Ed and “Blood”

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  • MUZIK
    MUZIK Posts: 630
    Blood is amazing to hear live. Then replaying it on the bootleg is painful.

    he’s been struggling with it for years.

    i still give him credit for it lesst trying. He probably even knows it sounds terrible.


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  • lukemil33
    lukemil33 Vandalia, OH Posts: 231
    JB56195 said:
    It would be cool to see the song reworked/arranged so it's more in his vocal range.
    Don't get me wrong, I love Blood the way it is but it would be cool to see it reworked so that they could play it more often. Maybe drop it down like they have with Marker or Comatose to help him out? It was great to hear N1 just a bit painful watching Ed push so hard. Still amazes me the effort he puts in night after night.
  • Milestone
    Milestone Posts: 1,143
    MUZIK said:
    He probably even knows it sounds terrible.
    This really got me laughing. I don’t know why.
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  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    I think Eddie's intent in the song is to shred his vocals. Clearly not sustainable. 

    That being said, I don’t mind the current version. Slowmatose was painful though.
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  • B-Girl
    B-Girl Posts: 105
    OceansJenny said:
    I think Eddie's intent in the song is to shred his vocals. Clearly not sustainable. 

    That being said, I don’t mind the current version. Slowmatose was painful though.
    Just curious, why was it so bad?  Clearly, I wasn't there...  Arrangement?  Or his voice?
  • B-Girl
    B-Girl Posts: 105
    MUZIK said:
    Blood is amazing to hear live. Then replaying it on the bootleg is painful.

    he’s been struggling with it for years.

    i still give him credit for it lesst trying. He probably even knows it sounds terrible.


    Poor guy
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    B-Girl said:
    OceansJenny said:
    I think Eddie's intent in the song is to shred his vocals. Clearly not sustainable. 

    That being said, I don’t mind the current version. Slowmatose was painful though.
    Just curious, why was it so bad?  Clearly, I wasn't there...  Arrangement?  Or his voice?
    Comatose to me is meant to be played FAST. They slowed it down to what felt like half tempo and it killed it.

    My only complaint over the two nights. 
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  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,266
    Blood wasn't any worse vocally than it’s been the last few years. I’m surprised no one is bringing up Life wasted. I thought that performance was the absolute low point of the two shows. Not just because EV got completely lost around the bridge but it just was all around bad. 
  • nicknyr15
    nicknyr15 Posts: 9,266
    nicknyr15 said:
    Blood wasn't any worse vocally than it’s been the last few years. I’m surprised no one is bringing up Life wasted. I thought that performance was the absolute low point of the two shows. Not just because EV got completely lost around the bridge but it just was all around bad. 
    Actually I just watched it on YouTube and it wasn’t as bad as I remember it. Man the sound wasn’t that great in 2018 at fenwAy. 
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,426
    Smellyman said:
    I think it is a bit purposeful.  He could put his all into it, but to protect his voice he doesn't anymore.

    Las time he belted it out.


    Thanks for sharing. That was an awesome version. 
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • wobbler_kitty
    wobbler_kitty Millbury, MA Posts: 161
    edited September 2018
    OceansJenny said:
    Slowmatose was painful though.
    Slowmatose :lol:

    And yeah, it was just kinda... awkward sounding.
  • Yoeddy1
    Yoeddy1 Boise, Idaho Posts: 103
    Both of these are ridiculously sick!

    https://youtu.be/-RTz0JNxNEU

    https://youtu.be/b-Nz0vHSxMw
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  • MF658872
    MF658872 Posts: 256
    The Mansfield version from night 3 is great!
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    Blood is still great. Do I prefer when Ed could absolutely scream his ass off?....of course but I never want it to be retired and want to hear it every time I see PJ. It’s still heavy as fuck and awesome live. Every time. 
  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,426
    Yoeddy1 said:
    Both of these are ridiculously sick!

    https://youtu.be/-RTz0JNxNEU

    https://youtu.be/b-Nz0vHSxMw
    Yeah, Blood is a beast when Ed can sing it. So much funk to it. I especially line when he draws out that middle part with the improvs.
    It's a hopeless situation...
  • B-Girl
    B-Girl Posts: 105
    OceansJenny said: loop
    B-Girl said:
    OceansJenny said:
    I think Eddie's intent in the song is to shred his vocals. Clearly not sustainable. 

    That being said, I don’t mind the current version. Slowmatose was painful though.
    Just curious, why was it so bad?  Clearly, I wasn't there...  Arrangement?  Or his voice?
    Comatose to me is meant to be played FAST. They slowed it down to what felt like half tempo and it killed it.

    My only complaint over the two nights. 
    Gotcha, similarly sometimes I don't like it when they speed up certain songs.  Thanks
  • OceansJenny
    OceansJenny Manhattan, NY Posts: 3,409
    B-Girl said:
    OceansJenny said: loop
    B-Girl said:
    OceansJenny said:
    I think Eddie's intent in the song is to shred his vocals. Clearly not sustainable. 

    That being said, I don’t mind the current version. Slowmatose was painful though.
    Just curious, why was it so bad?  Clearly, I wasn't there...  Arrangement?  Or his voice?
    Comatose to me is meant to be played FAST. They slowed it down to what felt like half tempo and it killed it.

    My only complaint over the two nights. 
    Gotcha, similarly sometimes I don't like it when they speed up certain songs.  Thanks
    Yeah agreed - Even Flow and SOLAT are too fast/poppy for me compared to the earlier versions. I’ll certainly take them over nothing, but yeah wish they would slow those instead of Comatose. :)
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  • Gern Blansten
    Gern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 22,269
    Abe Froman said:
    Blood is still great. Do I prefer when Ed could absolutely scream his ass off?....of course but I never want it to be retired and want to hear it every time I see PJ. It’s still heavy as fuck and awesome live. Every time. 
    agreed....Ed knows how to compensate, always great live, it will still be great when he's 70
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  • pearldavidson
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    Smellyman said:
    I think it is a bit purposeful.  He could put his all into it, but to protect his voice he doesn't anymore.

    Las time he belted it out.



    Great version. Also really good video/audio quality. Thanks for sharing.
  • pearldavidson
    pearldavidson Posts: 1,697
    MUZIK said:
    Blood is amazing to hear live. Then replaying it on the bootleg is painful.

    he’s been struggling with it for years.

    i still give him credit for it lesst trying. He probably even knows it sounds terrible.


    It does sound worse on some boots I have than it did when I heard it live.

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