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stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39952

D2 Round 2r: Present Tense vs. Red Mosquito

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39952

Both of these songs have fallen a bit for me. RM is probably 3 or 4 on No Code, but PT is 5 or 6

Thejambi · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 1:33 pm

Very tough matchup. I'll give it to RM, for now.

William Bloke · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 3:31 pm

For some reason Present Tense has begun to piss me off a bit.

vedder316 · **Joined:** Tue February 26, 2013 10:07 pm **Posts:** 419

Thejambi wrote:

Very tough matchup. I'll give it to RM, for now.

Simple Torture · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 4:04 pm

Present Tense really suffers from the vocal changes Ed has made to it in the past 8 years or so. I was listening to one of the Katowice boots recently and the delivery of the song from start to finish was amazing.

But Red Mosquito has always been good. Brooding in a way that's never cringe-worthy or bordering on eye-roll, and has a guitar part that's been tough for the band to recapture.

epilogue · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 6:19 pm

Love both. Don't care which one wins. Both deserve to advance. Voted for RM.

Jorge · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 6:24 pm

"Present Tense" for Mike's guitar figure

Strat · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 7:18 pm

and the outro!

Mike · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 8:05 pm

This is hard for me as they're two of my absolute favorites. I'll go with Red Mosquito.

BurtReynolds · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 8:20 pm

Red mosquito easily.

LetMeSleep · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 11:01 pm

RM doesn't impress me much.

tommymtcom · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 11:03 pm

This is getting close.

Norris · **Posted:** Mon February 16, 2015 11:45 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:

RM doesn't impress me much.

chewm · **Posted:** Tue February 17, 2015 2:56 pm

This is probably the only tough matchup in this round.
Present Tense, but both songs are great.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue February 17, 2015 3:50 pm

Yeah, this has been exciting to watch. A couple of lead changes. Not half bad.

darth_vedder · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:52 pm **Posts:** 6334

Varis wrote:

For some reason Present Tense has begun to piss me off a bit.

Likewise. I think it's the same thing with Lukin, it's the live version I'm not crazy about. Lukin I flat out hate live. PT, is pretty good live, but I like the groove of the studio take of the jam; it's one of PJ's best moments.

Anyway, for me, I'm voting for this place's namesake. RM, both the song and the forum, has grown on me over the years.

epilogue · **Posted:** Tue February 17, 2015 5:24 pm

We got us a tie ball game, team. Exciting!

thesound · **Joined:** Wed September 18, 2013 1:49 am **Posts:** 428

It is a tie.... and I have not voted yet! I think I will sit this one out!

Sgt. Crackpot · **Posted:** Wed February 18, 2015 8:24 am

I'm loving your enthusiasm in this, dct.

D2 Round 2r: Present Tense vs. Red Mosquito

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