Thoughts on Scream
Anyone else have a like/dislike(I'd never say I hate a song or theirs) relationship with Scream? Lyrically, I LOVE the chorus and the second verse. Jen's drumming was great(as usual) and I liked that the text at the begining of the music video gave me a Circus for a Psycho feel. But everything else? It was Meh. The breakdown and actual "screaming" was disappointing. I was expecting a crazy solo that never happened and as much as I love John's singing, he CAN'T do a scream. He sounded better back when they did Collide but he doesn't do it enough so whenever he actually does, it always sounds weird. I heard that John said that they deliberately made this song more tame and if that's true that's disappointing because I don't think that they should be limiting themselves that way. One deep emotionally charged scream isn't gonna turn them into something they are not. Considering that this song was written by John from a very emotional place, I would have thought it would have been more emotionally impactful. I really hope they are not planning on limiting themselves with their future releases on this album. I heard that the writing is some of the most emotional writing that they've done but this song didn't show that.