Kid IRA1 posted:Head Down- how ugly and gritty the song is only makes the light (for lack of a better word) section sound all that much better.
This.
Head Down for me, hands down. The outro that begins at about 3:24 on the studio version, following the edgy-off-time-'ugly'-and-'gritty' section preceding it, represents for me the most textured, fluid and beautifully layered piece of music he's done since anything off of
The Fragile, which for me is his magnum opus. The bits off of
The Fragile that I'd want to make comparisons to can be found in
Somewhat Damaged - 3:47 onwards,
TDTWWA - 3:19 onwards,
Just Like You Imagined - basically, the entire 'come down' section here,
The Way Out Is Through - 2:36 to about 2:46,
Where Is Everybody? - 3:33 and on,
and perhaps most of all, the that very haunting ending of
Ripe [With Decay]
and Discipline (for lyrics) Corona Radiata (sounds like Massive Attack)
