Red Mosquito

guitar_davey wrote:What's being said in the background at one point? Sounds like a news report or something?

Sounds like dates. Since they’re supposedly going to Mars, could be updates to people on earth or something like that.

This song is insane.

All the little noises at the beginning and the booom this song is a monster

Holy fuck me this song melted me. Why wasn’t this the second single???

Love the piano bits in the middle. I’m enjoying eddie’s breakerfall effect on the vocals in the verses. I LOVE how Ed screams quick escape over Jeff and others singing it in harmony.

Reconnaissance on the corner
In the old world not so far
First we took an airplane
Then a boat to Zanzibar

Queen cranking on the blaster
And Mercury did rise
Come along where we all belonged
You were yours and I was mine

Had to quick escape
Had to quick escape

Crossed the border to Morocco
Kashmir then Marrakesh
The lengths we had to go to then
To find a place Trump hadn’t fucked up yet

Living life on the back porch
Lifting rocks to make a wage
Every sunset paid attention to
Not a starry night went to waste

Had to quick escape
Had to quick escape

And here we are, the red planet
Craters across the skyline
A sleep sack in a bivouac
And a Kerouac sense of time

And we think about the old days
Of green grass, sky and red wine
Shouldn’t known so fragile
And avoided this one-way flight

Strat wrote:

evenslow wrote:

jam80 wrote:Awesome. Should have been the second single.

seriously, in what world was this not the obvious choice for second single??

It would have been a very bad idea to release this as a single. It would have ruined everyoens expectations and or interest in the rest of the record.

Why do you say that? It’s so much better than SBWF and would have piqued interest in what the rest of the album holds.

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

Strat wrote:

evenslow wrote:

jam80 wrote:Awesome. Should have been the second single.

seriously, in what world was this not the obvious choice for second single??

It would have been a very bad idea to release this as a single. It would have ruined everyoens expectations and or interest in the rest of the record.

Why do you say that? It’s so much better than SBWF and would have piqued interest in what the rest of the album holds.

he's saying the truth which is we are a giant bunch of maniacs and if our first two examples of the new pearl jam record were DOTC and Quick Escape we would have thought it was the second coming of Vitalogy or some shit. Better that it was a more middle of the road PJ song for second single so we could keep expectations in check and thus actually enjoy the actual album.

it only makes sense if you're Jamily+™.

Still can’t believe how great this song is.

Rob wrote:Still can’t believe how great this song is.

That's how I feel, there was no reason to suspect they had this in them...

onemanarmy wrote:Early favourite - they've not written a hard rocker this good in a very long time. It's gonna sound HUGE live!

-no leak club-

How good are we talking? Animal? Rvm? Corduroy?

Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Solid 4 star for song for me. Should be a killer live songe

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

onemanarmy wrote:Early favourite - they've not written a hard rocker this good in a very long time. It's gonna sound HUGE live!

-no leak club-

How good are we talking? Animal? Rvm? Corduroy?

In my opinion, after many listens, their best song since the 90s. Nothing will ever compete with their 90s stuff.

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

onemanarmy wrote:Early favourite - they've not written a hard rocker this good in a very long time. It's gonna sound HUGE live!

-no leak club-

How good are we talking? Animal? Rvm? Corduroy?

assuming those go in order of preference from really good to great (and I agree), it's Animal good

stip wrote:Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Seriously? I like Rival, a 4 for me but from the clip i figured quick escape would go above it.

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

stip wrote:Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Seriously? I like Rival, a 4 for me but from the clip i figured quick escape would go above it.

It depends on your tendencies but I would put this above Rival.

Rob wrote:

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

onemanarmy wrote:Early favourite - they've not written a hard rocker this good in a very long time. It's gonna sound HUGE live!

-no leak club-

How good are we talking? Animal? Rvm? Corduroy?

In my opinion, after many listens, their best song since the 90s. Nothing will ever compete with their 90s stuff.

Did you forget about Binaural and Riot Act?

Thejambi wrote:

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

stip wrote:Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Seriously? I like Rival, a 4 for me but from the clip i figured quick escape would go above it.

It depends on your tendencies but I would put this above Rival.

I seem to be on the low end of appreciation for this song. But take in context. It is very good. it's huge and dirty and great bass work. And Pearl Jam has produced plenty of songs I've loved over the last 20 years.

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

stip wrote:Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Seriously? I like Rival, a 4 for me but from the clip i figured quick escape would go above it.

This is so much better than Rival for me...but maybe I missed the Rival train lol

Homeboyd wrote:

reconstruction_ seeds wrote:

stip wrote:Not that good, but it's quite good. Rival good.

Seriously? I like Rival, a 4 for me but from the clip i figured quick escape would go above it.

This is so much better than Rival for me...but maybe I missed the Rival train lol

You must have. I probably need 100 more listens before I can rate this against Rival.