometimes it feels like a slog to get through. I like it viewed as the National’s take on arena rock. Terrible Love, Bloodbuzz, Afraid of Everyone, Conversation 16, Lemonworld, and Vanderlyle all rule.

 

1. Pink Rabbits
2. Slow Show
3. The Geese of Beverly Road
4. Afraid of Everyone
5. I'll Still Destroy You

 

High Violet would be a perfect album without Runaway

 

woah runaway rules

 

I find it super dull :/

 

Yep

 

Ok gut reaction fuck it

I’ll Still Destroy You
Conversation 16
City Middle
Ada
Humiliation

 

I thought everyone hated Anyone's Ghost the most off that album but yeah Runaway doesn't do all that much for me

 

Anyone’s Ghost is great also Halloween is coming up and it has ghost in the title fitting and spooky

 

I like it but I remember several people not being into it

 

Not into Anyone’s Ghost. Like the imagery in Sorrow’s lyrics but not that into the song as a whole. Little Faith is weird, kinda dig it, it feels like it should be more of a highlight than it is. I personally enjoy the specific type of boring that Runaway is.

 

Terrible love is weakest on high violet

 

That’s a hell of a take

 

Yea looking at the track list I can’t really pick anything else. Not a bad track by any means just a the weakest link.

 

That's the hottest take i've seen in a long time

 

I’ve never loved Terrible Love and always wished they had used the alternate version instead on the album

 

Terrible Love is not only my favorite National song but one of my favorite rock songs period, that is a truly stunning take haha. I do get that not everyone likes that version of the band though

 

What do you all think is a weaker song on the album?

 

I think using the demo version for the album is one of the best choices they made on high violet. Also would put anyone’s ghost pretty high in my rankings on that album. Little faith and sorrow are the ones I feel are pretty much crap.

 

Runaway, England, and Vanderlyle are a harrowing glimpse into an alternate reality where the National completely misunderstand their own strengths and try to co-headline arenas with Mumford and Sons.

 

Vanderlyle is a masterpiece

wild take

 

Sorrow is probably a bit too dreary for my liking, I still won’t skip it though

 

I like Terrible Love, I love Terrible Love (Alternate Version) and I don't care for Runaway at all.

 

lolwut?

 

This discussion is nuts. I love it

I really like the alternate version of Terrible Love. So much that I have a playlist that is just High Violet, but with the Terrible Love alternate version instead of the regular one.