Song of the Moment: Sirens

[Thejambi]

PJPghStlrfan wrote:
GOODBYE EVERYBODY!! I HEAR ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARE GOING TO SING THIS GOD AWFUL SONG AT THE IHEARTRADIO Shows here in Vegas this weekend. First we get an album like backspacer and then MORE ED SOLO SONGS PASSING AS PJ SONGS! IF I WANTED TOP 40 RADIO CRAP,I COULD LISTEN TO THAT GARBAGE EACH DAY!! VERY DISSAPPOINTED, AS I HAVE LOVED PJ AND A LITTLE BIT OF ED's SOLO STUFF,i.e. into the Wild, BUT 2 OUT OF 3 SLOW GARBAGE LOVE SONGS with a new album and I am DONE!!!! GOOD BYE PJ NATION!!! HAVE FUN HEARING ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SINGING MUSHY LOVE SONGS ON A TOP 40 STATION NEAR YOU!!!!!

LONG TIME FAN SINCE 1992 AND 10 CLUB MEMBER LEAVING HERE!!!

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Just curious, are you bailing on the Steelers too, cause they are shitting the bed as well?

[Dr. Van Nostrand]

PJPghStlrfan wrote:
GOODBYE EVERYBODY!! I HEAR ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARE GOING TO SING THIS GOD AWFUL SONG AT THE IHEARTRADIO Shows here in Vegas this weekend. First we get an album like backspacer and then MORE ED SOLO SONGS PASSING AS PJ SONGS! IF I WANTED TOP 40 RADIO CRAP,I COULD LISTEN TO THAT GARBAGE EACH DAY!! VERY DISSAPPOINTED, AS I HAVE LOVED PJ AND A LITTLE BIT OF ED's SOLO STUFF,i.e. into the Wild, BUT 2 OUT OF 3 SLOW GARBAGE LOVE SONGS with a new album and I am DONE!!!! GOOD BYE PJ NATION!!! HAVE FUN HEARING ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SINGING MUSHY LOVE SONGS ON A TOP 40 STATION NEAR YOU!!!!!

LONG TIME FAN SINCE 1992 AND 10 CLUB MEMBER LEAVING HERE!!!

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Just curious, are you bailing on the Steelers too, cause they are shitting the bed as well?

sounds like my fan club number is getting better

[Thejambi]

PJPghStlrfan wrote:
GOODBYE EVERYBODY!! I HEAR ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARE GOING TO SING THIS GOD AWFUL SONG AT THE IHEARTRADIO Shows here in Vegas this weekend. First we get an album like backspacer and then MORE ED SOLO SONGS PASSING AS PJ SONGS! IF I WANTED TOP 40 RADIO CRAP,I COULD LISTEN TO THAT GARBAGE EACH DAY!! VERY DISSAPPOINTED, AS I HAVE LOVED PJ AND A LITTLE BIT OF ED's SOLO STUFF,i.e. into the Wild, BUT 2 OUT OF 3 SLOW GARBAGE LOVE SONGS with a new album and I am DONE!!!! GOOD BYE PJ NATION!!! HAVE FUN HEARING ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SINGING MUSHY LOVE SONGS ON A TOP 40 STATION NEAR YOU!!!!!

LONG TIME FAN SINCE 1992 AND 10 CLUB MEMBER LEAVING HERE!!!

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Just curious, are you bailing on the Steelers too, cause they are shitting the bed as well?

sounds like my fan club number is getting better

[Blenheim Augustine]

A couple of people days ago mentioned that it really struck them, especially as parents. Maybe the ice is thawing. Parenthood does weird shit to you emotionally.

I'd agree - the 'fragile life' line and 'could be for me next time' are particularly connecting and it was the first time I've had a really deep emotional response to a song since Riot Act. I'll avoid the soppy exposition about having kids and realising how fragile life is (but it is something that hits you hard). It's one of those observations that is so banal yet when you actually grasp it is a truly enormous moment. It's not just kids that give you that perspective but it is a different experience.

