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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Thu May 05, 2016 6:33 pm
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I like it too. Hope we get a proper studio take one of these days. I'd go as far to say that what I've heard from Of The Earth it's better than anything off the last two albums.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Sat October 28, 2017 7:08 pm
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Anders wrote:
Cool song. Hope we get an official rodlease.
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Interesting to revisit this thread in light of Gigaton and the many fans who were hoping for "Of the Earth" to make the cut. In going back to the Live at Third Man performance with Jack White, it struck me how few lyrics this song has, by which I mean that it's very unlike the new record where Ed's verbosity is on full display. Neither is by definition good or bad to me, it's just different. While the kind of brawny, lumbering quality of the song made me think it would fit, ultimately I don't think it would. "Of the Earth" is the kind of song that to me sounds like a centerpiece for an album to be built around - which makes it clear to me why it wasn't on Avocado despite being one of Ament's favorites (according to the 2005 MTV article) or Backspacer. As the Variety piece also made clear, the band is looking forward and not backward, and this tune's time is long past. Still would love a studio version on a Lost Cats double-disc though.
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Sun March 29, 2020 2:36 pm
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Of the Earth produced by Josh Evans in the style and tone of Gigaton would have fit swimmingly around the 2/3 point of Gigaton in place of Never Destination
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Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Sun March 29, 2020 6:13 pm
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To me it's a song with several interesting parts....but several parts that work against the song. I want to love it but just can't get there.
In retrospect the band should have taken Harmony and built a song around that. That instrumental is explosive and shows how much muscle the band had during those early 2000 years but never really flexed it in the studio.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Sun March 29, 2020 7:47 pm
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Harmony is great.
I was never a big of Of the earth, i think its a cool outtake, and im fine with them never releasing the studio version. Also, im sure it will eventually be included in some compilation of sorts.
Post subject: Re: Song of the Moment: Of the Earth
Posted: Sun March 29, 2020 10:10 pm
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96583UP wrote:
Of the Earth produced by Josh Evans in the style and tone of Gigaton would have fit swimmingly around the 2/3 point of Gigaton in place of Never Destination
Never Destination is a really fun song, much better than Of the Earth. However, I would love to hear a proper studio version of Of the Earth with Josh behind the controls.
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