Red Mosquito

guitar_davey wrote:

DDWJMUVW wrote:

96583UP wrote:gonna put this at like a 3.47 today

song's a little dry

just sayin'

i like the tempo though

I think I understand what you’re getting at by “dry” and I don’t necessarily disagree.

That said, I’m trying to assess it for what it is. Sometimes you just get a straight forward, simply structured (intro, verse, pre, chorus x 2, bridge, chorus, outro w solo) track that feels not complex but is still a really quality song.

Plenty of precedent here for this. To me, they nail most of the constituent parts, even if the structure is uncomplicated and routine.

I’m sure we will get weird, funky, odd time signatures etc elsewhere on the record.

If this wasn't Pearl Jam, I probably wouldn't really be into this song, but that's partly down to the fact that PJ was at the forefront of a movement of bombastic "alternative rock" bands that have been half-rate copied endlessly for the past thirty years and I can't stand those bands. If it was anybody else, it would be derivative of PJ anyway. But as it is, it *is* Pearl Jam and I'm loving it.

spike wrote:

Buby wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:somebody made one with twice the intro but I can't remember who

And a cool vocal intro version, too.

I am invisible in here
https://vocaroo.com/1d8T6zh3RN5i

was this done with AI

DDWJMUVW wrote:

guitar_davey wrote:

DDWJMUVW wrote:

96583UP wrote:gonna put this at like a 3.47 today

song's a little dry

just sayin'

i like the tempo though

I think I understand what you’re getting at by “dry” and I don’t necessarily disagree.

That said, I’m trying to assess it for what it is. Sometimes you just get a straight forward, simply structured (intro, verse, pre, chorus x 2, bridge, chorus, outro w solo) track that feels not complex but is still a really quality song.

Plenty of precedent here for this. To me, they nail most of the constituent parts, even if the structure is uncomplicated and routine.

I’m sure we will get weird, funky, odd time signatures etc elsewhere on the record.

If this wasn't Pearl Jam, I probably wouldn't really be into this song, but that's partly down to the fact that PJ was at the forefront of a movement of bombastic "alternative rock" bands that have been half-rate copied endlessly for the past thirty years and I can't stand those bands. If it was anybody else, it would be derivative of PJ anyway. But as it is, it *is* Pearl Jam and I'm loving it.

Fair. But that pre chorus would at least suck me in even if this was some obscure bar band. It’s sexxxxxy.

tree_ wrote:Yes, they were legendarily great. And the band still sounds pretty great. But Ed sounds laughably bad now, in mine and my wife's opinions, with all due respect to yours.

Hypnosomnia wrote:Well, this is the song with the Eddie snippet, two round instrumental intro and extended instrumental after the solo.

https://vocaroo.com/1iWISu79MC8p

DDWJMUVW wrote:

96583UP wrote:gonna put this at like a 3.47 today

song's a little dry

just sayin'

i like the tempo though

I think I understand what you’re getting at by “dry” and I don’t necessarily disagree.

That said, I’m trying to assess it for what it is. Sometimes you just get a straight forward, simply structured (intro, verse, pre, chorus x 2, bridge, chorus, outro w solo) track that feels not complex but is still a really quality song.

Plenty of precedent here for this. To me, they nail most of the constituent parts, even if the structure is uncomplicated and routine.

I’m sure we will get weird, funky, odd time signatures etc elsewhere on the record.

scrub12 wrote:

tree_ wrote:Yes, they were legendarily great. And the band still sounds pretty great. But Ed sounds laughably bad now, in mine and my wife's opinions, with all due respect to yours.

The 12 hours we went without this were a good time. Guess you couldn’t hold out.

Ms Harmless wrote:

scrub12 wrote:

tree_ wrote:Yes, they were legendarily great. And the band still sounds pretty great. But Ed sounds laughably bad now, in mine and my wife's opinions, with all due respect to yours.

The 12 hours we went without this were a good time. Guess you couldn’t hold out.

he needs a break, maybe another 12, at least enough time to recruit a neighbour

tree_ wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

scrub12 wrote:

tree_ wrote:Yes, they were legendarily great. And the band still sounds pretty great. But Ed sounds laughably bad now, in mine and my wife's opinions, with all due respect to yours.

The 12 hours we went without this were a good time. Guess you couldn’t hold out.

he needs a break, maybe another 12, at least enough time to recruit a neighbour

I just played it for my coworker down the hall and they also thought the vocals were ridiculously bad but the music was really cool

tree_ wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

scrub12 wrote:

tree_ wrote:Yes, they were legendarily great. And the band still sounds pretty great. But Ed sounds laughably bad now, in mine and my wife's opinions, with all due respect to yours.

The 12 hours we went without this were a good time. Guess you couldn’t hold out.

he needs a break, maybe another 12, at least enough time to recruit a neighbour

I just played it for my coworker down the hall and they also thought the vocals were ridiculously bad but the music was really cool

Buby wrote:

spike wrote:

Buby wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:somebody made one with twice the intro but I can't remember who

And a cool vocal intro version, too.

I am invisible in here
https://vocaroo.com/1d8T6zh3RN5i

was this done with AI

No
The vocal intro comes from the instrumental version (side B on the Dark Matter single).

Teeeeeekay wrote:Comes with the purchase of the 7” and/or digital version.

RockPusher wrote:Hey tree_, why do you need your opinion validated so badly?

RockPusher wrote:

Teeeeeekay wrote:Comes with the purchase of the 7” and/or digital version.

Cool- is the song length different?

Teeeeeekay wrote:Comes with the purchase of the 7” and/or digital version.

tommy wrote:Can someone post the link to the Wikipedia clip? Did anyone ever figure out if it's from this song?

I didn't listen to it many times, but in my memory it sounds similar to Dark Matter, but it's not a part of the actual song...