harmless wrote:I've grown more and more nervous of Sirens. It could be horribly cheesy and terrible. It could be powerful and awesome. It could be all of the above.
Best case, of course I'm hoping for pretty straight "powerful and awesome." Realistically, I think I'll be happy if it manages to take some from Column A and some from Column B.
Lounge Lizard wrote:Guys, help me out. I was reading a conversation on this forum this morning, it was about Ed's high note singing, and falcetto singing, things like that. Can't find it anywhere. Which thread was that, can anyone remember?
the video thread. it was in response to the chole dancer video
stupidmop wrote:What do people think of black? I mean its basically a power ballad. But I think they need to get more power ballady than that. But people wouldn't be describing it as power ballady or kinda cheesy if it was like black.
I guess FoN is kinda power ballady too? Bleurgh.
I'm worried about this being Inside Job more than FoN. Before Inside Job came out, people were saying it was 'like Black', a totally epic rock ballad, Mike is God. Etc. etc. We also had comparisons with Pink Floyd, to top it all off. So far, this is history repeating, so either he's got everything right this time, or it's the same again. But I agree with you; Black is totally a power ballad. But it has melancholy to counteract the cheese. Inside Job doesn't really.
Inside Job got botched. Between the lyrics (Sorry Mike) and the crap production, the song is a dud. With better lyrical treatment and any type of production that doesn't sound like it's from inside a tin can (I guess that's what Inside Job really means), the song could be powerful. It could be pink floyd-esque.
Here's hoping Sirens is actually what Inside Job was trying to be.
stupidmop wrote:What do people think of black? I mean its basically a power ballad. But I think they need to get more power ballady than that. But people wouldn't be describing it as power ballady or kinda cheesy if it was like black.
I guess FoN is kinda power ballady too? Bleurgh.
I'm worried about this being Inside Job more than FoN. Before Inside Job came out, people were saying it was 'like Black', a totally epic rock ballad, Mike is God. Etc. etc. We also had comparisons with Pink Floyd, to top it all off. So far, this is history repeating, so either he's got everything right this time, or it's the same again. But I agree with you; Black is totally a power ballad. But it has melancholy to counteract the cheese. Inside Job doesn't really.
Inside Job got botched. Between the lyrics (Sorry Mike) and the crap production, the song is a dud. With better lyrical treatment and any type of production that doesn't sound like it's from inside a tin can (I guess that's what Inside Job really means), the song could be powerful. It could be pink floyd-esque.
Here's hoping Sirens is actually what Inside Job was trying to be.
Mike's comments about how proud he is of it would suggest that it is. So yay.
Is anyone else worried about the amount of fadeouts on this album?
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
harmless wrote:
Is anyone else worried about the amount of fadeouts on this album?
Back to the fadeouts conversation, eh? No, they don't bother me too much. Rival's about the only one that I wish they'd let end naturally. And, that's only because I can't get enough of that crazy carnival music.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
I don't remember the page, but it's not worth listening to so I wouldn't worry. If I'd listened to it a second time it was in danger of ruining the song.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
harmless wrote:
Is anyone else worried about the amount of fadeouts on this album?
Back to the fadeouts conversation, eh? No, they don't bother me too much. Rival's about the only one that I wish they'd let end naturally. And, that's only because I can't get enough of that crazy carnival music.
I really like the music to Rival, but damn those lyrics suck. I don't really care about fade outs and prefer them to abrupt stops (Dirty Frank) or songs just going forever like Crazy Mary live.
Don't know if it's been mentioned here but someone on the Porch message board said Mike is doing an interview tonight at 9:00 PM pacific time on this radio station.
