Backspacer: Official Album Thread

[evenslow]

I’ll never understand the hate for GSMF. It’s everything Cameron-era PJ does well, channeled into a fun, punchy Who song.

totally.

[Ms Harmless]

I feel like, for all that they talked about writing songs that would "work live" during this era, this is a record that works best on record

[Birds in Hell]

I’ll never understand the hate for GSMF. It’s everything Cameron-era PJ does well, channeled into a fun, punchy Who song.

totally.

I like it too, though I really, really hate those "rock n' roll!" bends Mike's doing during the intro.

They kind of ruin the song for me, just a little bit.

[Ms Harmless]

Matt does some nice things during Johnny Guitar

I find the "uh huh"s of Just Breathe kind of obtrusive, because Ed is not a real cowboy, but other than that, I think it's a really pretty song, cheesy pop chorus and all

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Ms Harmless]

the strings and the organ melody in the second verse, yeah this is working for me

[Ms Harmless]

"hold me till I die / meet you on the other side"

[Ms Harmless]

honestly! Matt is playing fucking *reggae* offbeat groove on that high-hat on ATW; it's not FUCKIN ROCK because it's more dance and lilt than that

twats

[Ms Harmless]

yes there's an obtrusive rock-tastic solo in the middle that doesn't fit but fuck it, I'm swimming baby

[Ms Harmless]

one of the big crits of ATW is that it never "takes off"; I actually think it does on the solo then last chorus, and it doesn't need to "take off" before that

[Ms Harmless]

I like "Unthought Known", but I find that high *plink* *plink* *plink* *plink* piano that plays through it kind of annoying

[Ms Harmless]

it literally never stops, it's relentless

low piano notes would be so much more powerful in this song (and right on the quiet outro, that's what I mean)

[Ms Harmless]

"Supersonic" is horrible, I just canNOT

[Ms Harmless]

SoS is great, I always thought so

[Ms Harmless]

and Matt is smashing a China cymbal during the "whisper in the dark" section; what a little shot of ear candy

I love the lead guitar melody in the interlude and the castanets (sp?); it's sounding like "Hopelessly Devoted to You" from Grease, and that's the shit baby

[Ms Harmless]

I used to think SoS was a weird jumble but now I think its sound spans 50s to 70s quite neatly

[stip]

i like that plinking piano in UK

[Ms Harmless]

FoN is good; I always loved the keys in verse 2

[Ms Harmless]

i like that plinking piano in UK

damn it, Stip!

[Ms Harmless]

FoN does sound like a worship song tho