hahninator Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 My problem with Requiem/WAK is that they are not heavy hitting songs to start with. With You Papercut Don't Stay One Step Closer Wake/Given Up No More Sorrow What I've Done Those songs have that hard hitting rock sound with guitar to start the song off. WAK isn't a song you can bounce to. At most, you throw the hands up and that's about it. I like the shows to start off with a punch. The only show I can see doing that this year is NYC. Requiem/Radiance/New Divide. That's a great opener. Requiem is fine if it has a great song after it but WAK opening is ehh. But yeah compared to all other intros to open the show, Requiem lacks the energy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[AndOne] Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You say that now, wait till you see it live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sckofelng Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 (edited) You say that now, wait till you see it live. +1, requiem -> savio speech is the most badass thing as interlude for opening to the opening song (W&K obviously) LP may have ever done (except for DS 2004 as i said earlier), you will hopefully feel what i feel so put 'em up real high Edited January 3, 2011 by sckofelng Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GigaScythe Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 Wretches opening is great. You'd expect Requiem/WAK not to be a great opening combo but the punch of Wretches after tension's been building all the way through Requiem is incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ree Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 You say that now, wait till you see it live. Wretches opening is great. You'd expect Requiem/WAK not to be a great opening combo but the punch of Wretches after tension's been building all the way through Requiem is incredible. This. I have an awesome HD video of this from London, I will upload that and post it here soon lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arbiter Posted January 3, 2011 Share Posted January 3, 2011 My problem with Requiem/WAK is that they are not heavy hitting songs to start with. With You Papercut Don't Stay One Step Closer Wake/Given Up No More Sorrow What I've Done Those songs have that hard hitting rock sound with guitar to start the song off. WAK isn't a song you can bounce to. At most, you throw the hands up and that's about it. I like the shows to start off with a punch. The only show I can see doing that this year is NYC. Requiem/Radiance/New Divide. That's a great opener. Requiem is fine if it has a great song after it but WAK opening is ehh. But yeah compared to all other intros to open the show, Requiem lacks the energy. You're totally right. The Requiem/W&K is not a heavy hitting song but it is still the best intro I've seen them play live. I think you would have to see it live in person to appreciate the ambiance and mood it sets. And for the ATS tour, it is the best opener that represents the bands tone for the tour. As the note rises and increaser to the vocals appear, it builds up quite well. I actually loved it even better when they had The Requiem transition into The Radiance leading into New Divide like the NYC show. If they opened the show with an old song or intro, it would be the definition of boring because they've done it before. I want something new for this new era of LP and none of those songs sets the right tone with the exception of WID in my opinion. In the end, i'll be fine with whatever LP chooses because just the painful waiting for them to take the stage makes any intro cool because it's like "finally, the band is playing" I won't even care what song they start with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
awesomekittyrawr Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 (edited) To be honest It would be pretty cool to see Wake 2.0/Given Up open a show. Also Requiem intro into Papercut would be probably the most epic intro ever, the build-up of the Requiem into an older song would make the crowd go apeshit. Edited January 4, 2011 by awesomekittyrawr Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jessiexo Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Actually, I love The Requiem opening. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michelbeats Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 Imo Don't stay With you One Step Closer are the best openers! Seems like they're trying to get away from using lots of guitar songs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lerkid Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 didnt we have this problem with What I've Done as an opener during 2008 winter tour not alot of people liked the idea of WID as an opener but it turned out to be great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
venom12 Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 I still have hope they will do new intro for W&K so it will have power Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ree Posted January 4, 2011 Share Posted January 4, 2011 It doesn't let me embed my youtube video here for some reason so this is the video link to The Requiem/Wretches and Kings from London. Watch it HD! I love Requiem/WAK opening and since this is an ATS tour it fits really well imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aravind221 Posted January 5, 2011 Share Posted January 5, 2011 It doesn't let me embed my youtube video here for some reason so this is the video link to The Requiem/Wretches and Kings from London. Watch it HD! I love Requiem/WAK opening and since this is an ATS tour it fits really well imo. accept ree thats a cool intro to open a set list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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