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Funny, I listened to this the first time last week in a couple months. The songs I like were even more awesome. The bad songs (The Long Way, the Elton song) are still really bad. But somehow the production was even worse than I remembered it.
I love that Elton song. Maybe my fifth favorite track on the album.
Elton writing simple, melodic old school stompers around someone else's lyrics is usually a formula I can get behind, and it's pretty interesting to see how another songwriter approaches the task of creating music for Ed's lyrics.
Coach wrote:
The Dark keeps getting better, kinda reminds me of Betterman for whatever reason.
Imagine having The Dark on your record, and making Long Way / Haves the principle singles.
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Funny, I listened to this the first time last week in a couple months. The songs I like were even more awesome. The bad songs (The Long Way, the Elton song) are still really bad. But somehow the production was even worse than I remembered it.
Still don’t understand the choice of having Chad Smith on this thing just to make him sound like a stock ProTools plugin
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bodysnatcher wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Funny, I listened to this the first time last week in a couple months. The songs I like were even more awesome. The bad songs (The Long Way, the Elton song) are still really bad. But somehow the production was even worse than I remembered it.
Still don’t understand the choice of having Chad Smith on this thing just to make him sound like a stock ProTools plugin
Funny, I listened to this the first time last week in a couple months. The songs I like were even more awesome. The bad songs (The Long Way, the Elton song) are still really bad. But somehow the production was even worse than I remembered it.
I love that Elton song. Maybe my fifth favorite track on the album.
Elton writing simple, melodic old school stompers around someone else's lyrics is usually a formula I can get behind, and it's pretty interesting to see how another songwriter approaches the task of creating music for Ed's lyrics.
Coach wrote:
The Dark keeps getting better, kinda reminds me of Betterman for whatever reason.
Imagine having The Dark on your record, and making Long Way / Haves the principle singles.
Agreed, although I like the live version of Long Way. The Haves is really falling off - it now just sounds whiney.
The Dark is my favorite off this album and it’s not all that particularly close. It’s exemplary of how an Eddie Vedder can thrive with a band not named Pearl Jam and not sound like a diluted Pearl Jam. It’s wonderfully independent while still wearing its classic rock influence on its sleeves.
Don’t get me wrong: Invincible and Mrs. Mills are also two more songs that I actively want to hear any time, but The Dark is the chef’s kiss on this one.
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