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Originally Posted by tilthefirefades
This album barely has any bad songs  |
Agreed. Though one can argue the sequencing is where the slack materializes itself on Tusk. I know it's intentional, I know it's supposed to be shocking, purposefully violent, and provocative... but segueing from Sara to What Makes You Think You're The One seems unnecessarily abrasive to the listener. I know that was the point, I know it's meant to challenge the listener, but after all these years of listening to Tusk, I still don't like it. Opening the album with Over & Over is seemingly another stumble in regards to sequencing. I wouldn't change it, because it's part of what makes Tusk, Tusk... but I still think they should have had a bolder start for the album. Though in it's own way, the segue from Over & Over to The Ledge is the signal that this isn't just any regular Mac album.
Back to the songs. I think
The Ledge is tremendous fun. I love singing along to this one... such a fun energy.
Save Me A Place... I think it's an excellent song that suffers from poor production. I think the early version we hear of this tune on the Tusk Documentary is superior to the final album cut. I think mainly I don't like the lower vocal on the double harmony that carries through the entire song. It's always come across as a bit Statler Brothers to me.
What Makes You Think You're The One: I LOVE the lyrical honesty of this tune. Lindsey was venting and putting it all out there, and good for him. Between the vitriolic lyrics and the sneering production, this song has always bothered me. I get it's message, I get it's very deliberate home in the running order. I understand what Lindsey was going for, and all of it combined to make the song exceedingly successful in accomplishing it's aspirations. I still can't find myself to like it though, and perhaps that was the point all along.
That's All For Everyone: beautiful vocals. To me, this song is a good example of compromise: it's an experimental song, yet it's not coarse. Same could be said for
That's Enough For Me and
I Know I'm Not Wrong.
Not That Funny: basically any thing I said about
What Makes You Think You're The One is applicable here. I respect it's successful artful aims, but it still doesn't tug at my heart strings.
Walk A Thin Line: I think this is a gorgeous song. I really adore the way Mick's drums close out this one.
Tusk (the song) is to Tusk what The Chain is to Rumours, in my eyes. It's the group song that showcases all, and it's epic.