Red Mosquito

spike wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

spike wrote:

stip wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:This song is beginning to remind me of arctic monkeys

Haha, I can hear that. And it would be awesome if Ed ripped out of this one into a rendition of "I bet that you'd look good on the dance floor."

It'll probably just sound creepy. Like his Dream a Little Dream cover.

I think "Dream a Little Dream" is one of Eddie's best vocal performances in recent memory. That's exactly the sort of thing he should be doing more of.

I sing that song to Ellie ever night when I put her to bed, and I totally started that because of Uke songs. He sounds better, though.

I am a big fan of his performance there

Oh great, stip's kid is going to grow up to be a serial killer.

I mean, at least he's not singing her Tom Waits songs... wait, what? ... Oh....

she'll probably blame this place for her state of mind; we're all dead.

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:I can't get this song out of my head, i haven't even listened to it since yesterday morning, but Im hearing it over and over anyway

spike wrote:

stip wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:This song is beginning to remind me of arctic monkeys

Haha, I can hear that. And it would be awesome if Ed ripped out of this one into a rendition of "I bet that you'd look good on the dance floor."

It'll probably just sound creepy. Like his Dream a Little Dream cover.

I think "Dream a Little Dream" is one of Eddie's best vocal performances in recent memory. That's exactly the sort of thing he should be doing more of.

I sing that song to Ellie ever night when I put her to bed, and I totally started that because of Uke songs. He sounds better, though.

I am a big fan of his performance there

Oh great, stip's kid is going to grow up to be a serial killer.

durdencommatyler wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:I can't get this song out of my head, i haven't even listened to it since yesterday morning, but Im hearing it over and over anyway

iceagecoming wrote:This and Comatose are the best punk tunes they've written.

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:I can't get this song out of my head, i haven't even listened to it since yesterday morning, but Im hearing it over and over anyway

I've listened to it on repeat for a few hours a day since I got it. With no breaks.

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

I won't comment on your dislike of STBC except to say it's weird. But I will say that yes, underneath all the snarling and yelling, there's a tune and he sings it really well. And it's similar on MYM, where on the surface it's off, but there are notes underpinning the force, which make even the shouty bits feel "melodic".

stip wrote:It helps that mind your manners is a fairly melodic phrase in a way that, say, spin the black circle is mot

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

MemoFromTurner wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

I'm no musician either and after a quick google search the distinction isn't becoming clearer. By riff in STBC I mean the repeated guitar phrase. The song is built around that phrase and is repetitive. We associate catchy riffs with AC/DC, Jack White, the Rolling Stones. A strong melody I associate with someone like McCartney.

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

I won't comment on your dislike of STBC except to say it's weird. But I will say that yes, underneath all the snarling and yelling, there's a tune and he sings it really well. And it's similar on MYM, where on the surface it's off, but there are notes underpinning the force, which make even the shouty bits feel "melodic".

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

I'm no musician either and after a quick google search the distinction isn't becoming clearer. By riff in STBC I mean the repeated guitar phrase. The song is built around that phrase and is repetitive. We associate catchy riffs with AC/DC, Jack White, the Rolling Stones. A strong melody I associate with someone like McCartney.

So you're talking about Ed's melody, the vocal melody he's chosen for the song?

MemoFromTurner wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:

harmless wrote:

MemoFromTurner wrote:Wanted to let this one sink in before I evaluated. After 30 clicks of overly compressed YouTube I'm all in:

This is a great song.

The opening riff grabs your balls which is a class way of saying there's a primal urgency. It rawks.

Good Ed comes out on this track. He is inspired, unstuffed, loose. We hear the inspiration, despair, and optimism that mark his best qualities as a vocalist.

The guitars are still a little too clean for my taste. I'm stuck at Vitalogy / No Code / some Yield as the high point of Pearl Jam's sound. The band isn't there now.

Lastly, an outstanding punk song from Pearl Jam: Wow. We know they've been trying. I love Lukin, hate Habit, hate Supersonic, love Comatose. For me it's pretty hit and miss and when they misfire on punk it's gawdawful. This latest is all good.

That last bit -- I don't like Comatose as much as that, but I agree with you otherwise. This might be their best punk song ever, if only because although I like loads of the others, they didn't seem as authentically punk as this (with the possible exception of STBC, but was that too full of rage?).

I never embraced STBC but I always figured it was because it lacked melody and was the lead single. I liked Blood's pure rage and deceptive catchiness. Blood also felt interstitial. Like Lukin it's a punk dinner mint. STBC is full rage and riff and odd message about loving vinyl and devoid of melody which makes it a flat liner for me. STBC is an inside joke: Ed loves thrash punk + Ed loves vinyl = spin, spin, spin the black circle!! I wasn't on board.

Sneaking a melody into Mind Your Manners with the bridge is the secret sauce to its success.

I'm not a musician, so maybe I'm getting terms confused, but I never thought STBC was devoid of melody. In fact, I think the thing as a pretty catchy melody. I just don't like the way Ed forces the words in the thing, or his phrasing. Well, I like it fine enough. I just don't think its as successful as it could have been. And I don't like the lyrical content much either. Really, as an instrumental, I think I'd like it a lot more.

I'm no musician either and after a quick google search the distinction isn't becoming clearer. By riff in STBC I mean the repeated guitar phrase. The song is built around that phrase and is repetitive. We associate catchy riffs with AC/DC, Jack White, the Rolling Stones. A strong melody I associate with someone like McCartney.

So you're talking about Ed's melody, the vocal melody he's chosen for the song?

No, I meant the musical melody. A musicologist can send me a life line. The vocal melody and song melody are usually different.