Red Mosquito

I love 2:34-4:30 on this song.

theplatypus wrote:This song is kind of exhausting on first listen.

my reaction too, though i did like it

i like the chorus

this actually feels good to me

cool musicianship mostly and ed doesn't sound terrible.. good enough range for him

3.3 stars

Strat wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:that first bass note makes no sense, it's a false start

Thats what i love about many of these tracks. You can feel the band in the studio together. Unleashed. Not cut and pasted.

that's a good point; there is more "accidental" ambient studio noise in this album than we had any right to expect in 2020

Did I hear "something something circumcised" in the lyrics?

It's better on 2nd listen. I think maybe I just had to come to terms that I might actually enjoy new PJ and now its blast off.

guitar_davey wrote:Did I hear "something something circumcised" in the lyrics?

yea what's with ed and penis references this album ? lol

This is the most rock AND roll this band has ever sounded

Strat wrote:This is the most rock AND roll this band has ever sounded

you could be right

bada wrote:It's better on 2nd listen. I think maybe I just had to come to terms that I might actually enjoy new PJ and now its blast off.

On second listen I can hear a little more of the band that made Backspacer in this song. Which is not an insult just an observation that I missed the first time. I like the mania in this song but it's less raw and a little shinier the second time around for me.

From about 2:45 on is just fucking superb.

this one was hard to wrap my arms around on first listen. didn't help that i had last exit in my head.

evenslow wrote:this one was hard to wrap my arms around on first listen. didn't help that i had last exit in my head.

I don't get the Last Exit comparison at all. Not even remotely close to it. This is more like a classic rock era Aerosmith does a Lightning Bolt era Pearl Jam song.

was hard for me to wrap my head around it due tot he ambient intro. It went the complete opposite direction and im still dealing with that.

the end sounds a bit like the jam on Habit....

EJ wrote:

evenslow wrote:this one was hard to wrap my arms around on first listen. didn't help that i had last exit in my head.

I don't get the Last Exit comparison at all. Not even remotely close to it. This is more like a classic rock era Aerosmith does a Lightning Bolt era Pearl Jam song.

yeah not sure who said that at first but it threw me off.

Strat wrote:was hard for me to wrap my head around it due tot he ambient intro. It went the complete opposite direction and im still dealing with that.

word

Really loving this one

Coach wrote:the end sounds a bit like the jam on Habit....

I agree

Jeff makes this song work for me