Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:
It's interesting to me that Ed seems to be such a big fan of the later, rock opera-era The Who. I always felt like those albums were when their music got to be fairly bloated and bland, yet Ed seems to relish those songs...It'd be like that guy from Gaslight Anthem absolutely loving Lightning Bolt.

tragabigzanda wrote:

EJ wrote:

One of my fave Ed performances.

It's interesting to me that Ed seems to be such a big fan of the later, rock opera-era The Who. I always felt like those albums were when their music got to be fairly bloated and bland, yet Ed seems to relish those songs...It'd be like that guy from Gaslight Anthem absolutely loving Lightning Bolt.

McParadigm wrote:I think of Backspacer fitting in with Face Dances, since both are poppy attempts to redefine the band's sound. Plus, The Fixer could probably fit alongside You Better You Bet in a playlist.

McParadigm wrote:if The Who had made a record that tried to call back to all of their previous works and play to all their previous strengths, and they'd made it 25 years into their career...which would be 1990.

tragabigzanda wrote:

evenslow wrote:

McParadigm wrote:I think of Backspacer fitting in with Face Dances, since both are poppy attempts to redefine the band's sound. Plus, The Fixer could probably fit alongside You Better You Bet in a playlist.

I was gonna say this too, but then I couldn't think of what LB would be, so I gave up. You're a better man than I.

Also,

McParadigm wrote:if The Who had made a record that tried to call back to all of their previous works and play to all their previous strengths, and they'd made it 25 years into their career...which would be 1990.

I'd listen to this.

Do you listen to Lightning Bolt? Like, beyond the requisite first twenty spins after it came out?

tragabigzanda wrote:

evenslow wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

evenslow wrote:

McParadigm wrote:I think of Backspacer fitting in with Face Dances, since both are poppy attempts to redefine the band's sound. Plus, The Fixer could probably fit alongside You Better You Bet in a playlist.

I was gonna say this too, but then I couldn't think of what LB would be, so I gave up. You're a better man than I.

Also,

McParadigm wrote:if The Who had made a record that tried to call back to all of their previous works and play to all their previous strengths, and they'd made it 25 years into their career...which would be 1990.

I'd listen to this.

Do you listen to Lightning Bolt? Like, beyond the requisite first twenty spins after it came out?

I haven't listened to Lightning Bolt all the way through in a long time. I think it's "good" and I "like" it, but I'm frustrated by the production and the lack of vision/ambition.

My least favorite Pearl Jam album, but I can still get into it because, it's Pearl Jam.

Pearl Jam is still my "favorite" band, and I think Matt Cameron was a "great addition." Also, Ed's voice has only "gotten better" with age.

EJ wrote:I just listened to I'm One again. Yep, still great.

evenslow wrote:Also, Tommy bores me. Quadrophenia is fantastic.

bodysnatcher wrote:

evenslow wrote:Also, Tommy bores me. Quadrophenia is fantastic.

Agreed. I listen to "The Dirty Jobs" all the time at work. Makes me feel a lot better.

tragabigzanda wrote:
Allow me to backpedal a bit...I think parts of Quadrophenia are amazing, but some of it is bloated (Cut My Hair?! Come on...). I think Tommy is quite bland.

My problem with rock opera The Who is that they took all the raw strengths of their first few albums, and gussied them up with a bunch of synthesizers and other embellishments. While PJ hasn't made a proper rock opera yet (dear God, don't let this ever happen...), that move towards more production and tighter performances has sucked a lot of the energy out of the songs. I guess that's the comparison I was trying to make.