Sun September 29, 2013 8:23 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:harmless wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:harmless wrote:The mastering levels of 'Sometimes' and 'Hail Hail' don't match, as someone has mentioned. This is the sort of thing RM would be mercilessly complaining about if it happened now, but because these are both top-drawer songs nobody is that bothered.
That's actually the opposite of what we complain about when it comes to more modern mastering habits.
Oh, yeah that makes sense; a lack of dynamics. I was thinking of the abrasiveness of the intro. S/T was kind of like that X10 throughout the record.
Sure, Pearl Jam has never been on the right side of the Loudness Wars. From a very strict, technical standpoint, songs like Hail Hail are probably mastered just a bit hotter than they really need to be. But at the same time, it's not so over modulated that very audible clipping and listening fatigue occurs.
Sun September 29, 2013 8:24 pm
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Sun September 29, 2013 9:39 pm
Vindicator wrote:Also ,am I the only one that begs for a solo on this song?
Sun September 29, 2013 9:59 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote:Vindicator wrote:Also ,am I the only one that begs for a solo on this song?
Yes.
Sun September 29, 2013 10:16 pm
Juvenal wrote:Ok this song is amazing. The chorus riff is choppy heaven (with every chord change I see a table and hands slapping down dog-eared Polaroids of the relationship in a brushing game of snap) with the lyrics sublime.
But it's the bridge. The feminine voice cutting through the maelstrom (before it is perfected by the end of bridge guitar) is breathtaking. Male and female together, bandaged hand in hand.
Sun September 29, 2013 10:56 pm
stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:Ok this song is amazing. The chorus riff is choppy heaven (with every chord change I see a table and hands slapping down dog-eared Polaroids of the relationship in a brushing game of snap) with the lyrics sublime.
But it's the bridge. The feminine voice cutting through the maelstrom (before it is perfected by the end of bridge guitar) is breathtaking. Male and female together, bandaged hand in hand.
There's a female voice on this? Or are you saying ed sounds feminine?
Sun September 29, 2013 11:03 pm
Sun September 29, 2013 11:04 pm
Juvenal wrote:stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:Ok this song is amazing. The chorus riff is choppy heaven (with every chord change I see a table and hands slapping down dog-eared Polaroids of the relationship in a brushing game of snap) with the lyrics sublime.
But it's the bridge. The feminine voice cutting through the maelstrom (before it is perfected by the end of bridge guitar) is breathtaking. Male and female together, bandaged hand in hand.
There's a female voice on this? Or are you saying ed sounds feminine?
Female POV in the bridge.
Sun September 29, 2013 11:05 pm
stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:Ok this song is amazing. The chorus riff is choppy heaven (with every chord change I see a table and hands slapping down dog-eared Polaroids of the relationship in a brushing game of snap) with the lyrics sublime.
But it's the bridge. The feminine voice cutting through the maelstrom (before it is perfected by the end of bridge guitar) is breathtaking. Male and female together, bandaged hand in hand.
There's a female voice on this? Or are you saying ed sounds feminine?
Female POV in the bridge.
Huh, never thought of it as a female POV.
Sun September 29, 2013 11:12 pm
Sun September 29, 2013 11:16 pm
That's cool, i've never noticed lol. I thought it was a 'are you strong enough to be the person i can lean on' kinda thing.Juvenal wrote:stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:stupidmop wrote:Juvenal wrote:Ok this song is amazing. The chorus riff is choppy heaven (with every chord change I see a table and hands slapping down dog-eared Polaroids of the relationship in a brushing game of snap) with the lyrics sublime.
But it's the bridge. The feminine voice cutting through the maelstrom (before it is perfected by the end of bridge guitar) is breathtaking. Male and female together, bandaged hand in hand.
There's a female voice on this? Or are you saying ed sounds feminine?
Female POV in the bridge.
Huh, never thought of it as a female POV.
Well in most live performances he changes the "are you woman enough to be my man" to "am I..." so he's maybe ditched that interpretation.
Sun September 29, 2013 11:18 pm
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Mon September 30, 2013 2:52 am
I always took it as we're both here in the same place. We're both the same in this ride. And in a marriage/relationship, gender becomes irrelevant as both parties play every role (excluding sex in most cases). The line is brilliant and so much more powerful and effective than are you prepared to show your feminine side. It's asking are you prepared to strip everything back to your core and be the 100% essence of you.harmless wrote:I think it's deliberately ambiguous, gender-wise. One of Ed's more interesting lines.
Mon September 30, 2013 8:44 am
harmless wrote:I think it's deliberately ambiguous, gender-wise. One of Ed's more interesting lines.
Mon September 30, 2013 10:30 am
Mon September 30, 2013 10:54 am
Mine wrote:harmless wrote:I think it's deliberately ambiguous, gender-wise. One of Ed's more interesting lines.
I think you're right even the way is performed and the music around it seems to accentuate that.
I wish Ed was being a dictator for at least one more album when I think about No Code
I love the way all those ideas from the whole band turned into the albums that Vitalogy and No Code are under Ed's control.
Mon September 30, 2013 11:08 am
Mine wrote:harmless wrote:I think it's deliberately ambiguous, gender-wise. One of Ed's more interesting lines.
I think you're right even the way is performed and the music around it seems to accentuate that.
I wish Ed was being a dictator for at least one more album when I think about No Code
I love the way all those ideas from the whole band turned into the albums that Vitalogy and No Code are under Ed's control.