Red Mosquito

I know what he means when he sings it. When I see it written I can’t help picturing some old man, sitting on his porch, calling to his wife...maaaaw.

I'm so excited about the dramatic upturn of love for this song that's going to happen now that we've talked about this

I have a raging maw right now

a dramatic upturn of love

Gaping whozawhats now??

Thought we were talking about Marvel comics & the Ebony Maw

Ms Harmless wrote:a dramatic upturn of love

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

I can honestly say when the Bob Honey part comes, before I read the lyrics I thought it was followed by thanks Martha Row, and I never tried to google that name. I just went with it. I still catch myself singing Martha Row even though that’s not it.

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

I love how you talk about this like "if I don't hear it, it's not there!"

dad wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

I can honestly say when the Bob Honey part comes, before I read the lyrics I thought it was followed by thanks Martha Row, and I never tried to google that name. I just went with it. I still catch myself singing Martha Row even though that’s not it.

i heard that too! Thank you Mudhoney, thanks martha row

stip wrote:

dad wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

I can honestly say when the Bob Honey part comes, before I read the lyrics I thought it was followed by thanks Martha Row, and I never tried to google that name. I just went with it. I still catch myself singing Martha Row even though that’s not it.

i heard that too! Thank you Mudhoney, thanks martha row

Go with it. I’ll do it to honor Martha Row.

Birds in Hell wrote:

stip wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:after the "gaping maw" section

The what now

It starts the verse after what is probably the bridge

I'll take your word for it.

I will likely listen to this song for twenty years without ever consciously hearing the "gaping maw" and "Bob Honey" parts.

It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

It’s an entire section of the damn song. And the line is repeated multiple times.

PHATJ wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

It’s an entire section of the damn song. And the line is repeated multiple times.

I've heard the song maybe ten, twelve times at least and still haven't consciously heard it.

My attention when listening to music just doesn't focus on lyrics in that way.

PHATJ wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

It’s an entire section of the damn song. And the line is repeated multiple times.

Brothaman....wish I could play it more often.. I've been at home with the Mrs for a month and don't have closed-back headphones. I'm not playing it on studio monitors while she's taking phone calls & zoom meetings for work. I've only been able to hear the record a few times, and haven't been able to really immerse myself in the lyrics yet.

I'll be sure to zero in for that part the next time I listen.

the portion everyone says sounds like petty sounds more like the hold steady to me

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

It’s an entire section of the damn song. And the line is repeated multiple times.

Brothaman....wish I could play it more often.. I've been at home with the Mrs for a month and don't have closed-back headphones. I'm not playing it on studio monitors while she's taking phone calls & zoom meetings for work. I've only been able to hear the record a few times, and haven't been able to really immerse myself in the lyrics yet.

I'll be sure to zero in for that part the next time I listen.

Understandable. I’m not married and I haven’t listened on headphones once.

Birds in Hell wrote:

PHATJ wrote:

oneway23 wrote:

PHATJ wrote:It’s not even possible to miss the gaping maw part.

It is if ya didn't know it was there!

It’s an entire section of the damn song. And the line is repeated multiple times.

I've heard the song maybe ten, twelve times at least and still haven't consciously heard it.

My attention when listening to music just doesn't focus on lyrics in that way.

It seems hard to believe you have completely missed all of this:

“When you make the drop, the gaping maw
When you make the drop, the gaping maw
Makes us alive, should we survive
When you make the drop, the gaping maw
Keeps us alive, survive
When you make the drop, the gaping maw“

I mean, it comes with a musical change. The lyric is repeated 4 times in a six line stanza. It’s a strange word to sing at all, let alone that many times in a single stanza. It’s one of the most clearly different and attention grabbing sections of the song. I can’t imagine hearing it more than maybe a couple times without picking up on it. It’s like saying you didn’t catch the “dix” lyric in DOTC after a dozen listens. It makes me wonder if you actually hear the songs you listen to!