yeah, the first time i heard it, i thought it was just OK. now it's becoming one of my favs. very powerful.
Same here. The guitar riff during the verses reminds me a little bit of No Way... just a little bit. But yeah, this one has grown on me a lot. I think they could have come up with a more complex solo at the end, but the one that's in there now works well nonetheless. I'm hoping that Mike will spice it up a bit live.
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This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
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yeah, the first time i heard it, i thought it was just OK. now it's becoming one of my favs. very powerful.
Same here. The guitar riff during the verses reminds me a little bit of No Way... just a little bit. But yeah, this one has grown on me a lot. I think they could have come up with a more complex solo at the end, but the one that's in there now works well nonetheless. I'm hoping that Mike will spice it up a bit live.
it sounds like Get Right to me, but i'm just starting to like the song a little..
yeah, the first time i heard it, i thought it was just OK. now it's becoming one of my favs. very powerful.
Same here. The guitar riff during the verses reminds me a little bit of No Way... just a little bit. But yeah, this one has grown on me a lot. I think they could have come up with a more complex solo at the end, but the one that's in there now works well nonetheless. I'm hoping that Mike will spice it up a bit live.
it sounds like Get Right to me, but i'm just starting to like the song a little..
Get Right sucks. Force of Nature is amazing! They sound nothing alike.
One man stands alone awaiting
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn
Force of Nature took some time to grow on me but after many listens I now really dig it. My only complaint is that it kind of starts off weak, something about those opening guitar lines that is just a bit off, but once the song gets going its great. It sounds like it's straight off of Riot Act.
“May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
+best song on the album.
I think the woman has a alcohol or drug problem and he loves her and wants to help her but she hasn't hit bottom yet and is refusing all help.Won't grab the rope that is offered her ,"just lets go".
Whether or not she comes back is debateable since he is still standing there "forevermore".
"Eyes are closed",maybe praying for her to turn her life around and come home.
But he is loyal to his "love" and his "heart don't seem to roam".
"They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
is that exactly what I thought I read."
This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
Actually, and I almost don't want to do this, but that's not quite it. Ed basically spilled the beans in that interview with the Toronto paper (I hate it when he does that):
“It's about the strength of one person in the relationship, when they can withstand some of the faults in another – maybe drug addiction, or straying off the path. The person in the song is the lighthouse for the other person caught in the storm."
Basically, it's about being in love with a fuck-up, but instead of being pushed away by that person's faults, it actually draws you closer to them ... makes you want to save them ... or at least be there for them. To be their lighthouse in the storm, as Ed put it.
Once you read the song through that lens, you realize how phenomenal these lyrics are.
A hidden gem: "The strength that you might think would disappear, resolving."
Meaning, no one would blame you for giving up on this person, but you don't. Not only that, their failings make you love them more.
It really is a phenomenal song that really clicked with me once I realized what it was about.
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everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
+best song on the album.
I think the woman has a alcohol or drug problem and he loves her and wants to help her but she hasn't hit bottom yet and is refusing all help.Won't grab the rope that is offered her ,"just lets go".
Whether or not she comes back is debateable since he is still standing there "forevermore".
"Eyes are closed",maybe praying for her to turn her life around and come home.
But he is loyal to his "love" and his "heart don't seem to roam".
Yup. You got it. The "won't take the rope" line is the giveway.
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
Actually, and I almost don't want to do this, but that's not quite it. Ed basically spilled the beans in that interview with the Toronto paper (I hate it when he does that):
“It's about the strength of one person in the relationship, when they can withstand some of the faults in another – maybe drug addiction, or straying off the path. The person in the song is the lighthouse for the other person caught in the storm."
Basically, it's about being in love with a fuck-up, but instead of being pushed away by that person's faults, it actually draws you closer to them ... makes you want to save them ... or at least be there for them. To be their lighthouse in the storm, as Ed put it.
Once you read the song through that lens, you realize how phenomenal these lyrics are.
A hidden gem: "The strength that you might think would disappear, resolving."
Meaning, no one would blame you for giving up on this person, but you don't. Not only that, their failings make you love them more.
It really is a phenomenal song that really clicked with me once I realized what it was about.
Yeah, Slight didn't see that interview.About that hidden gem(which it is),
"Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strength that you might think
would disappear,resolving."
A siren in Greek Mythology would sing her song on her island and lure sailors to thier death as they shipwrecked on that island.
He could be hearing the woman calling to him to join her in the addiction that she has.Because of his "love" for her,his "strength" to hold fast and and save her "disappears".He then becomes resolved to the fact that maybe he cannot save her.
After further contemplation maybe the "stands upon the shore forevermore" means she has died(or left for good) and will never return.
Just a thought.
"They don't give a shit Keith Moon is dead,
is that exactly what I thought I read."
Get Right sucks. Force of Nature is amazing! They sound nothing alike.
He is using the same effect and they sound damn near the same to me. The songs are fundamentally different though, and yes, Get Right sucks.
aww, shit...I got my crappy song titles mixed up. I wrote Get Right, but i meant You Are. I think the effect sounds the same in FoN and You Are. I mix up some of those songs on RA because they usually get skipped, just as FoN does on BS... :oops:
aww, shit...I got my crappy song titles mixed up. I wrote Get Right, but i meant You Are. I think the effect sounds the same in FoN and You Are. I mix up some of those songs on RA because they usually get skipped, just as FoN does on BS... :oops:
I'm no gearhead, but I don't think it's the same effect. On "You Are," Matt ran a guitar through some sort of drum machine.
