Red Mosquito

Habitman wrote:

guitar_davey wrote:

Habitman wrote:Fuck...Ed (vaxxed/Boosted) thought Covid was going to kill him.

And otherwise might have.

100%

Yikes. Get your shots, people.

I'm triple stabbed

The bat signal went up and Bammer appeared. Are you the new verb?!

Wait Bammer is fine with shots not masks. Carry on! Fair enough

Bammer used to be a fun poster until he let verb take over his account

Strat wrote:The bat signal went up and Bammer appeared. Are you the new verb?!

No, I just hadn’t heard that.

Anyway I have the CD in my car and I’m on my third spin through the whole thing. Review coming at some point.

Habitman wrote:Metacritic EV scores:

79 Earthling (12 reviews)
68 Ukulele Songs (22 reviews)
67 Into The Wild (14 reviews)

Into the wild is way better

stip wrote:I like the lyric 'crying cocktail tears' from Power of Right

Is it "cocktail" or "crocodile" enunciated as "croc-dile"?

stip wrote:I guess I can see what people like about power of right. I mean, I don't dislike it. I'm just not a fan of the 'power of right' phrase and it is the emotional climax of the song.

Yeah, I love the vocal performance with the exception of the title-phrase centerpiece aspect. The rest is so great that I totally dig the song, but it could have hit another level for me otherwise.

stip wrote:

Power of Right is towards the bottom of the record for me (probably only behind Haves and Long Way). Tell me more about what does it for you.

Interesting. It's my favorite song on the album, so far.

Ed's vocal tone/mixing/performance is just perfect on Fallout... I love how it gently, flows in/out of the verses.

The harmonies add a wonderful element.

Such a smooth song in terms of the acoustic guitars/lead vocal/harmonies and lead guitar solo.

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Anders wrote:I understand that people have different taste in music, but for me Picture may be the worst song ever released that Eddie sings on.

Can't deny me says hi.

I think that's a lot better. Difference between a 0 star rating, and a 1,5.

Can't deny me is a 0. Picture is different, it's not what we should expect, but it's not a 0 star song by any means.

I could consider -1 for Picture.

the Dark is the catchiest thing Ed has ever written.

These nights with the sky still full of stars, yea, im gonna find you in the dark.


Ugh.

"I should be lost in your eye....."

Ugh!

So fucking good. I kind of didn't think Ed had it in him. When i think of pearl jam and Ed's career i dont really think of Melody - to be honest. There was/is something else about his writing but nothing was ever pure saccharine goodness.

This shit? ill take a hit of all of that.

Strat wrote:the Dark is the catchiest thing Ed has ever written.

These nights with the sky still full of stars, yea, im gonna find you in the dark.


Ugh.

"I should be lost in your eye....."

Ugh!

So fucking good. I kind of didn't think Ed had it in him. When i think of pearl jam and Ed's career i dont really think of Melody - to be honest. There was/is something else about his writing but nothing was ever pure saccharine goodness.

This shit? ill take a hit of all of that.

It's so good. Been stuck in my head all week.

Add in a few "da da da da's" and im full on melting here.

Strat wrote:the Dark is the catchiest thing Ed has ever written.

These nights with the sky still full of stars, yea, im gonna find you in the dark.


Ugh.

"I should be lost in your eye....."

Ugh!

So fucking good. I kind of didn't think Ed had it in him. When i think of pearl jam and Ed's career i dont really think of Melody - to be honest. There was/is something else about his writing but nothing was ever pure saccharine goodness.

This shit? ill take a hit of all of that.

He's two moments on Gigaton and Earthling where he's taking simple words and wrapping it in a wonderful melody:

Comes than goes chorus

Dark chorus

Strat wrote:the Dark is the catchiest thing Ed has ever written.

These nights with the sky still full of stars, yea, im gonna find you in the dark.


Ugh.

"I should be lost in your eye....."

Ugh!

So fucking good. I kind of didn't think Ed had it in him. When i think of pearl jam and Ed's career i dont really think of Melody - to be honest. There was/is something else about his writing but nothing was ever pure saccharine goodness.

This shit? ill take a hit of all of that.

I love The Dark, but let's not overreact.

Strat wrote:These nights with the sky still full of stars, yea, im gonna find you in the dark

this line IS delivered so perfectly

Are you ready for a bit, a bit of Echo Victor?

God, I love that. Can we start referring to him as Echo Victor? He should start every concert with that question.

daft twat wrote:Are you ready for a bit, a bit of Echo Victor?

God, I love that. Can we start referring to him as Echo Victor? He should start every concert with that question.

Hop a flight to LA.