Red Mosquito

I haven't listened to this album in full in several months. My ranking hasn't changed. I've cooled on every song except the title track, so maybe I'd bump everything else down a half star?

Scared of Fear 5/5
React, Respond 5/5
Wreckage 1/5
Dark Matter 5/5
Won't Tell 1/5
Upper Hand 5/5
Waiting for Stevie 5/5
Running 5/5
Something Special 1/5
Got to Give 1/5
Setting Sun 4/5

stip wrote:just about a year out this is still my go to album.

WFS - 5
Wreckage - 5
Dark Matter - 5
Setting Sun - 5
SoF -4.5
RR-4
Running - 4
Upper Hand-4
Wont Tell -4
Something Special -3.5
Got to Give -3.5

Truly one of their best

I'd put Won't Tell a few spots higher, but this is close to mine.

Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... ygm0Drh1NF
This redux I found on Youtube sounds a lot better than the album.

Sloppy Dupree wrote:Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

Vitalogy already exists

Ms Harmless wrote:

Sloppy Dupree wrote:Is there going to be a Dark Energy album?

Vitalogy already exists

Good point! Now I’m going to think of it as “Vital Energy”

Enthusiasm still hasn’t dimmed for this one, which bodes well for Juvenalian posterity (cf Lightning Bolt. Sorry Stip).

A highlight is definitely RR’s campy chorus. Ridiculous.

Juvenal wrote:A highlight is definitely RR’s campy chorus. Ridiculous.

I was thinking about this chorus earlier while listening to the B-52’s

5 stars
upper Hand
Scared of fear
Setting sun
Waiting For Stevie

4 stars
React/Respond
Won’t Tell
Dark matter
Running
Got to give
Wreckage

3 stars
Something special

Is there a newest version of a DM Live comp?

Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

tragabigzanda wrote:now that's a version of the album I can get excited about! Ed sounds like he's really struggling on the Got to Give chorus, and I'll never get on board with Running, but otherwise those all sound awesome.

Most of the songs sounded better at the end of the year (in Australia and the 2nd US Leg). I wonder if there is a comp with some of those performances floating around.

washing machine wrote:Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

I thought it was an Andrew Watt cover.

Farmer John wrote:

washing machine wrote:Wild that I've been listening to this a full year already and only just realized that "Waiting for Stevie" is a Ramones cover.

I thought it was an Andrew Watt cover.

Technically you're right, but it's from the Watt era when he toured with The Ramones so I'm counting it that way.

Monkey_Driven wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:now that's a version of the album I can get excited about! Ed sounds like he's really struggling on the Got to Give chorus, and I'll never get on board with Running, but otherwise those all sound awesome.

Most of the songs sounded better at the end of the year (in Australia and the 2nd US Leg). I wonder if there is a comp with some of those performances floating around.

I agree, sounds much better. Sure Eddie might struggle a little, but to me he somehow sounds younger.

The problem with DM is that it's too easily digestible. Like, if I wanted to turn a Foo Fighters fan onto Pearl Jam, I would show them this album.