Dance of the Clairvoyants

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Initial Thoughts

I just fell in love all over again
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38%
Maybe there's still some life left in these guys after all
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54%
Ehhh, still excited for the new album
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3%
I stayed up for this?
10
4%
I hated pearl jam before it was cool
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1%
 
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Ed is not Jesus and Stone is not the pope. Ed cant dance and isnt clairvoyant. He's a pop-it, not a prophet.
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DWFB wrote:Ed is not Jesus and Stone is not the pope. Ed cant dance and isnt clairvoyant. He's a pop-it, not a prophet.
well you know what they say, confusion is to commotion what love is to our devotion
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I hope they bring back the grunge spirit in Mach IV. I have had enough of this Discovery Channel stuff.
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Blenheim Augustine wrote:I hope they bring back the grunge spirit in Mach IV. I have had enough of this Discovery Channel stuff.
In order to fit the song properly, doesnt there need to be multiple women dancing around in bunless tights?
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DWFB wrote:
Blenheim Augustine wrote:I hope they bring back the grunge spirit in Mach IV. I have had enough of this Discovery Channel stuff.
In order to fit the song properly, doesnt there need to be multiple women dancing around in bunless tights?
Fix your dicks, bro.
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can we fire DWFB?
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Ms Harmless wrote:can we fire DWFB?

Its ok, Im just having a little pre album pop tension. By the way, i appreciate how u did not dare to spell my name out when referencing me!
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DWFB wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:can we fire DWFB?

Its ok, Im just having a little pre album pop tension. By the way, i appreciate how u did not dare to spell my name out when referencing me!
I don't know it, lol but phew it sounds like I dodged a bullet
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Ms Harmless wrote:
DWFB wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:can we fire DWFB?

Its ok, Im just having a little pre album pop tension. By the way, i appreciate how u did not dare to spell my name out when referencing me!
I don't know it, lol but phew it sounds like I dodged a bullet
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DWFB wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
DWFB wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:can we fire DWFB?

Its ok, Im just having a little pre album pop tension. By the way, i appreciate how u did not dare to spell my name out when referencing me!
I don't know it, lol but phew it sounds like I dodged a bullet
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it is done
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Does anyone need to pop a Pabst for their PAPT (pre album pop tension)?
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what's a Pabst
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Ms Harmless wrote:what's a Pabst

A popular beer here in the US.
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DWFB wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:what's a Pabst

A popular beer here in the US.
ooh ty for explaining
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Who here, other than myself, feels like they would track ed and stone down over this if just one minor circumstance of our lives became out of alignment? Who else would love to bump ed off his surfboard with a rubber great white fin? And how should Stone be disciplined?
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I think that because I'm starting to get extremely impatient, I'm going to talk about the one thing that slightly bothers me about this song

Ed comes in on "imperceptibly big..." too early, and because they're generally going for an 80s synth pop quantized funk feel, I wish he came in precisely on the *and* of that beat; I really appreciate that this producer seems to have wanted a natural take on his vocal and eschewed BoB's many vocal filters, but quantizing this little moment wouldn't have hurt, imo
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I think the 80s post-punk/funk, Talking Heads-esque vibe fits with a certain winding looseness in Ed's vocals.

I don't hear this as a "tight 80s pop song" kind of thing (thankfully).
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yeah that's fair, I actually wish it wasn't sticking out to me, because "equally hard to control" is perfect again
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I just really, really like Ed's vocals in this song.
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Same. The second verse is perfect. All of it.
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