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Music => Deftones => Topic started by: theshadeisatool on Apr 18, 2008, 03:52 PM

Title: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 18, 2008, 03:52 PM
I was listening to this Grammy-winning song the other day, as I have done one many an occasion over the last seven and a half or so years, and I thought 'this is a perfect song'. The production, its proportions, the sound and it's so cathartic. Can I get a hell yeah?
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 18, 2008, 03:55 PM
Oh my god. My bad. Please can someone move to the Deftones forum?!
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: snw777 on Apr 18, 2008, 04:04 PM
yeah Elite is one of the best deftones heavy songs.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: bright lights, big city on Apr 18, 2008, 04:09 PM
i can agree with this
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 18, 2008, 05:55 PM
This is plaguing my mind, that I posted in the wrong forum - fuel for the pedants - oh, my paranoia.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 19, 2008, 09:29 AM
Thanks for move. As I was saying, perfect song.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: deepest_ocean on Apr 19, 2008, 10:18 AM
at first I thought the song is a bit boring but nowadays I really like it as it is.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 19, 2008, 10:23 AM
It's the pimping riff in the verses, and the lyrics... Chino at his best. The whole package of the song is spot on.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: stuka on Apr 19, 2008, 11:30 AM
Yea, a killer song.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: slyartwork on Apr 19, 2008, 02:10 PM
for me: not a deftones favorite
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Deftones-argentina on Apr 19, 2008, 02:16 PM
"You're into depression
Cause it matches your eyes"

That was a really brilliant line, well said. Nowadays I don't like the song that much (despite being one of the firsts of the album to catch my attention), but I simply love when the song stops and then...WHEN WE'RE RIIIIPe!!
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Corleone on Apr 19, 2008, 03:14 PM
In the summer when they played this, it was just insane. They had like a stobe light on chino throughout the song, I was trippin balls.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Timmy666 on Apr 19, 2008, 03:19 PM
I do enjoy the lyrics...
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: mikau on Apr 19, 2008, 03:36 PM
Quote from: slyartwork on Apr 19, 2008, 02:10 PM
for me: not a deftones favorite

x2

in fact, one of my least favorites from WP
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Zevaka on Apr 19, 2008, 04:40 PM
from hardcore deftones songs, it's my favorite.

But i luv other side of the deftones more. I'm BQAD kid, if you understand what i mean
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Frankz0r on Apr 19, 2008, 04:43 PM
I like it a lot but the chorus is kinda annoying in the last half of the song... but the screams + the electronic vox rock.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: wither-I on Apr 19, 2008, 05:51 PM
Quote from: theshadeisatool on Apr 19, 2008, 10:23 AM
It's the pimping riff in the verses, and the lyrics... Chino at his best. The whole package of the song is spot on.
im into pimping your words cause they match my eyes.

each and every fucking syllable.

chino's into eating doughnuts, cause they match his eyes,

wider than his tummy,

a certain small way of looking at things.

bless.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Hidalgo on Apr 20, 2008, 05:44 AM
a lot of deftones fans hate this song, or whatever. but yea, i love it. always have. it's awesome.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: ignore the fashion on Apr 20, 2008, 06:15 AM
elite is an awesome song
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Caín on Apr 20, 2008, 06:56 AM
clearly one of my favorites. and i mean favorites. i just love the way how it's messy but so clean and structured at the same time.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Wraith584 on Apr 20, 2008, 07:13 AM
Quote from: Caín on Apr 20, 2008, 06:56 AM
clearly one of my favorites. and i mean favorites. i just love the way how it's messy but so clean and structured at the same time.

that makes no sense you idiot

you clearly don't know shit about music
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: stuka on Apr 20, 2008, 11:21 AM
^ lol

(http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/duty_calls.png)
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: Caín on Apr 20, 2008, 12:31 PM
Quote from: Wraith584 on Apr 20, 2008, 07:13 AM
Quote from: Caín on Apr 20, 2008, 06:56 AM
clearly one of my favorites. and i mean favorites. i just love the way how it's messy but so clean and structured at the same time.

that makes no sense you idiot

you clearly don't know shit about music

lol, you suck
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: There Will Be Blood on Apr 20, 2008, 10:25 PM
I use to hate elite.... I use to just skip over it..... but now thats like my fav song. i love when chino sounds like a robot part
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: snw777 on Apr 20, 2008, 10:33 PM
Quote from: Wraith584 on Apr 20, 2008, 07:13 AM
Quote from: Caín on Apr 20, 2008, 06:56 AM
clearly one of my favorites. and i mean favorites. i just love the way how it's messy but so clean and structured at the same time.

that makes no sense you idiot

you clearly don't know shit about music

Of course that makes sense.
If you tell that makes no sense you think this image makes no sense:





(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/17/Yin_yang.svg/466px-Yin_yang.svg.png)
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: 13hourstoparadise on Apr 22, 2008, 02:15 AM
Elite is one of my favorites!

The lyrics are perfect, I completely understand why Chino is trying to convey. Not sarcasm.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: pony_01 on Apr 22, 2008, 08:56 AM
elite and korea are the loudest song on wp.
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: tarkil on Apr 22, 2008, 11:33 AM
Quote from: pony_01 on Apr 22, 2008, 08:56 AM
elite and korea are the loudest song on wp.

Hey thanks for the up...

(http://images.wikia.com/uncyclopedia/images/1/15/CaptainobviousChooseOption.jpg)
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: i kill for fun on Apr 25, 2008, 03:40 PM
i dont understand how such an obscure song won a grammy...i thought they got one for Change..either way, this is one of those deftones songs i don't feel awkward to play for hardcore metal heads..and the end is just nasty
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: theshadeisatool on Apr 28, 2008, 08:30 AM
^^

Definitely, love the ending. The whole song is brutal, crushing but brilliant. Perhaps that's what the people at the Grammys found appealing?
Title: Re: Elite
Post by: mikau on Apr 28, 2008, 09:10 PM
anybody else thought chino said "work your bitch"?  ;D