North American For Life

[Monochrome Rainbow]

Emo? The music is very creepy and Matt sounds like a beatnik in it. I can practically hear him snapping his fingers and beating the bongos in his lap.

 

I thought both NAFL and HTB were interesting reworked and sounded good to me but I did like the originals better. It might be a toss up for NAFL, probably would depend on my mood.

[mrs jesus]

yeah, finger-snapping and bongos would have no place in that song. lay off the crack, kiddo.

[somnambulist]

I like it. The only ones I don't like are when he messes too much with the tune: Hello Time Bomb and Prime Time Deliverance.

[Seanathon]

I like it. The only ones I don't like are when he messes too much with the tune: Hello Time Bomb and Prime Time Deliverance.

Because the reworked NAFL isn't the polar opposite of the original?

[Devil On Rollerskates]

I like the new NAFL. I like all of the songs on Rooms better than the originals except Apparitions, Strange Days and Advertising On Police Cars which I like equally as much as the originals.

 

I think the whole purpose of Rooms was more than just to make an acoustic record but to change up the sound on the songs and experiment a little. It probably wouldn't have been as interesting if he had played and sung the songs exactly the same way.

[Monochrome Rainbow]

yeah, finger-snapping and bongos would have no place in that song. lay off the crack, kiddo.

Haha, whoa. Didn't mean to offend; it was just a joke.

[here is no why]

yeah, the acoustic version is better than the original, to me. The original did nothing for me.

 

I was shocked when i saw he was going to be doing it acoustically, would have been pretty low on my list for songs he could have chose.

 

Awesome job though, i like the feeling to it now.

[badseed]

Rooms version made me love this song when before it bored me.

Eerie and fucking beautiful.

 

Oh, and on the issue of the "compilation, nothing new" thing. I really do think that In A Coma was primarily meant for newer or less hardcore fans, yet still giving hardcore fans something other than a best-of (with rooms, the videos, the "making of"). Kinda smart when you think of it... you get sales from both the huge fans and the new/less huge fans.

[mrs jesus]

yeah, finger-snapping and bongos would have no place in that song. lay off the crack, kiddo.

Haha, whoa. Didn't mean to offend; it was just a joke.

i'm not offended

[CaptainRocket]

Hey who made you "rocket queen"? Don't try and pull rank or anything.

[Instant-Karma]

the acoustic version SUCKED oh man, so bad.

[Minx333]

I thought it was well done for an acoustic of the song. However it did sound a bit emo, but whatever.

[mrs jesus]

Hey who made you "rocket queen"? Don't try and pull rank or anything.

i made MYSELF rocket queen

 

don't make me tell your dads you're being belligerent again

[CaptainRocket]

Hey who made you "rocket queen"?  Don't try and pull rank or anything.

i made MYSELF rocket queen

 

don't make me tell your dads you're being belligerent again

Yes, yer majesty.

[prototypepariah]

it was better than the wlrrr, like someone else said, it wasn't on my list of songs I wanted to hear acoustic, but it's good. Emo? not emo, this sounds like a debate on sterokiller.

[Paranoid Android]

I think the acoustic version suited the song better.

[foats]

i like the live version best. the solo is amazing

[Shiri]

i wasn't impressed, and everything but Rooms is stuff i could listen to whenever i wanted a year ago.

What did you expect from a greatest hits collection? 3 disks worth of entirely new, exclusive songs?

Heh, imagine this, an releasing a greatest hits compliation with new material entirely... Now that's what I can revolutionairy! B)

[i'm indestructable]

What a change... it's just an overall excellent song, but this version rivals the original.