New songs at soundcheck

[Farmer John]

Can someone tell me around what time of the song they hear strings? I need to really focus and try to hear it.

i dont think there are actually any strings there. A couple folks are just saying "Oh, this spot, this is where i imagine strings would be"

*sax

I don't know, to me it sounds like strings but I could be wrong. At the end I hear stone and mike and another string as a middle layer between the two...

It sounds like Boom's keyboard strings.

[harmless]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

[mastaflatch]

true story: when i thought of a "dull" PJ song, the first one that came to mind was SoS but it's only because i really hate the arrangements on this one. the song itself isn't dull.

[HardTI]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

It would be a little bit of a cock tease to me though. Like the middle jam in Unemployable or the solo in Amongst the Waves. Man, Unemployable could have turned into something epic... (still might be my favorite track on the album)

[harmless]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

It would be a little bit of a cock tease to me though. Like the middle jam in Unemployable or the solo in Amongst the Waves. Man, Unemployable could have turned into something epic... (still might be my favorite track on the album)

I was never a huge fan of the 'jam band' aspect of their sound, really. I'm not bothered with solos I guess. I like them but yeah, not bothered.

[HardTI]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

It would be a little bit of a cock tease to me though. Like the middle jam in Unemployable or the solo in Amongst the Waves. Man, Unemployable could have turned into something epic... (still might be my favorite track on the album)

I was never a huge fan of the 'jam band' aspect of their sound, really. I'm not bothered with solos I guess. I like them but yeah, not bothered.

I see. It's interesting that the band has such a huge fanbase and enough songs that people like them for different reasons. I'm totally into the more jammy stuff. What would you say are a few of your favorite songs of theirs? I'm just curious to get an idea of your musical tastes.

[griffinxi]

true story: when i thought of a "dull" PJ song, the first one that came to mind was SoS but it's only because i really hate the arrangements on this one. the song itself isn't dull.

I'm with you on this one. I remember when I heard the (acoustic?) demo for SoS, and I thought to myself, "Man, this sounds great." Then they gave it the full band treatment and it got about 800% worse. That arrangement sounds borderline inept to me.

[harmless]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

It would be a little bit of a cock tease to me though. Like the middle jam in Unemployable or the solo in Amongst the Waves. Man, Unemployable could have turned into something epic... (still might be my favorite track on the album)

I was never a huge fan of the 'jam band' aspect of their sound, really. I'm not bothered with solos I guess. I like them but yeah, not bothered.

I see. It's interesting that the band has such a huge fanbase and enough songs that people like them for different reasons. I'm totally into the more jammy stuff. What would you say are a few of your favorite songs of theirs? I'm just curious to get an idea of your musical tastes.

I don't think it's that I *prefer* their less jammy stuff. I just think a song is a good song, whether it's got a jam or not, and the inclusion of a jam doesn't lift it from being a good song to a great song for me. Other aspects do. A jam is actually going to be more likely to diminish a song's quality if I see it as unnecessary. So, for example, I took a long time to adjust to loooong jam sections in the middle of RVM. The best version of that song is the album version, where the jam is just long enough to keep the song from getting boring. An example of a jam that *does* work is the change to the fast pace on Present Tense's outro, on the album version. *That* kind of long jam at the end is the kind of thing they could extend live, and I'd be happy. Maybe the outro is a good place for a jam? I don't know. I just like a tightly structured song, I guess. There are always exceptions. Crazy Mary is totally enhanced by all of Boom's playing with his organ. (There's no way of writing that without it sounding funny.) Pearl Jam always had a big classic rock underpinning to their sound, and while I respect that, and I know that it's attracted probably a majority of fans, for me it was the 'alternative' and harder edge which attracted me to Pearl Jam. I like some classic rock fine, a bit of it a lot, but I was never a huge fan of the indulgent guitar solo like some. I never liked Guns 'n Roses and stuff like that. It's why Mike has always been a dispensable part of the band for me (sorry Mike!) but Stone was essential. In fact, it's nice to hear Stone riffing again on MYM, even if this riff is... not as good as they were.

[HardTI]

You guys know what would suck? If this song being soundchecked is really just like 3 minutes long and they are just practicing certain parts over and over.

If the parts are as nice as they sound, I guess I won't mind that.

It would be a little bit of a cock tease to me though. Like the middle jam in Unemployable or the solo in Amongst the Waves. Man, Unemployable could have turned into something epic... (still might be my favorite track on the album)

I was never a huge fan of the 'jam band' aspect of their sound, really. I'm not bothered with solos I guess. I like them but yeah, not bothered.

I see. It's interesting that the band has such a huge fanbase and enough songs that people like them for different reasons. I'm totally into the more jammy stuff. What would you say are a few of your favorite songs of theirs? I'm just curious to get an idea of your musical tastes.

