Red Mosquito

LOL and The Strokes just released a new single that embarrasses this crap. Damn.

Have to admit, in my first listen, I thought it was

She was a stunner
And I was stunned
There was no first thought
Second thought was
“Could be the one”

And I liked that better.

RAG319 wrote:LOL and The Strokes just released a new single that embarrasses this crap. Damn.

yea but at the door was atrocious.

Strat wrote:i love how they recorded mikes solo as well. Lots of natural ambient room sound in there. Sounds like he's actually wailing away live with the band. Almost like it was mic'd up in a bathroom.

It sounds awful.

Strat wrote:

RAG319 wrote:LOL and The Strokes just released a new single that embarrasses this crap. Damn.

yea but at the door was atrocious.

I dug it. Bad Decisions is fucking lit tho.

McParadigm wrote:Have to admit, in my first listen, I thought it was

She was a stunner
And I was stunned
There was no first thought
Second thought was
“Could be the one”

And I liked that better.

David Lee Roth lyrics, EVH guitar solo

RAG319 wrote:

Strat wrote:

RAG319 wrote:LOL and The Strokes just released a new single that embarrasses this crap. Damn.

yea but at the door was atrocious.

I dug it. Bad Decisions is fucking lit tho.

sounds like it should be in a john hughes montage

verb_to_trust wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Have to admit, in my first listen, I thought it was

She was a stunner
And I was stunned
There was no first thought
Second thought was
“Could be the one”

And I liked that better.

David Lee Roth lyrics, EVH guitar solo

Mike sure embraced finger tapping on this one.

verb_to_trust wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Have to admit, in my first listen, I thought it was

She was a stunner
And I was stunned
There was no first thought
Second thought was
“Could be the one”

And I liked that better.

David Lee Roth lyrics, EVH guitar solo

I mean, yes please?

Is Ed getting paid by the word? If so, eggs for all. Love the guitar solo.

Superblood Wolfmoon wrote:I can’t remember the last time I thought the guitars sounded this good on a PJ record.

There's some room ambiance, a natural warmth, and a sense off separation & space there that makes a world of difference.

It doesn't sound like a sterilized, space vacuum with all of the life compressed out of the guitars like the last couple have

McParadigm wrote:

verb_to_trust wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Have to admit, in my first listen, I thought it was

She was a stunner
And I was stunned
There was no first thought
Second thought was
“Could be the one”

And I liked that better.

David Lee Roth lyrics, EVH guitar solo

I mean, yes please?

I'm not mad about it. Those aren't the reasons the song sucks.

super bland barf tune
they released you too soon

Superblood Wolfmoon wrote:I can’t remember the last time I thought the guitars sounded this good on a PJ record.

I agree, the guitars does sound good finally. Not thin or crispy but the tone is actually good and there is space. Imagine Getaway or even Swallow Whole recorded like this one.

and yeah, the melody is kinda stuck on my head.

I think it’s a solid 3 from me. I didn’t expect another DOTC, which I think is a 5, and given the title, the song isn’t what I expected, but I’m enjoying it. I still don’t really think it has a direct comparable to another PJ song, at least off the top of my head.

The lyrics are hit and miss with me, but there are some definite high points. I think the highlight of both new songs has been the final few minutes of them. It’s nice to eliminate the fade out.

ghost wrote:super bland barf tune
they released you too soon

I like this song and I like this post

My take is this song into DOTC is cool. It is something unexpected which I like. It is would fit to me on Vitalogy more than it would fit on lightning bolt. I like it. I don't know how much I will seek it out. Might be go into steady rotation of running songs. I think it would have been a 4 star song if it started when Ed sings "she was a stunner" and was just a 2 min romp. All in all I like it better than Save You, World Wide Suicide, Got Some and Like it much better than can't deny me. It does feel like it will be a mess live.

yeah, there is no way Ed is not going to butcher all those lyrics live.