Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:a lot has been said about how this thing is tracked, but I love it; there's a definitive "ending" of the more rhythmic and "danceable" (not necessarily all "upbeat") songs in "Buckle Up" - and a real irony in that title, because when it's over, the album gives way to an encore-like acoustic song that asks us to sit still and chill a while; then Retrograde is about beauty and awe; and River Cross is about where we've been, and where we're going, after having thought this was the end - it's the semi-colon in the sentence; a lot of people have also talked about how long this album takes to wind down (three songs, really, maybe even four); but that's hitting me too, in the sense that it supports the album's conclusion: there were points where I honestly thought it was all over, the end, I couldn't go on anymore; but, quite by accident, here I am, still fighting, still trying to build some sort of a future, which will surely contain even more endings, more false starts (like the album's first dud bass note), more endings again - this is an album about being still alive, and it doesn't drop the ball on that purpose

As a conceptual album, I think it's one of their stronger efforts. Not as deliberately effective as, say, Vs or Riot Act, but much stronger than Yield or Lightning Bolt in how the overall package work to deliver a core concept...

But for me, there's also no denying that the sequencing is problematic. I want to listen to this thing pretty loud, and so I've got ear fatigue by the time I get to the final stretch. I've re-tracked it in a way that makes it much easier for me to get all the way through.

elliseamos wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:a lot has been said about how this thing is tracked, but I love it; there's a definitive "ending" of the more rhythmic and "danceable" (not necessarily all "upbeat") songs in "Buckle Up" - and a real irony in that title, because when it's over, the album gives way to an encore-like acoustic song that asks us to sit still and chill a while; then Retrograde is about beauty and awe; and River Cross is about where we've been, and where we're going, after having thought this was the end - it's the semi-colon in the sentence; a lot of people have also talked about how long this album takes to wind down (three songs, really, maybe even four); but that's hitting me too, in the sense that it supports the album's conclusion: there were points where I honestly thought it was all over, the end, I couldn't go on anymore; but, quite by accident, here I am, still fighting, still trying to build some sort of a future, which will surely contain even more endings, more false starts (like the album's first dud bass note), more endings again - this is an album about being still alive, and it doesn't drop the ball on that purpose

As a conceptual album, I think it's one of their stronger efforts. Not as deliberately effective as, say, Vs or Riot Act, but much stronger than Yield or Lightning Bolt in how the overall package work to deliver a core concept...

But for me, there's also no denying that the sequencing is problematic. I want to listen to this thing pretty loud, and so I've got ear fatigue by the time I get to the final stretch. I've re-tracked it in a way that makes it much easier for me to get all the way through.

For how long the album is, I genuinely feel like it moves very quick.

tragabigzanda wrote:I've left out SBWM.

Who Ever Said
Never Destination
Alright
Retrograde
DOTC
Take The Long Way
Quick Escape
Comes Then Goes
7:00
Buckle Up
River Cross

dimejinky99 wrote:None of you have had sex in a long time.

C4lukin wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:None of you have had sex in a long time.

Says the person who’s entire existence is based on trolling an unofficial Pearl Jam message board.

A single band of all bands.. Tens of thousands of posts, hating on Pearl Jam. And it is daily, it is not like every once in awhile.

Time to move on.

Participate in something you love. I guarantee that it is much more rewarding then shitting on something you dislike.

Or pretending that you are important, because a reviewer of the new album let you listen early from the bottom of their phone. Do you think anyone bought that bull shit?

Ms Harmless wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

bluestate wrote:Well, this is what I learned so far

chud: "7 o'clock sounds like Sirens"

spenno: "Quick Escape is too noisy"

dime: "You'll be horrified to find out DotC is the only good song on Gigaton"

Long time posters whose opinions can't be trusted anymore

From everything I've read, dime seems to adore this record, for the most part. Shouldn't speak on their behalf...could be wrong

that quote is from before it came out, when Dime claimed he'd heard it and everything sucked except for DOTC

C4lukin wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:None of you have had sex in a long time.

Says the person who’s entire existence is based on trolling an unofficial Pearl Jam message board.

A single band of all bands.. Tens of thousands of posts, hating on Pearl Jam. And it is daily, it is not like every once in awhile.

Time to move on.

Participate in something you love. I guarantee that it is much more rewarding then shitting on something you dislike.

Or pretending that you are important, because a reviewer of the new album let you listen early from the bottom of their phone. Do you think anyone bought that bull shit?

WtOB? wrote:bit of back and forth here.