Song of the Moment: Sirens

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So...Sirens?

5 stars
47
38%
4 stars
30
24%
3 stars
25
20%
2 stars
7
6%
1 star
16
13%
 
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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durdencommatyler wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Thing is, singles are necessarily a public thing; you're very likely going to end up inadvertently hearing the song on the radio or seeing the video on TV or YouTube anyway.

I don't really get avoiding Sirens, particularly if you've already heard Mind Your Manners.
No reason other than precious preference. It's just about hearing as little as possible before the album comes out. If I happen to catch it in a commercial or on the radio or whatever, I won't be upset.

I just don't see what difference it makes. What do I gain from hearing it now that I won't by waiting? So I'm choosing to wait. There's nothing to "get."
Stay strong pal, and know that its good and waiting for you to hear it on the 15th :D
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Lament wrote:My brother just nailed exactly what Sirens reminds me of...

the aah oooh aaahs at the end are a direct ripoff!
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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harmless wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
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My first gig ever was the 92 Wembley gig for the "Waking Up the Neighbours" tour.
If I'm in the car alone and Run To You comes on the radio, I turn it up.

A great song is a great song.
Fuck who performs It.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Thing is, singles are necessarily a public thing; you're very likely going to end up inadvertently hearing the song on the radio or seeing the video on TV or YouTube anyway.

I don't really get avoiding Sirens, particularly if you've already heard Mind Your Manners.
No reason other than precious preference. It's just about hearing as little as possible before the album comes out. If I happen to catch it in a commercial or on the radio or whatever, I won't be upset.

I just don't see what difference it makes. What do I gain from hearing it now that I won't by waiting? So I'm choosing to wait. There's nothing to "get."
Stay strong pal, and know that its good and waiting for you to hear it on the 15th :D
If you get impatient you can always swing past Australia and hear it on the 11th.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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dimejinky99 wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
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My first gig ever was the 92 Wembley gig for the "Waking Up the Neighbours" tour.
If I'm in the car alone and Run To You comes on the radio, I turn it up.

A great song is a great song.
Fuck who performs It.
Yeah, but if someone else is in the car with me I get embarrassed cause I can't hit those high notes when I'm singing along.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Birds in Hell wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Thing is, singles are necessarily a public thing; you're very likely going to end up inadvertently hearing the song on the radio or seeing the video on TV or YouTube anyway.

I don't really get avoiding Sirens, particularly if you've already heard Mind Your Manners.
No reason other than precious preference. It's just about hearing as little as possible before the album comes out. If I happen to catch it in a commercial or on the radio or whatever, I won't be upset.

I just don't see what difference it makes. What do I gain from hearing it now that I won't by waiting? So I'm choosing to wait. There's nothing to "get."
Stay strong pal, and know that its good and waiting for you to hear it on the 15th :D
If you get impatient you can always swing past Australia and hear it on the 11th.


He'd arrive home celebrate a birthday or a few and then his copy of the album would arrive
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
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My first gig ever was the 92 Wembley gig for the "Waking Up the Neighbours" tour.
If I'm in the car alone and Run To You comes on the radio, I turn it up.
Summer of '69 is better. 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started' is best.

Lament, this is one of the prettiest things I've ever heard. Pearl Jam will never write anything like it.

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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Tass Man wrote:
Lament wrote:
Tass Man wrote:
harmless wrote:How many people who think this is an "80s power ballad" read the reviews which said it was an 80s power ballad?
ya i did not get that impression at all..

after everyone was saying 80's power ballad, i was expecting to hear "To Be With You" or something.... if anything, it seems more 90's to me than 80's
To Be With You was a hit in 1992.
ok... but if a song encapsulates what an 80's power ballad is, that would surely be one of them, regardless if it "missed" by a couple of years
i'm really not going to listen to this song to be sure but To Be With You doesn't have those charecteristic huge drums and wailing guitar solos. it's a subdued ballad à la More Than Words (:puke:). what i call a power ballad would be more along the lines of Motley Crue (Home Sweet Home, Without You) or I Remember You by Skid Row or Something To Believe In by Poison (sorry fellas if it brings you bad memories).
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Birds in Hell wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Thing is, singles are necessarily a public thing; you're very likely going to end up inadvertently hearing the song on the radio or seeing the video on TV or YouTube anyway.

I don't really get avoiding Sirens, particularly if you've already heard Mind Your Manners.
No reason other than precious preference. It's just about hearing as little as possible before the album comes out. If I happen to catch it in a commercial or on the radio or whatever, I won't be upset.

I just don't see what difference it makes. What do I gain from hearing it now that I won't by waiting? So I'm choosing to wait. There's nothing to "get."
Stay strong pal, and know that its good and waiting for you to hear it on the 15th :D
If you get impatient you can always swing past Australia and hear it on the 11th.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
durdencommatyler wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:Thing is, singles are necessarily a public thing; you're very likely going to end up inadvertently hearing the song on the radio or seeing the video on TV or YouTube anyway.

I don't really get avoiding Sirens, particularly if you've already heard Mind Your Manners.
No reason other than precious preference. It's just about hearing as little as possible before the album comes out. If I happen to catch it in a commercial or on the radio or whatever, I won't be upset.

I just don't see what difference it makes. What do I gain from hearing it now that I won't by waiting? So I'm choosing to wait. There's nothing to "get."
Stay strong pal, and know that its good and waiting for you to hear it on the 15th :D
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
Baffling.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Birds in Hell wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
Baffling.
As much as the Germans though?
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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BurtReynolds wrote:
Lament wrote:My brother just nailed exactly what Sirens reminds me of...

the aah oooh aaahs at the end are a direct ripoff!
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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harmless wrote:Summer of '69 is better. 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started' is best.

Lament, this is one of the prettiest things I've ever heard. Pearl Jam will never write anything like it.

I do actually know that song. My dad played a shitload of Bryan Adams in the car when I was growing up. We actually took him to see B. Adams (as my brother and I refer to him) in 2008 for Father's Day or something. It was a small acoustic show at B.B. King's in Orlando. I won't go into my take away from the show, as I respect your love of his work.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Birds in Hell wrote:
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:I have a lot of respect for Bryan. He was my rock-God before Ed Ved came along.
Sometimes I forget how much the British love Bryan Adams.
Baffling.
True Story:

The first CD I ever got was Bryan Adams' "Waking Up the Neighbours".
The second was Pearl Jam's "10".

It's been all down hill from there.
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Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:Summer of '69 is better. 'Can't Stop This Thing We Started' is best.

Lament, this is one of the prettiest things I've ever heard. Pearl Jam will never write anything like it.

I do actually know that song. My dad played a shitload of Bryan Adams in the car when I was growing up. We actually took him to see B. Adams (as my brother and I refer to him) in 2008 for Father's Day or something. It was a small acoustic show at B.B. King's in Orlando. I won't go into my take away from the show, as I respect your love of his work.
Oh, don't worry, I'm immune to jokes about Bryan Adams. He's definitely from a bygone era and a guilty pleasure.
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Re: New Song (9.19.13): Sirens

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Wow. My thread on sirens v alive took off. There's some good insights to both sides there.
http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 4&t=217703
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digster wrote:Cause God knows if there's one thing the hipsters love, it's Pearl Jam.
Heh.
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McParadigm wrote:Ha! I am rocking the shit out of message boarding on an iPhone today.

I just thought that stip and dime should know.
Heh.
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