Red Mosquito

I was just listening to Parachutes and thought Eddies vocal melodies in this song are really really pretty.

This made me think: What do you think are Eds best vocal melodies? Ignoring the performance etc., just the melodies themselves.

Mike wrote:I was just listening to Parachutes and thought Eddies vocal melodies in this song are really really pretty.

This made me think: What do you think are Eds best vocal melodies? Ignoring the performance etc., just the melodies themselves.

The bridges in Pilate and All Those Yesterdays

thats a great question, Mike. Ive found that Ive enjoyed his vocal melodies more as he has gotten older and he’s developed greater craft with them, even though most of my favorite performances are from earlier albums

Parachutes
pilate bridge
Just Breathe
Something Special
Mrs Mills

Lukin

Man of the Hour
No Ceiling

Kevin Davis wrote:Man of the Hour
No Ceiling

Fuck me in the brain

Olympic platinum

Strat wrote: pilate bridge

Fucking beautiful. I want more of this Ed.

stip wrote:thats a great question, Mike. Ive found that Ive enjoyed his vocal melodies more as he has gotten older and he’s developed greater craft with them, even though most of my favorite performances are from earlier albums

I see that. I'm not quite sure I enjoy his melodies more as he has gotten older, but they certainly feel more...crafted and thought out? He developed a way of creating some real earworms as he gets older. He developed a knack for some tuneful pop/pop rock songwriting.

Great suggestions so far. I also nominate Sleeping By Myself.

i likenthe swallowed whole melody a fair bit

seven oclock verses have a nice vocal melody

Light Years.

I have a visceral memory of sitting in my car just after midnight on release day and hearing that first verse for the first time.

The original verses in Bu$hleaguer (I'm assuming)

stip wrote:seven oclock verses have a nice vocal melody

Taken from Nick Caves "More news from nowhere"

Strat wrote:

stip wrote:seven oclock verses have a nice vocal melody

Taken from Nick Caves "More news from nowhere"

i know that song. hadnt made that connection. ill have to listen

love ‘call upon the author’

stip wrote:

Strat wrote:

stip wrote:seven oclock verses have a nice vocal melody

Taken from Nick Caves "More news from nowhere"

i know that song. hadnt made that connection. ill have to listen

love ‘call upon the author’

Both fantastic songs. Love that entire album actually.

Not Ed's per se (though he's typically the one singing) but Stone's songs always strike me as having really great (and fairly unconventional melodies). No Way, All Those Yesterdays, Strangest Tribe, Rival, Fatal...all really striking.

Tremor Christ, Brain of J, Light Years, In Hiding, Man of the Hour, Can't Keep, Parachutes all jump out as well. Sometimes is another one that isn't really conventional in how it unfurls, but his melody and phrasing make each line really stick with you.