Best Ever Albums

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

LedZep — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 05:52:38 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 04/20/2022 09:52

Fade wins 9-8

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

Repo — Tue, 19 Apr 2022 17:35:24 GMT

Author: Repo

Posted: 04/19/2022 21:35

Fade.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

kokkinos — Mon, 18 Apr 2022 15:06:34 GMT

Author: kokkinos

Posted: 04/18/2022 19:06

I agree that both songs give the impression they have been done before.
Fade is really cool and takes me back a couple of decades - apart from the ones you've already mentioned, Interpol seem another obvious influence - but GQOM is the kind of song that can get any party started and easily gets my vote.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

Purplepash — Sat, 16 Apr 2022 23:58:55 GMT

Author: Purplepash

Posted: 04/17/2022 03:58

Hadn't heard either before. Liked both quite a bit. Voted for GQOM bur easily could have gone the other way.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

Fischman — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 23:23:54 GMT

Author: Fischman

Posted: 04/16/2022 03:23

Aeon didn't fade. Easy Choice.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

travelful — Fri, 15 Apr 2022 11:43:39 GMT

Author: travelful

Posted: 04/15/2022 15:43

I could play GQOM at the hookah bar so it gets my vote.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

LedZep — Thu, 14 Apr 2022 06:10:22 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 04/14/2022 10:10

Didn't like either to be honest, ended up voting for Fade, a rather forgettable throwback indie song.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

DommeDamian — Wed, 13 Apr 2022 04:15:25 GMT

Author: DommeDamian

Posted: 04/13/2022 08:15

I'm pretty tired of the songs that sounds like GQOM.
Also I liked the way Aeon Station went from guitar-driven Indie Rock to piano heavy Indie Pop (plus that music video was great). I'm going 4 Fade.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

musicoed — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 17:35:36 GMT

Author: musicoed

Posted: 04/12/2022 21:35

dihansse wrote:

GQOM didn't sound very original ...

GQOM is not the first derivative of a song that I really liked in the 80-90s.
But I can't find the original in any way because I don't know the name of the track or the artist.
This version sounds quite decent, perhaps even better than the original.
And this music video is done on a professional level.
But for the title of the best song of the year, this is certainly not enough.
What I'm missing in the first place is development (progressiveness) for the whole track.
The song consists of two beautiful, but very similar parts.
Inside each part there is everything you need, and the introduction, and development, and the culmination point.
But since each session is equal to two, the song quickly loses interest.
The ending sounds like the entry to the third rep, which, fortunately, is not there, and everything hangs in the air.

dihansse wrote:

... and Fade by Aeon Station was my choice I can best describe as sprawling and one of my favorite songs of the last years. If you like this track the also listen to the rest of the album.

I was not very inspired by the music video. The video series is not one with the track.
There is a development in the track, but there is not enough level at the climax point.
Perhaps I did not have enough combination of music with the content of the lyrics.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

dihansse — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:16:49 GMT

Author: dihansse

Posted: 04/12/2022 20:16

GQOM didn't sound very original and Fade by Aeon Station was my choice I can best describe as sprawling and one of my favorite songs of the last years. If you like this track the also listen to the rest of the album.

Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

musicoed — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 16:08:32 GMT

Author: musicoed

Posted: 04/12/2022 20:08

cestuneblague wrote:

Aeon Station is the closest we're ever getting to more Wrens music so I'm going with that. Lovely track regardless. GQOM was nice too

I don't know Wrens, but the first seconds of Aeon Station - Fade seemed familiar too.
Subsequently, he leaned towards Arcade Fire, and from the songs that are heard - Neighborhood # 1 (Tunnels).
And this is a worthy opponent!

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Re: [Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

cestuneblague — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 12:38:02 GMT

Author: cestuneblague

Posted: 04/12/2022 16:38

Aeon Station is the closest we're ever getting to more Wrens music so I'm going with that. Lovely track regardless. GQOM was nice too

[Round 1 - Match 25] Fade vs GQOM

LedZep — Tue, 12 Apr 2022 07:22:07 GMT

Author: LedZep

Posted: 04/12/2022 11:22

Aeon Station - Fade
Nominated by: dihansse

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Bang La Decks & Wiwek - GQOM
Nominated by: musicoed

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