Red Mosquito

Kevin Davis wrote:

stip wrote:When I get to yield today Ill listen for it. I know I dont like what he is doing in GTF.

Man, this makes me sad. I'm not sure any song better illustrates my preference for Jack as a drummer than the studio version of "Given to Fly," which has a sense of peace that is so much more in step with the song than Matt's much less sensitive live takes. Part of that is down to how much speed the song has picked up live, but even Matt's better versions from '98 just don't quite access the same space. "Wishlist," "Off He Goes," "Long Road," "Who You Are" -- these are all other examples of this. I like Matt as a drummer, even for Pearl Jam, but Jack had really incredible instincts for understanding a song's emotional register and supporting it in the most tasteful way possible.

Anders wrote:Wishlist would have been the worst song on No Code.

stip wrote:I like wishlist more than every song on no code

stip wrote:Ranking No Code and Yield

Do the Evolution
Wishlist
Given to Fly
Brain of J
Hail Hail
Red Mosquito
Who You Are
Habit
In My Tree
All Those Yesterdays
MFC
Lukin
No Way
Pilate
Around the Bend
Smile
Present Tense
Sometimes
Push Me/Pull Me
In Hiding
Lowlight
Mankind
Off He GOes
Faithful
I'm Open

Ms Harmless wrote:

Anders wrote:I can't get enough of the sonic landscape that In My Tree lives in. The band has never sounded better.

We have always got something new to learn, ever until the day we die. But hopefully we can enjoy life along the way, and not get stuck in a negative news cycle.

up here in my tree
newspapers matter not to me
no more crowbars to my head
i'm trading stories with the leaves instead

I remember when
I swore I knew everything
let's say knowledge is a tree
it's growing up just like me
i'm so light the wind he shakes
i'm so high the sky i scrape
i'm so light i hold just one breath and go back to my nest

those lyrics are so good, ugh

theplatypus wrote:

stip wrote:

digster wrote:I'd be interested in the songs stip is talking about, because I can't think of a single song where Jack is doing what he shouldn't be doing. I get preferring Dave A.; though they're both rock drummers, they have identifiable and clearly different styles and approaches. But Irons doesn't ever feel out of place here, to me.

I wonder if it's more a question of Jack's style; I feel his impact on the songs a bit more overtly on this one than I do on Yield, for example.

I am sure I don't have the musical vocabulary to describe it. It's probably his style. I just notice what he's doing in a way that seems to stand apart from the rest of the song, and I'm usually not a fan of it.

I know what you mean but I like it.

tragabigzanda wrote:

stip wrote:I like wishlist more than every song on no code

Apart from Hail, Hail, I could get on board with this

ghost wrote:I feel like I need to wear a mask in this thread to avoid being infected by this anti-Jack nonsense.