Red Mosquito

stip wrote:Also, this is a pretty great little record. Still wish fd wasn't on it though

I've embraced it... I just giggle like a bashful child when it tries to snog me.

stip wrote:Also, this is a pretty great little record. Still wish fd wasn't on it though

I agree with all of this, but what makes no sense is that the majority of reviews I've read call out this song as a highlight. What are we missing?

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Dugg wrote:

stip wrote:Also, this is a pretty great little record. Still wish fd wasn't on it though

I agree with all of this, but what makes no sense is that the majority of reviews I've read call out this song as a highlight. What are we missing?

It sounds beautiful and atmospheric on first listen, for those that aren't put off by sentimental schmaltz. It's hard to argue that it doesn't sound very pretty. The fact that it sounds too pretty isn't something most reviewers are worried about. Kings of Leon stuff has the same kind of cheese a lot of the time, but reviewers rarely comment on it.

Buby wrote:

Mike should do something with this.

I'm enjoying future days a lot more than Yellow moon.
I'm not a skipper but I keep finding myself wanting to skip YM

I think maybe they should be reversed

My wife said she heard and Eddie song during f**King Grey's Anatomy last night. Turns out it was this one.

This song has now got me by the throat.

broken iris wrote:My wife said she heard and Eddie song during f**King Grey's Anatomy last night. Turns out it was this one.

I may be totally stupid but a few people have mentioned this, and apart from the extreme distaste for the song, what's wrong with this?

This song is so incomprehensibly cheesy

I think the worst thing about this song is it is just straight up boring

It's a marmite song, for sure.

Listening to it in a vaccum i guess its not that bad but Yellow Moon is pretty damn good and does a pretty damn good job of closing the album on its own.

I'm still thinking of the death,suicide / afterlife pairing, so they go together for me. But musically yeah, I can see Yellow Moon being the big finale.

harmless wrote:I'm still thinking of the death,suicide / afterlife pairing, so they go together for me. But musically yeah, I can see Yellow Moon being the big finale.

I do like that conceptual pairing. Future Days just needs to have a little of the Pendulum or parting ways treatment (really moody and encompassing music) for it to successfully follow up Yellow Moon

The bridge should have the thundering and droning guitars of the Parting Ways chorus.

I know

But "it's OK".

Yeah, I'm one of the people liking this one. Well, I think "It's okay" is the right expression, yes.

harmless wrote:

broken iris wrote:My wife said she heard and Eddie song during f**King Grey's Anatomy last night. Turns out it was this one.

I may be totally stupid but a few people have mentioned this, and apart from the extreme distaste for the song, what's wrong with this?

It's a terrible, bottom of the barrel melodrama that no one with artistic pride should associate themselves with. In someways fitting for Future Days.