Red Mosquito

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Lament wrote:For me it's just about preserving the manner of experience an album that I am comfortable with and maximizes my enjoyment. Growing up in the 90's, when you were anticipating an album you had a single (sometimes two) that you dove into before the album was released. That process gave a definition to how I dug into albums I spent months looking forward to.

When the Manics were getting ready to release Know Your Enemy in 2001, four songs leaked from it a few months before, and I gladly jumped on them. They ended up playing another four or five on the radio before it came out, and I made it a point to find copies of those online as well. When the album actually came out, I realized I'd already become familiar with more than half of it, and it definitely put a damper on an experience that I had fallen in love with. After that, I've always stuck to "Is this something I would have had access to in advance of an album when I was a kid?" as a rule of thumb. It works for me, and I never really find myself wanting to "cheat." I don't begrudge people who jump on everything immediately, or those who do the complete opposite. I hope everybody does what works best for them.

That being said, I do think it's kinda cool to see I'm not the only person who feels this way.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:Im not gonna listen to it anymore after my 2 listens this afternoon, but i really liked what i heard with sirens, i don't really remember any lyrics or any exacts of the music, but i keep thinking about it

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Same here.

bodysnatcher wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:Im not gonna listen to it anymore after my 2 listens this afternoon, but i really liked what i heard with sirens, i don't really remember any lyrics or any exacts of the music, but i keep thinking about it

That's what's I've realized most about this song. After listening to MYM a few times, I could hum the melodies, sing the lyrics, etc etc.
After a fair amount of listens to Sirens, I don't necessarily remember any melodies or chords or words (except "hear the sirens"), instead I remember the feeling I have when listening

Dugg wrote:

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Same here.

Really? Mine would have to be Daughter when I was in college (I'm old). Something about those opening chords blew me away. Plus we played it to death. Now I don't even love the song.

bodysnatcher wrote:In the same boat. Really have no idea what to expect after these two songs

stip wrote:

bodysnatcher wrote:In the same boat. Really have no idea what to expect after these two songs

the thing is that every song we've heard so far actually feels really different from each other, but they all flow together quite nicely.


It really is starting to look like they did something pretty special with this record.

stip wrote:

Dugg wrote:

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Same here.

Really? Mine would have to be Daughter when I was in college (I'm old). Something about those opening chords blew me away. Plus we played it to death. Now I don't even love the song.

well, WWS is a top 10 song for me (maybe even top 5) but it was just a breath of fresh air, a relief really, after Riot Act. It addressed every concern I had about the direction of the band in 3 minutes and 30 glorious seconds.

LetMeSleep wrote:

stip wrote:

Dugg wrote:

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Same here.

Really? Mine would have to be Daughter when I was in college (I'm old). Something about those opening chords blew me away. Plus we played it to death. Now I don't even love the song.

well, WWS is a top 10 song for me (maybe even top 5) but it was just a breath of fresh air, a relief really, after Riot Act. It addressed every concern I had about the direction of the band in 3 minutes and 30 glorious seconds.

Are we strictly talking studio versions? If not then Animal had we jumping around like an idiot. Studio wise probably Go. Seems I'm stuck in 93.

stip wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

stip wrote:

Dugg wrote:

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:That was a great day. WWS remains, to this day, my favorite 1st listen ever

Same here.

Really? Mine would have to be Daughter when I was in college (I'm old). Something about those opening chords blew me away. Plus we played it to death. Now I don't even love the song.

well, WWS is a top 10 song for me (maybe even top 5) but it was just a breath of fresh air, a relief really, after Riot Act. It addressed every concern I had about the direction of the band in 3 minutes and 30 glorious seconds.

Are we strictly talking studio versions? If not then Animal had we jumping around like an idiot. Studio wise probably Go. Seems I'm stuck in 93.

yeah, but the thing is coming out of 10 I was riding a pearl jam high and as long as a single didn't suck (not that those aren't incredible songs) I wouldn't care. WWS' high is magnified because my least favorite pearl jam album had just followed my second least favorite.

LetMeSleep wrote:Are we strictly talking studio versions? If not then Animal had we jumping around like an idiot. Studio wise probably Go. Seems I'm stuck in 93.

bluestate wrote:Hey guys, I'm actually really glad that I listened to Sirens. I was surprised to find out that I actually like it. I'm not crazy about it, but I certainly liked it better on first listen than some other PJ singles in the past. I think getting a little taste of it now will really help me fully digest it when I sit down with the full-length album.

I'm a little bit in Doc's camp in that I will just give this a few listens to get a taste for it and then pack it away so that everything is fresh for my first listen to the full album. I only listened to MYM about 10 times, so I'll probably do the same with Sirens, and then it's cold turkey for me.

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I'm wearing a rather large beanie today. I don't want anyone to see my ear-boners.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:I'm wearing a rather large beanie today. I don't want anyone to see my ear-boners.

Did you listen to sirens?