Red Mosquito

In addition to being a mediocre song, Got Some is just a bad song for HIM to sing. It plays to none of his strengths. Every moment of every performance, he sounds like he’s still figuring out what to do with it.

Overcompensatory, throughout

You can start to hear some of his modern vocal tics/limitations on the S/T tour, but he still had a lot of power. I don't think he really fully learned to adapt to his new voice until about 2016-2018 or so. Some of those 2008-2014 boots are rough. Down tuning and slowing down songs have helped a lot.

i like got some a fair bit on the strength of the music, but it might be his weakest performance on a primary album. the non-entiity lyrics dont help. there’s very little to grasp on to

McParadigm wrote:In addition to being a mediocre song, Got Some is just a bad song for HIM to sing. It plays to none of his strengths. Every moment of every performance, he sounds like he’s still figuring out what to do with it.

Overcompensatory, throughout

I Agree, I always disliked the song because of it…its just not for him, I think its a song written to be more shouted and he stands on the wall trying to shout words and sing at the same time.

There are some very good moments on Backspacer however, singing wise, FoN, ATW, love the Johnny Guitar performance, its kind of unique from him.

stip wrote:i like got some a fair bit on the strength of the music, but it might be his weakest performance on a primary album. the non-entiity lyrics dont help. there’s very little to grasp on to

The one vocal performance on album i was more disapointed was Lightning Bolt, I think the song could have been sung a different way…live is wayyyyyy better. Dunno if thats a BoB thing…

I really like the third verse (after the chorus) in L-bolt. very michael stipe in its delivery (reminds me of supernatural superserious). and the increasing awe filled breathlessness of its end. but the start of that performance holds it back a bit

stip wrote:I really like the third verse (after the chorus) in L-bolt. very michael stipe in its delivery (reminds me of supernatural superserious). and the increasing awe filled breathlessness of its end. but the start of that performance holds it back a bit

I agree, LB is one song where I like his higher register more, even with his voice cracking

stip wrote:I really like the third verse (after the chorus) in L-bolt. very michael stipe in its delivery (reminds me of supernatural superserious). and the increasing awe filled breathlessness of its end. but the start of that performance holds it back a bit

Yeah, the way he sings the first verses of the song are just…weird, I get the storytelling vibe is going for but just seems off… and i just hate the enunciation of “like a stuowuuuneeeee”.

But it does get better and ends on a very good note. Just had massive potential…

unLEASHed wrote:

stip wrote:I really like the third verse (after the chorus) in L-bolt. very michael stipe in its delivery (reminds me of supernatural superserious). and the increasing awe filled breathlessness of its end. but the start of that performance holds it back a bit

Yeah, the way he sings the first verses of the song are just…weird, I get the storytelling vibe is going for but just seems off… and i just hate the enunciation of “like a stuowuuuneeeee”.

But it does get better and ends on a very good note. Just had massive potential…

Potential?

With that kind of riff and vocal part it was a stillborn child.

This is still coming on the radio over here (double J). That still gets me excited that others are into it and I turn it up.

Has Brendan O'Brien worked since Lightning Bolt?

Clem Halibut wrote:Has Brendan O'Brien worked since Lightning Bolt?

You've heard the piano on Future Days. My gut tells me no.

Clem Halibut wrote:Has Brendan O'Brien worked since Lightning Bolt?

yeah a lot. I think his last album was 4 years ago with ACDC´s Power Up.

smallest_oceans wrote:This is still coming on the radio over here (double J). That still gets me excited that others are into it and I turn it up.

Such a good station, even better now D-Lord is doing Breakfast. Up the dubs.

Higgs wrote:

smallest_oceans wrote:This is still coming on the radio over here (double J). That still gets me excited that others are into it and I turn it up.

Such a good station, even better now D-Lord is doing Breakfast. Up the dubs.

I'm the perfect demographic. I probably discover most of my new music on there as well. for D-lord.

double j is fucking excellent and i wish i listened to it more. digital radio just isn’t as convenient as standard, terrestrial radio tho.

Since it's just the sane Oz bunch here and I've been pretty much offline for 5 days, anything new happen?

Not that I'm aware of. Pretty slow few days as far as PJ content goes after such a whirlwind few weeks.

WtOB? wrote:double j is fucking excellent and i wish i listened to it more. digital radio just isn’t as convenient as standard, terrestrial radio tho.

I listen to it all the time in my car and occasionally at home through my Sonos set up. Can't remember the last time I tuned in an old school FM radio station though.