Gigaton: Official album thread

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stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
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VinylGuy wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
fuck yeah
Been hoping for this :thumbsup:
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stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
What are your thoughts on hyphenated compound words?
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
Odds aren't great. I have thought about. I haven't done one of these in 5-6 years, and I have a lot less time to invest in it. But I'm sure I can't help myself.

Apparently I wrote 700 words on Ole and 1156 for Get it Back, songs I don't like. So it IS theoretically possible.

I checked Can't Deny Me and apparently couldn't even be bothered.
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Bi_3 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
What are your thoughts on hyphenated compound words?
You mean phrasal adjectives?
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stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
Odds aren't great. I have thought about. I haven't done one of these in 5-6 years, and I have a lot less time to invest in it. But I'm sure I can't help myself.

Apparently I wrote 700 words on Ole and 1156 for Get it Back, songs I don't like. So it IS theoretically possible.

I checked Can't Deny Me and apparently couldn't even be bothered.
Ha ha. Love it.
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
What are your thoughts on hyphenated compound words?
You mean phrasal adjectives?
Sometimes, yes:

"But the world kept a-spinning, always felt like it was ending"

But nouns/names as well:

"Collecting up the forget-me-nots"
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Bi_3 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
Bi_3 wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
What are your thoughts on hyphenated compound words?
You mean phrasal adjectives?
Sometimes, yes:

"But the world kept a-spinning, always felt like it was ending"

But nouns/names as well:

"Collecting up the forget-me-nots"
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spinning this again right now

there's very little I don't like about it
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yeah, its awesome.

The first 4 are all classics.
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any little issues I have about SBWM are forgiven when Ed starts going LA DA DA la da da LA DA DAdaDA

who knew that was what the fandom needed?
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such a great non-sequiter of a moment
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also I'm in love with everything from 2:30 onwards on WES, "home is where..."

it just gets more and more awesome

I still don't like those synthy guitars but meh
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Ms Harmless wrote:also I'm in love with everything from 2:30 onwards on WES, "home is where..."

it just gets more and more awesome

I still don't like those synthy guitars but meh
I sure do
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Ms Harmless wrote:any little issues I have about SBWM are forgiven when Ed starts going LA DA DA la da da LA DA DAdaDA

who knew that was what the fandom needed?
Thank you for articulating my thoughts on this song. A year later and I look forward to the pure fun of it.

I even like the crummy little pencil drawing video they put out for it.
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stip wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
stip wrote:I am probably (midish May) going to start a Gigaton Guided Tour thread that I hope you at least drop in for on occasion (or just write for me)
I challenge you to keep each entry under 1000 words.
Odds aren't great. I have thought about. I haven't done one of these in 5-6 years, and I have a lot less time to invest in it. But I'm sure I can't help myself.

Apparently I wrote 700 words on Ole and 1156 for Get it Back, songs I don't like. So it IS theoretically possible.

I checked Can't Deny Me and apparently couldn't even be bothered.
Look forward to it. :thumbsup:
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I listened to this yesterday for the first time since (if my iTunes is accurate) October last year.

It felt like a fairly average Pearl Jam album with a few notable highlights, which I mean as a considerable compliment given the period of relentless awfulness which preceded it.

I really, really enjoyed Who Ever Said, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Take the Long Way and River Cross.

I thought Quick Escape, Alright, Never Destination and Retrograde weren't bad.

I didn't much care for the rest but I also didn't think any of them were an embarrassment to the band's catalogue, just not my thing.
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Birds in Hell wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time since (if my iTunes is accurate) October last year.

It felt like a fairly average Pearl Jam album with a few notable highlights, which I mean as a considerable compliment given the period of relentless awfulness which preceded it.

I really, really enjoyed Who Ever Said, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Take the Long Way and River Cross.

I thought Quick Escape, Alright, Never Destination and Retrograde weren't bad.

I didn't much care for the rest but I also didn't think any of them were an embarrassment to the band's catalogue, just not my thing.
How about Buckle Up?
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Anders wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I listened to this yesterday for the first time since (if my iTunes is accurate) October last year.

It felt like a fairly average Pearl Jam album with a few notable highlights, which I mean as a considerable compliment given the period of relentless awfulness which preceded it.

I really, really enjoyed Who Ever Said, Dance of the Clairvoyants, Take the Long Way and River Cross.

I thought Quick Escape, Alright, Never Destination and Retrograde weren't bad.

I didn't much care for the rest but I also didn't think any of them were an embarrassment to the band's catalogue, just not my thing.
How about Buckle Up?
I usually like Stone's songs a lot but that one is a real miss for me.

I would definitely rank Get It Back among the best songs from the sessions.

Makes me wonder what other, better songs got shelved in favour of your Buckle Ups and Seven O'Clocks.

I really, really disliked how deflating SBWM is in the tracklisting, coming straight out of Who Ever Said. Two Vedder songs back to back was a terrible choice, especially when the second is so weak. Should've been a b-side, at best.
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