Red Mosquito

Leatherhead wrote:Yea I don't hear anything here that makes me think it's outside of his current vocal capabilities. He sounds like modern Eddie Vedder.

He does and doesn't. It can be rare nowadays for him to sing the higher notes in tune, and then sustain them with stability (no wavering), and strength (rather than yelling into the mic or wavering). The way he sings out of the bridge had all three, and that's kind of rare in his upper register now, at least compared to other clips where he doesn't sound near that good. It does not seem like the limitations he seemed to have on the Vancouver clips. The way his voice used to ring....the range in which it does this has seemingly become constrained, or at least I thought so until that video

But I think maybe Vancouver he wasn't warmed up yet? He seems way more vocally 'on' for the Portland show. He sounds great in some clips, especially for modern Eddie.

guitar_davey wrote:

spike wrote:Most overrated song on Dark Matter. There. I said it.

More a testament to how good the entire record is.

that anyone makes this claim means this song is underrated!

mikejasond wrote:
But I think maybe Vancouver he wasn't warmed up yet? He seems way more vocally 'on' for the Portland show. He sounds great in some clips, especially for modern Eddie.

I think that's it.

If he was being autotune corrected he wouldn't be straining as hard because he wouldn't need to be perfect. He was wrestling this song the whole time, and he won.

i've listened to this song almost every day for the last two weeks or whatever its been. there's been like 4 or 5 different vocal parts that have randomly made me say "holy shit!"

and then mccready to end it with the vocals overtop

warehouse wrote:i've listened to this song almost every day for the last two weeks or whatever its been. there's been like 4 or 5 different vocal parts that have randomly made me say "holy shit!"

and then mccready to end it with the vocals overtop

There are so many wonderful little nuances to this or that phrase all the way through. And, of course, the "glory note" in the bridge.

So many moments. I still think the first lyric and held 'love' coming out of the bridge is my favorite, though

My dark horse pick is how "and escape the blame" softens and sinks when you're primed to expect that phrase to rise above the lines leading up to it.

Would have to take an act of faith
To find relief and escape the blame

good call. But we could also just throw a dart

Truly could.

I like this song, but I think it’s my least favorite on the album.

Jaeti wrote:My dark horse pick is how "and escape the blame" softens and sinks when you're primed to expect that phrase to rise above the lines leading up to it.

Would have to take an act of faith
To find relief and escape the blame

yeah I love that too, it's archetypal PJ -- the fall where you expect a rise -- and it's been missing from their recent music; we are (mostly) SO back!

i think every time this song comes on I get through matt’s first drum fill and restart the song. Sometimes twice. but then im usually good

I feel like if Chris Cornell were still with us he would be featured in this song. I’ve always thought of this song as I Got Shit if it were on Yield but at the same time I get the early 90s feel the more I listen to it.

I feel like if Chris Cornell were still with us he would be featured in this song. I’ve always thought of this song as I Got Shit if it were on Yield but at the same time I get the early 90s feel the more I listen to it.

stip wrote:i think every time this song comes on I get through matt’s first drum fill and restart the song. Sometimes twice. but then im usually good

I do this with React, Respond at the point where the vocals come in.

If someone told you this is the best Pearl Jam song they’ve ever heard…

I think this is my favorite from the album

this is def my favorite pearl jam song since "dance of the clairvoyants"

lol sorry i still love that song, but 'stevie' is amazing and not just b/c its named after stevie wonder. EV's best vocals since gtf.

I've learned the opening lick and general chords on guitar and it's fun playing along with the song.

Matters wrote:If someone told you this is the best Pearl Jam song they’ve ever heard…

it does what pearl jam does better than anyone and does it really well. did this happen?