Red Mosquito

cutuphalfdead wrote:When was pearl jam not pop?

Yea, come on, this is silly.

That bass Line on breakerfall..

I've got to spend my day off grading, so I'm going to listen to a binaural song after each paper. I still haven't done this yet

Breakerfall: Probably the beginning, which promises so much. Breakerfall is one of the most baffling songs in the catalog for me. It should be a great song and all the little moments that pop out of the song are interesting or exciting on their own, but the whole experience feels a little flat and I can't figure out why.

stip wrote:I've got to spend my day off grading, so I'm going to listen to a binaural song after each paper. I still haven't done this yet

Breakerfall: Probably the beginning, which promises so much. Breakerfall is one of the most baffling songs in the catalog for me. It should be a great song and all the little moments that pop out of the song are interesting or exciting on their own, but the whole experience feels a little flat and I can't figure out why.

so you think a new avatar will help?

stip wrote:I've got to spend my day off grading, so I'm going to listen to a binaural song after each paper. I still haven't done this yet

Breakerfall: Probably the beginning, which promises so much. Breakerfall is one of the most baffling songs in the catalog for me. It should be a great song and all the little moments that pop out of the song are interesting or exciting on their own, but the whole experience feels a little flat and I can't figure out why.

They improved the songs live for sure. I kinda get what you mean.

Gods Dice: My favorite part is probably the chunky music during the 'designate...resignate...etc' parts of the song. god's dice is the most boring fast song in their catalog. It's the pearl jam equivalent of a transformers movie.

The first two papers were Fs. I wonder if there is a connection.

Evacuation: Probably the way the song starts off at a gallop. What an overrated bridge. It's not bad, but it's hardly remarkable.


man, the start of Binaural is so weak. At least the third paper was better.

I like where this is going...

speaking as a teacher with the day off

Less grading is definitely my favorite part of my new position. But it's only made me piss and moan about the grading I have left even more.

Just give them all Cs and call it a day.

the last two were good.

Light Years: the bridge--easily. Light Years is too quirky for the subject matter, which is too bad, because there could have been a really great song here.

"Every hour of every day I fight the urge to hop onto a train and head to New York City. Outside my office, I can see the train station, and I’ve come to memorize the schedule. I fight the urge to leave my desk, leave the singing phones behind me. I fight the urge to float over the parking lot and take the train with nothing but the clothes I’m wearing. This sounds ridiculous I know. I fight the urge every day to head to New York City and sit at a bar and drink everything into a blur. The bartender will think I’m just another secretary who’s on her way back to her apartment filled with her online bought furniture, where the lights, water and heat all turn on because I paid the rent with the money I made at work, my 9-5 job that means nothing to me. But I’m not in New York City. I’m answering phones, “Thank you for calling, this is XXXX speaking how can I help you?” "

That was a cheery paragraph. I wish sleight of hand was next.

Nothing As It Seems: Finally, something I care about. I love the flat, compressed overall feel of the song. Jeff's moaning bass, Mike's coloring, the empty feel of stone's guitar. Musically everything about this is aces. My very favorite part may be the acoustic(I think) parts Stone is playing in between Mike's solos during the bridge.

Did Jeff also write SoH? It's a pretty similar song, but I like NAIS so much better

thin air: the high 'and I know she's reached my heart...' towards the end of the song

Insiginficance: Lots of great moments here, hard to pick a best. The stormy intro, the bridge and the thrilling transition into the final chorus (that's probably the winner). I'm also a huge fan of the 'I was alone and far away' lyric, but as with most of Binaural the music is really the star.

of the girl: the hollow, scratchy sound on (mike's?) guitar. I quite like the transition into the second verse.

Grievance: The outro. Is there another answer for that song?

Rival: That's a tough one--there's so many. Maybe Eddie's delivery on the 'how's our father supposed to be told' lyric

stip, you've inspired me to listen to this right now. Been a while.

There is a lot of Soundgarden in "Evacuation."