Sorry Don :-( It doesn't mean I don't love ya anymore - but i've got to go with
Take it to the Limit to win
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Sorry Don :-( It doesn't mean I don't love ya anymore - but i've got to go with
Take it to the Limit to win
I have to say, I thought the votes would be a little closer than they are. Both remaining songs are great... but really, I thought the margin would be closer.
One Of These Nights to win!
I haven't got a clue how many votes each song has, but (by the narrowest of margins as I like both songs equally for different reasons) my vote to win goes to 'One of these nights'.
For me, while I like both songs, only one of the two I truly adore. One of These Nights is very sexy, but to me, also sounds very 70s (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Take It to the Limit is a timeless masterpiece. Its arrangement, structure, and melodic progression has a building intensity that carries you from a gorgeous, melancholy beginning to that climax in a step by step progression... building the drums.... the orchestration... the backing vocals coming in... the held notes, pauses, full stops... all pulling you along inexorably until you get to a powerful, dramatic climax that makes your heart pound with its defiant ferocity.
And just when you think you're wrung out, the songs turns around and pulls you through it again, just like life.... but it makes you look forward to the roller coaster because you know in the end it will lift you up. What starts out as a resignation to accept disappointment becomes a refusal to admit defeat. Take it... to the limit... one more time. Take it... to the limit... ONE MORE TIME... TAKE IT... TO THE LIMIT... ONE MORE TIME... until Randy is crying out over backing vocals that have become an anthemic testament to the power of the human spirit, persisting through pain.
It's not just a song, it's an experience.
I feel nothing even near to that kind of emotional intensity listening to OOTN, although it's certainly a good song.
So TAKE IT TO THE LIMIT all the way, baby. For me, it's not even close.
ONE OF THESE NIGHTS
To quote ltlh and also vote:
I vote for the Sexy, Sultry, Firey Hot, Daughter of the Devil, Angel in White... One of These Nights for the Win!!!
Don's voice, the cool sound, breathtaking! :thud:
I also love TITTL, but just not quite as much.
I won't be too butthurt if One of these nights win because it's my fav too