Why Steven can't just play the Eye Flys bassline without putting his Hollywood shit on it will never cease to baffle me.
Well that's just the way he is.
I like new members putting their sauce on older material, it keeps the group interesting to watch but doing the most on something like Eye Flys completely misses the point of the song to me.
True, it's quite inappropriate.
That ominous bass line steadily creeping through all the weirdness and occasional spasms of other instruments is what holds the song together.
Heck, that bass line is half (or more) of what makes this song.
Steven unfortuntately is too much of a showoff to just play it straight.
pinkus is the unsung hero of the new eye flys. that crazy whirling stuff he does is awesome.
Impossible to disagree.
Though with what Steven does, maybe Pinkus should have carried the main part, and leave the weird effects to Steven.