Just Breathe - It sounds like Ed had the flu when recording

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pearl_man
pearl_man Posts: 35
edited September 2009 in The Porch
Not sure if i'm alone on this one but it makes Just Breathe sound even more amazing.

To me it sounds like Ed's just getting over a cold or something, maybe just o'brians mixing that makes it sound like that though...

I haven't really thought this through yet, but i think this could be up in my top 5 all time songs already.

And possibly the perfect timing for PJ to make a love song like this just before my wedding.
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  • DeLukin
    DeLukin Posts: 2,757
    it was snot-o-tuned.
    I smile, but who am I kidding...
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    People keep saying this and I'm not understanding because I think its one of his clearer vocals.. he sounds more stuffy on The Fixer.
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,107
    definitely congested
    funny I was thinking the same thing-but thought I was overanalyzing
  • InMyTree4
    InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    unthought known is kinda like that too
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  • Niko80
    Niko80 Posts: 1,613
    He sounds very good on just breathe I think.. And we can thank brendan o'brien for this. He has obviously looked at some different ways of recording eddies vocal, also the mixing of it.
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  • pearljim
    pearljim Posts: 1,312
    Just Breathe = Awesome, we should all be so sick :)
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  • i am a target
    i am a target Posts: 808
    careful criticizing this song. with all the hype surrounding it in the interviews leading up to the release you know this is one of the most anticipated songs on the album! unless of course you have a short essay with sources.

    i had the audacity to criticize it already and was given the whip for it.

    now where is that oh so charming gentlemen who insulted me the other day?
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    I think its cool how Eddie "changes" his voice in his songs
    Just Breathe is beautifully repetitive its the kind that really grows on you
    Alone too- his way of singing that song thats why its a favorite
    it still amazes me that I must defend his voice and their sound to people in my life
    must be the different drummer thing
    for me his voice is beautiful always
  • pearl_man
    pearl_man Posts: 35
    in no way am i saying that it sounds bad, i think its amazing.
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  • SM10080
    SM10080 Posts: 239
    pearljim wrote:
    Just Breathe = Awesome, we should all be so sick :)

    Someone infect me. I want the sickness too.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,211
    This is stunning track, gloriously simplistic and beautiful.

    I don't hear a cold, just maybe the best track I heard in many years

    it didn't need to grow either, stunned me instantly
  • SM10080
    SM10080 Posts: 239
    pdalowsky wrote:
    This is stunning track, gloriously simplistic and beautiful.

    I don't hear a cold, just maybe the best track I heard in many years

    it didn't need to grow either, stunned me instantly

    The shit.
  • awilkins
    awilkins Posts: 984
    Just heard it come on Sirius, I think, and have always thought, it was recorded whilst Ed had a cold, very congested sounding.
  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    I did my best cover of it with a cold.  Seriously. 
  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,445
    DeLukin said:
    it was snot-o-tuned.
    LOL
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,422
    edited October 2017
    That's his weird Backspacer voice.

    The sequel to the screechy S/T voice, that followed the "just woke up" voice of Riot Act.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    That's his weird Backspacer voice.

    The sequel to the screechy S/T voice, that followed the "just woke up" voice of Riot Act.
    :lol:
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  • Nikto
    Nikto Melbourne, Australia Posts: 191
    There was an interview with Ed about the recording of Backspacer where he mentioned he recorded vocals for one of the tracks when he was sick, I always assumed it was Just Breathe. He made the comment that implied being sick added a dimension to the vocals and he was happy with it. 
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  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,868
    I guess im in the minority its a set killer. One of my least liked songs
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