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Red Mosquito

PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
edited July 2005 in Words and Music...Communication
Red Mosquito

Watched from the window with a red mosquito.
I was not allowed to leave the room.
I saw the sun go down and now it's coming up.
Somewhere in the time between I was bitten.
Must have been the devil.
He was just paying me a little visit.
Reminding me of his presence.
Letting me know he's a-waiting. Ohh...

Red man's your neighbor. Call it behavior.
While you're climbing up slippery hills.
Two steps ahead of him. Punctures in your neck.
Hovering just above your bed. (x2)

I was bitten must have been the devil.
He was just paying me a little visit.
Reminding me of his presence.
And letting me know he's a-waiting.
He's a-waiting ohh there. Yeah.

If I had known then what I know now... (x4)
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  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    a couple of you have asked if this "Mexican food" scenario is what caused the infamous Golden Gate Park concert incident back on 6/24/95 when Eddie left the stage after 7 songs. I cannot confirm or deny this. You will have to draw your own conclusions :)
  • PJammin'PJammin' Posts: 1,902
    Originally posted by PhillyPJ
    a couple of you have asked if this "Mexican food" scenario is what caused the infamous Golden Gate Park concert incident back on 6/24/95 when Eddie left the stage after 7 songs. I cannot confirm or deny this. You will have to draw your own conclusions :)

    i heard it was tuna about the Golden Gate Park concert. *shrugs*
    I died. I died and you just stood there. I died and you watched. I died and you walked by and said no. I'm dead.
  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    ok well tuna or Mexican food. it's all the same :)
  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    Originally posted by PJammin'
    i heard it was tuna about the Golden Gate Park concert. *shrugs*

    actually Mexican food sounds better. tuna is boring
  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    man.... I REALY REALY REALY REALY LOVE THIS SONG...!!!


    the boom participation in 2003 i liked :)
    Boom is the man....
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • KaddikatKaddikat Posts: 1,194
    Originally posted by {[Pearl_Jam}]
    man.... I REALY REALY REALY REALY LOVE THIS SONG...!!!


    the boom participation in 2003 i liked :)
    Boom is the man....

    ok. you know what i did NOT Like the uh newer version at first.. but now.. *WHOA* BOOM is fucking SHREDDING shit on those keys! DAMN!! *jumps up and claps*

    i still have a special place for the uh originial version.. :D:D
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    Originally posted by Kaddikat
    ok. you know what i did NOT Like the uh newer version at first.. but now.. *WHOA* BOOM is fucking SHREDDING shit on those keys! DAMN!! *jumps up and claps*

    i still have a special place for the uh originial version.. :D:D

    i prefer the original version... but i woudn't say that the boom participation on that song was bad... he did a great job :)
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • KaddikatKaddikat Posts: 1,194
    :D:D
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • chiquimonkeychiquimonkey Posts: 9,337
    always loved this song, has a rollicking feel to it (i guess you'd be swaying if ya had some bad mexican food haha). i heard it was tuna as well that afflicted poor ed that day in GG park (that was my first PJ show too!)

    i always just thought this song was about mortality and just remembering the inevitable for all of us. man what a downer, i really need to get out of work now! haha
  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    :D:D:D

    i was bitten
    must have been the devil...

    !!!!!!
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • leatherman_8leatherman_8 Posts: 107
    still like the original version better, because on the new version they basically took the song away from Mike and that song has the best Mike moments for me...I would love them to end a show with this song, and it goes on for like 8-10 minutes, with just a HUGE jam with Mike tearing the crap out of his guitar
    Please don't smoke in smoke free buildings. You aren't cool, you're just an asshole
  • {[Pearl_Jam}]{[Pearl_Jam}] Posts: 852
    mike still has his solos... but they gave some solos for BOOM :D

