Song of the Moment: My Father's Son

[stip]

is this the even flow where matt cameron does a drum solo, or the even flow where he does not?

[chewm]

None, it's My Father's Son.

[guestT]

This is a good song. The lyrics hold it back a bit. 3.83/5.0.

[Leatherhead]

This is a good song. The lyrics hold it back a bit. 3.83/5.0.

Some of the best lyrics on LB.

[McParadigm]

Some of the dumbest lyrics on a Pearl Jam song, which is really saying something.

[guestT]

Both of the posts above are accurate.

[E.H. Ruddock]

This song is pretty bad, team

[knee tunes]

I think I will listen to Lightning Bolt on way home today.

It's been a while and My Father's Son

[guestT]

Musically it's great. If they're gonna pretend to be punk 2 or 3 times every album then this is at least an interesting way to approach it. Angular, spacey, off-kilter, with a cool bridge that comes out of nowhere. Mike on a bass. Stone doing atmospheric shit. Not just sub-Green Day power chord BANG BANG BANGing.

The lyrics are clunky and definitely don't reward close examination. But the theme is interesting to me. The details are easy enough to tune out.

If they can summon this level of ambition for the next album it might end up being something worth getting excited about.

[Jorge]

Musically it's great. If they're gonna pretend to be punk 2 or 3 times every album then this is at least an interesting way to approach it. Angular, spacey, off-kilter, with a cool bridge that comes out of nowhere. Mike on a bass. Stone doing atmospheric shit. Not just sub-Green Day power chord BANG BANG BANGing.

The lyrics are clunky and definitely don't reward close examination. But the theme is interesting to me. The details are easy enough to tune out.

If they can summon this level of ambition for the next album it might end up being something worth getting excited about.

I agree with this pretty much word for word

[ridleybradout]

Musically it's great. If they're gonna pretend to be punk 2 or 3 times every album then this is at least an interesting way to approach it. Angular, spacey, off-kilter, with a cool bridge that comes out of nowhere. Mike on a bass. Stone doing atmospheric shit. Not just sub-Green Day power chord BANG BANG BANGing.

The lyrics are clunky and definitely don't reward close examination. But the theme is interesting to me. The details are easy enough to tune out.

If they can summon this level of ambition for the next album it might end up being something worth getting excited about.

I agree with this pretty much word for word

Ditto. MFS and Swallowed Whole are still my faves from LB. If Ed is going to continue to write mid-tempo anthemic rock songs, I want it to sound 'Into The Wild-ish' like Swallowed Whole does.

[swan]

Musically it's great. If they're gonna pretend to be punk 2 or 3 times every album then this is at least an interesting way to approach it. Angular, spacey, off-kilter, with a cool bridge that comes out of nowhere. Mike on a bass. Stone doing atmospheric shit. Not just sub-Green Day power chord BANG BANG BANGing.

The lyrics are clunky and definitely don't reward close examination. But the theme is interesting to me. The details are easy enough to tune out.

If they can summon this level of ambition for the next album it might end up being something worth getting excited about.

I'd be all about having an instrumental version of this. As is, it's a skip for me 99% of the time.

[evenslow]

Musically it's great. If they're gonna pretend to be punk 2 or 3 times every album then this is at least an interesting way to approach it. Angular, spacey, off-kilter, with a cool bridge that comes out of nowhere. Mike on a bass. Stone doing atmospheric shit. Not just sub-Green Day power chord BANG BANG BANGing.

The lyrics are clunky and definitely don't reward close examination. But the theme is interesting to me. The details are easy enough to tune out.

If they can summon this level of ambition for the next album it might end up being something worth getting excited about.

I agree with this pretty much word for word

yeah this is good.

[evenslow]

This and Pendulum were the only two songs that really made me perk up and consider what was going on musically. Not masterpieces but if we could get an album full of that I'd be more than satisfied.

[mikejasond]

This song really suits older Eddie's voice - one of the best on the album he sounds great

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[VinylGuy]

This song really suits older Eddie's voice - one of the best on the album he sounds great

yeah, he is awesome here.

[mikejasond]

This song really suits older Eddie's voice - one of the best on the album he sounds great

welcome back mjd

New tour = time to listen to Pearl Jam again

[Birds in Hell]

Revisiting this period for the purpose of ranking those songs the other reinforced how much I enjoy this one, it's great.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now