Red Mosquito

it is faster, though, right?

The drums in the intro are half what they are in the rest of the song, but otherwise no. The lead guitar part is the same on intro and outro.

I *think* it goes from 4/4 (intro) to 2/4 everywhere else but my time-signature understanding is totally rusty.

huh.

I can't differentiate between 4/4 and 2/4 because essentially they're the same thing.

Same thing with 3/4 and 6/8 and the like.

It's about rhythm mostly; they're not the same thing on drums. It's all about which beats are emphasised and when. 2/4 *feels* faster than 4/4 because there are twice as many snare hits. I think, I'm drinking.

harmless wrote:It's about rhythm mostly; they're not the same thing on drums. It's all about which beats are emphasised and when. 2/4 *feels* faster than 4/4 because there are twice as many snare hits. I think, I'm drinking.

Yeah, I get that when we talk about it, but when I'm listening to a song and tapping the beat on my leg I just call them both 4/4.

So 4/4 is:

boom, cha, boom, cha

And 2/4 is:

boomchaboomchaboomchaboomcha

cutuphalfdead wrote:

harmless wrote:It's about rhythm mostly; they're not the same thing on drums. It's all about which beats are emphasised and when. 2/4 *feels* faster than 4/4 because there are twice as many snare hits. I think, I'm drinking.

Yeah, I get that when we talk about it, but when I'm listening to a song and tapping the beat on my leg I just call them both 4/4.

Yeah, they're both based on beats of 4, just 2/4 is interspersed with 8th beats. I THINK.

You know, I still like this song.

Agreed. This song has my favorite Mike solo on record since All or None.

This is how Eddie should sound on the fast songs going forward

We'll always have this and Comatose, stip.

It'll be enough.

stip wrote:This is how Eddie should sound on the fast songs going forward

I will definitely agree with this. He sounds great here. Probably my favorite vocals between all of BS and LB.

Leatherhead wrote:

stip wrote:This is how Eddie should sound on the fast songs going forward

I will definitely agree with this. He sounds great here. Probably my favorite vocals between all of BS and LB.

completely agree. love the deep guttural, growling sound to his voice. really comes from his chest rather than his nasally screeches from other modern fast songs

I still wish this song ended the way it starts.

it does, apparently. It's just played faster.

well, and there's all that other stuff going on.