Scarecrow vs Slowly

[araungzeb]

Ever since I heard Slowly for the first time when I found Long Division at Bull Moose a few months ago, I haven't been able to help but compare the two songs. Both have similar themes are are sound very similar as well imho. I've been trying to figure out which one I prefer ever since I heard it for the first time, but honestly it's been very tough. Overall I like Scarecrow probably a bit better, but once Tony kicks in at 2:26 in slowly I think I might like the section that follows a but better than Scarecrow. And then Zoidis' solo that starts at 3:46 in Slowly just makes it perfect. But then again, most of "Scarecrow" is just one long amazing Zoidis solo, so I really don't know! 0_o What do you guys think?

Oh, and in case people here haven't heard the song Scarecrow before, here it is at www.youtube.com/watch?v=oukEQc13HOs. It's an amv someone made that put clips from the movie Final Fantasy VII: Advent Children to the music of Scarecrow. Back before Rock Like War, the comments page of that amv was the closest thing the internet had to a Rustic Overtones forum. :-P I can't find Slowly anywhere on the internet, not even on archive.org, so if someone knows where to find one, that'd be great just so people could hear it and be able to decide for themselves. Thanks!

[Nuphus]

Two equally great songs. Good question with no right answer

[Rachel]

It's just not possible to choose.

[Darek]

Good one.

I've gotta go with Scarecrow hands down. Slowly is a good song and I love how perfect Ryan and Tony sound on it (especially toward the end), but Scarecrow represents so much to me, and a lot of other Rustic fans, that I find it hard to compare it to anything else. Plus, while the two are very similar in structure and subject matter, I've just never really dug Slowly the way I do Scarecrow even before it became "the song they don't play anymore". The intro Dave plays on Scarecrow has become synonymous with all things Rustic as far as I'm concerned. When Dave sang it with Joe Brien at the "Last Show" at The State, that's a memory that's always going to stay with me and it put that song above all others in terms of symbolism for me.

[Jeff]

Scarecrow for me. It draws you in so easily with the melodic guitar. Admittedly, Slowly doesn't get much play from me. I'll have to give it some extra attention having read this topic, because this decision was too easy, apparently!

[Tim Nickerson]

Scarecrow for me as well. I love the line "You can paint a smiling face, on a scarecrow"