Red Mosquito

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:My possibly hot take for the day is that this is a grating song no matter who performs it, and versions of "Better Man" without the tag are better.

Hard disagree. I love the tag. I'm disappointed with any version that doesn't have it. Same with Modern Girl tagged into Not For you.

Ugh. I hate when they do that.

I like his guitar playing and the production flourishes. It's meditative. Super gorgeous cover and song. The melody is an all timer.

Kevin Davis wrote:My possibly hot take for the day is that this is a grating song no matter who performs it

Hey, man, I’m always game to take your shots at vinyl culture as friendly japes and to continue being courteous with you, but when you post something like this that is an obvious shot across the bow to the greatness of Harvey Danger then I refuse to be silent.

3 stars.

I like the original and always enjoyed the tag. But this is kind of a slog.

what is a jape?

bodysnatcher wrote:what is a jape?

As a verb to say or do something in jest or mockery.

Spoiler: show

Shit's on the rise

well i really liked this one. Saw it on the show, and it was beautiful

liebzz wrote:Who is playing sax?

VinylGuy wrote:well i really liked this one. Saw it on the show, and it was beautiful

Really love it in the show. Five stars in that context. Four stars out of it.

Still haven’t listened to this

The lyrics really really apply to the season and the outcomes for certain characters if you listen/ have watched season 3 of the bear.

daft twat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:You devalue the weight of a star with how freely you give these things out

Agreed. This is 2 *s for me.

Yup. Entirely forgettable. Sorry team.

RockPusher wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:well i really liked this one. Saw it on the show, and it was beautiful

Really love it in the show. Five stars in that context. Four stars out of it.

Yeah agree

That montage was superb

who the hell doesn't think this and every performance he does of it is a fucking masterpiece?

liebzz wrote:Who is playing sax?

There's sax? So glad I stopped listening before that.

lvc wrote:

liebzz wrote:Who is playing sax?

There's sax? So glad I stopped listening before that.

it works well, be open-minded

There’s an instrumental version in Episode 5, if this gets released as a single that’ll probably be the b-side.

Listened to this finally. At first I appreciated that it wasn't an exact replica of the original, which was nice. Not really my thing, i much prefer the original.

But then i noticed that Pete Townsend used to cover this and released a version on a live album, which i had no idea. So I thought, "ah ok, no wonder Ed cover this, that tracks". So i listened, and Ed's cover is basically a cover of Pete's cover, including the sax. Not as original of an interpretation as I thought.

Kind of one of those irrelevant releases for me, it's fun that it exists I suppose. Production is nice though.

yeah I'm never gonna listen to Pete Townsend so I'm good with it