Red Mosquito

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Just to be clear, you don't like this song, correct?

guitar_davey wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Just to be clear, you don't like this song, correct?

You got it. I still don't know why you'd think that disqualifies me from voicing my thoughts. I listened again with the intention to like it. I really do want to like it. I just can't get over Ed. I can appreciate the songwriting, but Ed's performance just makes me cringe.

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I hear ya. When i compared the youtube video of that band covering it, the guy had no pronunciation errors but Ed's vocals on the same song sounded much better to me, though i cant really explain why.

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I hear ya. When i compared the youtube video of that band covering it, the guy had no pronunciation errors but Ed's vocals on the same song sounded much better to me, though i cant really explain why.

Yeah, well.. if it actually does sound good to you, more power to ya.. just not my cup of tea, i suppose

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I hear ya. When i compared the youtube video of that band covering it, the guy had no pronunciation errors but Ed's vocals on the same song sounded much better to me, though i cant really explain why.

Yeah, well.. if it actually does sound good to you, more power to ya.. just not my cup of tea, i suppose

What pj do you like, straight rockers, slow ones? Do you like some of their punk? Im guessing you dont like binaural?

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I hear ya. When i compared the youtube video of that band covering it, the guy had no pronunciation errors but Ed's vocals on the same song sounded much better to me, though i cant really explain why.

Yeah, well.. if it actually does sound good to you, more power to ya.. just not my cup of tea, i suppose

What pj do you like, straight rockers, slow ones? Do you like some of their punk? Im guessing you dont like binaural?

I think I like every style of PJ song, but only when Ed's vocals don't make me cringe.

sward wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

sward wrote:I did chat with someone who was at the listening party. He felt it was their strongest album since the 90's and Quick Escape was his high point. Named a few other highlights and Superblood Wolfman wasn't among them other than the album started and ended very strong. Which seems similar to some other reviews.

I'm ever optimistic that this song is middle of the pack on the album and I will at least enjoy getting to know the other songs.

tell us more!

Hahha. That's all I got song related. There was some chat about the surreal nature of listening to it while sharing a tequila shot from Ed. He just said I will love it and it sounded amazing on dolby atmos. It was the first time I heard Quick Escape as high point though. So there's that. I'll edit this in. He loved the closing two. But that was par for what we heard already as well.

Anyway. His opinion, but I'm liking it.

I'll ask if there's any more specifics

gonna start calling you KidC+.

so, quick escape, huh? interesting.

“Quick Escape” is led by a huge Jeff Ament bass groove, as Vedder narrates an international road trip armed with a “sleep sack, a bivouac and Kerouac sense of time.”

was anything said about Never Destination?

Haha, kidC+

evenslow wrote:

sward wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

sward wrote:I did chat with someone who was at the listening party. He felt it was their strongest album since the 90's and Quick Escape was his high point. Named a few other highlights and Superblood Wolfman wasn't among them other than the album started and ended very strong. Which seems similar to some other reviews.

I'm ever optimistic that this song is middle of the pack on the album and I will at least enjoy getting to know the other songs.

tell us more!

Hahha. That's all I got song related. There was some chat about the surreal nature of listening to it while sharing a tequila shot from Ed. He just said I will love it and it sounded amazing on dolby atmos. It was the first time I heard Quick Escape as high point though. So there's that. I'll edit this in. He loved the closing two. But that was par for what we heard already as well.

Anyway. His opinion, but I'm liking it.

I'll ask if there's any more specifics

gonna start calling you KidC+.

so, quick escape, huh? interesting.

“Quick Escape” is led by a huge Jeff Ament bass groove, as Vedder narrates an international road trip armed with a “sleep sack, a bivouac and Kerouac sense of time.”

Ha! Well I wish I was the one who heard it! Then it could be KidC++.

I was intrigued by Quick Escape being his standout because from what I had read from the original KidC I wasn’t that excited. And someone asked about Never Destination. I popped him a text. He didn’t mention it at all first time. Whether it’s hard to recall anything but the highlights or not - I am not sure.

