This is one of the more personal lists I've put together. Ironically, it contains some songs that seem to be very impersonal, almost cliche -- "Just Like Heaven" and "These Days." I believe in these songs for this list, and I hope they act as access points.
The list plays in three acts, and loosely traces an emotional arch common as summer turns to fall turns to winter.
I'm not a Death Cab fan, but this song struck me immediately when I first heard it on the radio. It reminded me of New Order and I quickly put it into my personal rotation.
This first act follows the acceptance of fall's arrival, a quiet, more reflective time than the summer. The feeling of enjoying the calmness that follows summer.
Act two pulls us down, as self-reflection tunes to self-immersion, the bloom of fall has fallen off the rose, and the coldness remains.
It's my opinion that NIN's The Downward Spiral is one of the best and most important albums of the 90's, and likely beyond. I had been working on a Limelight for it, but found that these two songs fit perfectly here.
Act three represents the "snapping out of it," though the lessons of the cold and the dark have been learned. 1:15 of the "Piggy" remix is the climax of the list, when a 4x4 beat hits out of the turmoil and noise and followed up by a swagger found at 1:45.
"Ruiner," in a single song, encapsulates The Downward Spiral for me. The movement, dynamics, rhythms, noise, melody, and sheer epic-ness. A tour-de-force that is often overlooked in favor of the singles from the album.
The list plays in three acts, and loosely traces an emotional arch common as summer turns to fall turns to winter.
I'm not a Death Cab fan, but this song struck me immediately when I first heard it on the radio. It reminded me of New Order and I quickly put it into my personal rotation.
This first act follows the acceptance of fall's arrival, a quiet, more reflective time than the summer. The feeling of enjoying the calmness that follows summer.
Act two pulls us down, as self-reflection tunes to self-immersion, the bloom of fall has fallen off the rose, and the coldness remains.
It's my opinion that NIN's The Downward Spiral is one of the best and most important albums of the 90's, and likely beyond. I had been working on a Limelight for it, but found that these two songs fit perfectly here.
Act three represents the "snapping out of it," though the lessons of the cold and the dark have been learned. 1:15 of the "Piggy" remix is the climax of the list, when a 4x4 beat hits out of the turmoil and noise and followed up by a swagger found at 1:45.
"Ruiner," in a single song, encapsulates The Downward Spiral for me. The movement, dynamics, rhythms, noise, melody, and sheer epic-ness. A tour-de-force that is often overlooked in favor of the singles from the album.
- Matt
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