176. A Perfect Circle - judith

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Judith is one of the best rock songs ever written, period. Maynard's vocals are amazing, and Billy went instantly from a guitar tech to full on performer. Even the video, shot by Fincher is great - never has a girl wrapping her hair into a bun looked so beautiful - granted shooting it in real time and the bass helped. But this song did make all the rap metal bands look and sound like idiots - not that they didn't already. This single also contains live versions of Magdalena and Brena. Both are faithful to the studio versions and are solid. The real gem lies in Billy's acoustic demo version of Orestes - it is nice to hear a song's origin played by its author, singing and playing.

8.5 out of 10