Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:

guitar_davey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I have to imagine this song will go the same way as Getaway. They’ll attempt playing it a few times, Ed will throw his head around like he’s really into it, all the while Stone and Jeff will share knowing grimaces as the song is at heart a formless chug without any genuine movement or excitement and it quietly and ignobly disappears from setlists shortly after, never (or very rarely) to return.

Getaway is sooo much better than SW.

This take mesmerizes me. Getaway sounds tepid, lifeless, and forced. Whatever you think of the songwriting in this song, the band at least sounds like THEY think they’re killing it.

Getaway is redeemed, just barely, because of Jeff.

He plays the vocal melody? Also, what?

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

DeeDee wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:DeeDee, are you simultaneously saying "PJ need to stop writing this song" and "Getaway is good"?

Exactly. Every once in a while they write one good happy/fun pop-punk song.

Getaway is that song.

Nice bassline, nice melodies and nice ending with a great Mike solo.

And FWIW: I don't think SW is a bad song (2 or 2.5 over 5 for me), I just don't like PJ when they take this route, that's all. It doesn't excite me, doesn's surprise me, doesn't make me feel anything. At least, with DotC they tried something different, and I love'em when they do that. You are or Unemployable are two examples of PJ excelling by writing songs out of their comfort zone.

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Ms Harmless wrote:DeeDee, are you simultaneously saying "PJ need to stop writing this song" and "Getaway is good"?

McParadigm wrote:

guitar_davey wrote:

McParadigm wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:I have to imagine this song will go the same way as Getaway. They’ll attempt playing it a few times, Ed will throw his head around like he’s really into it, all the while Stone and Jeff will share knowing grimaces as the song is at heart a formless chug without any genuine movement or excitement and it quietly and ignobly disappears from setlists shortly after, never (or very rarely) to return.

Getaway is sooo much better than SW.

This take mesmerizes me. Getaway sounds tepid, lifeless, and forced. Whatever you think of the songwriting in this song, the band at least sounds like THEY think they’re killing it.

Getaway is redeemed, just barely, because of Jeff.

He plays the vocal melody? Also, what?

Strat wrote:

bune wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:So there is a group of a few RMers that are trying to convince me that this song is better than I currently think it is. I woke up at about 330 this morning, looked at my phone to see what time it was, and saw I had a text from one of them. I didn't read it, but now whenever I see any of their names, I sing to myself "Superblood Wolfmoon, took her away too soon".

Damn you all to hell.

Wolves are active at night.

now I have this song stuck in my head.

This is the best version:

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Once and Porch aren't very good, and you can't change my mind!

"once... upon a time... I could looooooove yooooooooou yeeeah yeeeah yeeeah!"

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:DeeDee, are you simultaneously saying "PJ need to stop writing this song" and "Getaway is good"?

Exactly. Every once in a while they write one good happy/fun pop-punk song.

Getaway is that song.

Nice bassline, nice melodies and nice ending with a great Mike solo.

And FWIW: I don't think SW is a bad song (2 or 2.5 over 5 for me), I just don't like PJ when they take this route, that's all. It doesn't excite me, doesn's surprise me, doesn't make me feel anything. At least, with DotC they tried something different, and I love'em when they do that. You are or Unemployable are two examples of PJ excelling by writing songs out of their comfort zone.

that's fair

I'm pretty confident we'll get a few other interesting experiments

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Once and Porch aren't very good, and you can't change my mind!

"once... upon a time... I could looooooove yooooooooou yeeeah yeeeah yeeeah!"

Habitman wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Once and Porch aren't very good, and you can't change my mind!

"once... upon a time... I could looooooove yooooooooou yeeeah yeeeah yeeeah!"

Much of TEN's success comes from the Ed's vocal talent. Imagine a random singer performing Even Flow, Once, or Why Go? He elavated good songs to great heights.

Habitman wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Once and Porch aren't very good, and you can't change my mind!

"once... upon a time... I could looooooove yooooooooou yeeeah yeeeah yeeeah!"

Much of TEN's success comes from the Ed's vocal talent. Imagine a random singer performing Even Flow, Once, or Why Go? He elavated good songs to great heights.

guitar_davey wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Jaeti wrote:

Strat wrote:Do you recognize that everyone is now just comparing this song to almost every other uptempo pearl jam song?

SBWF vs. Once: discuss.

Seriously?

Once and Porch aren't very good, and you can't change my mind!

"once... upon a time... I could looooooove yooooooooou yeeeah yeeeah yeeeah!"

Once was my very first PJ skip track.

RAG319 wrote:Getaway is my favorite song of theirs since Avocado. It's a fun rocker with a great sounding bassline and a fun hook that isn't completely silly.

Bi_3 wrote:One thing that bothers me about this one is Ed's insistence of cramming words into the music. Changing it to "she was taken too soon" or "I lost her too soon" in the chorus would make it flow and sound so much smoother while maintaining the intent.

scrub12 wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:One thing that bothers me about this one is Ed's insistence of cramming words into the music. Changing it to "she was taken too soon" or "I lost her too soon" in the chorus would make it flow and sound so much smoother while maintaining the intent.

Neither of those sound better to me. Also, they’re the same amount of words...

I think saying “took her way too soon” instead of “away too soon” may be slightly better though.

evenslow wrote:

scrub12 wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:One thing that bothers me about this one is Ed's insistence of cramming words into the music. Changing it to "she was taken too soon" or "I lost her too soon" in the chorus would make it flow and sound so much smoother while maintaining the intent.

Neither of those sound better to me. Also, they’re the same amount of words...

I think saying “took her way too soon” instead of “away too soon” may be slightly better though.

welcome to the nitpick olympics.