    and i loved :D
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    Don't let me know we're invisible
    We could dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
    Dance, dance, dance thru' the fire
  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    If I had known then what I know right now... ..:)
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    Red Mosquito has been one of my personal favorites off of No Code. This song just touches me more than any other song off of any album. Sometimes, it even brings me to tears. I was happy when I got to hear this song live in MSG II.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    watched from the window, with a red mosquito
    i was not allowed to leave the room
    i saw the sun go down, and now it's coming up
    somewhere in the time between
    i was bitten, must have been the devil
    he was just paying me...
    a little visit, reminding me of his presence
    letting me know, he's a-waiting... oh
    red man's your neighbor, call it behavior
    while you're climbing up slippery hills
    two steps ahead of him, punctures in your neck
    hovering just above your bed
    hovering just above your bed
    i was bitten, must have been the devil
    he was just paying me...
    a little visit, reminding me of his presence
    and letting me know, he's a'waiting, he's a'waiting...
    up there... yeah
    if i had known then what i know now...
    if i had known then what i know now...
    if i had known then what i know now...
    if I had known then what I know now...
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • fun_and_sunfun_and_sun Posts: 47
    Yes, it's very spiritual to me.

    And I love the ending.

    No Code=1 million stars
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    i thought this song needed a good BUMP in the morning:D
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • UnleashedUnleashed Posts: 261
    :p I was bitten, hard ~ great song, funny thing, don't laugh too hard ~ when I first heard this song, I wasn't listening real close and thought the words were:
    I was bitten, must have been the devil HE WAS JUST PLAIN MEAN

    I know, I'm a dork - ha ha ha ha ha!!!!!!!! :)
    I will feel alive as long as I am free
  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    if i had known then what i know now... .....
  • katelliskatellis Posts: 521
    edited June 2015
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  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    No thats not crazy at all...:)

    No Code is my #1 PJ album. love it
  • leatherman_8leatherman_8 Posts: 107
    that is an awesome idea for a tattoo
    Please don't smoke in smoke free buildings. You aren't cool, you're just an asshole
  • PJJC6203PJJC6203 Posts: 40
    I'm not that much of a fan for this song but i love the guitar tone on this one,it's fat and it rocks!
    "Life Is one crushing defeat after another,until you just wish Flanders was dead!"
    -Homer J.Simpson
  • Cjam6903Cjam6903 Posts: 37
    I'm still kinda sekptical about the new version of it, but I'm sure it'll grow on me, Boom rocks!
    "I have wished for so long, how I wish for you today"--Long Road
  • fun_and_sunfun_and_sun Posts: 47
    Yes the original version, the real Red Mosquito.
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    I LOVE both versions!!:D
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • PhillyPJPhillyPJ Posts: 1,266
    Originally posted by MeddleDeal
    I LOVE both versions!!:D

    I agree!!!!
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    I think the only difference b/t the newer and the older verisons of this song is that they added the organ to it. I still see the same old song that I love dearly. I guess b/c it has some value to me as well. "if I have known then, what I know now" it doesn't get any simplier than that:)

    those lyrics, at the end of the song, just makes the song so special, well, to me it does. You realize that you made a big mistake, but you can't help it, you can't change the past, so you move on. But if you would have known that at that time, things would be like this, then maybe you could have done something about it, but when reality sets in, you really can't change anything. It is a reflection on one's own life and their choices and what paths they have chosen.
    ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~ø~
    ~*STONEY PONY all the WAY!*~
    ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~*~*~
    "For the world, not for the war"-Neil Finn
  • greenmosquito22greenmosquito22 Posts: 79
    i love the original version because it has always been one of my favorites, probably top five.

    i love the newer version because i finally got to hear it live last summer in columbus.

    he's a-waiting.
    "If you love someone... set them free. If someone loves you, don't fuck it up." - Ed
  • KaddikatKaddikat Posts: 1,194
    Originally posted by PhillyPJ
    if i had known then what i know now... .....

    ok. one of the best fucking PJ lines EVER. seriously... :D:D:D:D
    **Get outa my way, just step aside, or pay the price ~ AC/DC**

    You make me feel uncalm and I think I like it - 311

    JEFF ROX MY SOX!

    "Jeff is just a badass all the way across the board" ~aNiMaL~

    "Chill out Kaddikat"
  • capybaraletcapybaralet Posts: 145
    ssssssswwwwwwwwweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetttttttttttttt

    i was not allowed to leave the room...
    everything=3


    2-1-0
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    2---2--3---3--2----1
    ---0
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    2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-0

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