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Old 08-31-2021, 01:05 PM   #301
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Yeah, what ever happened to his really deep and profound lines, like "Satellite/In my eye/Like a diamond in the sky"? Or the entirety of Jimi Thing?
Can’t speak for Jimi Thing but satellite is supported by a unique riff, unique vocal melody. At the time of its release, our world was becoming more intertwined w technology, and people were questioning our new way of life w satellites above monitoring our lives at every moment. The lyrics are simple, but they capture some level of irony. “Satellite string from the moon,…, peeping Tom for the mother station”. He contrasts a beautiful line with something rather foreboding about this new way of life. His lyrics are not magical, but they are simple, good - if not great - and fit the song
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    SZatellite is a cool song, very 90s
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    Old 08-31-2021, 07:37 PM   #304
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    Can’t speak for Jimi Thing but satellite is supported by a unique riff, unique vocal melody. At the time of its release, our world was becoming more intertwined w technology, and people were questioning our new way of life w satellites above monitoring our lives at every moment. The lyrics are simple, but they capture some level of irony. “Satellite string from the moon,…, peeping Tom for the mother station”. He contrasts a beautiful line with something rather foreboding about this new way of life. His lyrics are not magical, but they are simple, good - if not great - and fit the song
    I agree, I was being deliberately over-the-top to respond the claim that all of Dave's lyrics in the past decade are embarrassing. My point was just that not ever verse can be a winner, and that Dave wrote a few bad lines even at the height of his powers. That first simile in Satellite is as hackneyed as you can get. The rest of the lyrics are fine, though.
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    Re: The Only Thing (new tune)

    I am really looking forward to hearing this song on the new album. The track times seems appropriate (sadly this has to be taken into consideration now) and it lends itself to getting a good studio treatment. Really looking forward to it.
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    Old 01-25-2023, 11:26 AM   #309
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    Big question for me is the pace. The '21 tempo feels like it's in slow motion, so hopefully they tinkered with it and sped it up a bit for the album. I really enjoyed the '22 performances.
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    Old 01-25-2023, 12:56 PM   #310
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    Will be interesting to hear the pace as well as the final lyrics. Hoping he brought back some of the lines from the 2021 version so that the Chorus has some variation.
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    Re: The Only Thing (new tune)

    Giving a little bump for this one.

    This song sounds really good on the album.
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    Sounds like they changed the key.
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    Old 05-18-2023, 09:08 AM   #313
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    Really like the album version
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    Really like the album version
    Came here to say the same.
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    Old 05-18-2023, 09:33 AM   #315
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    Re: The Only Thing (new tune)

    Good freaking grief. How does this guy get away with writing and performing new songs these days that have absolutely no melody whatsoever. You can't just sing complete sentences. This has been trend with most new songs of his for the last 15-20 years and it's only getting worse.
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    how in the FUCK was this not the lead single. one of their catchiest studio recordings in YEARS. Just an out and out banger
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    Old 05-18-2023, 09:33 PM   #317
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    Callin it- best tune on the album.
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    Something about this one feels so robotic and sterile to me, which is surprising. Something about the electric guitar mix and toned down drumming sounds too perfect. It lost a lotta soul and feel in the studio. I love the vocal panning in the chorus though
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    Giving a little bump for this one.

    This song sounds really good on the album.
    agree . i wasn’t crazy about it live and now i keep replaying
    the album version & it made me a fan of it
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    how in the FUCK was this not the lead single. one of their catchiest studio recordings in YEARS. Just an out and out banger
    Yep this sums up my thoughts as well.
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    Really like the album take and am very much not of a fan of it in a live setting
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    Like the music but think squeezing those extra lyrics into the chorus really hurts it - preferred the lonely lonely world version better
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    This song sounds like the song from the last album "SHE"
    this song sucks, whole album stinks.
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    This song sounds like the song from the last album "SHE"
    this song sucks, whole album stinks.

    that’s a shame bc nah, album doesn’t suck at all.
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    The jam in this is really really bad.
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    This song sounds like the song from the last album "SHE"
    this song sucks, whole album stinks.

    I love a She brother, one of my favorite tracks from them in the last decade
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    I love a She brother, one of my favorite tracks from them in the last decade
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    The jam in this is really really bad.
    How so? Or do you mean badder than the baddest bad as in good? It's my favorite part of the song.
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    Alagia is credited as a writer for both this and She, which is interesting given the similarities. Even more interesting is that TOT is dated to 2012 in the booklet, meaning it may actually predate She.
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    Been stuck in my head, it's growing on me
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