Edit - he responded that Never Destination was very good. He lumped in Superblood as part of a very good rocking start. It mellows a bit. Then rocks a bit more than finishes in acoustic fashion. His takeaway was there wasn’t a weak song on the album it’s one of their most complete pieces of work in recent times. So there ya go. He can’t wait to hear it again. And that says a lot too I’m sure.

sward wrote:

evenslow wrote:

sward wrote:

Monkey_Driven wrote:

sward wrote:I did chat with someone who was at the listening party. He felt it was their strongest album since the 90's and Quick Escape was his high point. Named a few other highlights and Superblood Wolfman wasn't among them other than the album started and ended very strong. Which seems similar to some other reviews.

I'm ever optimistic that this song is middle of the pack on the album and I will at least enjoy getting to know the other songs.

tell us more!

Hahha. That's all I got song related. There was some chat about the surreal nature of listening to it while sharing a tequila shot from Ed. He just said I will love it and it sounded amazing on dolby atmos. It was the first time I heard Quick Escape as high point though. So there's that. I'll edit this in. He loved the closing two. But that was par for what we heard already as well.

Anyway. His opinion, but I'm liking it.

I'll ask if there's any more specifics

gonna start calling you KidC+.

so, quick escape, huh? interesting.

“Quick Escape” is led by a huge Jeff Ament bass groove, as Vedder narrates an international road trip armed with a “sleep sack, a bivouac and Kerouac sense of time.”

Ha! Well I wish I was the one who heard it! Then it could be KidC++.

I was intrigued by Quick Escape being his standout because from what I had read from the original KidC I wasn’t that excited. And someone asked about Never Destination. I popped him a text. He didn’t mention it at all first time. Whether it’s hard to recall anything but the highlights or not - I am not sure.

Edit - he responded that Never Destination was very good. He lumped in Superblood as part of a very good rocking start. It mellows a bit. Then rocks a bit more than finishes in acoustic fashion. His takeaway was there wasn’t a weak song on the album it’s one of their most complete pieces of work in recent times. So there ya go. He can’t wait to hear it again. And that says a lot too I’m sure.

YES! *happy dances*

I would like an album that includes rockers but doesn't try to make its biggest statement with them; I don't want like several Future Days, but that's mainly about production and instrumentation and I already expect to be pleased on that front

I wish they'd just cut the bullshit and go full out trippy Pink Floyd on an album
Fill it with long intros, a bunch jams, animal noises, & Mike solos
Close the album with Of The Earth
Guaranteed Classic
Instant Top tier PJ album

Clem Halibut wrote:I wish they'd just cut the bullshit and go full out trippy Pink Floyd on an album
Fill it with long intros, a bunch jams, animal noises, & Mike solos
Close the album with Of The Earth
Guaranteed Classic
Instant Top tier PJ album

I'd like to see this too before they hang it up. They seem to value variety, so they need to add this to their collection.

Guys, Of the Earth is still a work-in-progress song.

Clem Halibut wrote:I wish they'd just cut the bullshit and go full out trippy Pink Floyd on an album
Fill it with long intros, a bunch jams, animal noises, & Mike solos
Close the album with Of The Earth
Guaranteed Classic
Instant Top tier PJ album

agree and longer songs = better

Coach wrote:

Clem Halibut wrote:I wish they'd just cut the bullshit and go full out trippy Pink Floyd on an album
Fill it with long intros, a bunch jams, animal noises, & Mike solos
Close the album with Of The Earth
Guaranteed Classic
Instant Top tier PJ album

agree and longer songs = better

I support this. I would love a totally experiments and different PJ album. I genuinely don’t care if there’s a single rocker on the album. I’d love them to make their equivalent of a Kid A album.

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I think that's exactly what he's going for.

Leatherhead wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I think that's exactly what he's going for.

yep, and that approach reflects the lyrics (which are similarly anxious and chaotic; I still don't know what they're about)

Ms Harmless wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:

tree_ wrote:

DWFB wrote:

tree_ wrote:just listened again.. man, guys.. this song is sooo bad .. ed sounds drunk.. terrible.. no self awareness

Its Ed's brand of punk, or at least one version of it. Sounds good. This song would sound bad with polished vocals.

I guess... I don't necessarily want a polished SOUND.. but a polished product. If he's going for a messy, insecure, chaotic vibe, like he's making it up on the fly, he succeeded

I think that's exactly what he's going for.

yep, and that approach reflects the lyrics (which are similarly anxious and chaotic; I still don't know what they're about)

Focus on your focusness.