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Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon January 13, 2014 9:47 pm
by Lament
I love the uneasy, inverted tension of the verses, and the slow burn in the narrator's frustration as he gets closer and closer to the chorus. Musically it matches the lyrics in a way the pedestrian "prettiness" of Puzzles & Games' verses don't even begin to. The release of the chorus works beautifully as well in that it's more of an answer-less sob of physical grief than an explosion of epiphany. It expresses a sentiment that's simultaneously complex & simple in way that's true to both sides of the coin without sacrificing either one for the sake of the other. It's the kind of unique piece very few bands could have pulled off as successfully as they do here.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon January 13, 2014 9:47 pm
by Norah
Yes, that.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon January 13, 2014 9:57 pm
by stip
Birds in Hell wrote:Light Years is...okay, I guess.
The best bit of the song is the part they kept from Puzzles & Games, the instrumental bridge.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon January 13, 2014 10:15 pm
by digster
That verse in Puzzles where Ed is mumbling on about being just a drunk, or whatever he's saying, kind of puts a brick wall to any momentum the song was building.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Mon January 13, 2014 10:22 pm
by Mine
I never really understood what was wrong with Light Years for some people and what Puzzles and Games had that people preferred it to. I guess it's just one of those instances where people just like "work in progress" sounding like songs.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:28 am
by VinylGuy
IluminEddie should come here and tell you this is not the Binaural thread.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:35 am
by stip
digster wrote:That verse in Puzzles where Ed is mumbling on about being just a drunk, or whatever he's saying, kind of puts a brick wall to any momentum the song was building.
yeah, part of me assumes that they are placeholder lyrics, perhaps unfairly
Mine wrote:I never really understood what was wrong with Light Years for some people and what Puzzles and Games had that people preferred it to. I guess it's just one of those instances where people just like "work in progress" sounding like songs.
I am not one of those people. I prefer Puzzles and games because I generally go in for that type of song more than what they were trying to do with Light Years. The unfinished quality does let you fill in the blanks though, and in my mind the blanks are awesome
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:35 am
by stip
VinylGuy wrote:IluminEddie should come here and tell you this is not the Binaural thread.
it doesn't matter. No one is Lets Actually Listening to this shit anyway
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:38 am
by VinylGuy
stip wrote:VinylGuy wrote:IluminEddie should come here and tell you this is not the Binaural thread.
it doesn't matter. No one is Lets Actually Listening to this shit anyway
New mods rules then? Cool..this is place is like the Pit now.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:57 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
VinylGuy wrote:stip wrote:VinylGuy wrote:IluminEddie should come here and tell you this is not the Binaural thread.
it doesn't matter. No one is Lets Actually Listening to this shit anyway
New mods rules then? Cool..this is place is like the Pit now.
No matter how much we fought it, this place was going to end up that way anyway.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:58 am
by Birds in Hell
I can't wait til one of the mods calls me at home to berate me about my posting.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 1:58 am
by digster
stip wrote:digster wrote:That verse in Puzzles where Ed is mumbling on about being just a drunk, or whatever he's saying, kind of puts a brick wall to any momentum the song was building.
yeah, part of me assumes that they are placeholder lyrics, perhaps unfairly
Oh, I'm sure they are, and I don't really hold it against the band that the lyrics aren't done; it's a demo. But if people start comparing it to Light Years, and saying it's better, I think the problems that are due to it being unfinished are fair game.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 2:04 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
Birds in Hell wrote:I can't wait til one of the mods calls me at home to berate me about my posting.
They hired me just so there's someone geographically close to you. At any time they will say the word, and I'll be knocking on your door.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 2:24 am
by VinylGuy
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:I can't wait til one of the mods calls me at home to berate me about my posting.
They hired me just so there's someone geographically close to you. At any time they will say the word, and I'll be knocking on your door.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 2:49 am
by stip
I have him on speed dial, just waiting for the perfect moment
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 3:17 am
by 96583UP
if Jack Irons had remained drummer, The Fixer never would have happened... sigh
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 3:19 am
by Sgt. Crackpot
stip wrote:I have him on speed dial, just waiting for the perfect moment
This I'm fine with. But I wish you'd stop sexting me.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 5:06 am
by Lament
Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I wish you'd stop sexting me.
File this under "Things Sarge will never say to me."
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 7:20 am
by Citizen Dick
Lament wrote:Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I wish you'd stop sexting me.
File this under "Things Sarge will never say to me."
In fairness, that's because you are very good at sexting.
Re: Lets Actually Listen to the Album: No Code
Posted: Tue January 14, 2014 7:21 am
by Lament
Citizen Dick wrote:In fairness, that's because you are very good at sexting.
It's true. There's very little I'm good at, but man can I sext.