Defiant_Low_1391 t1_it4wceo wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:22 PM

Reply to comment by HardRock_HardCock in Your most hated song by your favorite band or musician. by EfficiencyLeading940

Interesting. I actually love Color Before the Sun. Wasn't huge on Vaxis I. I think Vaxis II is a little better than I, and I think Color Before the Sun is better than both of those. I'm about to blaspheme right now and say that I don't really like the first Good Apollo, but I think Good Apollo 2 is awesome. I feel your sentiment though, although Coheed has always done whatever they wanted from the very beginning, I do wish they'd get a bit more creative again.

HardRock_HardCock t1_it4y5mr wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:35 PM

You. Don't. Like. Good. Apollo. I....????????

I can't believe such words were ever spoken. Good Apollo I is one of the greatest prog albums ever written. Ugh...I need to sit down before I vomit.

In all seriousness though, I'm not saying Color is a bad album, it was just the weakest from a writing standpoint compared to all the others. Island is a fun song, You Got Spirit Kid is fun, Atlas is good. Personally Peace to the Mountain is my favorite off that album. But all the other tracks just seem to fall short. I give it like a 6.5/10.

Vax is I brought us back into the Coheed we all knew and loved. Dark story telling, heavy, shifting prog riffs, thundering bangers, but also mellower sounds to help cleanse the palate and let the listener breathe. A great prog album is like a 10 course dinner that keeps everyone on their toes while controlling the flow of the art. Vaxis I is a great prog album. Vaxis II felt like a bunch of recycled riffs and it wasn't even until Track 10 (10 out of 13!!!!) where we finally got to hear something resembling a banger.

Defiant_Low_1391 t1_it4z2uc wrote on October 20, 2022 at 11:42 PM

I know..but I'll admit that I like good Apollo I more after seeing them play it in full a few years ago now. And I get what you're saying. Other than Beautiful Losers, the first real track, it's not until the end that we get what we really came for.

As for Coheed as a whole, I've come a long way as far as liking them goes. In high-school I tried IKS, I bought it Walmart even. Gave it away immediately. I even was that douche bag making fun of people for liking them. Many years later I came around to them. IKS is 10/10 for me now. Top shelf stuff lol.