Song of the Moment: Yellow Moon

malice · Post by **malice** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:22 pm

harmless wrote:Yeah, once in Pittsburgh, and also in Buffalo. Should be on Youtube.

I'll check that out - thanks, pal

malice · Post by **malice** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:27 pm

the vocals are already sounding cleaner to me with the Pittsburgh performance... 1 minute in.

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:31 pm

Yeah, I get what he was trying to do with the vocals here, but I wish he was doing less of it, during the first verse/opening especially.

malice · Post by **malice** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:33 pm

I think this one is much improved as a live performance.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:36 pm

I think a few of these will be.

malice · Post by **malice** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:37 pm

harmless wrote:I think a few of these will be.

Pendulum is sitting better live for me as well...

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Sun October 13, 2013 7:39 pm

malice wrote:
harmless wrote:I think a few of these will be.
Pendulum is sitting better live for me as well...

Live, it loses all of the percussion layering, which is a perc of the studio version for me. But it was definitely an amazing opener and it'll be a great live song generally.

dprival78 · Post by **dprival78** » Mon October 14, 2013 2:15 am

harmless wrote:
malice wrote:
harmless wrote:I think a few of these will be.
Pendulum is sitting better live for me as well...
Live, it loses all of the percussion layering, which is a perc of the studio version for me. But it was definitely an amazing opener and it'll be a great live song generally.

too bad matt doesn't bring along his drum tech for backup percussion anymore, like he did for the binaural tour.

unLEASHed · Post by **unLEASHed** » Mon October 14, 2013 2:17 am

I want them to go back in time and play this at Benaroya Hall...It would sit perfectly!!!

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Mon October 14, 2013 2:58 am

Who's the twit that gave this one star!? Mother fuck.

darthvedder81 · Post by **darthvedder81** » Mon October 14, 2013 6:02 am

dimejinky99 wrote:That whole break from 'an echo that rings..' Is excellent.

Why can't Pj write songs that as good as the bridges they have??

Agreed. And the way it dovetails back into the chorus is spectacular.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Mon October 14, 2013 8:22 am

dprival78 wrote:
harmless wrote:
malice wrote:
harmless wrote:I think a few of these will be.
Pendulum is sitting better live for me as well...
Live, it loses all of the percussion layering, which is a perc of the studio version for me. But it was definitely an amazing opener and it'll be a great live song generally.
too bad matt doesn't bring along his drum tech for backup percussion anymore, like he did for the binaural tour.

WaitingForBluey · Post by **WaitingForBluey** » Mon October 14, 2013 3:33 pm

I'm just gonna keep reading this thread until someone can convince me why this is such a great song. 2 stars for me at the moment. Hoping to hear it live on Saturday.

Post by **stip** » Mon October 14, 2013 3:56 pm

I keep hearing it as part elegy, part lament, part challenge. It's a very cinematic song for me--attached to a particular image I've created in my mind. A person about to end their life, overawed by the size and scope of the universe they are about to rejoin, and the demand that the universe acknowledge them before that moment. The song is stately and dignified, as befitting that moment. Somber and wistful--recognizing the sanctity of the moment despite the insignificance of the person--the way he draws a connection between himself and the larger world through the yellow moon, which he knows isn't rising for him, but he wills that connection anyway. And it is one of Eddie's best vocal performances in really a long long time.

Mon October 14, 2013 4:02 pm

bluestate wrote:I'm just gonna keep reading this thread until someone can convince me why this is such a great song. 2 stars for me at the moment. Hoping to hear it live on Saturday.

I really wish i could describe why i like or don't like songs, but most of the time its just that i do or i don't. And this one i do, i really love everything about it.

Thejambi · Post by **Thejambi** » Mon October 14, 2013 4:20 pm

The emotions and visuals this song paints are amazing. The sky going black because all the stars have "fallen" out of the sky. Yes.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Mon October 14, 2013 4:34 pm

Thejambi wrote:The emotions and visuals this song paints are amazing. The sky going black because all the stars have "fallen" out of the sky. Yes.

Yup. It's a far more expansive and melancholy "Lowlight", imo. There's definitely a stargazing-at-night alone vibe.

Post by **stip** » Mon October 14, 2013 4:35 pm

I just said this in the l-bolt thread but there is a ton of subtle but deeply evocative imagery in this song, and the music, lyrics, and vocals really intertwine in magnificent ways. This is one of the most effective pieces of craft in a long time.

chinofstone · Post by **chinofstone** » Mon October 14, 2013 4:37 pm

stip wrote:I just said this in the l-bolt thread but there is a ton of subtle but deeply evocative imagery in this song, and the music, lyrics, and vocals really intertwine in magnificent ways. This is one of the most effective pieces of craft in a long time.

I keep picturing a person outside in the dark alone, on a grassy knoll, looking to the moon, sky, heavens, moments before dying.

Post by **stip** » Mon October 14, 2013 4:46 pm

me too. And once I got that image in my head this song became immensely powerful

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