Red Mosquito

Val wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Release_Me wrote:Well, the London Listening Party is tomorrow, so hopefully we get something out of that. More reviews, song descriptions or maybe even a leak?

im not counting a leak but yeah, song descriptions will be all over the place and RM is going to RM hard tomorrow

Or semi-hard because middle aged men don’t RM like they used to

Mike wrote:I really love The Dark and Try (They also happen to be two of the rare girlfriend approved songs from the Eddie Vedder extended universe)

stip wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:my take on King Animal is that it's almost a great album but I hate "Worse Dreams"

Thats a good example of a song that seemed awesome when they released a clip and the whole version was a let down. I dont particulary hate it, but it seems there is a better version of the song they didnt record.

it's not as bad as the worst PJ songs imo, but the lyrics just make me cringe unfortunately and the mix isn't punchy enough for me

I hate the word cringe so much, and that's RM's fault. This isn't directed at you MH, you just happened to be the post I responded to.

I think the lyrics are describing something powerful, and I appreciate that it is Mike's authentic stab at it, but they do not read as particularly memorable. In some cases they are just flat out awkward.

It is also a song that is screaming to be epic, and neither the music nor Eddie's performance feels particularly epic, though I do think there's a nice build at the end. But its also so oddly hushed on a record that is always loud even when it shouldn't be.

Live it's pretty great - it gets the scope and sweep the album version can't quite match.

I do like Inside job on the album well enough but 3 star songs on tracks that are reaching to be 5 star experiences always feels slightly disappointing.

Ms Harmless wrote:YOU'RE a wall of directionless noise

stip wrote:

Mike wrote:I really love The Dark and Try (They also happen to be two of the rare girlfriend approved songs from the Eddie Vedder extended universe)

those are two of my top 3 on the record, with Invincible.

But I like every song except for the two singles (Long Way has grown on me once it wasn't a single)


Apparently the Dark was on some Apple+ series

stip wrote:

Mike wrote:I really love The Dark and Try (They also happen to be two of the rare girlfriend approved songs from the Eddie Vedder extended universe)

those are two of my top 3 on the record, with Invincible.

But I like every song except for the two singles (Long Way has grown on me once it wasn't a single)


Apparently the Dark was on some Apple+ series

tragabigzanda wrote:I hate Try so much. Just a wall of directionless noise.

McParadigm wrote:I think Long Way and Haves are the only songs I don’t like on that record. Although I sometimes skip Fallout Today.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I hate Try so much. Just a wall of directionless noise.

Go back to bed

The college radio station just played GnR Locomotive for some reason(?!). Now there’s a song.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Strat wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:I hate Try so much. Just a wall of directionless noise.

Go back to bed

The college radio station just played GnR Locomotive for some reason(?!). Now there’s a song.