Red Mosquito

I'm looking forward to my drive home so I can listen to this again

yea but after the intro...when ament drops the bass hammer....oh baby.

I’ve listened to it a handful more today and still dig it. I still don’t think it’s that closely related to another PJ song.

The solo is definitely better when you just ignore the solo and listen to everyone else.

Enjoying the Production of the two songs so far.

jrut81 wrote:

96583UP wrote:it's pretty clear though, based on how the drum beat starts off, that PJ lacks self-awareness of how many times when they get together to write songs, that they come in all 'excited' and this tempo is what comes out (edit: or that they do: and really don't care)

'time to jam, guys!' and then a quasi-Ramones wuss track starts playing

and they all do their Ramones/Who impression

and totally lose sight of the fact that they have put a song to print that sounds exactly like it 10 times before

'OK we did it! what a fun track! can't wait for people to hear this!'

Get out of my head!!!

There’s no need for Matt to start this song. Would’ve sounded better to jump in with everyone else.

hard agree

Also, I do need to give credit to the production of this song. I'm glad things are looking up in that department for the upcoming album.

also I don't know why it's only just occurred to me but Matt starts both songs

Ed sounds great. The production is great. The song has forward momentum and an interesting structure. This is one that so many people are going to feel stupid for originally hating when it clicks for them and they realize how wrong they have been.

let those fools have their tar tar sauce

I kind of like Olé, but haven't listened to it in quite a while. Gonna now and see.

There you go...

I hope Who Ever Said transitions into DotC smoothly because I think I’m done with this one after about 10 listens. I like that they’re having fun with it but not my thing. Kind of goofy. I do like the “La la la” part. The solo is fun. Maybe not an insta-skip but I won’t seek it out.

I’m a little less excited for the rest of Gigaton. The impression I got from the listener party reviews was that this was supposedly one of the stronger tracks. Hope I’m wrong. If that’s the case, I’m fucked.

SBWM does make me appreciate DotC that much more. Novelty hasn’t worn off that one at all.

Strat wrote:yea but after the intro...when ament drops the bass hammer....oh baby.

Im mostly just jealous of their jam space/studio. I hope one day to build something like that in my house.

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:im genuinely surprised the spenno didnt like it. the man likes ole, for crying out loud

It’s no Olé, unfortunately.

what does Ole have going for it (besides the solo/call and response outro, both of which are pretty cool) that this doesn't, in your eyes?

I should ask myself the same question. I think of these songs as cut from a reasonably similar cloth, and I like this and don't like Ole.

I think Olé is an enjoyable minor song. I wound't put it on the same level as Evacuation or Big Wave but it has some real power and propulsion and takes a few interesting twists and turns. It's nothing earth-shattering but it's fun and it rocks.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:Songs - Times played live

Supersonic - 19 times
Olé - 13 times
Hitchhiker - 1 time
Get right - 17 times
Big Wave - 30 times
Johnny Guitar - 17 times
Let the records play - 21 times

They.
Don't.
Work.

Period.

what's this list demonstrating?

That 'fun/happy' PJ songs aren't loved by their fanbase.

If they were, they'd play them live.

Plain and simple.

Logic is not your strong suit.

Thank you for your kind words.

Never noticed this forum was full of entitled a-holes until today.

Guys, Ed sounds terrible on this. As in, embarrassing

I still love DotC. This is just a mess.

New music always reminds me how easily people on this board get embarrassed and/or feel something is worthy of cringing.

It's a miracle any of us can leave the house

stip wrote:It's a miracle any of us can leave the house

Superlatives are RM's specialty.

Guilty. Life is hard for me. My office is basically a cave and I still manage to find cringe worthy moments throughout the day.