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Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Sun April 05, 2020 10:27 pm
by Ms Harmless
RockPusher wrote:OmegaprimeVKM wrote:This reminds me of Parachutes - that whole swirling, hazy, ouroboros strumming pattern. Like the threat of a lullaby.
I didn't really get Parachutes either. It's not really for me, yet. I'm going to keep trying because it has something to it that has me a little hooked.
I recently realized what it was about Parachutes that I didn't like: it feels like a song in need of a different singer. I love Eddie, but his delivery, at least in the studio version, feels quite strained to me in a way that does not flow naturally from the song's themes. I think this may be a reason why Buckle Up does work for me- because what pieces of strain I hear in Ed's delivery this time do seem to work well within the song. There's a trepidation to the breathy way he sings the words "Buckle up" that just makes sense, for instance.
I agree with this 100%
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Sun April 05, 2020 11:00 pm
by Strat
oh my god you psychos. Parachutes is one of my favorite ed performances.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Sun April 05, 2020 11:20 pm
by oneway23
This is balderdash. Parachutes is a gem
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Sun April 05, 2020 11:22 pm
by Ms Harmless
hey don't worry, I don't always push the rock
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Sun April 05, 2020 11:24 pm
by RockPusher
You guys sound like Wes Mantooth:
"Dorothy Mantooth is a saint! You understand me?"
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:06 am
by oneway23
Ms Harmless wrote:hey don't worry, I don't always push the rock
That would be a boulder dash, not balderdash
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:09 am
by Ms Harmless
oneway23 wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:hey don't worry, I don't always push the rock
That would be a boulder dash, not balderdash
lol
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:38 am
by stip
Strat wrote:oh my god you psychos. Parachutes is one of my favorite ed performances.
i love parachutes, but I never saw it as an Ed highlight
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:42 am
by Strat
stip wrote:Strat wrote:oh my god you psychos. Parachutes is one of my favorite ed performances.
i love parachutes, but I never saw it as an Ed highlight
well that is because you think lightning bolt is top tier pearl jam.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:44 am
by stip
Excuse me - Top mid tier!
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 12:02 pm
by warehouse
stip wrote:i have a hard time imagining this one as a scary song
thats b/c the music is so comforting its hard to imagine he's singing about a murder
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 5:54 pm
by epilogue
Strat wrote:stip wrote:Strat wrote:oh my god you psychos. Parachutes is one of my favorite ed performances.
i love parachutes, but I never saw it as an Ed highlight
well that is because you think lightning bolt is top tier pearl jam.
Yeah, I'm with Stip here. I adore Parachutes, but not because of Ed. Nor would I say that Ed's work on the song is bad by any stretch. But it isn't an Ed performance for the ages. Just like with Buckle Up I wish Stone sang Parachutes, actually. I think it would make an already great song even better.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 6:01 pm
by Norah
Yeah both of these songs are great despite Ed, and I think would be even better with Stone singing them.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 6:05 pm
by liebzz
liebzz wrote:Mike wrote:Eddie's vocals are great here. Those clean long notes are so smooth.
Funny cause in my mind I can almost hear Stone singing this song and it would work.
I feel ahead of the curve for a change. Made that note in page 5
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 6:12 pm
by VinylGuy
durdencommatyler wrote:Strat wrote:stip wrote:Strat wrote:oh my god you psychos. Parachutes is one of my favorite ed performances.
i love parachutes, but I never saw it as an Ed highlight
well that is because you think lightning bolt is top tier pearl jam.
Yeah, I'm with Stip here. I adore Parachutes, but not because of Ed. Nor would I say that Ed's work on the song is bad by any stretch. But it isn't an Ed performance for the ages. Just like with Buckle Up I wish Stone sang Parachutes, actually. I think it would make an already great song even better.
I love Ed´performance on Buckle Up. I dont need Stone on this one....Parachutes? yeah maybe it could be cool to have a demo with Stone...but my only problem with the studio version is the production, specially the layered vocals of Eddie.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 6:56 pm
by stip
stone singing makes both of these worse. stop speaking nonsense
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 9:19 pm
by Leatherhead
stip wrote:stone singing makes both of these worse. stop speaking nonsense
He's right.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 9:36 pm
by Anders
I love Stone’s voice, but Ed is perfect on Buckle Up.
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 9:56 pm
by RockPusher
I love Stone, but I really don't want him singing. I remember taking a friend to see Pearl Jam at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in 1993 and telling him about how much PJ reminded me of The Who, specifically my favorite album Who's Next, and lo and behold, at that show, they fucking covered Baba O'Riley, and it was amazeballs until Stone started squealing "Teeeeeeeenage Wasteland"
Re: Buckle Up
Posted: Mon April 06, 2020 10:07 pm
by tragabigzanda