Song of the Moment: Yellow Moon

[McParadigm]

you know it never really comes up

[Angus]

Probably best song since Man of the Hour.

I'm so glad you like this, sir. It's my favourite on the album by miles

Team Copenhagen!

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

seems like every day its a different song stuck in my head, today its Yeeeaaaaaaaeeeeeeeeellllllloooww Moon on the Rise

[Thejambi]

This one has pulled away significantly. I love it.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

This one has pulled away significantly. I love it.

Im not ready to do my 2nd set of rankings, but this song is still tied with infallible for #2 behind pendulum

[Thejambi]

This one has pulled away significantly. I love it.

Im not ready to do my 2nd set of rankings, but this song is still tied with infallible for #2 behind pendulum

I like most of the songs when I hear them but this is the only one im seeking out.

[chinofstone]

I just had a conversation with myself.
This is the best song on the record.

[BurtReynolds]

I think its my favorite.

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

I love the love for the yellow moon

[chinofstone]

I love the love for the yellow moon

[numbers]

This, pendulum, and infallible are the ones I find myself seeking out specifically.

[Thejambi]

Pendulum is dropping. I like that they did this type of song but it needs a friend to go with it.

[Kevin Davis]

Of all the songs on the new record this is the one that I think suffers worst from its "O'Brienization"--I keep wanting it to be grainier, dustier, closer to that recording of Eddie and Mike playing "Let Me Sleep" in Italy. The composition has an almost Delta-Blues-y, "old weird America"-type vibe to it, and that sort of song isn't meant to scrubbed with a toothbrush until it sparkles squeaky clean. I agree with the people who've said Mike's solos are inappropriate.

[stupidmop]

Yeah its an ok/good song that could have been amazeballs.

Damnit pearl jam *shakes fist*

[Mike]

Is this song shifting between 6/4 and 5/4?

[harmless]

Is this song shifting between 6/4 and 5/4?

There are a couple of subtle time shifts. I'll have to check what they are, and then I'll probably still be wrong.

[Mike]

In the verses there's 6/4 or 3/4 going on and then at the end of a phrase it's suddenly 5/4! I always expect another beat. (Only when I'm focussing on it) Low Light does something similar.

[harmless]

Ordinarily the rhythm is 6/8 I think. But the last bar of some sections drops some beats, one more than Low Light I think. After I've finished listening to Janelle Monae I'll have a listen...

[stip]

Of all the songs on the new record this is the one that I think suffers worst from its "O'Brienization"--I keep wanting it to be grainier, dustier, closer to that recording of Eddie and Mike playing "Let Me Sleep" in Italy. The composition has an almost Delta-Blues-y, "old weird America"-type vibe to it, and that sort of song isn't meant to scrubbed with a toothbrush until it sparkles squeaky clean. I agree with the people who've said Mike's solos are inappropriate.

I bet that would sound pretty good (esp since I really love the song), but I think the cleaner, bigger production here gives it a little bit of drama that suits the song.

I've come around to mike's solos on this one. I wasn't a fan at first .

[harmless]

I think I get what people mean when they say the solos aren't appropriate to the song, but I don't hear it. It's a really bare-bones song, and I feel as if the same song on S/T (for example) would've been really boring. It might've ended up being "Come Back", which was just dull. In this case I think the arrangement and production bells and whistles actually help it to aspire for more. I still think it sounds like R.E.M in its lushness, which is nice. Their production values were often over the top.