Red Mosquito

which version of Sweet Lew?

i actually quite enjoy sweet lew for what it is

tragabigzanda wrote:Dark Matter is not better than Sweet Lew

stip wrote:which version of Sweet Lew?

dark matter is not better than U.

dark matted is not better than Olympic Platinum.

dark mather is not better than Of the Girl.

dark mattress is not better than Unemployable.

I don't know that I've ever gone to bat for Unemployable, but here we are.

Oh boy, between the 'Single most embarrassing' threads and this one, RM is on a roll today

tragabigzanda wrote:am i wrong for thinking there's been a general cooling of appreciation for this song? I haven't kept my eye on the poll results, but it feels like posting activity has gradually become more detracting when talking about this track.

I think we all just desperately need a new song to talk about.

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:which version of Sweet Lew?

whichever version doesn't sound like Dark Matter

The demo, then

tragabigzanda wrote:am i wrong for thinking there's been a general cooling of appreciation for this song? I haven't kept my eye on the poll results, but it feels like posting activity has gradually become more detracting when talking about this track.

The people who love it were bullied into submission

Buby wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Dark Matter is not better than Sweet Lew

stip wrote:which version of Sweet Lew?

lol

tragabigzanda wrote:am i wrong for thinking there's been a general cooling of appreciation for this song? I haven't kept my eye on the poll results, but it feels like posting activity has gradually become more detracting when talking about this track.

4/5-star percentage held in the low 70s for the first couple of weeks, and it's now mid-60s.

I think what takes me out of most of the last three albums plus this song is Ed’s singing. It’s just a different style? Hard to explain. It’s not bad singing, it’s just just more… constipated? Not sure how to describe it but it takes me out of songs where i otherwise like the music

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think what takes me out of most of the last three albums plus this song is Ed’s singing. It’s just a different style? Hard to explain. It’s not bad singing, it’s just just more… constipated? Not sure how to describe it but it takes me out of songs where i otherwise like the music

i get you, similar for me too. it's like he's lost all subtlety and ability to create mood. he just tries to crank it to 11 every time. kind of like his guitar playing.

I'm still at a 4, but I'm not enjoying RM as much; I'll be more into it when a new song drops; if I enjoy the second single I'll have high (enough) hopes for the new album; I'm grading on a curve, because I think it would be absurd not to for any band 33 years on

the only thing I want (so much) for this album is that it's better, or more stylistically my bag, than Backspacer or Lightning Bolt

yeah, it's time for a new song. that doesn't mean i hate this one. i like it, but it's time.

bodysnatcher wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:I think what takes me out of most of the last three albums plus this song is Ed’s singing. It’s just a different style? Hard to explain. It’s not bad singing, it’s just just more… constipated? Not sure how to describe it but it takes me out of songs where i otherwise like the music

i get you, similar for me too. it's like he's lost all subtlety and ability to create mood. he just tries to crank it to 11 every time. kind of like his guitar playing.

Gigaton has so many great "moods".