nexis wrote:I'll wish they could do something like Blind Melon "No Rain". That song was like 1993 and it sounds fresh like it was written a week ago. The hard and heavy songs are neat for a time but they don't have as much staying power as the mellow and the chill like "Summertime Rolls" or "Pets" or "Jane Says". To me Perry's voice sounds soooo much better mellow and phased over light acoustic backing. Not as good wailing over sledgehammer guitar riffs.
Some good points nexis.
Seeing Dave playing an acoustic gives me hope that they're working on some "mellow and the chill" as you say stuff.
Although it could be that's just what Dave was using to flush something out.
I guess we'll have to wait and see but Dave talked about the writing process a bit on the latest Dark Matter.
I don't know if you remember or not but back in '03 when the guys did Just Because acoustically it seemed to get raves from pretty much everyone.
So I think there's plenty more people besides you and I who appreciate that side of the band.
To me Perry sings differently now and recently compared to Jane's earliest days.
I agree with you to a degree that his voice sounds better in the mellower stuff.
The guy can still wail when he wants to but the way he sings now as opposed to his scream singing in the past is really pleasing.
Pop in your copy of the Satellite Party disc to hear what I'm talking about.
There are some great examples of what I'm trying to describe on it and that's a big part of the reason I like that release so much.
