Red Mosquito

bluestate wrote:I can't help but think how floored I'd be with this song if tonight was my first time hearing it, in the context of the album.

Exactly this. It's the best song on the record but it's hard to be most excited about it right now because everything else is so new.

I don’t know how they can


But they’re gonna play this one too fast live aren’t they

We just have to get used to it

Very interested in hearing the live version. But we'll probably have to wait a long while now.

this might be the best song on the album. how often do they release the best songs as singles? never?

Ten = Alive

Vs = Go

Vitalogy = Spin the Black Circle

No Code = Who You Are

Yield = Given to Fly

Binaural = Nothing as it Seems

Riot Act = I Am Mine

Pearl Jam (S/T) = World Wide Suicide

Backspacer = The Fixer

Lightening Bolt = Mind Your Manners

Gigaton = Dance of the Clairvoyants

warehouse wrote:this might be the best song on the album. how often do they release the best songs as singles? never?

I think they have done so a few times (at least a five star song on an album with several five star songs), although that will always be subjective, but agree that it's not been close since Riot Act.

Anders wrote:

warehouse wrote:this might be the best song on the album. how often do they release the best songs as singles? never?

I think they have done so a few times (at least a five star song on an album with several five star songs), although that will always be subjective, but agree that it's not been close since Riot Act.

the only song on your list i think is the best on the album is 'given to fly', so this is a rarity for me. regardless, i love this song.

warehouse wrote:

Anders wrote:

warehouse wrote:this might be the best song on the album. how often do they release the best songs as singles? never?

I think they have done so a few times (at least a five star song on an album with several five star songs), although that will always be subjective, but agree that it's not been close since Riot Act.

the only song on your list i think is the best on the album is 'given to fly', so this is a rarity for me. regardless, i love this song.

Fair enough. Alive was a massive hit at the time, and clearly a five star song then. Go is very solid. A lot of people here have it as their favorite ever PJ song.

STBC clearly wasn't. WYA was an odd choice as well, even if it's great.

GTF and NAIS are well deserving for me. Possibly my favorite songs from the albums. About similar to where DotC is for Gigaton.

I Am Mine was a pretty good choice I think. A top Riot Act song.

WWS, The Fixer and MYM are not top 4 songs on their albums for me.

i think they’ve arguably released the best song on each album since riot act. fixer may be number 2 on backspacer

stip wrote:i think they’ve arguably released the best song on each album since riot act. fixer may be number 2 on backspacer

i knew you were gonna chime in lol. i hate the fixer

This motherfucker might be a 5 star tune. I mean we’ve had it awhile, put it’s hitting in all the right spots for me on the record.

The looser things get....tighter. Maybe not peak EV, but it’s damn good

Dance is to this record what Do the Evolution was to Yield.

stand back when the spirit comes

that might be the catchiest thing they ever did

bluestate wrote:I can't help but think how floored I'd be with this song if tonight was my first time hearing it, in the context of the album.

great point. i almost wish we hadn't heard it now.

dimejinky99 wrote:I don’t know how they can


But they’re gonna play this one too fast live aren’t they

We just have to get used to it

quit being a debbie downer on this shit man! enjoy!

evenslow wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:I don’t know how they can


But they’re gonna play this one too fast live aren’t they

We just have to get used to it

quit being a debbie downer on this shit man! enjoy!

Hey I love this one deeply.

It's the best song on the record and I am so excited they recorded this.

Man, they need to get Monkeywrench Radio going again at Ed's house. I need to hear this live.

McParadigm wrote:Dance is to this record what Do the Evolution was to Yield.

I'm thinking Nothing As It Seems to Binaural.

This should have been pushed much, much lower in the album's tracklist.
Like, the one before the last song, maybe. Or third from the end.