Red Mosquito

theplatypus wrote:It's a song I dislike more in theory than when I'm actually listening to it.

I'll take it.

The Color Red

4/5 wrote:The Color Red

I thought about taking it, too.

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:It's a song I dislike more in theory than when I'm actually listening to it.

I'll take it.

Hate is a strong word for this kind of song; something so benign is undeserving of hate, really, just disappointment that its many glimpses of potential are squandered rather than fulfilled. If it was just one or two degrees stranger it would have been a really solid tune. I agree that it's a steal this late in the game.

Doc, will you do a list of unpicked songs from Tourney 2? It'll be interesting to compare against the first tourney. page 80 of last tourney thread btw.

monkey_driven is past 8 hours. He can make his final selection when he returns.

Waffling between two songs.

okay, as much as I want to take The Fixer and as great as it sounds after RVM, this is an all star team and there is only one song that can close it out

Because gold's just not good enough

and I don't think about the bronze...

LetMeSleep wrote:Doc, will you do a list of unpicked songs from Tourney 2? It'll be interesting to compare against the first tourney. page 80 of last tourney thread btw.

I will, but it most likely will be after Im home from work tonight

Guys, I forgot to PM monkey_driven last night. So it's pretty much my fault he hasn't picked yet.

4/5 wrote:Guys, I forgot to PM monkey_driven last night. So it's pretty much my fault he hasn't picked yet.

unless he has been checking his email, then it wouldnt have mattered, he hasnt been on since around 1pm on saturday. im sure he will make it in soon and still get a song he wants

4/5 wrote:The Color Red

That was my other option for final pick.

stip wrote:okay, as much as I want to take The Fixer and as great as it sounds after RVM, this is an all star team and there is only one song that can close it out

Because gold's just not good enough

and I don't think about the bronze...

Wow, I'm shocked you passed up The Fixer... But you're reasoning is pretty flawless

P - R - I - V - A - C - Y is priceless to me...


pry, to

durdencommatyler wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I know it's a controversial choice. Most folks 'round these parts hate this song very much. It's not gonna win me any points, and it may cost me some votes. But I LOVE this song. And I promised myself that if it was still around for my last pick, I'd grab it up.

On a side note, it's my wive's favorite song from Backspacer. She lit up like a midwestern, suburban block the week before Christmas when they played it last time we saw them live together. So this one's for her...

Amongst the Waves

That's a great 10th round pick, and its a good song, not one of my favorites but still a good one

I feel like it's a steal this late in the 10th. Even if it's not loved on this board, it's a solid song and I'm proud to have it on my team.

I considered this one, along with one that is still available so I won't name it, and Out Of My Mind.

I'm not a huge fan of ATW, only b/c I feel it's trying too hard to be a GTF type of song, and it's just falls kinda flat. Having said that, I do not hate it, I'm just more disappointed in it.

I've been appreciating it more and more lately.

I was trying out a few Backspacer songs on my mix, and I have to say that they sound better (or even better) in a slightly different context. For instance, after a run of save you, corduroy, and RVM amongst the ways sounds much larger. The fixer as well. What may have hurt some of the bigger anthems is that there isn't anything on the record that they are responding to. You need to sort of plug in the back catalog. So the salvation story in Amongst the Waves sounds more believable following the intensity of RVM. It primes you for it more effectively than say, just breathe

bluestate wrote:

stip wrote:okay, as much as I want to take The Fixer and as great as it sounds after RVM, this is an all star team and there is only one song that can close it out

Because gold's just not good enough

and I don't think about the bronze...

Wow, I'm shocked you passed up The Fixer... But you're reasoning is pretty flawless

I was fully prepared to take either The Fixer or Amongst the Waves to close out my team. But then this idea popped into my head and I couldn't dislodge it. All three songs sound great in my 10 slot, albeit this one for a different reason

stip wrote:I've been appreciating it more and more lately.

I was trying out a few Backspacer songs on my mix, and I have to say that they sound better (or even better) in a slightly different context. For instance, after a run of save you, corduroy, and RVM amongst the ways sounds much larger. The fixer as well. What may have hurt some of the bigger anthems is that there isn't anything on the record that they are responding to. You need to sort of plug in the back catalog. So the salvation story in Amongst the Waves sounds more believable following the intensity of RVM. It primes you for it more effectively than say, just breathe

That makes sense. I'll have to try that combo of RVM > ATW. I thought ATW may have worked after LBC, or maybe even MFC.

stip wrote:I've been appreciating it more and more lately.

I was trying out a few Backspacer songs on my mix, and I have to say that they sound better (or even better) in a slightly different context. For instance, after a run of save you, corduroy, and RVM amongst the ways sounds much larger. The fixer as well. What may have hurt some of the bigger anthems is that there isn't anything on the record that they are responding to. You need to sort of plug in the back catalog. So the salvation story in Amongst the Waves sounds more believable following the intensity of RVM. It primes you for it more effectively than say, just breathe

i definitely like all of the backspacer songs when they are mixed with stuff from through out the catalog, when ever i have my ipod shuffling through PJ and a backspacer songs comes on i always enjoy it, but the album straight through is less enjoyable

i have a very heavy mix. A lot of loud and aggressive songs. Even my slower songs sound big. And so at the end of that run of songs things like Amongst the Waves, the Fixer, and Just Breathe (all of which I was looking at) sounded huge following those songs.

And the cracking fixer beginning sounded great coming right out of the end of RVM. I am gonna feel terrible about not taking it.