Outtahere

Matt posted them earlier this year after sharing an excerpt of the song on Instagram

That could also make sense! Great find! That could be with Matt's propensity for lighting himself on fire, figuratively speaking of course. ;)

I get the same thing. The 'bear' line sounds like "with a bear who was out eating watching from the trees". I can't make out if he says 'old letters' or 'old lotters' (which doesn't exist) or ladders (which doesn't make sense). So letters seems right, just pronounced differently.

I used to have that song when BM came out, it was the only one I'd skip systematically. It took some years to love it. And now I love both versions.

Ah thanks for this! ;)

Some day someone is going to have to explain to me the purpose of fading a song out at the end. I sincerely don't understand it. The song does have an end. Once played live, it's not being faded out! So why on record? Not complaining by the way I really don't understand the reason for it. (Days Come Down fades out which is where my question came from :P )

I was writing a post asking that same question. What does preordering do nowadays? So we get all three singles in advanced but two of those are already officially on YouTube and the third should follow soon enough. I'm not complaining either I just don't see the point. I'm buying the record on the day of its release like I always do.

* does the Weapon dance *

Does anyone know what a "Key Synch Track" is? Which picture are you talking about?

You bastard! :P How is Something Like a Storm compared to the original 21 minute demo version? How did he make it so short?

I think he's overcritical of a lot of his work. As a songwriter myself I totally get it though. Artists change and evolve and some things become irrelevant to you or you've learned so much with time that you look back and go "what the hell was I trying to do there?". You were trying to convey something at the time and then you find it immature or you just don't connect to it anymore. In his case, I think it's more musically than lyrically but I could be wrong. But he is overcritical as far as I'm concerned. Underdogs is not Avalanche or Lights of Endangered Species but there are loads of great songs on it nevertheless. He seem to still like Everything is Automatic, obviously Apparitions and Prime Time Deliverance. He also played Indestructible on an acoustic tour a few years ago. That said BM has always had a very place in his heart and he's always been very proud of that record so I wasn't surprised he reworked some songs and toured it from Giant to Running For Home even if it was 3 years before its 20th anniversary.

Given how he dislikes that record, I highly doubt it.

Which is why I think he wanted to create a surprise. He did talk about how great it was in the past that you didn't know months before when a new Pink Floyd record came out (I'm paraphrasing).

Ahhh nice find! It's a shame it broke the kind of surprise Matt seemed to be trying to build up but yay for us! :P

I'm actually worried that Warner's going to want to push this DVD this fall for the holidays and we'll have to wait for the record in March. Then again there's already two singles out but it seems strange that there's still no announcement of any kind (album name, release dates and so on). Unless Matt wants to go the old fashion way and just release the record by surprise like they did before the Internet. I know he digs that kind of thing.

Ohhhh yeah! This plus the Load Me Up one I posted earlier... it smells live a DVD is indeed in the making!

Ha ha ha!! I didn't think he would actually do it!! (I didn't challenge him btw but I saw the tweets go by) :lol: Awesome counter point he exposed there. I didn't know about the ceasefire terms and South Korea basically not respecting them.

Makes sense and completely fits with what you've said in the past! I just wondered if, because you changed style a lot with Chaotic Neutral and onwards (BM Revisited and what we've heard from your next record) and because you haven't played any AOD songs since 2013/2014, maybe you were trying to get away from the AOD sound or it was more a question of time, money and logistic like you just explained. Thanks for your input as always. I also love that you're trying to play more obscure songs too! I get you're playing Load Me Up, Hello Time Bomb and such. But there are definitely gems on your records. That's actually one thing I love about the BM reissue. That version of Let's Get It On is amazing. As far as your current players, they are indeed amazing. I saw the short interview you guys did about your Big Wreck cover and you guys are really connected. That's really cool!

Well given his style changes from album to album, I get that. The only two records I don't listen to from beginning to end are Vancouver and Chaotic Neutral. I love the others but I don't love each song the same obviously.

It's one of my favourite albums from Matt.

I believe I remember him saying that he loved the song but he should kick himself in the ass for writing a song that requires thumb muting. That may explain why he refrains from playing it most of the time. Garden of Knives is indeed one hell of an opener. But without a keyboard player he would probably be on playback for the sounds so he couldn't do it as insterestingly as on the AOD tour.

I didn't name Via Dolorosa because he said it was quite hard to play so I wouldn't expect him to do it even if it's a great song. :P But yeah it would be great to get some insight.

Has anyone noticed that, since Chaotic Neutral came out, Matt hasn't played one song from Arrows of Desire? That made me wonder if he dislike this record given how far from it he's strayed musically since going for somewhat 80's rock. Now I know he struggles to put a good mix of his best material and the most popular singles in a concert and he's got one less player now with Anthony not touring with him. But there's no room for even one song? Garden of Knives remains, IMO, one of his best songs ever. I get that there's keyboards and such on there but that doesn't stop him from playing Weapon. But even guitar oriented songs like Guns of Carolina would be great in the set or even Letters in Wartime, Arrows of Desire or Mutineering!

It's a painting from a Vancouver artist. Check the liner note, her name is in there I believe. Maybe you'll find the info to communicate with her directly online.

Usually when it's acoustic it's clearly indicated so it must be full band. Why is it so important for you to know though?