Red Mosquito

I tried.
Came up with 33.

epilogue wrote:she can remember a time denied,
stood by the side of the road, spilled like wine
now she's out in her own and line high

Actually I totally forgot about

She said the timing was everything
Made him want to be everywhere
There's a lot to be said for nowhere


That hits my pearl jam sweet spot

stip wrote:

epilogue wrote:she can remember a time denied,
stood by the side of the road, spilled like wine
now she's out in her own and line high

Actually I totally forgot about

She said the timing was everything
Made him want to be everywhere
There's a lot to be said for nowhere


That hits my pearl jam sweet spot

I almost put that one, too. I just love the spilled like wine image. Hate that Ed's abandoned it live.

But yeah both of those bits are perfection and worthy of the all time list.

Probably something from I Am Mine, too.

Hard To Imagine has some powerful lines.

VinylGuy wrote:Hard To Imagine has some powerful lines.

Truth

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:

epilogue wrote:she can remember a time denied,
stood by the side of the road, spilled like wine
now she's out in her own and line high

Actually I totally forgot about

She said the timing was everything
Made him want to be everywhere
There's a lot to be said for nowhere


That hits my pearl jam sweet spot

I almost put that one, too. I just love the spilled like wine image. Hate that Ed's abandoned it live.

But yeah both of those bits are perfection and worthy of the all time list.

The juxtaposition between those artful verses and the clunky chorus on MFC has always frustrated me. I think it's one of their worst choruses, and everything else about that song is so good.

stip wrote:

epilogue wrote:

stip wrote:

epilogue wrote:she can remember a time denied,
stood by the side of the road, spilled like wine
now she's out in her own and line high

Actually I totally forgot about

She said the timing was everything
Made him want to be everywhere
There's a lot to be said for nowhere


That hits my pearl jam sweet spot

I almost put that one, too. I just love the spilled like wine image. Hate that Ed's abandoned it live.

But yeah both of those bits are perfection and worthy of the all time list.

The juxtaposition between those artful verses and the clunky chorus on MFC has always frustrated me. I think it's one of their worst choruses, and everything else about that song is so good.

Oh that's interesting. I've never found the chorus to be clunky. It's all of a piece to me and works so well. It's seamless and consistent, I think.

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Hard To Imagine has some powerful lines.

Truth

First song that came to mind for me.

Things were different then
All is different now
I tried to explain, I hope this works somehow

Higgs wrote:

epilogue wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Hard To Imagine has some powerful lines.

Truth

First song that came to mind for me.

Things were different then
All is different now
I tried to explain, I hope this works somehow

It works so well for so many different things or phases in our lives. And the whole setting it paints, its beautiful.

Totally. Ed's pretty good like that.

Higgs wrote:Totally. Ed's pretty good like that.

Maybe that's part of why Backspacer doesn't work for me. There's not a ton of atmosphere. Not a lot of painting.

Though Force of Nature could arguably be the best song on the record in that regard and it's my least favorite. So I don't fucking know.

Lyric wise Backspacer has a lot of that...Force of Nature, Gonna See My Friend, Just Breathe..The End! those are super powerful lyrics or at least have great lines....

and the best is Speed Of Sound...man, its just...it transports me to what he is saying...there is an overall feeling to it.

VinylGuy wrote:Lyric wise Backspacer has a lot of that...Force of Nature, Gonna See My Friend, Just Breathe..The End! those are super powerful lyrics or at least have great lines....

and the best is Speed Of Sound...man, its just...it transports me to what he is saying...there is an overall feeling to it.

That's true, Speed of Sound is great at what you're talking about. And I know it's not maybe as widely held but I think Amongst the Waves excels there too. Say what you want, but the song oozes atmosphere and sense of place.

Yeah, I'm wrong. There is plenty of that on Backspacer.

yeah, Amongst The Waves too. It feel more like Ed talking about himself instead of someone telling a story, but still lots of good moments.

And once outside the undertow
Just you and me, and nothing more

Thats a great one.

epilogue wrote:

Higgs wrote:Totally. Ed's pretty good like that.

Maybe that's part of why Backspacer doesn't work for me. There's not a ton of atmosphere. Not a lot of painting.

Though Force of Nature could arguably be the best song on the record in that regard and it's my least favorite. So I don't fucking know.

Force of Nature and Amongst the Waves are the two best on that - but there is an immediacy to most of the songs that doesn't create that space - and there are a few songs (that I like) that would benefit a bit more from the atmosphere. Speed of Sound is a great example. I like the oddly cacophonous noise in the song, but it's not great for exploring the ideas.

Oh, I was thinking atmosphere in the music. Lyrically I think that scene painting is there, but the music almost always hurries things along so you don't get to linger, Even songs like The End feel a bit rushed compared to its peers.

yeah, i agree with that....they were super into "lets trim the fat" and musically they could have benefited from more time.

BUT this is the lyrics thread stip.

I barely know where I am anymore