Do you like Songs from Black Mountain?, Yes or No Options

[torcatofan]

Let's see if the negative reviews can be justified with a simple poll.

[dancing queen]

after all the fuss I had to listen to NoN again. I remembered why I don't like it much. it starts out awesome. and then the chorus sounds like horrible Christian rock. seriously. and I listen to (some) Christian rock. and I don't hate Alive. but NoN starts out vaguely reminiscent of an outtake from one of the first 4 albums (I said vaguely, don't go nuts) and then it's good, and it's going well... BAM suck ass chorus.
just doesn't work for me. I'll take BoP any day over SFBM.
I like all of Live's albums, but there is an obvious difference in sound and quality as you go through V, BoP, and SFBM. It's clearly not the same band that made the first 4 albums, as different as they were from each other.
I don't know why people insist on being so polarized about this. I don't think it makes me less of a fan to admit that some of the music made together as a foursome (maybe not created/birthed/imagined together, but recorded as a foursome - or at least individually by all 4) isn't the same quality as the music actually birthed and recorded.
anyway, it doesn't matter now... but if someone (ed) had called me and said "hey I have this idea for this song, NoN, ... " and played a bit, I would've said "um, the chorus sucks. do something edgy there instead of lollipops and kittens"
but I didn't pay $200 to talk to him so I couldn't save us all from what is now this song.

disclaimer: I'm not making fun of you if you like this song. it's not your fault you have bad taste