New song from Ed (and Karsh Kale) Options

[pizan0]

Literally posted 13 minutes ago:

http://www.eddieklive.com/media.php

[Distance to Me]

It's better than SFBM, at the very least. And while I don't think the lyrics are great, they seem to have more effort than most of his recent lyrics (also, if it didn't say child of Zion and such, it could be viewed as an anti-religion song).

I get the vibe that Ed's head is in the right place from a creative stand point, he's just not executing very well. Electronic beats, flute solos, these things are different, just the music not really my style. And not the style of many others here, it seems. We need some rock. I'm not sure if flutes can rock, but many other instruments can.

Hopefully Ed learns a little from this song and refines his creative acts. His vocals are awesome in this song, so there's a plus.

I hope he continues to incorporate new instruments, but in a more rocking way. Though I don't really dig the song, it actually makes me rather curious as to what he'll pull out next.

BTW, sounds a lot like Forever. And he needs to quit with the whole Zion thing.

This post has been edited by Distance to Me: Jul 29 2009, 5:35 pm

[Sonic Tonic]

We need some rock. I'm not sure if flutes can rock, but many other instruments can.

They sure can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a05bQHUqShg

This post has been edited by Sonic Tonic: Jul 29 2009, 5:43 pm

[Distance to Me]

They sure can:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a05bQHUqShg

Well, there you go. Let's get some rock!

[Infrequent Poster]

I like the music, but my musical tastes are far different then many of ya'll I'd imagine. Lyrically it's trying too hard, at least in my mind. It's like Ed tried really hard to make a statement about life today but could only get three verses out and just repeated them over and over hoping to hammer in some meaning. It's stuck between being just a quirky little song that's just there to be quirky and a song that's actually trying to say something. As it is now its a quirky song that should have only lasted 2 minutes and instead was left on repeat until five and a half minutes were recorded. I think Ed would need to add something more lyrically to this song for it to be good.

As far as the register Ed's in, I'm glad he seems to be sticking in his mid range which sounds much more comfortable to the listener then the falsetto he really fell in love with a few CDs back. Falsetto's nice to add something extra to a song but very very few male vocalists can get away with it dominating the vast majority of their CDs and Ed ain't one of them.