Red Mosquito

I now know why the whole tour went on sale before the album dropped. 20% of the show could be this dross. Damn.

Just listened to Running and Dark Matter and enjoyed Running more.

I sat in front of a mirror, motionless, and played this song on repeat for 6 hours

lecherouslittlestump wrote:I sat in front of a mirror, motionless, and played this song on repeat for 6 hours

Clothed or...?

oneway23 wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:I sat in front of a mirror, motionless, and played this song on repeat for 6 hours

Clothed or...?

Penis tucked in too? “Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me”

I definitely enjoyed Running more than Dark Matter yesterday. Not sure that will hold up over time, but the Running Bridge > Dark Matter Prechorus, so that's my infatuation of the moment.

You can hear the moment at the beginning of Running where it could have turned into spritz, but doesn't. And the outro is great, thrashing fun.

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:I sat in front of a mirror, motionless, and played this song on repeat for 6 hours

Clothed or...?

Penis tucked in too? “Would you fuck me? I’d fuck me”

imagine you pay $900 to see pearl jam on tour and they come out with 12 of these

arenas will stop booking them

staring out at a motionless and confused crowd

fortunately they know better and we might only see these P.O.S. two or three times in a show

the one good part about being a captive corporate consumer act

your distributors will require better product

Jaeti wrote:I definitely enjoyed Running more than Dark Matter yesterday. Not sure that will hold up over time, but the Running Bridge > Dark Matter Prechorus, so that's my infatuation of the moment.

You can hear the moment at the beginning of Running where it could have turned into spritz, but doesn't. And the outro is great, thrashing fun.

Same. It might be recency bias; I’ll see where things settle in a few months. But man I’m in love with that gorgeous bridge.

i woke up this morning with this song in my head.

Running is catchier than dark matter

upgrading to 3.5

This song isn’t really that bad. If it didn’t have the whole crew chiming in vocals and a bit less old man screaming from Ed it would definitely fit in with 90s PJ stuff. Love the bridge

I'm into both songs, especially Dark Matter just because of the type of song it is and PJ don't write enough of those heavy midtempo funkers now; I just need the rest of the album, more depth please

stip wrote:i woke up this morning with this song in my head.

Running is catchier than dark matter

upgrading to 3.5

I woke up with it in my head too lol

Great tune

Excited for this album especially Wreckage

There is some pretty cool guitar work alternating with the standard pop punk chords. I keep forgetting it’s there and being pleasantly surprised when it is

The worst moment in Running is when Ed decides to yell the last line of the bridge, when simply singing it as he does the previous few lines would have worked. For as much as I think he nails those delivery decisions in Dark Matter, he whiffs here.

The "dictator, love hater"/"Victrola, controller" lyrics are fine, though I think I liked it a bit more when I thought it was "container, contain us"/"controller, control us."

I don’t have a read on the Victoria, controller line. Feels a little tantrumy especially with the outro

feels like another attack at a (vague) tyrannical power or leader, like Incubus' "Megalomaniac"

*sips coffee*


*turns on running*

Ms Harmless wrote:feels like another attack at a (vague) tyrannical power or leader, like Incubus' "Megalomaniac"

timeless theme. better to stay away from the specifics