I love V. Options

[Merica]

Yup, no lies, tricks, or rick rolls; I love V.

Today whilst working on post-production logging for my film I rocked V twice in a row, all the way through. It was cracking. I know many don't like it, but I really dig the explosion of creativity. It's all over the place, the album. There's some rock, rap, techno, even middle-eastern flavours here and there. I think it all mashes together in the form of a pretty decent roller coaster ride, with some really cool lyrics in there (admittedly, there are also a few doozies). In terms of songs, in particular, and I care not for any haters this might bring on, I really dig Flow and Ok?. They're both just great exmaples of the creativity boom Ed had. Only song I question is Call Me a Fool. Catchy as it is, it stands out as slightly weak amongst the rest, and his voice sounds kinda sharp and somewhat grating throughout it.

But yes, I am a fan of V, in all it's mismatched cheesy glory. I fell back in love with Live this afternoon. Not that I ever fell out of love, but today I just got really high on Live. Great stuff!

[Deku]

Well I'm glad someone likes it, but I'm not mad keen. I whacked it on the other day and found some of the 'rapping' tedious, as well as other nasty moments like the ye-ye-yeee-haa's on Like a Soldier. I just think there are two many tracks that are average at best. I did find Hero of Love impressing me though, never been big into it before. And while some of the music rocks hard (love some of the riffs in People Like You) it tends to be let down by crap lyrics. I'm also not a great fan of Overcome, so there arent many saving graces on this album for me beyond Simple Creed, Deep Enough and Nobody Knows.

I totally respect how Live fucked with the formula though, so I don't begrudge the guys for making a record like this.

(Just make sure it doesn't happen again)