Red Mosquito

Rob wrote:

unLEASHed wrote:

Rob wrote:

warehouse wrote:all of the songs are about chris cornell

This has occurred to me, as well. There is a Cornell presence on this. The recording is obviously not good but one of the outtros (WFS?) has what sounds like a Cornell-like howl by Eddie that got me thinking about it.

I actually think its not about Cornell per se, i think its about all the lost comrades. There is a connection about Scared of Fear and Setting Sun, “we had our own scene” - “Am I the only one hanging on”, there are other lyrics that support this but I dont remember them correctly.

I think he framed it all through the album from another perspective…some feeling of sorrow and a wish they would be there (here, at this point in time) with him. Thats my take on it…

I like this.

unLEASHed wrote:

Rob wrote:

unLEASHed wrote:

Rob wrote:

warehouse wrote:all of the songs are about chris cornell

This has occurred to me, as well. There is a Cornell presence on this. The recording is obviously not good but one of the outtros (WFS?) has what sounds like a Cornell-like howl by Eddie that got me thinking about it.

I actually think its not about Cornell per se, i think its about all the lost comrades. There is a connection about Scared of Fear and Setting Sun, “we had our own scene” - “Am I the only one hanging on”, there are other lyrics that support this but I dont remember them correctly.

I think he framed it all through the album from another perspective…some feeling of sorrow and a wish they would be there (here, at this point in time) with him. Thats my take on it…

I like this. e

And a thing i picked up from some of the interviews, probably the stone one more, they dont get a grip on what he is trying to say, he tends to be more protective of the lyrics, i dont think the simplicity here makes them bad or subpat, there is a questioning in idk his lyrics/ delivery.

The way the recorded the album, writing the lyrics on the spot, might have made him nostalgic about that period of time, not the music in itself but more the feeling of not beeing alone anymore, finding a “scene” where he belongs, with comrades, well, might have lighted a spark, and looking back, a bunch of them are gone. Even Upper Hand, Wreckage…feels like there is a comon theme around most of the songs, or at least on that connects the dots.

tragabigzanda wrote:

Rob wrote:

Rob wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Rob wrote:The recording is obviously not good but

I bet most of you guys blow right past a sentence like this as if it’s not indicative of artistic intentions

I don’t think they intended this to be an iPhone recording of it playing on a speaker.

Also, doesn’t your argument boil down to a half of fame level rock band, with a producer who has worked with the best artists, doing bad work? And as a choice? I’m not sure I’m buying this. Maybe you just don’t like it.

The choice is mass appeal, and thus to leverage the production tactics of the mainstream marketplace, and that those tactics are deeply at odds with what I love about the band

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May our days be long until Kingdom come

mikejasond wrote:

unLEASHed wrote:

Rob wrote:

unLEASHed wrote:

Rob wrote:

warehouse wrote:all of the songs are about chris cornell

This has occurred to me, as well. There is a Cornell presence on this. The recording is obviously not good but one of the outtros (WFS?) has what sounds like a Cornell-like howl by Eddie that got me thinking about it.

I actually think its not about Cornell per se, i think its about all the lost comrades. There is a connection about Scared of Fear and Setting Sun, “we had our own scene” - “Am I the only one hanging on”, there are other lyrics that support this but I dont remember them correctly.

I think he framed it all through the album from another perspective…some feeling of sorrow and a wish they would be there (here, at this point in time) with him. Thats my take on it…

I like this. e

And a thing i picked up from some of the interviews, probably the stone one more, they dont get a grip on what he is trying to say, he tends to be more protective of the lyrics, i dont think the simplicity here makes them bad or subpat, there is a questioning in idk his lyrics/ delivery.

The way the recorded the album, writing the lyrics on the spot, might have made him nostalgic about that period of time, not the music in itself but more the feeling of not beeing alone anymore, finding a “scene” where he belongs, with comrades, well, might have lighted a spark, and looking back, a bunch of them are gone. Even Upper Hand, Wreckage…feels like there is a comon theme around most of the songs, or at least on that connects the dots.

Scared of Fear
Wreckage
Setting Sun
Upper Hand

Seemed to set a similar tone. But even some lyrics of react/respond which I thought was political and maybe was seemed directed at somebody much more personal. And Won’t Tell seemed odd.

tragabigzanda wrote:Again,

Rob wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Rob wrote:

Rob wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Rob wrote:The recording is obviously not good but

I bet most of you guys blow right past a sentence like this as if it’s not indicative of artistic intentions

I don’t think they intended this to be an iPhone recording of it playing on a speaker.

Also, doesn’t your argument boil down to a half of fame level rock band, with a producer who has worked with the best artists, doing bad work? And as a choice? I’m not sure I’m buying this. Maybe you just don’t like it.

The choice is mass appeal, and thus to leverage the production tactics of the mainstream marketplace, and that those tactics are deeply at odds with what I love about the band

So it’s a choice you don’t like, resulting in a product you don’t like. I just don’t know how you get from there to “it’s bad production.” There are 5 guys in this band that I assume can tell the difference between good and bad production.

B wrote:I'm the only 3 star ranking with no 2s or 1s? I dislike this album more than anyone on the board?

B wrote:I'm the only 3 star ranking with no 2s or 1s? I dislike this album more than anyone on the board?