WtOB? wrote:stip, can we get an opinion index stickied please? so we can see what each member thinks of the tracks so the cool kids don't have to listen to them, they can just look at what their favourite posters think and form an opinion around that? cheers mate.
I'm sorry but this post is U2 meets REM meets Shania Twain and would have been better 10 years ago. How boring and tired. I'm disappointed, team.
*insert Betterman (Live) meme here*
stip wrote:I wanted to punch you in your god's dice loving balls for not loving lightning bolt.
McParadigm wrote:I can't wait until this is safe to share so I can put up my 15 second side-by-side of Swallowed Whole and Thin Air.
You don't need to, I'm guessing everyone knows what you're referring to, they just don't care. Pearl Jam rips off Pearl Jam for the 703rd time.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
McParadigm wrote:I can't wait until this is safe to share so I can put up my 15 second side-by-side of Swallowed Whole and Thin Air.
Even after you mentioned it, Thin Air has yet to come to mind while listening to this.
The sung rhythm of 'down down down down' sounds like 'on on on on on'. It's a total non-issue.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
McParadigm wrote:I can't wait until this is safe to share so I can put up my 15 second side-by-side of Swallowed Whole and Thin Air.
Even after you mentioned it, Thin Air has yet to come to mind while listening to this.
The sung rhythm of 'down down down down' sounds like 'on on on on on'. It's a total non-issue.
Is that what he's babbling about!?
Yeah I think that's pretty much the basis of his disdain for Lightning Bolt.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
- some Aerosmith
- some Dead Kennedys
- some U2
- some REM
- some Shania Twain
but no Pearl Jam.
Sounds more like "anything but Pearl Jam" so far
It sounds like all of these, but PJ sounds like all of these, so it sounds like PJ trying to sound like all of these but sounding like PJ, who sounds like all of these. What a mess!
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
Thejambi wrote:I never really understood what Pearl Jam was supposed to sound like.
Alone
Education
In My Tree
Red Mosquito
DTE
GTF
1/2 Full
JG
something like that...
I cannot associate these songs with anyone else. No one.
Really? If you wanted to, you could say "In My Tree" was a U2 anthem with cooler drumming and no production polish, "Red Mosquito" is a typical blues stomper, "DTE" is a bellowed grunge song attempted after grunge is over, "GTF" is another U2 anthem with more interesting dynamics and better drumming and louder guitars, "1/2 Full" is another blues stomper akin to Red Mosquito and Rival. Etc. Etc. Of course, we're not that dismissive because we love the songs.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
harmless wrote:Really? If you wanted to, you could say "In My Tree" was a U2 anthem with cooler drumming and no production polish, "Red Mosquito" is a typical blues stomper, "DTE" is a bellowed grunge song attempted after grunge is over, "GTF" is another U2 anthem with more interesting dynamics and better drumming and louder guitars, "1/2 Full" is another blues stomper akin to Red Mosquito and Rival. Etc. Etc. Of course, we're not that dismissive because we love the songs.
There's hope then that we'll love these too? One day?
Thejambi wrote:I never really understood what Pearl Jam was supposed to sound like.
Alone
Education
In My Tree
Red Mosquito
DTE
GTF
1/2 Full
JG
something like that...
I cannot associate these songs with anyone else. No one.
Really? If you wanted to, you could say "In My Tree" was a U2 anthem with cooler drumming and no production polish, "Red Mosquito" is a typical blues stomper, "DTE" is a bellowed grunge song attempted after grunge is over, "GTF" is another U2 anthem with more interesting dynamics and better drumming and louder guitars, "1/2 Full" is another blues stomper akin to Red Mosquito and Rival. Etc. Etc. Of course, we're not that dismissive because we love the songs.
So Pearl Jam has made an EP. They have some work to do then.
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There's the dog. You can't fake that stuff. Confess with your mouth.
harmless wrote:Really? If you wanted to, you could say "In My Tree" was a U2 anthem with cooler drumming and no production polish, "Red Mosquito" is a typical blues stomper, "DTE" is a bellowed grunge song attempted after grunge is over, "GTF" is another U2 anthem with more interesting dynamics and better drumming and louder guitars, "1/2 Full" is another blues stomper akin to Red Mosquito and Rival. Etc. Etc. Of course, we're not that dismissive because we love the songs.
There's hope then that we'll love these too? One day?
Of course there is, that's what I'm saying. PJ aren't suddenly rehashing old tunes, they always did it.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