The other part (sirens coming for you) is that your the old guy now yet your kid sees you as invincible. I now have to cope with the knowledge that I am actually totally vincible but know the expectation from my two young sons - again, not just a parent thing but it does give you an unavoidable perspective on things.

Of course if this is where the song is coming from and you don't quite relate to those feelings then it is possibly just Inside Job Part II. I'm disappointed Jeff didn't use his 12-string to give a bit more of a homage to Cheap Trick.

I think it was Billy Connolly who said as he got older he found himself crying more and more, even over mindless sentimental commercials. Since my son's birth I feel that.

My son turned 3 today and my parents are staying with me after not seeing them for 9 months so it's probably irrationally amplified. Just another loser dad!

[liebzz]

I agree with all this, and have been suspecting that both this song and Future Days are about relationships to their children, but made generally enough to reach to connect to a wider audience regarding the larger role of interpersonal intimate relationships.

[WaitingForBluey]

So this baby premieres in a little less than 6 hours!

Woo hoo, I can't wait! I'm hope this bitch freakin' rocks

[red calzolaio]

PJPghStlrfan wrote:
GOODBYE EVERYBODY!! I HEAR ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARE GOING TO SING THIS GOD AWFUL SONG AT THE IHEARTRADIO Shows here in Vegas this weekend. First we get an album like backspacer and then MORE ED SOLO SONGS PASSING AS PJ SONGS! IF I WANTED TOP 40 RADIO CRAP,I COULD LISTEN TO THAT GARBAGE EACH DAY!! VERY DISSAPPOINTED, AS I HAVE LOVED PJ AND A LITTLE BIT OF ED's SOLO STUFF,i.e. into the Wild, BUT 2 OUT OF 3 SLOW GARBAGE LOVE SONGS with a new album and I am DONE!!!! GOOD BYE PJ NATION!!! HAVE FUN HEARING ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SINGING MUSHY LOVE SONGS ON A TOP 40 STATION NEAR YOU!!!!!

LONG TIME FAN SINCE 1992 AND 10 CLUB MEMBER LEAVING HERE!!!

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Just curious, are you bailing on the Steelers too, cause they are shitting the bed as well?

Surprised they didn't 'leave' 2/3 albums ago.

[Lounge Lizard]

So this baby premieres in a little less than 6 hours!

Woo hoo, I can't wait! I'm hope this bitch freakin' rocks

what

[warehouse]

So this baby premieres in a little less than 6 hours!

Woo hoo, I can't wait! I'm hope this bitch freakin' rocks

it does. its like mym on steroids.

[harmless]

So this baby premieres in a little less than 6 hours!

Woo hoo, I can't wait! I'm hope this bitch freakin' rocks

what

[WaitingForBluey]

So this baby premieres in a little less than 6 hours!

Woo hoo, I can't wait! I'm hope this bitch freakin' rocks

it does. its like mym on steroids.

Actually, I'm finding myself liking Sirens better than MYM. It just feels like a much bolder statement. After the Sirens sudden left turn, MYM feels like pretty standard fare for PJ.

[stip]

Even Flow was the re-recorded Dave A version (from memory).

2nd chorus and 3rd chorus lyrics the same or very close.

From memory, the Even Flow video is a mix between the Abbruzzese studio version and the live version from the Moore Theatre.

