Red Mosquito

Ello Sailor wrote:Wreckage is growing on me. That can't be good.

mikejasond wrote:

Arthur Morgan wrote:I think Ed is talented enough to write convincing lyrics about something seemingly personal but is not. He probably draws inspiration from many different avenues, personal being one but not entirely.

It’s is interesting to think about the inspiration of some of the lyrics on the album though

Yeah. I think what makes it interesting to think about is how PREVALENT the themes are, which previously has only been the case when he's feeling political and usually in the form of righteous anger. This is obviously something different. When the first three tracks, and the final track are all hitting a similar out of the box (for Eddie) theme, it's surprising. That places the album in a thematic space that I feel we haven't seen since Vitalogy (Last Exit, and Immortality together, setting a very dark bookend). Scared of Fear and Setting Sun similarly bookend this, and Scared of Fear even mentions a 'setting sun'. But then React/Respond and Wreckage seem to be about the same thing so the bookends feel even bigger. And then there's songs like Upper Hand which play into that same theme, and Im not sure some of the others don't as well.

It makes you wonder what has made him focus in so heavily on those themes in this album (which I know some have mentioned Cornell, but to me seems very strongly to be about divorce or a break-up of a very long and serious relationship), what his intention was, and what emotional space he was in when writing it.

Maybe, as people said above, its because this album came together quickly, so maybe he was feeling something at the time, it bled into a bunch of songs at once, and that led to this album that comes off more like a concept album than anything I feel they've ever written perhaps.

tragabigzanda wrote:Scared of Fear is really growing on me.

Title track and Running still suck.

Got to Give and Setting Sun continue to elude my judgement.

Strat wrote:like, each song is so interesting from rhythm, melody, lyrics, eds voice, guitars, bass and everything in between.

one second im listening to the guitar and mad im just missed whatever JEff was doing.

Then a beautiful background harmony pops in...

Just ear candy everywhere

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:like, each song is so interesting from rhythm, melody, lyrics, eds voice, guitars, bass and everything in between.

one second im listening to the guitar and mad im just missed whatever JEff was doing.

Then a beautiful background harmony pops in...

Just ear candy everywhere

Warheads amirite

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:like, each song is so interesting from rhythm, melody, lyrics, eds voice, guitars, bass and everything in between.

one second im listening to the guitar and mad im just missed whatever JEff was doing.

Then a beautiful background harmony pops in...

Just ear candy everywhere

Warheads amirite

dimejinky99 wrote:RM now in the comfortable middle age bracket, excited that it can share the joy of something exciting happening by their guys at the very other end of the middle aged going into elderly bracket


It’s cute

Fattie_Vedder wrote:The water imagery on this is a) a river, and b) plumbing. There are no waves or oceans.