I don't think it's that I *prefer* their less jammy stuff. I just think a song is a good song, whether it's got a jam or not, and the inclusion of a jam doesn't lift it from being a good song to a great song for me. Other aspects do. A jam is actually going to be more likely to diminish a song's quality if I see it as unnecessary. So, for example, I took a long time to adjust to loooong jam sections in the middle of RVM. The best version of that song is the album version, where the jam is just long enough to keep the song from getting boring. An example of a jam that *does* work is the change to the fast pace on Present Tense's outro, on the album version. *That* kind of long jam at the end is the kind of thing they could extend live, and I'd be happy. Maybe the outro is a good place for a jam? I don't know. I just like a tightly structured song, I guess. There are always exceptions. Crazy Mary is totally enhanced by all of Boom's playing with his organ. (There's no way of writing that without it sounding funny.) Pearl Jam always had a big classic rock underpinning to their sound, and while I respect that, and I know that it's attracted probably a majority of fans, for me it was the 'alternative' and harder edge which attracted me to Pearl Jam. I like some classic rock fine, a bit of it a lot, but I was never a huge fan of the indulgent guitar solo like some. I never liked Guns 'n Roses and stuff like that. It's why Mike has always been a dispensable part of the band for me (sorry Mike!) but Stone was essential. In fact, it's nice to hear Stone riffing again on MYM, even if this riff is... not as good as they were.

That's so well put. I totally agree. I really dislike the live RVM jams. Insignificance, to me, is a good example of that type of jam working in the middle of the song. I still think Unemployable could have benefited from a longer middle jam. Agree about Mike and Stone, but I like that Stone's riffs, these days, are more about finding interesting chord progressions and rhythms.

I feel like I don't need to post here any more cause we seem to mostly agree, and you're a bit more eloquent in your posts than I am.

[RG64]

Pm please! Would like to hear.

[bodysnatcher]

For all new or lurking RMs who are looking for links to this song... If it's taken down, here's a synopsis of what it sounds like:

Very Zeppelin-ish, with hints of Soundgarden, and maybe some Pink Floyd (but not as much Pink Floyd as some people would like). It brings back memories of Garden, Sleight of Hand, Nothing As It Seems, and Gone. Strings may exist amongst the Stone and Jeff interplay. No discernible lyrics, but Ed sounds good. Sounds like a great song on a D-/F quality recording.

[Revelator]

For all new or lurking RMs who are looking for links to this song... If it's taken down, here's a synopsis of what it sounds like:

Very Zeppelin-ish, with hints of Soundgarden, and maybe some Pink Floyd (but not as much Pink Floyd as some people would like). It brings back memories of Garden, Sleight of Hand, Nothing As It Seems, and Gone. Strings may exist amongst the Stone and Jeff interplay. No discernible lyrics, but Ed sounds good. Sounds like a great song on a D-/F quality recording.

Thanks for the description, bud! Haven't had a chance to hunt down a link yet but it definitely sounds interesting. MYM already has my hopes up big time for #10.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

[harmless]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

[bodysnatcher]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

maybe Wendy Carlos is smarter than her twin

[harmless]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

maybe Wendy Carlos is smarter than her twin

The baffling thing is that by Mike's 'better material than that', what she appears to mean is 'Inside Job'. Which... er... yeah.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

maybe Wendy Carlos is smarter than her twin

The baffling thing is that by Mike's 'better material than that', what she appears to mean is 'Inside Job'. Which... er... yeah.

But Inside Job isn't terrible, musically. It's the lyrics that ruin it for me.

[harmless]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

maybe Wendy Carlos is smarter than her twin

The baffling thing is that by Mike's 'better material than that', what she appears to mean is 'Inside Job'. Which... er... yeah.

But Inside Job isn't terrible, musically. It's the lyrics that ruin it for me.

I agree, but Wendy Carlos's Twin is referring to lyrics as well.

[bodysnatcher]

I feel about Speed Of Sound the same way I feel about Around The Bend and Thumbing My Way. They're nice enough songs but they're really pedestrian and plain and low-key and not all that interesting musically when it comes down to it. Eddie is the only band member who writes songs like this. Even Mike has written better material than that.

This stop is where I get off.

maybe Wendy Carlos is smarter than her twin

The baffling thing is that by Mike's 'better material than that', what she appears to mean is 'Inside Job'. Which... er... yeah.

But Inside Job isn't terrible, musically. It's the lyrics that ruin it for me.

I agree, but Wendy Carlos's Twin is referring to lyrics as well.

"Last Soldier" was pretty great

[rickson]

Guys

Anyone can PM and help me to get this?

Thanks!!!