Red Mosquito

igotid88
igotid88 Posts: 29,009
edited July 2013 in The Porch
Wish this was released as a single.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GcB-x_vnwuA
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  • jimed14
    jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    Have no idea what this really means ... none the less, I found it interesting when I read it the other day ...

    Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the song managed to reach number 37 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Mosquito
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  • jubilairesjl
    jubilairesjl Posts: 498
    I think it is a very underrated PJ song, it is one of my favorites. Al though I find it interesting that it got up that high because I never really remembered hearing it on the radio much.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    jimed14 wrote:
    Have no idea what this really means ... none the less, I found it interesting when I read it the other day ...

    Despite the lack of a commercial single release, the song managed to reach number 37 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Mosquito

    Yea I saw that too. They've had songs reached the charts that were never officially released as singles back then. Like Better Man for example.
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  • Princess KJ
    Princess KJ Posts: 442
    So freaky- I've had it stuck in my head all day!
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    Princess KJ wrote:
    So freaky- I've had it stuck in my head all day!

    i put it in there
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  • red mos
    red mos Posts: 4,953
    Red mosquito would have made a great single.
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  • gfnk001
    gfnk001 Posts: 652
    Love it, love it, love it. That beginning guitar riff just blows me away everytime!

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  • rhcpjam1029
    rhcpjam1029 Posts: 1,982
    one of my favorite songs.
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  • dasvidana
    dasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,357
    I understand that the song was written after Ed got sick from a bad tuna sandwich. Sorry he got sick, but am really thankful that we got this awesome song out of the deal. :)
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    dasvidana wrote:
    I understand that the song was written after Ed got sick from a bad tuna sandwich. Sorry he got sick, but am really thankful that we got this awesome song out of the deal. :)

    i agree
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  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    dasvidana wrote:
    I understand that the song was written after Ed got sick from a bad tuna sandwich. Sorry he got sick, but am really thankful that we got this awesome song out of the deal. :)
    Haha shit, I'll never be able to listen to it without thinking of this now. It has always been one of my favorites.
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  • cbrunelle783
    cbrunelle783 Posts: 1,025
    I love this song too... I never expected them to play it live last Spring... Shit I caught my b/f who isn't a die hard like I am singing it in the car one day. Last week I misplaced my No Code cd and I was freaking out but I found it... in Yield. Happy moment ;)
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    bump
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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,368
    We need another No Code. We have two well processed, straightforward albums in a row (which is fine).
  • Alive_and_Evolving
    Alive_and_Evolving Posts: 327
    I love it's southern rock-esque sound. I love the way mikes solos come in. and the little falsetto thing eddie does on the second time he says "i was bitten"
    speaking as a child who shouldve have been a teen in the 90's
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    Happy Birthday
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,457
    I looooove Red Mosquito :) And they played it at my first PJ gig, in Berlin in 1996. There's even a video :Dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv2PGM4qu0s

    It's been a long time ... Maybe we get to hear it in a week?
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    Leeze wrote:
    I looooove Red Mosquito :) And they played it at my first PJ gig, in Berlin in 1996. There's even a video :Dhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wv2PGM4qu0s

    It's been a long time ... Maybe we get to hear it in a week?


    cool
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  • High Fidelity 2000
    High Fidelity 2000 New Mexico USA Posts: 4,439
    This song has grown on me SO MUCH over the past 15 years... never thought much of it in '96, but I just get more and more into it as time goes by... probably one of my favorite PJ songs ever at this point. And I've only been lucky to hear it at one of my 20 shows!

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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 29,009
    High Fidelity 2000 wrote:
    This song has grown on me SO MUCH over the past 15 years... never thought much of it in '96, but I just get more and more into it as time goes by... probably one of my favorite PJ songs ever at this point. And I've only been lucky to hear it at one of my 20 shows!

    "If I had known then what I know now...."

    better late than never
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