Red Mosquito

Ms Harmless wrote:

FlatSideofaDog wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:these songs get to hold my attention and make their arguments right off the bat more than the last two albums, just thanks to stellar production, solid instrumentation (with little extraneous fluff on top) and an Ed who sounds like he's worked a little on his annoying vocal ticks

I want to hear "River Cross" because if we don't get any "lwost and deestant naaa-haaaaow" stuff THEN we're talking; the live version sounded good and fairly free of that

He's getting there. Not that he's totally comparable to Robert Plant, but it did take Plant quite a while to commit to staying within lower registers, and he sounds awesome there - oddly held his own even with Alison Krauss.

For post 2006 Ed, I find that he sounds great in his middle register especially in lower tempo songs (e.g. Better Days) but when he goes low (Lightning Bolt) he sounds nasally, and he also gets into problems in higher registers when the tempo picks up.

After Gigaton I think they should put out a record with a Hard Sun vibe all the way through.

he always sounded nasally in low register, especially on No Code; my bigger problem with Lightning Bolt is how far his voice is in front of the mix; I think the problems with his voice would have been halved if he'd been sitting in amongst the musicians much more; so far I'm thinking and hoping the current producer knows this

FlatSideofaDog wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

FlatSideofaDog wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:these songs get to hold my attention and make their arguments right off the bat more than the last two albums, just thanks to stellar production, solid instrumentation (with little extraneous fluff on top) and an Ed who sounds like he's worked a little on his annoying vocal ticks

I want to hear "River Cross" because if we don't get any "lwost and deestant naaa-haaaaow" stuff THEN we're talking; the live version sounded good and fairly free of that

He's getting there. Not that he's totally comparable to Robert Plant, but it did take Plant quite a while to commit to staying within lower registers, and he sounds awesome there - oddly held his own even with Alison Krauss.

For post 2006 Ed, I find that he sounds great in his middle register especially in lower tempo songs (e.g. Better Days) but when he goes low (Lightning Bolt) he sounds nasally, and he also gets into problems in higher registers when the tempo picks up.

After Gigaton I think they should put out a record with a Hard Sun vibe all the way through.

he always sounded nasally in low register, especially on No Code; my bigger problem with Lightning Bolt is how far his voice is in front of the mix; I think the problems with his voice would have been halved if he'd been sitting in amongst the musicians much more; so far I'm thinking and hoping the current producer knows this

Fair enough. But I don't hear the nasally sound in Off He Goes, which is the same register as (the song) Lightning Bolt.

scrub12 wrote:We’re back to analyzing this from the one article we got. I have no idea what to expect, because SBWM was not what I expected it to sound like after reading the listening party reviews.

I still hold SBWM at a 3. It’s not a groundbreaking song but I’m still enjoying it. A DOTC it is not, but thats fine.

liebzz wrote:Funny that I didn’t even think contextually about what descriptions we had in the article or otherwise. I listened to it clean without expectations. Same with DotC. In both instances I was quite happy with what I heard.

Leatherhead wrote:I could handle more SBWM's. I'm worried about Supersonic and Future Days kind of songs.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:although tbf I think Future Days is a pretty song ruined by BoB so I'm open-minded about a different treatment

Horrendous production of a lovely composition

Ms Harmless wrote:although tbf I think Future Days is a pretty song ruined by BoB so I'm open-minded about a different treatment

Leatherhead wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:although tbf I think Future Days is a pretty song ruined by BoB so I'm open-minded about a different treatment

Yea, but it's still not something I'd like to see on Gigaton. Gimme an "Of the Girl" or "All Those Yesterdays" or "Nothingman" please.

Angus wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:although tbf I think Future Days is a pretty song ruined by BoB so I'm open-minded about a different treatment

Yea, but it's still not something I'd like to see on Gigaton. Gimme an "Of the Girl" or "All Those Yesterdays" or "Nothingman" please.

These songs are 20 to 26 years old. I know, we're getting old. But seriously, you can wish all you want, but I'm afraid that will only lead you to disappointment.
There's 2 Pearl Jams for me, before & after 2005. And I have stopped comparing them, even in "ranking" songs. And I have stopped hoping they recreate anything like those songs. It's just not going to happen.

Btw: we used Future Days in church on my wedding. Still very happy about it 5 years on.

Farmer John wrote:Just heard this on the radio in the car. Sounded pretty OK!

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Just heard this on the radio in the car. Sounded pretty OK!

A ringing endorsement!

Farmer John wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

Farmer John wrote:Just heard this on the radio in the car. Sounded pretty OK!

A ringing endorsement!

I don't NOT like it!

evenslow wrote:this has remained a rock solid 3 for me.