Red Mosquito

harmless wrote:I feel like all of the screaming you describe at the end of the song, stupidmop, is far more buried under the music than the stuff at the beginning. Maybe it depends on your speakers / headphones? I think it all sounds way better than it did in Wrigley, anyway. I don't mind the yeah yeah yeah on the end of a line, it's when it's a prominent part of the chorus that it annoys me.

stupidmop wrote:Ed sounds so rough to me on this compared to getaway. I like this song from the second verse till the 'always something never nothing' verse/bridge ( i actually kinda like whatever the pianos doing there) it's sandwiched with stuff i hate on either side though, thereby making it way too long for me.

The jyeah yeah yeah's after the great northwest line sounds so bizzare to me, i was convinced it was a skip in the song cutting out a word first, now it just sounds autotuned to me i dont know why. They're also sound awkward as hell, as do all the hilarious things ed is shouting at the end, she's true? 'uncontrollable like you' or whatever. I feel like they would have worked alot better if they were more buried in thr music like whatevers going on in the LTRP outro. The 'no repair in sight' verse just sounds like ed messily screaming over drums with no groove to me.

Meh, I tried Stip! Just don't feel it.

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:that's why I don't think those first 3 records will ever be topped for me. No amount of improvements in craft, songwriting, technique, will be able to make up what was, for me, the most elementally powerful voice I've ever heard. They can come close. But not all the way there. Even by No Code it had already changed too much. i blame the 95 tour, in part.

Yeah wtf did do during that tour? Self-destructive ain't the half of it.

I think the chain smoking came out in full force that tour.

stip wrote:

stupidmop wrote:Ed sounds so rough to me on this compared to getaway. I like this song from the second verse till the 'always something never nothing' verse/bridge ( i actually kinda like whatever the pianos doing there) it's sandwiched with stuff i hate on either side though, thereby making it way too long for me.

The jyeah yeah yeah's after the great northwest line sounds so bizzare to me, i was convinced it was a skip in the song cutting out a word first, now it just sounds autotuned to me i dont know why. They're also sound awkward as hell, as do all the hilarious things ed is shouting at the end, she's true? 'uncontrollable like you' or whatever. I feel like they would have worked alot better if they were more buried in thr music like whatevers going on in the LTRP outro. The 'no repair in sight' verse just sounds like ed messily screaming over drums with no groove to me.

Meh, I tried Stip! Just don't feel it.

Juvenal wrote:

stip wrote:that's why I don't think those first 3 records will ever be topped for me. No amount of improvements in craft, songwriting, technique, will be able to make up what was, for me, the most elementally powerful voice I've ever heard. They can come close. But not all the way there. Even by No Code it had already changed too much. i blame the 95 tour, in part.

Yeah wtf did do during that tour? Self-destructive ain't the half of it.

I think the chain smoking came out in full force that tour.

the shrieking every single song probably did him no favors either.


The important thing is you tried. Of all the new songs this is the one I think is going to be improved the most by the clean CD copy.

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Heathen wrote:Are you trying to make the Most Stip Posts Of All Time thread as long as the LB one?

Lament wrote:

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Wow.

I've only heard this at Wrigley, so perhaps you're right...but wow. That's a really bold claim. Are you really prepared to put this against the Thunder Roads & Where The Streets Have No Names of the world?

Lament wrote:

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Wow.

I've only heard this at Wrigley, so perhaps you're right...but wow. That's a really bold claim. Are you really prepared to put this against the Thunder Roads & Where The Streets Have No Names of the world?

Lament wrote:Well if nothing else you've definitely managed to elevate my interest in the studio version, so I thank you for that. My anticipation for the record has been pretty non-existent for the past few weeks. I'm feeling a tinge of intrigue for the first time in a while...

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Wow.

I've only heard this at Wrigley, so perhaps you're right...but wow. That's a really bold claim. Are you really prepared to put this against the Thunder Roads & Where The Streets Have No Names of the world?

and if you love springsteen and u2 you'll love this

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:Well if nothing else you've definitely managed to elevate my interest in the studio version, so I thank you for that. My anticipation for the record has been pretty non-existent for the past few weeks. I'm feeling a tinge of intrigue for the first time in a while...

so far it's a really good record. A few more strong songs make it a great record. Every song is at least good.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Wow.

I've only heard this at Wrigley, so perhaps you're right...but wow. That's a really bold claim. Are you really prepared to put this against the Thunder Roads & Where The Streets Have No Names of the world?

and if you love springsteen and u2 you'll love this

What if you like both of them well enough, but tend to prefer covers of their work? Or you like them but you wouldn't call yourself a "fan" because you only own one or two albums by each?

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:Well if nothing else you've definitely managed to elevate my interest in the studio version, so I thank you for that. My anticipation for the record has been pretty non-existent for the past few weeks. I'm feeling a tinge of intrigue for the first time in a while...

so far it's a really good record. A few more strong songs make it a great record. Every song is at least good.

This does not bode well for most of RM.

Release_Me wrote:For me, the best part of the song is Ed singing 'And with no repair in sight' onwards. Positively hair raising.

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:

Lament wrote:

stip wrote:this song is a master's class in how to write an anthem

Wow.

I've only heard this at Wrigley, so perhaps you're right...but wow. That's a really bold claim. Are you really prepared to put this against the Thunder Roads & Where The Streets Have No Names of the world?

and if you love springsteen and u2 you'll love this

What if you like both of them well enough, but tend to prefer covers of their work? Or you like them but you wouldn't call yourself a "fan" because you only own one or two albums by each?

well, how would you like to see pearl jam cover a song written around all their best tricks?