Poltergeist is....

[m1nusblindfoLd]

....possibly one of the best Deftones songs ever made

[pinkmaggit69]

It could be the best if he screamed on the "Wild" parts, like he does live.

[Penicks]

why

[Dath]

It could be the best if he screamed on the "Wild" parts, like he does live.

Poltergeist might be the first Deftones song that I think sounds better live.

[Braincleaner]

Poltergeist just blew me away!
Steph is putting his 8-string to a really good use here.

[deftones47]

[Poltergeist is] possibly one of the best Deftones songs ever made

I agree with that. It's pretty fucking awesome.

[godin]

It could be the best if he screamed on the "Wild" parts, like he does live.

he   just wails/croons it in alot of the live vids I've seen...

[audeamus]

....possibly one of the best Deftones songs on Koi No Yokan

ftfy

[seasick]

It's going to be a classic in my book, that's for sure. Whenever I listen to it in the car I clap along to the intro and then almost die in a horrific car accident because you cannot steer and clap at the same time.

[Slacker]

na maybe top 20 of all time... just maybe.

[nineteen]

Because it sounds like it came from the Around The Fur sessions?

[iceache]

Because it sounds like it came from the Around The Fur sessions?

HAHAHAHAHAAHHAHAAH GOOD ONE!

[pinkmaggit]

It could be the best if he screamed on the "Wild" parts, like he does live.

Agreed, that part sounds so lazy on the album, it ruins the song a bit for me.
Here's a live version with Chino screaming that part the second time around: Deftones - Poltergeist (formerly know as Roller Derby) - Live @ The Troubadour - 07/28/2012

[bewareofrats]

It is a unique song on the new album but it's not the best.  It's wild and chaotic like they haven't quite done before so I give it that and do enjoy it quite a lot.

[DeftonesNZ]

It a really good song,I like how it rises and falls it's very rhythmic I especially like the bit before the "this timeeee" lyrics it's cool how it sort of sounds like it's suspended in the air and then it comes crashing back down. Very solid song but not in my top ten it just lacks that real emotion that songs like Pink Maggit and Digital Bath have.

[976-EVIL]

Overrated

[pinkmaggit69]

Yes. 2:14.  That's all I want on the studio version!

[from_musings]

Yes. 2:14.  That's all I want on the studio version!

agree. to perform a lazy "wild" at the end is cool like as if he's exhausted, but a scream at 2:14 would be bad ass.regarding chino's voice,it would make more sense to once scream in the studio version and then hold it back live all these other times

[m1nusblindfoLd]

Finally posting in here again (OP), I like the "lazy" sounding "Wild" part because it sounds like he is saying it in a tired, sick of it way- like the girl or whoever is stressing him out and he can't take it - driving him "WILD"

[Playhouse]

Finally posting in here again (OP), I like the "lazy" sounding "Wild" part because it sounds like he is saying it in a tired, sick of it way- like the girl or whoever is stressing him out and he can't take it - driving him "WILD"

Totally agree. Its unique. Love how he doesn't scream it