Red Mosquito

I do hear arctic monkeys a little bit though.

No, not that either.

I can’t imagine Jeff of Stone thinking “now, I’m picturing a real Arctic Monkeys vibe on this one.”

Do you think the only way similarities can exist is for them to be intentional?

spenno and jorge going head-to-head here.

theplatypus wrote:Do you think the only way similarities can exist is for them to be intentional?

No but I think the intentional touchstones are what’s important and interesting.

I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

scrub12 wrote:I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

if its not eds voice, what else are we gonna talk about? Dave Abbruzuzuzuzessee?

scrub12 wrote:I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

Yeah, I think he sounds great. Not great with a series of asterisks (his age, his declining abilities, etc.), just plain great.

Birds in Hell wrote:

scrub12 wrote:I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

Yeah, I think he sounds great. Not great with a series of asterisks (his age, his declining abilities, etc.), just plain great.

Ditto.

i wonder how much better ed would sound if he had just taken a break from the cigarettes. he always sounds so stuffy and congested.

Chris_H_2 wrote:i wonder how much better ed would sound if he had just taken a break from the cigarettes. he always sounds so stuffy and congested.

I thought he quit.

Strat wrote:

scrub12 wrote:I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

if its not eds voice, what else are we gonna talk about? Dave Abbruzuzuzuzessee?

Dave A 4-ever

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

scrub12 wrote:I’m having a hard time seeing where Ed sounds bad. This sounds right in his wheelhouse at this stage in his life.

Yeah, I think he sounds great. Not great with a series of asterisks (his age, his declining abilities, etc.), just plain great.

Ditto.

especially once the song gets going

wease wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i wonder how much better ed would sound if he had just taken a break from the cigarettes. he always sounds so stuffy and congested.

I thought he quit.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is just the sound of a dude in his 50s.

also i can hear some arcade fire in DotC

I bet Ive listened to this song 50 times already. I'm still sort of in shock that I liked it.

verb_to_trust wrote:I bet Ive listened to this song 50 times already. I'm still sort of in shock that I liked it.

This is what happens when Westerberg stops writing music for us.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

wease wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i wonder how much better ed would sound if he had just taken a break from the cigarettes. he always sounds so stuffy and congested.

I thought he quit.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is just the sound of a dude in his 50s.

Bruce Dickinson is 61 and Rob Halford is 68. Everyone is obviously different, but, I find this to be a bit of a weak excuse.

I read someone on here the other day say that this is a result of Ed "going for it" for the past twenty-nine years. Look, I'm eternally grateful for everything he has provided me, but, there are many other singers who also have spent their careers "going for it" and simply haven't deteriorated to the same degree.
Thom Yorke is 51, and while he might not reach the heights he once did, I just don't believe that the band needs to consider working around his limitations when coming up with new material. Black Francis still sounds phenomenal live. His vocal choices on the new record are very clearly artistic.

To be fair, this could be worse, right? Ed could be Bono, Perry Farrell, or Axl Rose

oneway23 wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

wease wrote:

Chris_H_2 wrote:i wonder how much better ed would sound if he had just taken a break from the cigarettes. he always sounds so stuffy and congested.

I thought he quit.

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this is just the sound of a dude in his 50s.

Bruce Dickinson is 61 and Rob Halford is 68. Everyone is obviously different, but, I find this to be a bit of a weak excuse.

I read someone on here the other day say that this is a result of Ed "going for it" for the past twenty-nine years. Look, I'm eternally grateful for everything he has provided me, but, there are many other singers who also have spent their careers "going for it" and simply haven't deteriorated to the same degree.
Thom Yorke is 51, and while he might not reach the heights he once did, I just don't believe that the band needs to consider working around his limitations when coming up with new material. Black Francis still sounds phenomenal live. His vocal choices on the new record are very clearly artistic.

To be fair, this could be worse, right? Ed could be Bono or Axl Rose

a) rob halford does not sound as good at age 68. no one on the planet does who is a hard rock singer. no one. no one at all.
b) you can't compare ed's voice and how he used it to thom fucking yorke and black francis. jesus christ.