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Red Mosquito...Most underrated song ever!!!

jordn6971jordn6971 Posts: 675
edited January 2008 in The Porch
What does it all mean????

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...
Ooh....

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...
"There was a band playing in my head, and I felt like getting high"
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  • LedbetterusLedbetterus Posts: 592
    Well, I don't think it's really that underrated..

    Ed wrote it after (during?) getting really bad food poisoning in San Francisco. I'm not 100% positive but they were in the middle of a set and Eddie had to bail, and I guess Neil Young was there so he took over for a bit.

    I think Ed said somewhere that it felt he got bit by the devil.. so yeah.
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  • SENROCKSENROCK Posts: 10,736
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    I think Ed said somewhere that it felt he got bit by the devil.. so yeah.

    hahahahahaha IMMAGINE that! yikes! :D
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  • oktacomaoktacoma Posts: 335
    You know how I feel about this! :)
  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    What do you mean its underrated? By who? I think most Pearl Jam fans like it.
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  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,600
    Big fan of the LO2L version!
    I will swallow poison
  • harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    I'm not sure it's underrated around here.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    my favorite song on No Code by a mile
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Who underrates it?
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,882
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    Who underrates it?

    Pearl Jam themselves. PJ.com says it's been played only 48 times. Compare that to Hail Hail which has been played 192 times
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Pearl Jam themselves. PJ.com says it's been played only 48 times. Compare that to Hail Hail which has been played 192 times
    Thats because Hail, Hail is a better song. IMO.

    Do you really want them overplaying it? They have so many songs now, allot of them, even really good ones will have to take a backseat.
  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,600
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Pearl Jam themselves. PJ.com says it's been played only 48 times. Compare that to Hail Hail which has been played 192 times

    Hail hail is played alot because it works very well live!

    Jeff has also stated that hail hail is a song that really gets him pumped!
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  • 104 years and counting104 years and counting Posts: 549
    My friend used to think that Pearl Jam were vampires. He stated this song (red mosquito) as well as certain lyrics in other songs as his reasoning....................... Seriously
  • Jack_C_GregoryJack_C_Gregory Posts: 540
    I don't think it's that underrated to fans. When they played it in Columbus in '03 the crowd went apeshit.
  • rival.rival. Posts: 7,775
    one of my favs!
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    most no code songs are underrated, especially by the band.

    Mosquito is great.
  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Ledbetterus wrote:
    Ed wrote it after (during?) getting really bad food poisoning in San Francisco. I'm not 100% positive but they were in the middle of a set and Eddie had to bail, and I guess Neil Young was there so he took over for a bit.

    For a bit!!!! Try an hour and a half. The crowd got so restless they had to play RITFW twice.

    It was hot and a total dissaster...at the time we didn't really appreciate Uncle Neil like we would later on.
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  • brucebruce Posts: 384
    I agree with the poster. Red Mosquito is a very underrated song.... the whole album is.

    Mosquito rocks so hard my nose bleeds.
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  • angryyoungmanangryyoungman Posts: 1,028
    mosquito rules. . .like getting punched in the nose at 15,000 ft. . .there will be blood
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  • Stone Is GodStone Is God Posts: 1,331
    My favorite PJ song. Love it. Heard it live at the last show I was at for the first time.
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  • dontgimmenolipdontgimmenolip Posts: 198
    I'm still waiting for them to rock Cleveland with this tune when I'm in attendance. I once got a speeding ticket on my wife's birthday while rocking out to this tune.
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  • FitzFitz Posts: 169
    I love RM, it actually reminds me of a Small Faces song called Song Of A Baker. It also in parts reminds me of Call It Something Nice by the Small Faces. Actually does anyone know if the boys have any influences with them? I know there's the Eddie thing with The Who but some of their stuff does remind me of the later stuff by the Small Faces. If no one has heard it you should, if you like Pearl Jam you will like them trust me. Powerful music mixked with a great voice is what you get ala Pearl Jam.
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  • LindaLinda Posts: 1,656
    just love that one...live on two legs...
    i'm not happy yet.....
  • Lukin66Lukin66 Posts: 3,063
    I love RM so much, I have one tattooed on me.























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  • smg9779smg9779 Posts: 235
    I agree. Great tune. Probably my second fav from No Code behind Off He Goes. The LO2L version is great too.
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