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Mountains | 
| Artist: Biffy Clyro
Label: 14th Floor
Category: Music
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Rating:  6 reviews
Sales Rank: 2084
Format: Single
Media: Audio CD
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5051442852127
ASIN: B0018CVQLG
Release Date: August 25, 2008
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Biffy've evolved- and i like it. September 19, 2008
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
In a way i believe this review will tie together to conflicting arguments of previous reviews.
4 times over the past 4 years i've stood in a crowd of hairy weirdos chanting the Joy.Discovery.Invention, or screaming the lyrics to Justboy- there's nothing quite like being surrounded by 1,500 like minded people singing in unison "i am hoping through the dark clouds, lights shall break and bring out bright skies"- anyone who's been there will know what i mean. Beautiful and uplifting.
And whilst the Biffy that i fell in love with would have gotten me laughed at by the same people who you'll find bopping along to this track nowadays, i don't begrudge them their success. They're an astonishingly hard-working band, didn't they play over 150 shows in one year a few years ago? And so they deserve every success.
I'm not going to cry that they've changed- you have to change or else you get repetitious. The White Stripes became mainstream and i still love them. What both bands have managed to do is retain enough of what kept them so very very special.
So is this song good?
Oh yeah it is.
It doesn't need 7/8 bridges or egyptian scales to be a good song.
I remember standing in line at a show before Puzzle came out and we were all very nervous about the new songs, after we'd heard they were gonna be a lot more radio-friendly. I tell you no-one went home disappointed with the preview of the songs we had that night.
This is an awesome song; succinct, concise, emotional- and a lovely evolutionary step towards the recognition that a band that has given be such enjoyment over the past deserves.
It's so blatantly Biffy- something that no-one else can pull off, but it can also hook my sister- a sugary pop fan.
Don't hit on it cos it's not their old stuff. I wouldn't want their old stuff again- i've moved on, the world's moved on. We're all well over half a decade older now, and it's time to hand the torch down to some younger chaps. I'm dead happy that Biffy never got stuck in a creative rut, or treading water in the minor leagues.
 brillance September 15, 2008
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I could not disagree more with those who opine that this song is lacking both in merit and dignity. Musically for me this song has hints of the best of Hell is For Heroes (I can Climb Mountains, You Drove Me To It) and Funeral for a Friend in terms of: musicianship, a leitmotif of fluctuating time signature, and passion. In my analysis, criticism of the lyrical content of this song misinterprets the basic for the mainstream, the dialectic for the relativist, the genius for idiocy. "I am the mountain, I am the sea," the image is as attritional as the music, especially in the final harmony - form and function indeed. Think of the grinding of molars on mountains. It is anthemic, I agree, but anthemic has never, from Gregorgian Chant onwards, equated automatically to 'mainstream' and thus, by extension 'bad.' This song is great - i would guess that some Biffy fans, attempting to preserve their fandom for the few - as people tend to do to define themselves in these times, are a bit gutted by the heavy rotation on 'mainstream' radio and the fact that some people they never liked love this song. Mon the Biffy.
 ... September 2, 2008
5 out of 10 found this review helpful
It's ok, it's just not Biffy is it?
Compare this to Now the Action is on fire, and it's like listening to two completely different bands. One willing to disregard everything that society expects in a song, in the process creating brilliant music, and the other doing everything that the music industry asks of them, in the process creating something that sounds like the Foo Fighters.
I like the Foo Fighters, but Biffy in their prime never sounded like them.
And to be fair, this song is weak in trying to that. The lyrics are abysmal, the chorus catchy yet boring at the same time, the production way over slick, structure more conventional than Greenday. The only decent part is the middle eight. And thats barely decent.
Live, this song is actually very good, but that's cause Biffy are very good live. They could play a 10 minute maraca solo and I'd probably enjoy it, but that doesn't mean it was any good. Singalong potential yes, brilliance... no.
I seriously hope Biffy aren't cashing in on their success with Puzzle and writing average radio friendly music like Mountains for their 5th album. They will keep all their Puzzle lovers, and probably gain quite a few new ones, but I'm pretty sure most of the classic Biffy lovers will be alienated completely.
Whats worse is that this is number 5 in the charts. Brilliant news for Biffy, a top 10 single at last, but did it have to be with Mountains??
Buy this is Puzzle was your idea of heaven, or if mediocrity fills you with excitement, but if Vertigo of Bliss is your favourite album, steer well clear.
Anthemic Rock (but not in a bad way) August 26, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
Biffy Clyro was a band I kept being told I should like. A copy of Vertigo of Bliss was given to me and I tried hard to like it... being a bit of a muso I liked the tempo changes and 'challenging' structures but hey! where's the hook?? Mountains is pure genius: anthemic & emotional. I have a video in my head for these type of songs and it involves crowds of the downtrodden striding over the crest of a hill at sunset... beautiful...
Awesome song August 12, 2008
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
Well I loved this song.
I don't really have an expectation of what I Biffy Clyro should sound like and I thought this was fantastic.
It's been repeating on my iPod pretty much constantly.
The chorus is infinitely sing-along-able and the whole song builds brilliantly with some really subtle changes of pace and intonation - and the final line with no instrumentation is a superb finish.
I'd certainly recommend it.
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