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oh my god? now that I've heard a good quality clip I can hear that Matt goes four to the floor bass drum on the chorus, with alternating off-beats on the hat, like disco indie? it's absolutely bonkers, PJ have never done that, but I love it
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Ms Harmless wrote:oh my god? now that I've heard a good quality clip I can hear that Matt goes four to the floor bass drum on the chorus, with alternating off-beats on the hat, like disco indie? it's absolutely bonkers, PJ have never done that, but I love it
oh wait, these are the 16th notes Stone was talking about; rad
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That little plinky riff (can't think of a better term)
Reminds me of the thing Mike does in the intro when they cover Baba O'Riley
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Clem Halibut wrote:That little plinky riff (can't think of a better term)
Reminds me of the thing Mike does in the intro when they cover Baba O'Riley
I think that's where people were coming up with The Police references
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This one has a Riot Act/Green Disease feel to me. Only more metal. Hope this becomes a crowd favorite at shows.
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The guitar tone on the chorus is terrific...can't wait to hear the full version.
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what a banger this one is
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I never liked Johnny Guitar, but I hear some of what that song was going for in this one, done a LOT better. It's probably mostly the "plinky riff" referenced above.
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Liked it a lot on the bootleg.
I expect this one to benefit the most from studio quality once it’s released.
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Loving this one early on. Tasty!
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Vindicator wrote:
Clem Halibut wrote:That little plinky riff (can't think of a better term)
Reminds me of the thing Mike does in the intro when they cover Baba O'Riley
I think that's where people were coming up with The Police references
also the disco punk groove in the chorus, bit Blondie too
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This one has the most Ten era McCready solo outro.

Overall, it's nothing special though.
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I love this song, Ed's horror punk chorus delivery is awesomesauce
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Ed channelling Peter Garrett and Midnight Oil here, particularly the bridge.
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There's some soaring guitars just ahead of the chorus that I really like.
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pearl jam sucks now
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could've done without the bit of earthing-style, computerized-eddie vocal at the end of the second (?) chorus, but that's my only problem with this one.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Everyone keeps calling this a highlight and I’d love to enjoy a live version. But I cringe at the “don’t react, respond” bit.
Fair. Especially because it expresses the opposite sentiment of the song title.
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dprival78 wrote:could've done without the bit of earthing-style, computerized-eddie vocal at the end of the second (?) chorus, but that's my only problem with this one.
That part is great reminded me of binaural
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Wasn't sure about this one when it started, but it's in my head now. Initial reaction is it's PJ trying to sound like a couple of their influences and actually pulling it off.
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