Red Mosquito

darth_vedder wrote:Who's the genius in PJ's marketing department that thought it would be a good idea to release an album on the same day as Taylor Swift?

If it's Tim Bierman, it'd make sense.

VinylGuy wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Who's the genius in PJ's marketing department that thought it would be a good idea to release an album on the same day as Taylor Swift?

Yeah what’s surprising is that tay tay announced it first

It was announced first, yes, but I think Pearl Jam had April 19th circled and finalized as the release date far before Swift's announcement.

epilogue wrote:

psychobain wrote:

daft twat wrote:This is really boring. I mean, if you loved the most recent Arctic Monkeys record, you’re going to love this. Word salad, recycled beats and melodies, no great hooks. This is her first misstep. Bummer.

i loved their last 2...so

Yeah, I haven't listened to this new Swift record yet at all, but the last two Arctic Monkeys records were lit!

Tranquility & Car are fire.

Stickman wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Who's the genius in PJ's marketing department that thought it would be a good idea to release an album on the same day as Taylor Swift?

If it's Tim Bierman, it'd make sense.

I can't get #TaylorJamDay to go viral?

I listened to the first four tracks. I like it well enough. Yes there are some recycled, or maybe familiar is the more gracious word, melodic ideas. Certainly, the lyrics aren't breaking any established TS mold. But I find it charming and engaging, so far. Some clever phrases and fun references.

We'll see what the other 47 tracks do to me....

But I'm also not a big fan, really. I didn't even start listening to her stuff until Lover and I didn't start diving deep until Midnights. Hell, I didn't hear 89 or Red in full until a few months ago. So...

I cant get into the album because im in full PJ mode, but maybe tonight i can listen to a few songs

After a first listen, i totally understand why this album might be a step down. Feels way too mid tempo, songs seem way too similar sometimes. I admit im not really craving for it, as these days is all PJ all the time, but still i dont remember nothing really grabbing me musically.

I guess the single, Florida!!! and Loml are my favorites and i still need to check out those other songs, that might be very interesting too because its Aaron Dessner producing them.

Ill come back to these songs later in the week to see whats happening then, but so far im not feeling it that much.

Taylor needs to call Finneas and make a very danceable album.

darth_vedder wrote:Who's the genius in PJ's marketing department that thought it would be a good idea to release an album on the same day as Taylor Swift?

did anyone know she was dropping an album? from what i heard it was a surprise

Peeps wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Who's the genius in PJ's marketing department that thought it would be a good idea to release an album on the same day as Taylor Swift?

did anyone know she was dropping an album? from what i heard it was a surprise

TTPD was not a surprise.
TTPD: Anthology was a second album that was a surprise.

We're just celebrating mediocrity in itself at this point, right?

BurtReynolds wrote:We're just celebrating mediocrity in itself at this point, right?

Rate how upset a woman having fun makes you.

who can have fun at a time like this?

I didn't know who Taylor Swift was until one day, at my job which at the time was writing product descriptions of shoes for Amazon.com, I saw a show that had 12.13.89 on it. I was curious why my birthday was on a shoe (not the 1989 part, but the 12.13 part). I asked my coworkers (all young single women save for one who was married like me) and received quite an education on that day.

Now she, Dick Van Dyke, me, and Steve Buscemi get together every December and toast one another's good health.

Stickman wrote:Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna cancelled over fears of terror attack

I was in Vienna and my fiancée would have been at the concert with three friends. Weird feeling

Mike wrote:

Stickman wrote:Taylor Swift concerts in Vienna cancelled over fears of terror attack

I was in Vienna and my fiancée would have been at the concert with three friends. Weird feeling

damn, yeah i guess its a very weird feeling to have yeah

also sucks she couldnt see the eras tour. Its amazing.