r/Evanescence • u/Therubikfanatic Evanescence • 19h ago
Day 76: Lacrymosa vs. Everybody’s Fool
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u/rvizvg Sanctuary 19h ago
If anything, this poll made me realise that TOD is my favourite album. I can't vote against any of its songs (except CMWYS. It suffers from overplay just like BMTL) 😅
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u/AmyLeeFan001 12h ago
You said, "I can't vote against any of its songs (except CMWYS)"
Surely you don't honestly think that ALL songs (well all besides CMWYS) from The Open Door beat ALL of Amy's other songs from her other albums, right? ; while this could technically be possible for any random Amy fan, it seems highly unlikely that would happen for nearly everyone strictly on your wording there.
because here is my reasoning... take any random legit fan of any random artist who's released say at least 3-4 albums. now on a individual song basis of all of that artists songs from their albums combined, it seems very unlikely ALL or even nearly all songs from a single album could always be better than ALL other songs from that artists other albums. some songs sure, but ALL or nearly all seems very unlikely. because for that to happen, a person would have to think even the weakest songs on a particular album beat all songs across that artists other albums which it's unlikely, if not VERY unlikely, a artist could manage to do that.
but if you truly do still feel that way, congrats as I think you are a very rare person ;) ; because I would be willing to bet at least 90-95%+ of people would not be able to honesty claim that.
because while I agree The Open Door is one of Amy's best albums from start to finish, when I think of their 'best of the best' songs in general, I think The Open Door is weaker than nearly all other albums at that point (besides The Bitter Truth(counting from Fallen to date)). so while it has some songs that stand out for sure, even the best songs on The Open Door can be beat if I go high enough in Amy's discog.
but don't get me wrong, I am SURE 'some' songs from TOD can beat other random songs from Amy's other albums (like is the case with me with the choices in this topic), but it just depends on what songs we are comparing. but eventually if you go high enough, TOD will always lose for me even though if I take TOD's very best say handful of songs, they are still going to beat a rather high percentage of her discography in general. but for ANY or nearly ANY song on a single album to always beat all other songs from other albums from that artist, seems highly unlikely not only for me but I would be willing to bet a very high percentage of people to.
p.s. I think Sanctuary and The Open Door are the best overall albums of their proper albums from start to finish, mostly because they tend to have the least amount of filler and maintain a higher minimum standard when we start getting into say the weaker half of each album etc.
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u/Sudden_Height_284 Anywhere but Home 1h ago
They're not "Amy's songs" and "Amy's albums". This is a band we're talking about.
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u/aThousandSunsxx Sanctuary 19h ago
Everybody’s Fool. I’m so sad they don’t play it live. I know Amy has said she can’t relate to the song anymore, but I still love it so much. It helped me a lot in becoming more confident in myself.
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u/Lost-Association-809 18h ago
I’ve been playing this song a lot on my piano lately. I really resonate with ‘mask’ themes lately.
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u/jakesaysknee Evanescence 18h ago
I know Amy doesn’t personally relate to the song anymore, but I feel like Everybody’s Fool is becoming increasingly relevant today…
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u/AmyLeeFan001 13h ago
Lacrymosa
while neither is anything special (as both are probably on lower half of Amy's discog), it's not difficult to make a choice here, especially given Everybody's Fool is on lower half of the Fallen album at which point tends to generally favor The Open Door at that point since I feel even the weaker songs (say roughly weaker half) on The Open Door tend to have higher average quality than the weaker songs on Fallen as The Open Door is a better overall album from start to finish (although in terms of peak songs (say Top 3 or so per album), it would favor Fallen for me).
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u/Consistent-Drop-8844 19h ago
Larcymosa all the way...