And those are some of my favourite PJ songs. No wonder I like itVindicator wrote:this is an amazingly beautiful song. Delicate and simple. Among their best in this style, Present Tense, Parting Ways, Strangest Tribe, Thin Air.
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"Release" has also made me bawl but not until... 2019 I think?chadisme417 wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:this song made me cry on first listenJuvenal wrote:While I disagree with your placing (this could be my favourite), it's great having an album with no crap songs on it, isn't it?PHATJ wrote:This is a beautiful song. I pretty much like everything about you it. And it’s still in my bottom three. It’s crazy.
I'm not sure that's *ever* happened before
Low Light is the first song to make me cry.
And I'm pretty sure it was the song and not the 2 hour download time on 1998 dial up internet.
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This song is so fucking great.
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durdencommatyler wrote:This song is so fucking great.
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I had goosebumps
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when all this shit is over, and those opening notes come out from the dark stage as the first song at whatever show i get to, as i stand in the crowd, i will certainty cry like a baby.
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The run of DOTC>QE>Alright>7oC is just fantastic. This is what I want from PJ.durdencommatyler wrote:This song is so fucking great.
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Wish this one hung around just a bit longer. Wanted to get lost in its vibe, and it was over
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Yes!LetMeSleep wrote:The run of DOTC>QE>Alright>7oC is just fantastic. This is what I want from PJ.durdencommatyler wrote:This song is so fucking great.
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still probably my favourite Gigaton song
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I straight up cringe at the acid trip line.
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Me too, buddy. Also, "If you tire of the game/Hit the road toward the clouds/Find the groove in the sound."cutuphalfdead wrote:I straight up cringe at the acid trip line.
This song is to the PJ "spiritual escape" theme what "Gone" was to their "car escape" theme -- the moment at which a subject overspends its conceptual potential and can only be expressed through uncreative cliches.
It's a nice sounding song though, and the lyrics kind of fade into the soundscape if you don't listen to them too closely.
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I'm fine with the lyrics being fluffy, spacey Ament-isms.
If Ed had written the lyrics, I think they'd probably be more heavy-handed and drag the song down for me (see: Pendulum).
If Ed had written the lyrics, I think they'd probably be more heavy-handed and drag the song down for me (see: Pendulum).
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Ignore the lyrics and enjoy the tune.
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i just think the vocal melody (+ lyrics) isn't as interesting as what's going underneath, might like it more as an instrumental maybe, but it's still a nice song, i appreciate it
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I do enjoy the tune, I haven't been skipping it, but the lyrics are a stumbling block.LetMeSleep wrote:Ignore the lyrics and enjoy the tune.
Lyrics are a major foreground element of most popular music. If you can tune them out and enjoy more music as a result, great, but the prevalent tone on RM that that should be every listener's default mode when listening to music is not something I identify with.
That said, I did say It's a nice sounding song though, and the lyrics kind of fade into the soundscape if you don't listen to them too closely.
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I do think these lyrics are pretty weak, and this is one of those rare times I seem to be able to ignore it (as opposed to quite a few other songs where I like the music and the lyrics end up hurting the song - thin air, no way, lowlight come to mind)
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These are not "Inside Job" level bad. A couple of groaners here and there sure
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I think the lyrics are being unfairly maligned here, maybe because some of us have no need for the message