Who Ever Said

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My favorite song on the album and one of their best album openers for sure. It's not straight forward like all of the others openers and still maintains its momentum.
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Ed finally got the verse/chorus/guitar interlude/chorus/second verse song structure right after some misfires with Unthought Known and Lightning Bolt.
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Those songs are trying to be something else, I think

Plus Lightning Bolt is excellent.
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The prechorus to this is fantastic. The "all in the delivery" part.

When the actual chorus drops, it elevates it even higher.
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guitar_davey wrote:The prechorus to this is fantastic. The "all in the delivery" part.

When the actual chorus drops, it's elevates it even higher.
Ooh baby. I think it just moved.
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EJ wrote:
guitar_davey wrote:The prechorus to this is fantastic. The "all in the delivery" part.

When the actual chorus drops, it's elevates it even higher.
Ooh baby. I think it just moved.

Fuck yeah! :peace:
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Monkey_Driven wrote:Ed finally got the verse/chorus/guitar interlude/chorus/second verse song structure right after some misfires with Unthought Known and Lightning Bolt.

I love the song Lightning Bolt among my catalogue favourites, although the album version is really limp.

Who Ever Said blows it out of the water. I don't think I'll ever even be able to listen to the recorded version of LB again.

This album is a Lightning Bolt killer (and I even like a lot of Lightning Bolt). This song is the manifesto for Gigaton.
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stip wrote:Those songs are trying to be something else, I think

Plus Lightning Bolt is excellent.
Lightning Bolt succeeds despite the structure, if that makes sense. It serves the song in this one.
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Like this from 2:30 onwards. It's not a perfect song but I'll take this, mistakes and all, over the sterile openers from the last 2 albums.
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stip wrote:Those songs are trying to be something else, I think

Plus Lightning Bolt is excellent.
stip is nothing if not indefatigable. you have to admire it.
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i love the part of Home is where....ed sounds fucking good and the band is doing all sort of things that grab my attention. And then when Ed starts with
but i wont give up...yeah, im just dancing men.
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evenslow wrote:
stip wrote:Those songs are trying to be something else, I think

Plus Lightning Bolt is excellent.
stip is nothing if not indefatigable. you have to admire it.
by thinking Stip's indefatigable
we are tempting fate instead
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I will man this wall until the Josh Evans remix finally vindicates me
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You can't remix cat poop into a ribeye
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The way Ed enunciates “satisfaction” feels like a nod to Devo’s “I can’t get no satisfaction”
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:
mikejasond wrote:I love the music on "Whoever said its all been said" SO MUCH MORE than on "gave up on satisfaction" (not the vocals, just the background chords and sound)
I don’t disagree, but I like the juxtaposition. From melodic and a sense of desperate questioning to a sudden, harsh statement.
It's an interesting juxtaposition I guess but I wish it occupied the sonic space on the beginning of the chorus lines a bit more
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theplatypus wrote:You can't remix cat poop into a ribeye
Not with that attitude
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stip wrote:
theplatypus wrote:You can't remix cat poop into a ribeye
Not with that attitude
the only poop ribeye is a bad attitude
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Okay, I love this song, too. It's amazing (at least for me) what writing about a song does for my appreciation for it.
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stip wrote:Okay, I love this song, too.
welcome to the club :)
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