Song of the Moment: Let the Records Play

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Let The Records Play

5 Stars
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11%
4 Stars
26
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3 Stars
56
34%
2 Stars
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Course I do. By this one has Pj doing their usually verse pre chorus chorus thing but in a rather different way. It's almost like a bit of a mush mash of ideas but its organic too, feels ok it doesn't feel like the different parts don't belong together, if that makes sense?

Though the bridge is really the star of the show. As it often is with this band
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WtOB? wrote:the chorus sounds like jeepers creepers. just imagine "jeepers creepers.. where'd ya get those peepers? jeepers creepers... he lets the records play". it you like that then you're set.
it doesnt sound like that. there are just the same number of syllables in each phrase
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WtOB? wrote:the thing i'm most disappointed in is the production. it's almost just as glossy as backspacer but with fatter guitar tones. a song like infallible may be ruined by this, as it sounds like it'd be right at home with some riot act production on AT.
riot acts production was often too subdued for larger sounding songs.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:I'd like to clarify that I think the whole song is awful. Just terrible and probably the worst track they've ever released.
Well, this is something to look forward to.
you are a hard man to predict but I think you'll like this one.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
Release_Me wrote:The bridge is this part:

"I’ve been down and I fell so hard and far from grace
I’ve been hurt and I still recall the flaws on her face"

Hell, I feel like listening again.


That's ok then. Cos it's a great bridge.
Not hearing the get right comparison other than some timing and reverse melody here and there.
the handclaps Dime, the handclaps!

I was the one who made that comparison, and I can't really articulate why they remind me of each other, because they don't, but they do.
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stip wrote:
WtOB? wrote:the thing i'm most disappointed in is the production. it's almost just as glossy as backspacer but with fatter guitar tones. a song like infallible may be ruined by this, as it sounds like it'd be right at home with some riot act production on AT.
riot acts production was often too subdued for larger sounding songs.
I think that's more an issue of band performance and arrangement than production/recording.
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Birds in Hell wrote:
stip wrote:
WtOB? wrote:the thing i'm most disappointed in is the production. it's almost just as glossy as backspacer but with fatter guitar tones. a song like infallible may be ruined by this, as it sounds like it'd be right at home with some riot act production on AT.
riot acts production was often too subdued for larger sounding songs.
I think that's more an issue of band performance and arrangement than production/recording.

that may be.
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harmless wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:I'd like to clarify that I think the whole song is awful. Just terrible and probably the worst track they've ever released.
Worse than Supersonic?
Certainly on par. This is so unimaginative and pedestrian. It sounds like a warm up for a rehearsal or a throwaway on a kids movie soundtrack.

Anyway my distaste for this song hasn't changed since the first time I heard it.
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stip wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
Release_Me wrote:The bridge is this part:

"I’ve been down and I fell so hard and far from grace
I’ve been hurt and I still recall the flaws on her face"

Hell, I feel like listening again.


That's ok then. Cos it's a great bridge.
Not hearing the get right comparison other than some timing and reverse melody here and there.
the handclaps Dime, the handclaps!

I was the one who made that comparison, and I can't really articulate why they remind me of each other, because they don't, but they do.
I can hear what you're hearing but its just the melody travelling backwards rather than up or where you expect it to go. And it's in a similar timing too
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stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:I'd like to clarify that I think the whole song is awful. Just terrible and probably the worst track they've ever released.
Well, this is something to look forward to.
you are a hard man to predict but I think you'll like this one.
I can't see BiH liking this at all. Appreciating that they may be having fun, yes possibly. But not like it.

It'll be interesting to see how this develops
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dimejinky99 wrote:Course I do. By this one has Pj doing their usually verse pre chorus chorus thing but in a rather different way. It's almost like a bit of a mush mash of ideas but its organic too, feels ok it doesn't feel like the different parts don't belong together, if that makes sense?

Though the bridge is really the star of the show. As it often is with this band
however in this exceptional case you couldn't really swap the chorus for the bridge. Which is a shame. Maybe.
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LetMeSleep wrote:It'll be interesting to see how this develops
Ed's youtube snippet of it is probably creating a false picture for those who haven't yet heard the leak. Mislead hope, I would say.
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LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:I'd like to clarify that I think the whole song is awful. Just terrible and probably the worst track they've ever released.
Well, this is something to look forward to.
you are a hard man to predict but I think you'll like this one.
I can't see BiH liking this at all. Appreciating that they may be having fun, yes possibly. But not like it.

It'll be interesting to see how this develops
He likes GSMF and big wave, so he does like some of the scrappy upbeat guitar heavy numbers.

He loves ac/dc

Lightning bolt is the one I figure he won't like
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Lounge Lizard wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:It'll be interesting to see how this develops
Ed's youtube snippet of it is probably creating a false picture for those who haven't yet heard the leak. Mislead hope, I would say.
Yeah, there is no better way to mislead people about a song than to play it for them
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stip wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:I'd like to clarify that I think the whole song is awful. Just terrible and probably the worst track they've ever released.
Well, this is something to look forward to.
you are a hard man to predict but I think you'll like this one.
I can't see BiH liking this at all. Appreciating that they may be having fun, yes possibly. But not like it.

It'll be interesting to see how this develops
He likes GSMF and big wave, so he does like some of the scrappy upbeat guitar heavy numbers.

He loves ac/dc

Lightning bolt is the one I figure he won't like
Um, I like Big Wave a lot and GSMF is pretty good too. Time will tell and you know him better than I do.
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I do quite like the chorus of Lightning Bolt - funnily enough, it vaguely reminds me of AC/DC. Those big chunky chords and the howled vocals, I guess, though I've only heard the Wrigley version once or twice (and that snippet from the promo video) so that might change on further reflection.
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Well I don't think anyone really KNOWS speeno. And I could be wrong. It is a good song though
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Birds in Hell wrote:I do quite like the chorus of Lightning Bolt - funnily enough, it vaguely reminds me of AC/DC. Those big chunky chords and the howled vocals, I guess, though I've only heard the Wrigley version once or twice (and that snippet from the promo video) so that might change on further reflection.
Well, like I've been known to say since my previous post, I count think anyone really KNOWS speeno
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It's just very boring to read that obviously everyone is going to hate this song because I do.
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harmless wrote:It's just very boring to read that obviously everyone is going to hate this song because I do.
You and your negative posts :cop:
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