Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Kaius wrote:At least 5 of us get it.

Yea, I like Go and all, but it will always strike me as a warmup for the superior Animal.

Not For You is worn, ragged vitriol. It's the perhaps the best example (or maybe I Got Shit) of a particular type of song that, at the age of 14, I could've sworn was written specifically for me -- and its power hasn't lessened at all 21 years later.

I think this is exactly how I feel, but for me, I think about 'Go' in that regard.

Pearl Jam has better songs than 'Go' but I'm not sure they ever did that particular kind of song better.

theplatypus wrote:"Go" is feverish and desperate. "Not For You" just comes off as bratty to me, in comparison.

Exactly. A 30 year old man singing it is barely alright.

The snare drum on Go always gets me.

Self wrote:The snare drum on Go always gets me.

The snare sounds, the energy, his kick. Ed and everyone is on fire, playing for their lives.

NFY's snare > Go's snare

Kaius wrote:NFY's snare > Go's snare

NAIS Snare for the win. And Dave's Brady snares are a love of mine.

Not For You is so much better it's ridiculous.

tragabigzanda wrote: Yea, I like Go and all, but it will always strike me as a warmup for the superior Animal.

That's the issue Ive always had with that song.

chewm wrote:Not For You is so much better it's ridiculous.

THANK YOU.

We're closing in boys.

Kaius wrote:

chewm wrote:Not For You is so much better it's ridiculous.

THANK YOU.

We're closing in boys.

I have too many second accounts, you will not catch up.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Kaius wrote:

chewm wrote:Not For You is so much better it's ridiculous.

THANK YOU.

We're closing in boys.

I have too many second accounts, you will not catch up.

I know how you feel here, K.

"Not For You" always pretty easily makes it to this point in the competition, and at this point in the competition I always vote it out for the same reason: Musically, it's fucking boring. In the beginning, when its going up against lesser songs, its sense of gathering rage and brooding drone carry it, but for some reason, once it really starts to face off against songs that truly fire on all cylinders, I begin to zero in on this weakness. If that weird chorale-like bridge accounted for more of the song's character, maybe I'd feel differently, but as it stands, five minutes of Eddie's three-chord-plod is no match for the high-speed lightning in a bottle that is "Go."

GO.

Kevin Davis wrote:"Not For You" always pretty easily makes it to this point in the competition, and at this point in the competition I always vote it out for the same reason: Musically, it's fucking boring. In the beginning, when its going up against lesser songs, its sense of gathering rage and brooding drone carry it, but for some reason, once it really starts to face off against songs that truly fire on all cylinders, I begin to zero in on this weakness. If that weird chorale-like bridge accounted for more of the song's character, maybe I'd feel differently, but as it stands, five minutes of Eddie's three-chord-plod is no match for the high-speed lightning in a bottle that is "Go."

And our honeymoon is over...

We're all mad in here!

GO!