Red Mosquito

knee tunes wrote:

Got Some wrote:Lightning bolt better than RA

I wouldn't say better.....
but at this point it is approaching

with every listen, there is more of that weaving going on

VinylGuy wrote:Sirens owns me everytime i listen to this goddamn album. And yes, i adore Mike´s solo. Its perfect.

stip wrote:there's a lot of really satisfying anthems on this record.

knee tunes wrote:one thing I notice about this album that stands out from the rest is the incredible build inside most of the songs.

I have recognized this "build" before in unthought known and marker in the sand, but on this album , it's in alot of the songs

--lightning bolt, sirens, swallowed whole, infallible, are the biggies.

knee tunes wrote:I am starting to love this album in a huge way.

swallowed whole is smackin the shit out of me

I can hear the crash
I can feel the pound
I can feel the
.current
.pulling
down down down down

down down down down

Got Some wrote:

stip wrote:

warehouse wrote:pendulum-best song since no code
infallable-awesomely catchy. the verses have a creep kinda pop feel, and the chorus soars into this almost motown vibe.
getaway-i love the intensity in this one. its not super aggressive, sorta heavy new wave. ed's voice sounds great
yellow moon/swallowed whole-i cant really separate these songs, and i think they are both top notch. they both have a sorta mature folky feel to them ive been wanting from pearl jam. obviously, swallowed whole is the more upbeat version, kinda reminds me of the birds. yellow moon is clearly the more mellow version, and kinda has a pink floyd feel to it. i also think both deal with similar subjects lyrically.
my father's son-pretty intense for one song and two bass'. stone's licks in this song are great, and some of the lyrics are kinda witty too. the bridge outa nowhere is awesome, i love songs that take 2 completely different parts and jam them together
mind your manners-pretty nice attempt at being the dead kennedy's. ed's vocal delivery is pretty cool, not overly aggressive, but proving his point vocally.
let the records play-fun little blues number. not their best attempt at the blues, but i dig it.
sleeping by myself-interesting transformation into a country-ish song. i really like the music, but the lyrics are so fuckin sad.
lightning bolt-its not bad. i think its trying a little too hard to be a classic live pearl jam song
sirens-i listen to it when its on the radio, but never on the cd. overly poppy. i like splitting up "over-whelmed" though
future days-ive probably listened to this song less than 10 times. kinda blows.

As much as I love the song lightning bolt that's a fair criticism of it

I Don't understand this criticism at all

warehouse wrote:"pendulum" is the best live song on the album, but its pretty much the best thing they've done since the 90s.

warehouse wrote:

Got Some wrote:

stip wrote:

warehouse wrote:pendulum-best song since no code
infallable-awesomely catchy. the verses have a creep kinda pop feel, and the chorus soars into this almost motown vibe.
getaway-i love the intensity in this one. its not super aggressive, sorta heavy new wave. ed's voice sounds great
yellow moon/swallowed whole-i cant really separate these songs, and i think they are both top notch. they both have a sorta mature folky feel to them ive been wanting from pearl jam. obviously, swallowed whole is the more upbeat version, kinda reminds me of the birds. yellow moon is clearly the more mellow version, and kinda has a pink floyd feel to it. i also think both deal with similar subjects lyrically.
my father's son-pretty intense for one song and two bass'. stone's licks in this song are great, and some of the lyrics are kinda witty too. the bridge outa nowhere is awesome, i love songs that take 2 completely different parts and jam them together
mind your manners-pretty nice attempt at being the dead kennedy's. ed's vocal delivery is pretty cool, not overly aggressive, but proving his point vocally.
let the records play-fun little blues number. not their best attempt at the blues, but i dig it.
sleeping by myself-interesting transformation into a country-ish song. i really like the music, but the lyrics are so fuckin sad.
lightning bolt-its not bad. i think its trying a little too hard to be a classic live pearl jam song
sirens-i listen to it when its on the radio, but never on the cd. overly poppy. i like splitting up "over-whelmed" though
future days-ive probably listened to this song less than 10 times. kinda blows.

As much as I love the song lightning bolt that's a fair criticism of it

I Don't understand this criticism at all

it just seems like it was written w/ a live audience in mind. like "ok, this is the part where the crowd will clap". even the band said its seems like a classic live pearl jam song, i just think its trying to hard. "pendulum" is the best live song on the album, but its pretty much the best thing they've done since the 90s.

E.H. Ruddock wrote:

knee tunes wrote:one thing I notice about this album that stands out from the rest is the incredible build inside most of the songs.

I have recognized this "build" before in unthought known and marker in the sand, but on this album , it's in alot of the songs

--lightning bolt, sirens, swallowed whole, infallible, are the biggies.

yeah every time I hear Lightning Bolt or Swallowed Whole I think "Unthought Known".

cutuphalfdead wrote:Swallowed Whole is still the best song on the album.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Swallowed Whole is still the best song on the album.

LetMeSleep wrote:

cutuphalfdead wrote:Swallowed Whole is still the best song on the album.

It's def up there. I wonder if Ed will do that at his solo shows.

cutuphalfdead wrote:Take it to the ranking thread.