Dance of the Clairvoyants

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I just fell in love all over again
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38%
Maybe there's still some life left in these guys after all
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Ehhh, still excited for the new album
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I stayed up for this?
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I hated pearl jam before it was cool
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cutuphalfdead wrote:I begrudgingly admit this is a good song.
:hooray:
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cutuphalfdead wrote:I can understand not listening to leaks but avoiding an officially released lead single seems dumb to me.
It is. No argument against this.
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I've had similar thoughts before, how hearing the song alone won't allow me to properly appreciate it in context once the album is out, but I usually find that isn't the case. Sure, I'm more familiar with the single(s) on first listen, but that disparity drops away very quickly.
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I like it more the more I listen to it.
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That 'stand back when the spirit comes' line is one of the most ear wormy things they've ever done. I can't get that out of my head.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:I begrudgingly admit this is a good song.
don't throw your back out or nuthin'.
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Birds in Hell wrote:I've had similar thoughts before, how hearing the song alone won't allow me to properly appreciate it in context once the album is out, but I usually find that isn't the case. Sure, I'm more familiar with the single(s) on first listen, but that disparity drops away very quickly.
If anything, having an album reframe a song means you get to discover it twice
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Of their more non-traditional lead singles this is definitely the one I took to the quickest, and did not have to really force myself to appreciate.
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stip wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I've had similar thoughts before, how hearing the song alone won't allow me to properly appreciate it in context once the album is out, but I usually find that isn't the case. Sure, I'm more familiar with the single(s) on first listen, but that disparity drops away very quickly.
If anything, having an album reframe a song means you get to discover it twice
yes it takes on new meaning in context.
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stip wrote:That 'stand back when the spirit comes' line is one of the most ear wormy things they've ever done. I can't get that out of my head.
me too, but in a good way
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if you woulda told me 24 hours ago this would have a 90% approval rating and McP would be waxing rhapsodic over it whilst cutuphalfdead said it was good i woulda laughed in your face.
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Jorge is unimpressed so the world hasn't completely gone off the rails.
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But it also got the Lament seal of approval.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:Jorge is unimpressed so the world hasn't completely gone off the rails.
he made the early mistake of playing contrarian on this one and his only choice now is to triple down on his first take.
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deep down we all love this track i won't hear otherwise.
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stip wrote:That 'stand back when the spirit comes' line is one of the most ear wormy things they've ever done. I can't get that out of my head.
Agree. Also, though I've been a bit down on the chorus in my initial reactions, it was in my head all day long and continues to feel more and more appropriate for the song. Like, it still doesn't exactly go where I "want" it to go (whatever I mean by that), but the song is roomy enough that it works.
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imagine being one of those insipid, tailpipe sucking weirdos on facebook that bitches about this not being rock enough.

thin the herd, pj!!
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Jaeti wrote:
stip wrote:That 'stand back when the spirit comes' line is one of the most ear wormy things they've ever done. I can't get that out of my head.
Agree. Also, though I've been a bit down on the chorus in my initial reactions, it was in my head all day long and continues to feel more and more appropriate for the song. Like, it still doesn't exactly go where I "want" it to go (whatever I mean by that), but the song is roomy enough that it works.
the chorus sneaks up on you. effortless.
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stip wrote:That 'stand back when the spirit comes' line is one of the most ear wormy things they've ever done. I can't get that out of my head.
Same. Reminded me of Bowie’s Golden Years for some reason.
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I don't remember playing a new PJ song this many times, and loving it more and more/discovering new things each time.

It's groovy, funky, and I find myself tapping my foot & bopping my head.

I just hope it doesn't stick out too oddly amongst the rest of the album, however, Stone's new quote on Zane Lowe has brought me slightly closer back to reality, but i hope we're wrong and the album is out there. The 57m tracklist is very intriguing!

Please leak before I see them in Quebec, and I hope we have GAs.
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