Dance of the Clairvoyants

[E.H. Ruddock]

There's no band . Its all electronics . Wtf

Huh? 'Cause there's a little bit of synth?

The drums sound like synth

Stone was saying those are all Matt. He wanted to sound like electronic drums when playing this song, but not be electronic

[girbilio]

Oh my, I'm shocked! I usually just lurk around in the threads but I need to say I loved Dance of the Clairvoyants. Eddie singing in a register that he can reach without sounding forced is great and the instrumentation is experimental enough for Pearl Jam. Really great!

[teflonsteve]

I enjoyed the music but I think Ed's voice is a detriment to the song. Still better than anything off the last album and gives me a glimmer of hope for this album.

[knee tunes]

They played a two minute clip of Stone talking about how this song came together on Sirius

and . . .?

it did

[Pearlhawk]

Some appear to dig it, others hate it. Par for what this place and the fan base has become. Y’all shit on the same things over and over. No matter the song, or album, it’s the same complaints. I need to hear it a few more times to fully know where I stand with it. Interesting to see how it fits in with the rest of the album. It’s different, that’s for sure!

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[knee tunes]

There's no band . Its all electronics . Wtf

Huh? 'Cause there's a little bit of synth?

The drums sound like synth

Stone was saying those are all Matt. He wanted to sound like electronic drums when playing this song, but not be electronic

Well

[mikejasond]

That "not a negative thought. POSITIVE! POSITIVE!" was so representative of live Eddie but very disconcerting on an album.

[scrub12]

Pearl Jam is back. New single "Dance of the Clairvoyants" available everywhere now: http://pearljam.lnk.to/DOTCFb

"'Dance' was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration...We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting." - Jeff Ament

[Bammer]

“Save your predictions and burn your presumptions” that growl. That is him growling within his aging range. and it sounds so good.

Is that a middle finger to the “return to form” crowd?

[Jaeti]

The David Byrne aping is a lot at first - the first minute feels like Talking Heads cosplay. But I think I like where it gets at the end of the song.

[Rob]

If you've been complaining since LB for something new, and you don't love this song, I don't know what to tell you. Go clutch your copy of No Code. This is an inspired track with dense, moody production and lyrics that cut deeper than almost everything Ed's put forth in quite a while.

They're not fucking back at all; they're headed in a new direction entirely.

Thanks Harmless

I agree that this is what people claimed they wanted. I’m happy.

[Got Some]

dicks and pricks and fire things?

Yep


hahahahahaha!!!

[PHATJ]

I liked it a lot more the second time. Damnit, I'm setting myself up to hate it by Friday.

I'm confident I landed on the correct take on first listen, I'll meet you guys when you catch up with me later this month

That was my immediate response too, Jorge. This is really good and bodes very well for the album.

[RAG319]

The music is solid, but Ed is completely aping David Byrne to the point of tribute band.

The last minute/outro bit is cool. Dig the space they play with throughout. I read somewhere Jeff on Keys and Stone on bass for this? That, I like.

Need to hear Superblood Wolfmoon before forming final opinion.

[Strat]

They released this as the first single. Fuck yea. This is the band i fell in love with. Whether this song ends up being great or just exciting is remained to be seen but the fact they released this song as the first single says something. Perhaps they mean business again.

[knee tunes]

Confusion is to commotion what ___ is to our devotion
Acceptably big, big as the ocean
And equally hard to control

So save your predictions
And burn your assumptions
Love is friction
Rightful comfort

Endless equations
A ton(?) of persuasion
Doors open up
To interpretation

Expecting perfection
Leaves a lot to ignore
When the past is the present
And the future's no more
When every tomorrow is the same as before

The looser things get
The tighter you become
The looser things get
The tighter...

Not one man
Can be greater than the sum
It's not a negative thought
Or a positive (positive, positive)

Falling down
Not staying down
Could've hold me up
Rather tear me down
Strong in the river(?)

Expecting perfection
Leaves a lot to ignore
When the past is the present
And the future's no more
When every tomorrow is the same as before

Numbers keep falling off the _____ floor
We're all stuck in our boxes
When it's open(?) no more

Collecting up the forget-me-nots
Now we're crawling with the floor(?)
I'm in love with clairvoyants 'coz they're out(?) of this world

I know the girls wanna dance away their circumstance
I know the boys wanna grow their dicks and fix and fire things
I know the girls wanna dance
Clairvoyants in a trance
I know the boys wanna grow their dicks and fix and fire things

Stand back when the spirit comes

Holy Corona

[JuanHamm]

There's no band . Its all electronics . Wtf

Huh? 'Cause there's a little bit of synth?

The drums sound like synth

The drums are actually live

[PHATJ]

Pearl Jam is back. New single "Dance of the Clairvoyants" available everywhere now: http://pearljam.lnk.to/DOTCFb

"'Dance' was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration...We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting." - Jeff Ament

SLOOOGE

[Superblood Wolfmoon]

If you've been complaining since LB for something new, and you don't love this song, I don't know what to tell you. Go clutch your copy of No Code. This is an inspired track with dense, moody production and lyrics that cut deeper than almost everything Ed's put forth in quite a while.

They're not fucking back at all; they're headed in a new direction entirely.

Thanks for typing this so I didn’t have to.