Red Mosquito

hlniv wrote:I'm listening to this after a few SBWM spins.

SBWM is clearly much superior.

Supersonic starts out with a punch to get your attention, but then it's all downhill from there and there's nothing at the bottom of the hill. I think i like the SBWM solo/breakdown better, and the yeah yeah yeahs at the end of Supersonice are just as bad, maybe worse than the la la las of SBWM.

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Birds in Hell wrote:

Kylus wrote:Yeah, this is easily one of the most forgettable songs they've ever put out. The bridge is pretty cool, and the way it leads into the last chorus, but overall it's a dud.

Stone's quote from the Billboard Q&A around the time of release was interesting:

Yeah, that's probably not too crazily far off. I wrote the riffs. The verses are what I wrote last. The original arrangement was overly complex. When I first heard Ed start singing it, I thought it had this Ramones or Springsteen thing going on. It feels very New York.

Would be curious to hear that original arrangement, surely more interesting than what we ended up with.

Yeah, I'd be very interested to hear that.

that is interesting, never knew that. would like to hear that someday too.

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mikejasond wrote:

hlniv wrote:I'm listening to this after a few SBWM spins.

SBWM is clearly much superior.

Supersonic starts out with a punch to get your attention, but then it's all downhill from there and there's nothing at the bottom of the hill. I think i like the SBWM solo/breakdown better, and the yeah yeah yeahs at the end of Supersonice are just as bad, maybe worse than the la la las of SBWM.

I still think the unexpected vocal melodies on the verses of Supersonic are really cool