Song of the Moment: Parachutes

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Rate Parachutes

5 stars
15
33%
4 stars
18
40%
3 stars
5
11%
2 stars
5
11%
1 star
2
4%
 
Total votes: 45

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LetMeSleep wrote:
Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
William Bloke wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:My monthly visit to the pit has me angry. What kind of a retard outright HATES this song? My guess is that the melody & chord sequence is too complex for them to follow.
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Hi! I really dislike this song. Like, a lot.
I’d love to see this song at a show with you so you could get me a beer while this plays.
Would do so gladly. You could return the favour when Wishlist comes up.
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Probably a bit better than "PLAY PARACHUTES SO I CAN GO HAVE A PISS" I guess.
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Pearl Jam has yet to make a song better than this song since this song came out. So this will forever be known as the last top-tier Pearl Jam song. To me at least.
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I hated this song when it first came out because I don't like the Beatles, but it's good now

not great but good
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One of the best songs Pearl Jam has released in the last 20 years
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Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
Higgs wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:
William Bloke wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:My monthly visit to the pit has me angry. What kind of a retard outright HATES this song? My guess is that the melody & chord sequence is too complex for them to follow.
:wave:

Hi! I really dislike this song. Like, a lot.
I’d love to see this song at a show with you so you could get me a beer while this plays.
Would do so gladly. You could return the favour when Wishlist comes up.
Weirdest sign request ever.
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Probably a bit better than "PLAY PARACHUTES SO I CAN GO HAVE A PISS" I guess.
Nice memory to read through today.
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mikejasond wrote:Pearl Jam has yet to make a song better than this song since this song came out. So this will forever be known as the last top-tier Pearl Jam song. To me at least.
I agree, it's top tier. And I was lucky enough to see it at the Vic show and it was fantastic live in a smaller setting. I saw it once in an arena and it didn't work as well.
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DOTC is better than Parachutes.
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Leatherhead wrote:DOTC is better than Parachutes.
DOTC is good. But its not better than parachutes. Parachutes is beautiful. :luv: I just love how it bounces along from part to part and the way the verses and chorus flow into each other...I love how it just lolls. And I like how it builds just a bit in the end.
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mikejasond wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:DOTC is better than Parachutes.
DOTC is good. But its not better than parachutes. Parachutes is beautiful. :luv: I just love how it bounces along from part to part and the way the verses and chorus flow into each other...I love how it just lolls. And I like how it builds just a bit in the end.
I think I'd agree that DOTC is better, but parachutes is still beautiful
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Now hold the fuck on. What's this now, better then Parachutes? Let's talk in a year or two.
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Ms Harmless wrote:because I don't like the Beatles
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you and stip need to be put in a beatles reeducation camp.
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evenslow wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:because I don't like the Beatles
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I didn't always love the Beatles but recently I listened to their entire discology and its just so impressive how much they grew in such a small amount of times. Its truly amazing. And really they were good on every album (the latter half are just all classics)
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I never understand when people tell me they don't like The Beatles.

Really? all of it? there's nothing there for you at all as a fan of rock music?

I find it absurd
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5 stars song, one of a few from avocado that aged well.
Unfortunatly, no live version ever did justice to the studio one. Rough mix pre record version was its best cause Mike's guitar was a louder level in the mix than it ended at the final mix.
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Johnny Turner wrote:5 stars song, one of a few from avocado that aged well.
Unfortunatly, no live version ever did justice to the studio one. Rough mix pre record version was its best cause Mike's guitar was a louder level in the mix than it ended at the final mix.
Haven't heard a "great" live version of this one.

It's a deceptively tricky song musically
Vocally impossible unless your Eddie

I learned it on acoustic guitar and can never get through it without fucking it up
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mikejasond wrote:Pearl Jam has yet to make a song better than this song since this song came out. So this will forever be known as the last top-tier Pearl Jam song. To me at least.
I think Dance of the Clairvoyants might have changed my mind on this finally.
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I think this song is quite pleasant, but bland
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Clem Halibut wrote:I never understand when people tell me they don't like The Beatles.

Really? all of it? there's nothing there for you at all as a fan of rock music?

I find it absurd
I don't like The Beatles :)
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