Red Mosquito

I 100% prefer how they sound on stuff like Never Destination and Running to how they sound on any post-2002 slow ballad (some exceptions on Gigaton).

This type of song is never seem to go down well with anybody except me though, so I can’t figure that they have any reason to keep writing them… except that it is perhaps a type of song that at least one and probably more of them really enjoys making.

I was thinking of "so she can fuck off" and the algorithm asked me "is it about Ed's stalker?

maybe it's about mosquito bites lady

tragabigzanda wrote:Pretty sure the chord progression follows the same arc as the verses in Getaway, just much faster. No way am I listening to Running again so can someone confirm?

What if no one answers and your question is left unanswered for eternity?

all the answers will be found in the mistakes that we have made

Guys, I had a thought but couldn’t be bothered to validate it because the answer doesn’t matter. You should follow up on that for me.

Well,

Getaway is:

A C

A C

A D

C G

In the verse

Pre chorus is

F A G

Chorus is

A C F Em


Running verse is Bm to E x 2 then D to G x2

So, I don’t think so.

I mean not extremely dissimilar but that’s music. So many songs have a very similar progression simply re arranged a tad with diff time signs and strumming patterns, etc.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Pretty sure the chord progression follows the same arc as the verses in Getaway, just much faster. No way am I listening to Running again so can someone confirm?

What if no one answers and your question is left unanswered for eternity?

I’ll just ask StratGPT

It is not.

McParadigm wrote:Guys, I had a thought but couldn’t be bothered to validate it because the answer doesn’t matter. You should follow up on that for me.

take it to N&D

tragabigzanda wrote:

DDWJMUVW wrote:Well,

Getaway is:

A C

A C

A D

C G

In the verse

Pre chorus is

F A G

Chorus is

A C F Em


Running verse is Bm to E x 2 then D to G x2

So, I don’t think so.

I mean not extremely dissimilar but that’s music. So many songs have a very similar progression simply re arranged a tad with diff time signs and strumming patterns, etc.

This helps. A-C in Getaway is a I-III movement so that’s different, but then it’s all I-IV after that, as is Running. So that’s what I’m hearing. Thanks!

For what it’s worth I think running is better than getaway. I’ll work on the bridge tonight if our 3 week old decides to cooperate a bit haha

tragabigzanda wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Guys, I had a thought but couldn’t be bothered to validate it because the answer doesn’t matter. You should follow up on that for me.

You have kids, yeah? Imagine a world where I take out my guitar and focus on this for five minutes

This is why I get up at 4:30. So I can have a few hours of my own thoughts.

I think you’re basically right though, in terms of the effect. Two chord back-and-forth with the second chord higher than the first, and then a jump up before a resolution at the end.

Ms Harmless wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:okay - off to write the Running review. if anyonehas any more great insights they’d like to see incorporated share them now!

It’s loud, it’s abrasive, it’s fast, it’s exhausting

why, it's Greased Lightning Bolt!

Look at me I’m Sandy Punk Dee!

stip wrote:also I said this one day and 60 pages ago, but this really feels like Horse to Water on REM’s accelerate. i like that comparison more than any direct 1-1 pearl jam comparison

That's an interesting comparison (though I'm not sure it does Running many favors, that's one of Accelerate's best songs). Horse to Water feels more frenetic, and more feels at stake, but there are a lot of connection points.

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:okay - off to write the Running review. if anyonehas any more great insights they’d like to see incorporated share them now!

It’s loud, it’s abrasive, it’s fast, it’s exhausting

why, it's Greased Lightning Bolt!

Look at me I’m Sandy Punk Dee!

Ms Harmless wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:okay - off to write the Running review. if anyonehas any more great insights they’d like to see incorporated share them now!

It’s loud, it’s abrasive, it’s fast, it’s exhausting

why, it's Greased Lightning Bolt!

AL!

I love ed’ lyrics , even in goofy fun mode but I still think he works best when he takes time to do them.
If stone says something like “Eddie went and came back with these in 20 minutes “I think it shows.

But most of my favorite lyrics from him are from Gigaton; which seemingly took them a lot of time and effort.