Red Mosquito

They don't have to imagine them

i remember the first time I heard radioactive was from my best friends 6 year old. I thought it was a joke

Can we talk about Billie Eilish now? She's pretty good

tree_ wrote:Can we talk about Billie Eilish now? She's pretty good

Take your pills!

you know i love you for the oxytocin

tree_ wrote:

Strat wrote:Why dont we just let the creator of the thread post the songs?

He asked for help in the original Pearl Jam thread and I volunteered. I will slow down. Sorry for going too fast.

Thanks for the help -- I will undoubtedly lose motivation if I'm the only one doing it. Ultimately I don't care what the pace of the thread is; if people want to do 10 songs per day, then go for it. The one-per-day thing was just an off-the-cuff suggestion.

#97
Billie Eilish
when the party's over



Live

now go away for at least 12 hours.

Next song at around 8am tomorrow, unless KD beats me to it! Also, I'm going to be taking weekends off.

We arrive at the first song in this list I believe is genuinely great. I think everything here -- composition, lyrics, performance and production -- is gorgeous. Billie sings like she's wringing every last drop of emotion out of each word. I love how the verses start at the very low end of her register and steadily rise, and by the end she's straining to hit the final high note. I love the elegant downward sway of the lead-in to the chorus, "quiet when I'm coming home...". It's a very simple composition but anything flashier would've detracted from the sentiment, an unguarded moment of vulnerability, a brief admission of heartbreak. It's also why the song should not have been any longer, perfect at just over 3 minutes. Big fan of this one, 8.5/10

i don't have a problem with Eilish, but this type of thing bores me. Nice voice though.

I give it 5 bags of popcorn and some food coloring to dye the popcorn the same color as Eilish's hair.

After Tree's bullshit today I'm too agitated to judge this song fairly though.

You're just mad I said you had scurvy last night

Jorge wrote:We arrive at the first song in this list I believe is genuinely great. I think everything here -- composition, lyrics, performance and production -- is gorgeous. Billie sings like she's wringing every last drop of emotion out of each word. I love how the verses start at the very low end of her register and steadily rise, and by the end she's straining to hit the final high note. I love the elegant downward sway of the lead-in to the chorus, "quiet when I'm coming home...". It's a very simple composition but anything flashier would've detracted from the sentiment, an unguarded moment of vulnerability, a brief admission of heartbreak. It's also why the song should not have been any longer, perfect at just over 3 minutes. Big fan of this one, 8.5/10

I agree with all of this. I was shocked to find out how good her songs are with how popular she is. Might as well have a song from Moonshaped Pool on this list. It's weird.

my daughter and i saw billie eilish about a month ago, and this song was really great.

congratulations on having a daughter with good taste in music

tree_ wrote:congratulations on having a daughter with good taste in music

and i'm here posting on a pearl jam message board, so that makes one of us.

I agree this song is excellent. She sings with an emotional wisdom that belies her young age, which is such a weird juxtaposition against the music video, which seems like the kind of angsty adolescent crap that could only seem exciting to someone that age. Oh well -- I'm sure I'm missing the point of whatever it is she's trying to do with it. This is an immaculately composed song -- it has an almost Broadway-like quality to it, like I could totally imagine as a solitary moment of reflection in a much larger narrative (similar to "On My Own" from Les Mis, or "I'm Not That Girl" from Wicked). Solid A from me on this one. I'm looking forward to her other appearances on the list.

BurtReynolds wrote:i don't have a problem with Eilish, but this type of thing bores me. Nice voice though.

I give it 5 bags of popcorn and some food coloring to dye the popcorn the same color as Eilish's hair.

I agree with this. I get that it’s a good song and all but for some reason it just doesn’t stick with me.

liebzz wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:i don't have a problem with Eilish, but this type of thing bores me. Nice voice though.

I give it 5 bags of popcorn and some food coloring to dye the popcorn the same color as Eilish's hair.

I agree with this. I get that it’s a good song and all but for some reason it just doesn’t stick with me.

it's definitely not one of her stronger songs (which is why i'm surprised that it has so many plays on spotify)