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Old 21st December 2012, 09:14 PM
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Moon is a better and more skillful composition than anything Ayumi has ever composed though.
I don't think I've ever heard use of a 17/4 time signature combined with off-beat vocals more excellent than Moon, hell, I don't think I've ever heard that done well before Moon at all.

Days, when compared directly to Moon, is a piece of generic, predictable, unimaginative crap that should be banished from existence.
Days is quite simple but it is perfect in it's simplicity. It seems as if that song was born to sound exactly that way. With that exact arrangement. Everything just works for that song. The flow is absolutely perfect - there is a clear distinction between chorus and verse and it feels "complete" - that is why Days is so amazing!

I don't care if Bjork is being innovative in that song - it all just sound like wailing and does not settle well, regardless of the mathematics behind the music theory and composition. Notice everyone who commented after I made a joke about Bjork's music being creative but not very enjoyable to listen to, agreed with me. You were the first person to come in and say "this is why we laugh at your music tastes sometimes", lol.