Red Mosquito

Johnny Turner wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

warehouse wrote:this song is fucking awesome. the "positive...positive, positive" part is still forced and bad, but this entire song is so good and surprising.

That's one of my favourite parts.

I think that part is great too.

Same here. The Byrne-esque inflection is a personal highlight

Yeah, Ed's deliver in this part is great.

insanely great part of the song.

evenslow wrote:

Johnny Turner wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

warehouse wrote:this song is fucking awesome. the "positive...positive, positive" part is still forced and bad, but this entire song is so good and surprising.

That's one of my favourite parts.

I think that part is great too.

Same here. The Byrne-esque inflection is a personal highlight

Yeah, Ed's deliver in this part is great.

insanely great part of the song.

You betcha.

I would let this song sleep with my wife. It's fantastic.

can i sleep with your wife?

96583UP wrote:can i sleep with your wife?

I can’t say no to the Gigaton Squad leader.

Higgs wrote:

evenslow wrote:

Johnny Turner wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

warehouse wrote:this song is fucking awesome. the "positive...positive, positive" part is still forced and bad, but this entire song is so good and surprising.

That's one of my favourite parts.

I think that part is great too.

Same here. The Byrne-esque inflection is a personal highlight

Yeah, Ed's deliver in this part is great.

insanely great part of the song.

You betcha.

Positive positive

i'm shocked RM loves ed's awkward-white-dude-with-no-rythm part of the song

warehouse wrote:i'm shocked RM loves ed's awkward-white-dude-with-no-rythm part of the song

he's not trying to have rhythm or be funky there. the opposite, really, as it's a momentary lapse in melody.

i feel like he's almost talking to himself like a disturbed person there - a moment of defensive desperation and a reminder to stay on the path. remember your platitudes.

it's not a negative thought
i'm positive... POSITIVE... POSITIVE

and we've said it before but it's true - that is david byrne to the hilt. i love that eddie vedder in the year 2020 found a fresh influence that he somehow incorporated into his style and used to his extreme advantage for this song.

evenslow wrote:

warehouse wrote:i'm shocked RM loves ed's awkward-white-dude-with-no-rythm part of the song

he's not trying to have rhythm or be funky there. the opposite, really, as it's a momentary lapse in melody.

i feel like he's almost talking to himself like a disturbed person there - a moment of defensive desperation and a reminder to stay on the path. remember your platitudes.

it's not a negative thought
i'm positive... POSITIVE... POSITIVE

and we've said it before but it's true - that is david byrne to the hilt. i love that eddie vedder in the year 2020 found a fresh influence that he somehow incorporated into his style and used to his extreme advantage for this song.

its interesting to consider how it fits into the overall lyrics of the song, but to me it still sounds forces and clumsy. david byrne pulls that shit off, i'm not sure eddie vedder does. part of it is that i think the groove of the song is fucking awesome, so this weird interjection kinda kills it. either way, its a small part i kinda dislike in a song that feels like a step in a new, interesting direction for pearl jam. i keep telling people the song is "weird and great" b/c it doesnt really sound like anything they've done before.

I feel exactly the opposite of warehouse about that little section. I don’t find it awkward in the least, and it doesn’t kill momentum for me at all, it actually propels the song forward into the next section beautifully in my opinion.

Yea i sense no white man rhythm/lack thereof in that portion at all. its actually right in time, on the beat, and accenting it quite well.

Great delivery.

i listened to it again this morning and its still my least favorite part of a great song. maybe its just overly david byrne-ish. overall i love ed's vocals on this song. its almost like an r&b feel. this song is so good.

the only thing that winds me up is "imperceptibly big" coming in too early

Count me as loving the "positive" part. Highlight of the song for me.

guitar_davey wrote:Count me as loving the "positive" part. Highlight of the song for me.

I put "drown in the river" right with it. Love both!

That whole second verse is easily the best part of the song for me.

scrub12 wrote:

96583UP wrote:can i sleep with your wife?

I can’t say no to the Gigaton Squad leader.

trick question, in gigaton squad we only do guys. but you passed

Positive positive

how is this so good in 2020? it makes no sense

it's so... groovy... and moody

two things I used to love about PJ