The Garden EP Options

[SJN1279]

I just purchased via Itunes. I'm really liking what I hear so far. Really digging the Lennon cover in particular(it was the only song I didn't hear). Listening to The Garden remix now and its' awesome too.

This post has been edited by SJN1279: Nov 18 2012, 11:37 pm

[PurdueSteve]

Here's my take, not that I consider myself a great music critique or anything.

The "sound" of the EP is modern. I'll give Ed that. It sounds like something a kid or young adult would be into (within the pop genre of course). Ed's voice sounds good. I can't recall any extreme unnecessary falsetto.

It's the lyrics that are trash. It's the lyrics that are just plain corny. Even though not overly and blatantly religious (think church songs) I can't help but associate them to a tacky Sunday school song.

I'm not sure if I like it better than Alive. I think Ed's voice is better than on Alive but I think the lyrics are equally bad, if not worse. I find that I can tolerate the EP if it's on in the background and I'm not thinking about it while listening to it.

I'm not a follower of the Beatles or any of their member's individual work so I don't know the original "Mind Games", but I think Ed's version is ok. I found the hook of the song stuck in my head. The Remix blows.

The remixes in general all pretty much suck, especially the one where "Eddd Co-Wall_Chick" is announced like he's running out of the tunnel as a starter in an NBA game. I understand it was just something experimental and perhaps something fun for him. No harm no foul. I don't enjoy the dance/techno like remixes of Live songs that have been passed around as B-sides either.

I've learned not to compare Ed to his glory days with Live. That ed is gone and is dead. If I take Ed out of the Live MJ, TC, SS, TDTH equation and instead just try to compare him with today's music, he's not that bad. I think the problem for most of us is that we know what he once did, where he once stood and that comparison is somewhat inevitable.

If only he'd just write better lyrics. C'mon Ed!