Red Mosquito

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96583UP wrote:there is a lot of buzz out there about a second single before the album drops

i think it's time for a '2nd single rumors and speculation' thread

MikeyIsGod wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

MikeyIsGod wrote:

pnjguy wrote:Stone saying "'we're excited to go on tour and play these new songs, they're very playable"

very different than

Thom Yorke saying after making Kid A "i don't know how we're going to play this stuff live."

This album is not going to be a major departure as some of us thought after hearing Dance.

well, i don't know what your thoughts on it are, but a couple friends and i agree that, for example, Infallible sounds much better live than on the record. maybe given the prickly relationship i have with DOTC illustrates why i personally feel that way but Infallible feels a bit heavier (not just guitar wise). it feels like it has a little more umph to it. to a lesser extent in the same way the modern live version of No Way does. so perhaps the more electronic centric songs on this record will find a more organic balance in the live setting. plus if Klinghoffer actually is going to chime in here or there we could see something quite interesting.

Who the fuck cares about the live setting? How many times do you see PJ live vs. how many times do you listen to the song on the album? How the hell does Infallible sound heavier than this song? Infallible sounds like a pansy ass motherfucker next to DOTC.

jesus christ. i was comparing Infallible studio to Infallible live - it sounds better live, like there's more life to it. it's got a sturdy, heft to it that's not on the recording. also, i listen to a live concert about 5x as much as i listen to the studio records. so i care a lot how it translates to the live show. this is a live band; i don't think anyone has ever successfully argued the other way around. there's a reason they've released every concert as an official bootleg for 19 years - because they're an incredible live band that people love to see where every song is elevated.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I never ever listen to live shows. Studio all the way, baby.

bodysnatcher wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I never ever listen to live shows. Studio all the way, baby.

i'm with you here

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

hidinginlowlight wrote:I used to post here in the mid-00s, and this board was super important to how I discovered new music throughout that decade. I don't think I posted at all in the 2010s though, so it's great to be sufficiently excited by something that the band has released that I want to post again. I know this just echoes what so many other have said, but I really didn't think the band had anything as out of their comfort zone as DOTC left in them.

Stone's comments about the rest of Gigaton have me a bit worried, but I'm hoping that we're supposed to interpret his quote as three things (some variety, some straightforward rockers, and some ballads) rather than two (variety consisting of straightforward rockers and ballads). Somehow it doesn't make sense to me that the band would realize that it's a good idea to keep "Can't Deny Me" off the album and also realize that DOTC is a compelling first single, but then go ahead and fill the rest of the album with generic short punkish rock songs anyway.

You write quite like Argo.

96583UP wrote:enough of this poppycock

we need a '2nd single rumors and speculation' thread, pronto

Leatherhead wrote:

96583UP wrote:enough of this poppycock

we need a '2nd single rumors and speculation' thread, pronto

The 2nd single will definitely be the most straight forward rock song.

Birds in Hell wrote:Dance of the Clairvoyants works because it's a strong song with good ideas which they committed to, not because it's weird or unusual.

96583UP wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

96583UP wrote:enough of this poppycock

we need a '2nd single rumors and speculation' thread, pronto

The 2nd single will definitely be the most straight forward rock song.

god damn right

everyone will be knee deep in their fedoras and glow sticks and skinny jeans and white sneakers and then all the sudden MONSTER MCCREADY SOLO COMES IN AND MAKES EVERYONE LOOK LIKE SCARED LITTLE BABIES

doug rr wrote:

96583UP wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

96583UP wrote:enough of this poppycock

we need a '2nd single rumors and speculation' thread, pronto

The 2nd single will definitely be the most straight forward rock song.

god damn right

everyone will be knee deep in their fedoras and glow sticks and skinny jeans and white sneakers and then all the sudden MONSTER MCCREADY SOLO COMES IN AND MAKES EVERYONE LOOK LIKE SCARED LITTLE BABIES

see, i'm hoping its more like 1969 fleetwood mac's Then Play On album

Homeboyd wrote:As someone who got Cropduster in five straight shows in 2003 I can absolutely say that is the ultimate show stopper. And I like the song.

Infallible just sucks live.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The crazy thing is LB - as shitty as it sounds (and it does sound extremely shitty) - is still far from the worst-sounding record BOB has produced

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MikeyIsGod wrote:

Homeboyd wrote:As someone who got Cropduster in five straight shows in 2003 I can absolutely say that is the ultimate show stopper. And I like the song.

Infallible just sucks live.

Crop-duster isn't that good of a song in general (though i didn't think it was bad in Seattle two years ago. but i'm not arguing that Infallible is great (i don't think it is). i just think it comes across better live. the fact that it stops a setlist has more to do with the song in general because even a better version of it still isn't as good as the usual suspects live.