Ms Harmless wrote:RoJ is not my favourite rocker but it still slaps
I can't believe how many spritzy punkers are successful on this thing
Funny you mentioned Save You a few posts earlier.
I remember listening to Riot Act years ago with a close friend and fellow PJ fan and he remarked on that song and how it was an example of Eddie really feeling it, exemplified by that little off the cuff yelp he does. I feel the same loose energy hearing the count in at the beginning of RoJ. It gives me the same jolt. Similar idea with the "like this... 1,2,3,4" bit in Try.
Ms Harmless wrote:actually the best part is the boogie-woogie "Alive" jam, what a great callback
I don't believe for a moment there's any intentional callback to Alive in that piano outro.
It's just Elton mashing some bluesy noodles.
don't care really, it happened anyway
it's the chords in that section that sound like Alive, not the noodling; but I'm sure that's to do with the fact that Alive was a thinly veiled blues song anyway; give it some shuffle and you get this
Ms Harmless wrote:RoJ is not my favourite rocker but it still slaps
I can't believe how many spritzy punkers are successful on this thing
Funny you mentioned Save You a few posts earlier.
I remember listening to Riot Act years ago with a close friend and fellow PJ fan and he remarked on that song and how it was an example of Eddie really feeling it, exemplified by that little off the cuff yelp he does. I feel the same loose energy hearing the count in at the beginning of RoJ. It gives me the same jolt. Similar idea with the "like this... 1,2,3,4" bit in Try.
you know what else I think is remarkable about Invincible? they kept it SLOW and GROOVY and SPACIOUS when it could very easily have been a speedy Lightning Bolt
Ms Harmless wrote:you know what else I think is remarkable about Invincible? they kept it SLOW and GROOVY and SPACIOUS when it could very easily have been a speedy Lightning Bolt
AND seemingly managed to maintain this restraint when playing it live.
Ms Harmless wrote:you know what else I think is remarkable about Invincible? they kept it SLOW and GROOVY and SPACIOUS when it could very easily have been a speedy Lightning Bolt
AND seemingly managed to maintain this restraint when playing it live.
The Dark is holding strong as my favorite on this thing. The first verse could be a hushed late night conversation between someone and their hurting partner. The second verse, much more abstract, illuminates the revelation of that pain. This would be such a crushing song if delivered any other way, but somehow the juxtopositon of bright chords and quick tempo make everything heavy in the song feel so much lighter. It's a multitude of emotions that a lot of us can connect with, no doubt, and therein lies the appeal of this whole dang thing.
Last edited by washing machine on Wed February 16, 2022 2:07 am, edited 1 time in total.
dimejinky99 wrote:I could destroy any ai chatbot you put in front of me. Easily.
washing machine wrote:The Dark is holding strong as my favorite on this thing. The first verse could be a hushed late night conversation between someone and their hurting partner. The second verse, much more abstract, illuminates the revelation of that pain. This would be such a crushing song if delivered any other way, but somehow the juxtopositon of bright chords and quick tempo make everything heavy in the song feel so much lighter. It's a multitude of emotions that a lot of us can connect with, no doubt, and therein lies the appeal of this whole dang thing.
The Dark first verse is a dead person speaking to living one the second verse is a living person speaking to a dead person.
