Red Mosquito

E.H. Ruddock wrote:If noonie likes it then I am all about it.

Easy left me long ago = I'll ride the wave where it takes me

Crowds will eat this shit up.

A few quotes from "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Poe, a reference picked up by the Rolling Stone review:

http://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/15 ... e-pendulum

BoltofLightning wrote:Easy left me long ago = I'll ride the wave where it takes me

Crowds will eat this shit up.

Yup. Big cathartic moment.

Guys there's a handclap in this too.

harmless wrote:Guys there's a handclap in this too.

how do you know it's not a butt slap?

mastaflatch wrote:

harmless wrote:Guys there's a handclap in this too.

how do you know it's not a butt slap?

I hope it's a butt slap.

mastaflatch wrote:

harmless wrote:Guys there's a handclap in this too.

how do you know it's not a butt slap?

jeff on stone?

boom on mike?

bob on eddie?

harmless wrote:Guys there's a handclap in this too.

Yeah? I don't think I've caught that yet

solace wrote:i like this song a lot, but the reverb/vocal effect when Ed sings the line "easy come and easy go, easy left me long time agooooooo" made me actually cringe and laugh out loud

Crazy... I love that part of the song...

solace wrote:i like this song a lot, but the reverb/vocal effect when Ed sings the line "easy come and easy go, easy left me long time agooooooo" made me actually cringe and laugh out loud

Yeah, I think that part would be a great deal more effective had they let Ed's voice naturally ring out (perhaps bring some room sound into the mix) than use that LISTEN TO THIS SPECIAL EFFECT effect.

Though I enjoyed the album a lot more on my last few spins, I still struggle with this song; not because I don't like it but because I do and I find some of the production and performance choices kind of a bummer.

This is one song on which I absolutely adore the production. That note with the echo effect is the biggest spine chilling moment on this album for me after Ed's singing in the outro of Infallible.

This song contains one or two production touches hoping to call back Ten, I think. If you're down with that you'll be OK with this.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

harmless wrote:Guys there's a handclap in this too.

Yeah? I don't think I've caught that yet

Just one person clapping, buried under the mix. Kind of Hummus-style over the rhythm (which I would type out if I knew my "clapping notation" well enough). It's nowhere near as overt as LTRP and just adds to the percussive texture.

I was always ok with the production on Ten's ballads. That's probably why I'm loving Pendulum.

stupidmop wrote:I thiiiink if I had to choose one I'd go with CC because of the lyrics/structure. They're both up there though.

Yeah definitely CC. Dat groove

Jeff's hypnotic bass is lovely at the "easy come easy go" part when he plays faster.

Birds in Hell wrote:

solace wrote:i like this song a lot, but the reverb/vocal effect when Ed sings the line "easy come and easy go, easy left me long time agooooooo" made me actually cringe and laugh out loud

Yeah, I think that part would be a great deal more effective had they let Ed's voice naturally ring out (perhaps bring some room sound into the mix) than use that LISTEN TO THIS SPECIAL EFFECT effect.

Though I enjoyed the album a lot more on my last few spins, I still struggle with this song; not because I don't like it but because I do and I find some of the production and performance choices kind of a bummer.

Yeah using just reverb and delay would have fit the mix better.

Isn't it just reverb used to the extreme?

It's an odd effect. The song is all menacing and echoey and suddenly there's weird inhuman high pitched thing.