Red Mosquito

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

stip wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I'm sorry, if you don't like it; I understand why

I think it makes improvements to a PJ template that some people wish they'd just bin

It is really just the vocals that are bothering me. But they really bother me.

Agreed. It’s like Ed smoked two packs of unfiltered cigarettes an hour before walking into the booth. Perhaps his weakest studio performance

there is no way this is his weakest studio performance

yeah this is baffling to me. I get not liking the vocal melody, but he sounds good

He most certainly does not

Yeah...he sounds really, really bad.

this song is the furthest thing away from a surprise in my opinion.

Ms Harmless wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:at this point if you don't think he sounds good in this song, you just don't think he sounds good, and that's OK

no, just this song. I thought he was fine in DotC.

well fine, be like that!!!

haha that gif is too fast. Was going for a slow eyebrow raise, but you get the point.

2 listens in. This song is forgettable. I doubt I will ever seek this song out to play individually. A good song would hook you from the beginning. This definitely doesn’t. The riff and last minute breakdown isn’t bad but thats not good enough. Just disappointing. Too Backspacer, too cookie cutter. Expectations very much lowered for the rest of the album. Hopefully something else on the album will fill my need for dark atmospheric riffs and goddamn energetic anger. No more of this pop punk.

I don’t hate it, but Ed’s just a little too up front in the mix for me to love it. He fades back during the Superblood Wolf Moon parts and it works much better.

There are some interesting transitions and the song is “fun” like Big Wave is “fun”.

I'd rather listen to the 10 second teaser on loop for 4 min straight

Get Right - not a fan of this song when it came, but compared to modern Pearl Jam, it's a solid song. I get the comparison to SBWM.
All Night - this is fantastic. Don't hear any SBWM here.
Johnny Guitar - gets better every year, great for modern Pearl Jam. SBWM has a similar feel to it.
Black, Red, Yellow - this is the song LTRP wish it was. No SBWM here.
Olë - poor Ed performance. Song sounds rushed, like a poor version of MYM. No SBWM here.
Supersonic - not hearing SBWM here. Song is too frantic. Good melody gets crushed by the band and some poor lyrics. A shame.
Hitchiker - another LTRP/BRY-ish song. Kind of rolls and boogies. Ed has a very distinct vocal. Typical of the times it was made, yet I can see how his delivery can be compared to SBWM.
Leatherman - one of the worst Pearl Jam songs. No SBWM here.
Superblood Wolfmoon - better than most of the songs above.

McParadigm wrote:Yeah, other than the “she was a stunner...could be the one” lyric I am in. Old men dreaming of early Kinks, and making some weird choices along the way, is fine by me. If it’s a highlight, it’s probably a bad sign, but as album tracks go it’s pretty fun. I like Pearl Jam garage rockers that stumble, I like hearing the fuzz of the amps crack a little, and I like that dive bomb solo that doesn’t want to lift you up into the stratosphere.

Update: still this

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:at this point if you don't think he sounds good in this song, you just don't think he sounds good, and that's OK

no, just this song. I thought he was fine in DotC.

well fine, be like that!!!

It’s a 3. Some things to be encouraged by but a no where close to a perfect track by any means.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:haha that gif is too fast. Was going for a slow eyebrow raise, but you get the point.

LOL

this is why the album comes out after the tour starts

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

DeeDee wrote:

Sgt. Crackpot wrote:

DeeDee wrote:Why do they keep writing songs like that?

It's a waste of their talents.

I've got news for you, buddy. They do it because they can. And this is one of the extents of their talent at work.

They're in their 50s now. Creative energy is usually gone in most people by their age. The fact that they're making music and seem to have a renewed passion with this album is better than we should expect by now.

'They do it because they can'.

Thanks for the info, buddy.

They're starting to destroy their own legacy.

Starting to destroy?

Have you listened to the last 3 albums?

Can't deny me, Olé, Dotc and Superblood Wolfmoon.

Their last 4 published songs.

Dramatic.

Anders wrote:Get Right - not a fan of this song when it came, but compared to modern Pearl Jam, it's a solid song. I get the comparison to SBWM.
All Night - this is fantastic. Don't hear any SBWM here.
Johnny Guitar - gets better every year, great for modern Pearl Jam. SBWM has a similar feel to it.
Black, Red, Yellow - this is the song LTRP wish it was. No SBWM here.
Olë - poor Ed performance. Song sounds rushed, like a poor version of MYM. No SBWM here.
Supersonic - not hearing SBWM here. Song is too frantic. Good melody gets crushed by the band and some poor lyrics. A shame.
Hitchiker - another LTRP/BRY-ish song. Kind of rolls and boogies. Ed has a very distinct vocal. Typical of the times it was made, yet I can see how his delivery can be compared to SBWM.
Leatherman - one of the worst Pearl Jam songs. No SBWM here.
Superblood Wolfmoon - better than most of the songs above.

I would say it's middle of the pack here, but I also think that Johnny Guitar, Ole, and Supersonic are at the very bottom in terms of PJ material. It's probably behind the remaining songs.

From what we know about them, I think Ed’s lyrics are really strong.

I think I dig them too. Getting used to them might just tie this mess together for me.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

stip wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

Bi_3 wrote:

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:I'm sorry, if you don't like it; I understand why

I think it makes improvements to a PJ template that some people wish they'd just bin

It is really just the vocals that are bothering me. But they really bother me.

Agreed. It’s like Ed smoked two packs of unfiltered cigarettes an hour before walking into the booth. Perhaps his weakest studio performance

there is no way this is his weakest studio performance

yeah this is baffling to me. I get not liking the vocal melody, but he sounds good

He most certainly does not

Yeah, his voice sounds wrecked on this. I have no idea what people who are saying this is an improvement over the last however many years are hearing.

JuanHamm wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Its way better then previous songs like supersonic or cdm. I love the production; the guitars sound cool; there is a groove going...the solo is great and sounds great...and the outtro is pretty good too.

Still; I’m not loving this one. Feels like an ok song and a weird second single....but they are having fun for sure.

Pearl Jam have always been awful at doing "fun"

Exactly.

in terms of modern day PJ...

if DOTC is a 5
and CDM is a 0
then SBWM is a 3.