I think what you're hearing on Force of Nature is just a standard "wah" pedal. Especially given it's a Mike tune.
everybody wants the most they can possibly get
for the least they could possibly do
aww, shit...I got my crappy song titles mixed up. I wrote Get Right, but i meant You Are. I think the effect sounds the same in FoN and You Are. I mix up some of those songs on RA because they usually get skipped, just as FoN does on BS... :oops:
I'm no gearhead, but I don't think it's the same effect. On "You Are," Matt ran a guitar through some sort of drum machine.
I think what you're hearing on Force of Nature is just a standard "wah" pedal. Especially given it's a Mike tune.
Yeah, pretty much just wah. I don't hear the You Are similarity that much, at least not effects-wise. I still go back to No Way for more of a similarity. Not the song in general at all, but the opening guitar riff. Sounds somewhat similar to me... but who am I to say?
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Yeah, pretty much just wah. I don't hear the You Are similarity that much, at least not effects-wise. I still go back to No Way for more of a similarity. Not the song in general at all, but the opening guitar riff. Sounds somewhat similar to me... but who am I to say?
I'm with ya ... Mike also likes his digital delay and his phaser, but this is wah with maybe a little overdrive added for flavour.
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Though the "Makes me ache" part is sick.
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as of right now
amongst the waves
unthoughtknown
just breathe
force of nature
gonna see my friend
got some
jg
the end
supersonic
fixer
my album came with a defect and it sounds like there are drums on speed of sound -
speed of sound
Same here. The guitar riff during the verses reminds me a little bit of No Way... just a little bit. But yeah, this one has grown on me a lot. I think they could have come up with a more complex solo at the end, but the one that's in there now works well nonetheless. I'm hoping that Mike will spice it up a bit live.
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7/3/2018 - Kraków
7/5/2018 - Berlin
This song has some of Ed's greatest writing, but it's not too deep. It's, quite simply, about a guy who loved girl who left him, went away, or died, and he can't seem to get past her or let her go. All he does is wait for her to come back. The symbolism here which I really like is the use of a lighthouse on the water, like a beacon waiting for a ship to return that may not even be out on the water, but stands there unmoving, unwilling to let go.
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it sounds like Get Right to me, but i'm just starting to like the song a little..
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn
Get Right sucks. Force of Nature is amazing! They sound nothing alike.
for her to come home
eyes upon the horizon
in the dark before the
darkness leaves the dawn
+best song on the album.
I think the woman has a alcohol or drug problem and he loves her and wants to help her but she hasn't hit bottom yet and is refusing all help.Won't grab the rope that is offered her ,"just lets go".
Whether or not she comes back is debateable since he is still standing there "forevermore".
"Eyes are closed",maybe praying for her to turn her life around and come home.
But he is loyal to his "love" and his "heart don't seem to roam".
is that exactly what I thought I read."
is it so wrooong tooo think thaaaat loooove caaaaan keeeep uuuus saaaafe?
LOVE IT
...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
Actually, and I almost don't want to do this, but that's not quite it. Ed basically spilled the beans in that interview with the Toronto paper (I hate it when he does that):
“It's about the strength of one person in the relationship, when they can withstand some of the faults in another – maybe drug addiction, or straying off the path. The person in the song is the lighthouse for the other person caught in the storm."
Basically, it's about being in love with a fuck-up, but instead of being pushed away by that person's faults, it actually draws you closer to them ... makes you want to save them ... or at least be there for them. To be their lighthouse in the storm, as Ed put it.
Once you read the song through that lens, you realize how phenomenal these lyrics are.
A hidden gem: "The strength that you might think would disappear, resolving."
Meaning, no one would blame you for giving up on this person, but you don't. Not only that, their failings make you love them more.
It really is a phenomenal song that really clicked with me once I realized what it was about.
for the least they could possibly do
Yup. You got it. The "won't take the rope" line is the giveway.
for the least they could possibly do
He is using the same effect and they sound damn near the same to me. The songs are fundamentally different though, and yes, Get Right sucks.
"Somewhere there's a siren singing
A song only he hears
All the strength that you might think
would disappear,resolving."
A siren in Greek Mythology would sing her song on her island and lure sailors to thier death as they shipwrecked on that island.
He could be hearing the woman calling to him to join her in the addiction that she has.Because of his "love" for her,his "strength" to hold fast and and save her "disappears".He then becomes resolved to the fact that maybe he cannot save her.
After further contemplation maybe the "stands upon the shore forevermore" means she has died(or left for good) and will never return.
Just a thought.
is that exactly what I thought I read."
It kicks ass.
aww, shit...I got my crappy song titles mixed up. I wrote Get Right, but i meant You Are. I think the effect sounds the same in FoN and You Are. I mix up some of those songs on RA because they usually get skipped, just as FoN does on BS... :oops:
I'm no gearhead, but I don't think it's the same effect. On "You Are," Matt ran a guitar through some sort of drum machine.
I think what you're hearing on Force of Nature is just a standard "wah" pedal. Especially given it's a Mike tune.
for the least they could possibly do
Yeah, pretty much just wah. I don't hear the You Are similarity that much, at least not effects-wise. I still go back to No Way for more of a similarity. Not the song in general at all, but the opening guitar riff. Sounds somewhat similar to me... but who am I to say?
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7/3/2018 - Kraków
7/5/2018 - Berlin
In Sad he realizes she didn't make it but still he lies in bed "hoping that dreams will bring her back"
Right now my favorite on the album.
I'm with ya ... Mike also likes his digital delay and his phaser, but this is wah with maybe a little overdrive added for flavour.