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Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:30 am
by stip
The music is coherent, but this is one of Eddie's more schizophrenic compositions in terms of where everything is.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by Homeboyd
Song is kind of a mess but I liked it...it's not a mess in the sense that it's bad or cringy or tries too hard, it's just a messy song. No real chorus or hook but it jumbles along and yet I enjoyed it.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by JimX6
I really don't like the layered vocals AT ALL.

The more I listen to it I'm warming up to it... but I was really hoping for a more grounded/somber mature direction/Riot Act sound. This feels like 10 steps in the wrong direction after DotC

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by scrub12
Still digesting this one but I can't imagine there will be any live version of this with the studio lyrics. Ed will fuck up something every time.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by The Town
theplatypus wrote:Musically it sounds like a wussy out of breath version of "We Must Have Blood" by The Dwarves

What the fuck is that solo
I don't know The Dwarves but like the song you suggested.
And pretty funny, Superblood Wolfmoon and We Must Have Blood have a similar atmospheric interlude(postlude?) at the end.

I feel like Superblood Wolfmoon is referencing other bands/genres I'm not familiar with and that, because the song is lacking, are required to really 'get' the song.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by Jaeti
dad wrote:Anyone else think the intro drums are similar to Undone?
I think they're lifted directly.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by evenslow
i don't think it's a great song but i do think there are some interesting things going on here.

-the second half of the song rules
-it's a billion times better than CDM which i'm sorry we have to keep bringing up b/c it was initially the first single from the new PJ album.
- turns out the breakdown we heard initially is maybe the best part of the song.
- ed is in his wheelhouse here, which should make many RM sticklers happy.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:31 am
by stip
I'm off to bed. Good night RM

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:32 am
by guitar_davey
tragabigzanda wrote:ok, things that are good:

1. the general production at least has a bit more depth to it than the last couple records
2. I like the "la la la" part
3. I like that the guitars have a little bite to them
4. I like the "She was a stunner" part, but just for a bar or two
5. I appreciate that Ed is sticking within a comfortable range

But none of that matters because the underlying composition is so generic. This is, musically speaking, one of the most boring songs they've ever released. My hopes for this album just took a huge dive.

G'night team! I love Pearl Jam so I'll keep giving it a shot, but I don't see anything changing.

I agree with pretty much all of this.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:32 am
by RAG319
dad wrote:Anyone else think the intro drums are similar to Undone?
Yeah, it's exactly the same except in SBWM Matt rides the crash and the snare tone in Undone sounds like a trash can lid.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:32 am
by hlniv
stip wrote:The first minute could defintiely stand to be a bit heavier/dirtier - it would make the contrast with the lalalala part stronger (which I do like). I do like the main riff when it picks up again around 1:10. I wish they repeated the lalalla part - the spokenish word bit that replaces it the second time doesn't do a ton for me.

Once Mike's solo kicks in (more to mark a transition than any love for that part) the song kciks up a notch. I'm with hlnv on that. The last minute is the best part
La la la part is bad. Real bad.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by Jaeti
JimX6 wrote:I was really hoping for a more grounded/somber mature direction/Riot Act sound.
Yeah.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by Noaheb
dad wrote:Anyone else think the intro drums are similar to Undone?
jesus thank you! yes I just couldn't think of the damn name.
I kept thinking its not down its the other one but whats the name.
the beginning sounds exactly like it to me

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by mkay0
scrub12 wrote:Still digesting this one but I can't imagine there will be any live version of this with the studio lyrics. Ed will fuck up something every time.
I think he’s going to take this one extremely seriously and they’ll have a plan to how it will translate live

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by verb_to_trust
brandez wrote:I do think the solo is badass... but I am an Eddie Van Halen fan. The breakdown coming out of the solo sounds like it was pieced together from another song, though.

The whole things is rather ADHD. YouTubes says Ed plays guitar. So, it's probably an Ed song?
I heard him aping EVH in the solo too!

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by Monkey_Driven
evenslow wrote:i don't think it's a great song but i do think there are some interesting things going on here.

-the second half of the song rules
-it's a billion times better than CDM which i'm sorry we have to keep bringing up b/c it was initially the first single from the new PJ album.
- turns out the breakdown we heard initially is maybe the best part of the song.
- ed is in his wheelhouse here, which should make many RM sticklers happy.
I do enjoy the last minute.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:33 am
by Johnny Turner
The worst part is the last 10 seconds of the song and what Ed is doing there. It ends with a bad taste.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:34 am
by Birds in Hell
tragabigzanda wrote:the general production at least has a bit more depth to it than the last couple records
Agreed.

The production on this song is much, much better than either of the last two records.
tragabigzanda wrote: But none of that matters because the underlying composition is so generic. This is, musically speaking, one of the most boring songs they've ever released. My hopes for this album just took a huge dive.
Agreed here too, sadly.

This really is absolute junk.

One of the band’s worst and least interesting songs.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:34 am
by Jaeti
evenslow wrote:- turns out the breakdown we heard initially is maybe the best part of the song.
It really might be. Can't swear it yet, but that's my initial feeling. Alas.

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

Posted: Tue February 18, 2020 5:34 am
by McParadigm
I like it. It’s a fine album track, except for some lyrics and the cut between solo and outtro.

I like the aspects that are Sonicsesque and the places where it defies expectations (that first chorus with the wordless call-and-response, the unexpected twists of the solo) most.

Performance and production remain massively improved from recent years.