Song of the Moment: Swallowed Whole

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Top drawer song.
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it feels like ed brought the rest of the band in for one tune during the ITW sessions. im liking the results. :thumbsup:
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The main riff reminds me of the Who. I like it.
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I've just realised why I think "A Bug's Life" when I hear this song.

Baba O'Riley. That song was on all the trailers. This one has that jubilation to it.
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Love this one, my favourite from the album so far.

I love the way Ed stutters, particularly the way he says the word "drown". Ju-ju-Drown drown drown
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Finally!
I knew I heard that 'I could feel the Sun, I could see the sound' part somewhere, but couldn't put my finger on it.

Here it is:

[Youtube]www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YKOTjKMp_U[/youtube]
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Thejambi wrote:This song has top 10 potential.
MYM, Getaway and Swallowed Whole have already met my ideal expectations for this album.
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harmless wrote:I've just realised why I think "A Bug's Life" when I hear this song.

Baba O'Riley. That song was on all the trailers. This one has that jubilation to it.
Really? I don't remember that at all.

Maybe they had different ad clips in Europe?
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mray10 wrote:
harmless wrote:I've just realised why I think "A Bug's Life" when I hear this song.

Baba O'Riley. That song was on all the trailers. This one has that jubilation to it.
Really? I don't remember that at all.

Maybe they had different ad clips in Europe?
Yes, possibly, which is why I have the association in my head and you don't :lol: But yeah the main cinematic trailer had Baba O'Riley on it. It worked really well but was an odd choice: "I am there in the fields..." was the key lyric (I think that's right, at least).
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mray10 wrote:
harmless wrote:I've just realised why I think "A Bug's Life" when I hear this song.

Baba O'Riley. That song was on all the trailers. This one has that jubilation to it.
Really? I don't remember that at all.

Maybe they had different ad clips in Europe?
Yes, possibly, which is why I have the association in my head and you don't :lol: But yeah the main cinematic trailer had Baba O'Riley on it. It worked really well but was an odd choice: "I am there in the fields..." was the key lyric (I think that's right, at least).
Found it on YouTube and it specifically mentions that it was being released at "Thanksgiving" so it had to be a US trailer. Don't remember the use of Baba at all.

Terrible trailer, too.
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This is fast becoming my favourite song of the bunch. It's so happy :)
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This is actually the first time I've heard PJ sound euphorically *happy* and actually believed them.
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Someone posted that there was a point this song stopped being an ITW song and became a PJ song (c. 1:17) and that moment is amazing. :D
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harmless wrote:This is actually the first time I've heard PJ sound euphorically *happy* and actually believed them.
Now that you made me think of it i think you're right.
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Juvenal wrote:Someone posted that there was a point this song stopped being an ITW song and became a PJ song (c. 1:17) and that moment is amazing. :D
Seriously, I gasped at this point. The music is so joyous :)
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Juvenal wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Someone posted that there was a point this song stopped being an ITW song and became a PJ song (c. 1:17) and that moment is amazing. :D
Seriously, I gasped at this point. The music is so joyous :)
That key change really is the mutt's nuts.
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Juvenal wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Someone posted that there was a point this song stopped being an ITW song and became a PJ song (c. 1:17) and that moment is amazing. :D
Seriously, I gasped at this point. The music is so joyous :)
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This one reminds me of a song from Into the Wild. Not sure of the song off hand, but it's like they added electric guitar to it and not much else.
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It's the "not much else" which makes it great.
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harmless wrote:It's the "not much else" which makes it great.
Ha. To each his own, I suppose.
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