The Fixer video was also a live performance as far as I recall. It also really, really sucks.

the guitars sound better on the fixer video. But it is that video and it is that song

[stip]

PJPghStlrfan wrote:
GOODBYE EVERYBODY!! I HEAR ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE ARE GOING TO SING THIS GOD AWFUL SONG AT THE IHEARTRADIO Shows here in Vegas this weekend. First we get an album like backspacer and then MORE ED SOLO SONGS PASSING AS PJ SONGS! IF I WANTED TOP 40 RADIO CRAP,I COULD LISTEN TO THAT GARBAGE EACH DAY!! VERY DISSAPPOINTED, AS I HAVE LOVED PJ AND A LITTLE BIT OF ED's SOLO STUFF,i.e. into the Wild, BUT 2 OUT OF 3 SLOW GARBAGE LOVE SONGS with a new album and I am DONE!!!! GOOD BYE PJ NATION!!! HAVE FUN HEARING ED AND JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE SINGING MUSHY LOVE SONGS ON A TOP 40 STATION NEAR YOU!!!!!

LONG TIME FAN SINCE 1992 AND 10 CLUB MEMBER LEAVING HERE!!!

*lowers flag to half mast

[darth_vedder]

This song is kinda growing on me. I actually don't mind it, but I'm still not ready to say I like it.

It's just weird...like all their music from 10 through RA is just nothing like this. They had slow/chill songs, but without going all Winger / Warrant on us. I mean, this number here has that "Heaven Isn't Too Far Away" vibe going on, mixed with some of the power pop of 90's Aerosmith. While I don't really like that kind of music, maybe I'm giving this song a pass because it's Pearl Jam. I'm still not sure quite how to describe it, my first though was "Pearl Jam meets Bon Jovi". I'm still surprised that the band that seemed so against music like this has been delivering songs like "Just Breathe" and "Sirens".

All signs point to me hating this song, this style just isn't my thing. However, I kinda like it. After about 5 listens now, I can confidently say I like it better than "Amongst The Waves". Maybe this is the best of the worst of recent Pearl Jam. My "worst" list includes: ATW, Inside Job, Gone, and really most of Backspacer.

[McParadigm]

it's actually very little like a 'modern pop' chorus - there isn't some short lyrical/melodic hook repeat ad naseum till you want to shoot the person

It's less bubblegum hooky than a Katy Perry song, or even something like New York State of Mind, because it's more of an adult radio type song. It's still a really long chorus section. And since my point was that the dynamic bulge in this song's crotch was a little too long for my preference, I'll refer to it as the kaboom instead to avoid confusion.

- and the song is over 5 minutes long.

The video version is 5:56, and the three kabooms add up to roughly 2:15 of that altogether...not counting the outtro, which is just an extension of the last one. It's not like I'm saying that's a bad thing. I'm saying it's too much of that for me.

Basically, all I'm saying is that, as I have been listening to and not caring for this song, I'm trying to figure out what it is that keeps me from getting pulled in....and I think some of that is that it spends more time kabooming and less time building a bedrock to kaboom off of than I care for.

[WaitingForBluey]

Maybe this is the best of the worst of recent Pearl Jam. My "worst" list includes: ATW, Inside Job, Gone, and really most of Backspacer.

I would definitely say that I like it better than Inside Job, Gone, The Fixer and Just Breathe. ATW has surprisingly been growing on me of late, so I might put it on equal footing with Sirens right now, but Sirens definitely has much more potential as a grower... especially the live version from the video.

[warehouse]

am i the only one who thinks ed will have trouble w/ this live?

[stip]

it's actually very little like a 'modern pop' chorus - there isn't some short lyrical/melodic hook repeat ad naseum till you want to shoot the person

It's less bubblegum hooky than a Katy Perry song, or even something like New York State of Mind, because it's more of an adult radio type song. It's still a really long chorus section. And since my point was that the dynamic bulge in this song's crotch was a little too long for my preference, I'll refer to it as the kaboom instead to avoid confusion.

the mark of any great social scientist is the creation of new jargon, so well done!

[stip]

15,000

so we have a few weeks until we need more

[Strat]

I think it was Billy Connolly who said as he got older he found himself crying more and more, even over mindless sentimental commercials. Since my son's birth I feel that.

Since my son was born I too sometimes find myself in the position of Paul Vitti crying over a Merrill Lynch ad

you....

You're good...