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Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 2:07 am
by darthvedder81
WtOB? wrote:this one’s growing on me. god damn, this album may not have a dud on it.
I’m surprised how much it sticks with me and I keep coming back to it even though it’s not my favorite on Gigaton. The same thing happened with Army Reserve on Avocado. The first time I heard it I was like “OK that’s cool” but then it just wouldn’t leave me.
Yeah it’s a little overwrought at times and extremely earnest. There’s definitely a 80’s feel with that keyboard at the end. I think we forget sometimes that these guys came of age in the early 80’s so there’s going to be some influence that peeks in there as they get on in years and think back on all the music that was around and inspired them. That stuff was too recent to be cool in the 90’s.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 3:06 am
by PHATJ
darthvedder81 wrote:WtOB? wrote:this one’s growing on me. god damn, this album may not have a dud on it.
I’m surprised how much it sticks with me and I keep coming back to it even though it’s not my favorite on Gigaton. The same thing happened with Army Reserve on Avocado. The first time I heard it I was like “OK that’s cool” but then it just wouldn’t leave me.
Yeah it’s a little overwrought at times and extremely earnest. There’s definitely a 80’s feel with that keyboard at the end. I think we forget sometimes that these guys came of age in the early 80’s so there’s going to be some influence that peeks in there as they get on in years and think back on all the music that was around and inspired them. That stuff was too recent to be cool in the 90’s.
I just listened to it and enjoyed it more than ever. My ranking has been 3.5, but this might be a 4. The last 1:30 is basically a 4.5 or 5, so I dunno.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 10:37 am
by Ms Harmless
this song sounds pretty good in the sunshine, I buy the cheese
I think it suffers a little for Ed being too loud, a little like in LB (though not *quite* as bad)
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 12:29 pm
by KurtLeon
This song is cheese, and I love it.
Don't see the whole Lighting Bolt comparission, its WAY more of a Better Days continuation than anything
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 12:39 pm
by WtOB?
i think this song is fucking great.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 12:59 pm
by Ms Harmless
yeah this one's good, gonna be a highlight as summer approaches
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 9:58 pm
by Thejambi
yeah this one is a keeper.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 3:27 am
by PHATJ
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 3:47 am
by Tentoeleven
Well, this song has now grown on me. How did this happen.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 4:33 am
by guitar_davey
The emotion in this is real. You can feel it. It wasn't there the same way on LB, at all.
Also, this fucking outro.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 5:30 am
by littlecomment
guitar_davey wrote:The emotion in this is real. You can feel it. It wasn't there the same way on LB, at all.
Also, this fucking outro.
Between this and River Cross, the main set closers and encores could get that much needed shakeup.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 1:30 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
I LOVE THIS SONG NOT SURE WHY ALL THE HATE
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 1:33 pm
by Ms Harmless
it's lovely and sunny outside and this song was in my head while I was shopping this morning
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 3:00 pm
by falcaoruiz
Why are people hating this so much? I don't get it.
It starts as a 70s Yes song with that acoustic guitar, then turns into a latter day Rush type of ballad (in fact, I can see Neil (RIP) writing those lyrics/vocal melodies) and then it ends on a Sigur Rós-ish trance/jam from the med sud... era with echoey Ed vocals and some interesting ambient sounds.... what's not to like?!
People hating on this is why we can't have nice things.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 3:24 pm
by Ms Harmless
falcaoruiz wrote:Why are people hating this so much? I don't get it.
It starts as a 70s Yes song with that acoustic guitar, then turns into a latter day Rush type of ballad (in fact, I can see Neil (RIP) writing those lyrics/vocal melodies) and then it ends on a Sigur Rós-ish trance/jam from the med sud... era with echoey Ed vocals and some interesting ambient sounds.... what's not to like?!
People hating on this is why we can't have nice things.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 5:46 pm
by BenHoward
where's the retrograde clip? now i'm just getting greedy.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 5:51 pm
by Chris_H_2
E.H. Ruddock wrote:I LOVE THIS SONG NOT SURE WHY ALL THE HATE
lets drink beers and play video games and listen to this song on repeat
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Wed March 25, 2020 7:11 pm
by falcaoruiz
Chris_H_2 wrote:E.H. Ruddock wrote:I LOVE THIS SONG NOT SURE WHY ALL THE HATE
lets drink beers and play video games and listen to this song on repeat
Yes.
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 1:54 am
by McParadigm
StuffnJunk wrote:I hear the end part as ‘be the sound’
stip wrote:I like that better. I guess we'll find out when we get the liner notes
lol
Re: Retrograde
Posted: Thu March 26, 2020 6:52 am
by Anders
When Ed gets to the soppy part after about a minute, the song goes full Sirens. Hard to recover from that.
