Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 3:18 am
This is one of the best tracks on the album
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Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 5:01 am
Song is cool and everything, but it's the ending that makes this song memorable for me. It's very Riot Act but with slightly more balls.
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 5:51 am
It’s King Animalfalcaoruiz wrote:Song is cool and everything, but it's the ending that makes this song memorable for me. It's very Riot Act but with slightly more balls.
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 6:38 am
This song suffered most from the leak. Really needs that full drive and sound.
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 9:02 am
I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.
backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 9:34 am
stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
Is it Matt or Ed?Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 10:59 am
i think reviews mentioned someone outside the band
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 11:03 am
What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 11:09 am
sounds like some hot chick.Juvenal wrote:stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:08 pm
That's what happens when Ed doesn't write the lyrics, something that should happen more oftentheplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:08 pm
WtOB? wrote:sounds like some hot chick.Juvenal wrote:stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:14 pm
Juvenal wrote:WtOB? wrote:sounds like some hot chick.Juvenal wrote:stip wrote:backing vocals are great; especially during the outro
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:42 pm
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Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:43 pm
theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:43 pm
Ed does indeed have a lot of poor lyrics.theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:44 pm
there's still no bass to be found, so weirdAnders wrote:This song suffered most from the leak. Really needs that full drive and sound.
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 12:47 pm
they're just a bit bland and generic. They're fine, though. Probably his best effort.theplatypus wrote:What is wrong with these lyrics?! They're fine! There are no clunky, overstuffed, awkwardly phrased lines like in half of Ed's songs
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 2:52 pm
this is completely baffling to me.stip wrote:I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 2:54 pm
I see what Stip means, this is the song that praises Bob Honey, a self-consciously disgusting character written by a much less self-aware author; I don't think you're supposed to sympathise with the speaker of the song; I mean, Bob Honey kills old women; the "singer in a rock and roll band" at the end of the song could be anyone the speaker met, mistreated, killed? I wonder if this song has links to SBWM in that wayghost wrote:this is completely baffling to me.stip wrote:I still dont think it fits on the record. there is a very slightly mean spiritedness or obsessive desperation I pick up on that is out of place.
edit: wrong song! but still, please apply this awesome analysis and comparison to "Never Destination"
Re: Take the Long Way
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 2:59 pm
the bob honey is referenced in never destination.
I don't know - there is just something a little sinister or dangerous about this song that, while appealing in its own right, sits a little off on an album that has a very specific mood.
I don't know - there is just something a little sinister or dangerous about this song that, while appealing in its own right, sits a little off on an album that has a very specific mood.