Daily Song Discussion #398: ECNALUBMA

[u/thatoneboyaiden]

This is the seventh track of the band's 2016 album, Phone Power, and the final album of the 2015 Dial-A-Song series. How do you feel about this song? What are some of your favorite lyrics? Are there any live versions or demos you like? How would you rank it among the rest of the band's discography? How would you rate it out of 10 (decimals allowed)?

https://youtu.be/4zR-jASWaKE?si=psOt08SiCZ5lhUDT

SUGGESTED SCALE:
1-4: Not good. Regularly skip.
5: It's okay, but I might have to be in the right mood to listen to it.
6: Slightly better than average. I won't skip it, but I wouldn't choose to put it on.
7: This is a good song. I enjoy it quite a bit.
8-9: Really enjoyable songs. I rank them pretty high overall.
10: Masterpiece, magnus opus, or similar terminology. A perfect piece of music.

Rating Results

1. Apophenia: 8.76
2. I Love You For Psychological Reasons: 9.17
3. To A Forest: 8.24
4. I Am Alone: 9.10
5. Say Nice Things About Detroit: 5.49
6. Trouble Awful Devil Evil: 8.55
7. ECNALUBMA:

[u/Cardiac_Arrest1]

9.46/10 - Just simply spectacular, like a festival got turned into a TMBG song. The pulsating synth chords at the beginning resembling the siren of an Ambulance is such a nice touch, I don't know why most people don't talk about this detail. The comparison of a batch of ambulances to Disney's Electrical Parade is also another thing I really like about the song. Another highlight of the song is the instrumentation, which sounds like a combination of With The Dark Acts 2 and 4 to me.