What IS The Lowest Point Of The Holy Bible?

[Son of Stopped]

Inspired by this comment :

Originally Posted by Parma Violets

But it's a cracking tune, and in no way deserves to be remembered as the low point of The Holy Bible (a title I'd give to PCP).

I feel we need a thread to get to the bottom of just what is the low point of The Holy Bible. It was PCP that really got me into the band in the first place.
I'd go for Mausoleum or Of Walking Abortion.
And now come the people going "But 'Of Walking Abortion' is fantastic!"
Sunrise, sunset...

EDIT: No poll sadly, THB has got more than 10 tracks. Pity, that could have settled it there and then.

[Takk]

What do you mean by low point? worst song? Isn't that something that's been done to death? Or do you mean richey's lowest point?

[Kieslowski]

Isn't this a bit like asking "what's the low point about getting loads of free ice cream that magically has no calories, but still tastes exactly as good as normal ice cream?" Or something like that.

Anyway, I'd go for This Is Yesterday. It's the one song from the album I've never made any attempt to learn on guitar, although that might be more to do with the lack of agreement amongst tabbers as to whether it's drop D tuning or not, etc. But it's still an awesome song - I just find myself skipping it occasionally because after Faster I want to get straight into DITS.

[SeveredJoke]

Originally Posted by Kieslowski

Isn't this a bit like asking "what's the low point about getting loads of free ice cream that magically has no calories, but still tastes exactly as good as normal ice cream?" Or something like that.

Anyway, I'd go for This Is Yesterday. It's the one song from the album I've never made any attempt to learn on guitar, although that might be more to do with the lack of agreement amongst tabbers as to whether it's drop D tuning or not, etc. But it's still an awesome song - I just find myself skipping it occasionally because after Faster I want to get straight into DITS.

From the unofficial official tab book the song is in open G (DGDGBD).

I have tried but I just don't like PCP. It jars with the rest of the album for me and sounds like b-side filler.

I love TIHOE and Mausoleum. I love the grinding metal sounds, the riff, the lyrics, the structure and the solo. All of it. Mausoleum has a great riff and to me its more chaotic than bloated and the pre-chorus encapsulates that breathless trying to get more words than you should into a single line feeling of Richey era lyrics.

[Dancing Kirby]

That rogue apostrophe on the front sleeve.

[Kieslowski]

Originally Posted by Dancing Kirby

That rogue apostrophe on the front sleeve.

We have a winner.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Originally Posted by Kieslowski

We have a winner.

+1

[nsebastian]

If you made a poll, you could just omit Faster, Yes, and Archives of Pain or Die in the Summertime as it seems everyone loves those.

PCP is my least favourite track of of it. It's fun at times, at times it's just too caustic musically. The chorus of Of Walking Abortion brings it close for me.

But as has been sad, it's not really possible to name a bad track on THB, there are just songs that aren't as mind-shatteringly amazing as others.

[Manualex16]

YES seems to me like to much... that would be my choice(unless if it were an instrumental).

[Europa Gluten Free]

The low point for me is when its over.

[Flint]

I'm going controversial and saying Faster. My heart still says it's a great song but for one reason or another it's the only one that's diminished over time for me. It's one of the few songs (out of everything I've heard, not just in THB) for me that have genuinely become less exciting through hearing it so much, and the maniac aggression that it used to charm with feels really tame now. I understand why it's an iconic song for them but it just doesn't do as much for me as everything else on the album does.

[Symmanine]

Revol and that Too Cold Here isn't on it

[egaeci]

Originally Posted by Symmanine

Revol and that Too Cold Here isn't on it

Agree on the Too cold here part. Love that song. A song I don't love however, is The intense humming of evil. I can't listen to it. Wouldn't call it the "low point" of THB, but it's the one song I always skip.

[sculptureofabloke]

Reluctantly, Mausoleum. But only because everything else is fucking brilliant and that's only brilliant.

[Europa Gluten Free]

Originally Posted by sculptureofabloke

Reluctantly, Mausoleum. But only because everything else is fucking brilliant and that's only brilliant.

I half agree with you. I never really liked the song until one day I was playing along with the album and the main riff is as cool as fuck to bash out. So simple and yet so badass