Eddie Vedder - Flag Day Soundtrack

[JC23]

After a few listens, I like it. Cat Power might steal the show here, but I really dig Tender Mercies, Wave and There's a Girl. I also don't find Drive to be offensive at all, I like Ed's vocal there. Flag Day (the song) wasn't the best intro to Ed on the album; that first verse was ROUGH.

[epilogue]

I enjoy the hell out of this.

Me too, buddy.

can we start our own message board where we can enjoy the fruits of eds labor?

please and thank you

[Got Some]

When the cock crows in the morning, on another red letter day
Ill be a busy bee honey, ill be working hard for my pay
And in the cold of the evening, when you just cant find your way
Ill be a stargazer darling, im gonna search till we find our way

When the apple tree’s are blooming
And there’s a new child on the way
Ill be a nest builder honey, im gonna work hard night and day

Ill be a waiting, oh waiting patiently
No hesitating, when you call me ill be ready

And when the blue night blacks above you
And your old ghosts come out to play
Ill be Dan Ackroyd honey, im gonna chase those ghouls away

But when the long nights twist and turning, youll need to sleep
To find your bed
Ill tell you stories from the city, ill take you a half a world away

Ill be a waiting, oh waiting patiently
No hesitating, when you call me ill be ready

Woo!

[Strat]

A flag is more than cloth and dye. A flag is a symbol — a vessel of fear or hope — weighed down and lifted up by the actions of everything done in its name. Some of that fickle glory has rubbed off on Sean Penn’s character in his new film Flag Day, a solemn drama getting mixed reviews.

But in judging the cultural impact, we won’t just look at the script, or the acting, or the sometimes bizarre statements the leading man has made when he’s ostensibly promoting the flick. Like those fluttering silk symbols, Flag Day is the sum of every action taken on its behalf. Which is how we arrive at the official Flag Day soundtrack, a remarkable collection of songs far better than this sort of project usually deserves.

Cat Power contributed three original cuts, and the great Glen Hansard collaborated with Eddie Vedder to pen some striking new songs, especially album standout “Flag Day” and the reflective “My Father’s Daughter,” sung by Vedder’s daughter, Olivia. But the arc of the album bends towards one moment — a mere cover, the umpteenth version of a track that has been sung almost as many times as The Star-Spangled Banner — and yet, like a bit of simple cloth and dye, it packs a surprising amount of emotion into a well-worn shape.

Vedder’s version of R.E.M.’s classic song “Drive” is faithful and moving, as one of the greatest frontmen of his generation relies on restraint and understatement and resists the urge to bellow. The song works because of the many different inflections he puts into the word “baby,” his stutter on “what” when he sings, “Nobody tells you what to do,” and a growl that sounds like the sigh of a mountain on those weighty, repeated, “Tick… Tocks…”

You might never see Flag Day, you might hate Sean Penn, but even so, you can be thankful that such a production led to this breathtaking moment.

— Wren Graves
News Editor Consequence of Sound

[Strat]

"Godspeed to you angel
Whereever you go
Although you have left
I want you to know

My heart's full of sorrow
I won't let it show
I´ll see you again
When it's my time to go"


Me = Dead

Goddamn. So good

[Strat]

i dont know. I know im a pj/ev super fan but this soundtrack is fucking perfection. Tuning into the lyrics and what little I know about the movie/story ..... outside that the stories within the songs themselves and how it all kind of floats together like a beautiful quilt.

I dont know. This is great. I fucking love it. Three of my favorite musicians doing what they are paid to do. It all fits. Cat Power ties it all together in such powerful ways.

I love this.

Fuck you.

Bye.

[Strat]

If you're not into folksy tug at your heartstring music then i get its not for you.

For strat? Especially these days? Welcome addition to my life.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Strat]

Folksy Tugs would be a decent bluegrass band name

or a great film name hosted at hippiesex.com

[LetMeSleep]

"Godspeed to you angel
Whereever you go
Although you have left
I want you to know

My heart's full of sorrow
I won't let it show
I´ll see you again
When it's my time to go"


Me = Dead

Goddamn. So good

Did Ed's child write those lyrics?

[Strat]

"Godspeed to you angel
Whereever you go
Although you have left
I want you to know

My heart's full of sorrow
I won't let it show
I´ll see you again
When it's my time to go"


Me = Dead

Goddamn. So good

Did Ed's child write those lyrics?

No. WRitten by some Icelandic dude.

Its simple. Direct and cuts to the core with the pain experienced losing someone you love. Fuck you you high brow dead inside prick!!!!!

[LetMeSleep]

"Godspeed to you angel
Whereever you go
Although you have left
I want you to know

My heart's full of sorrow
I won't let it show
I´ll see you again
When it's my time to go"


Me = Dead

Goddamn. So good

Did Ed's child write those lyrics?

No. WRitten by some Icelandic dude.

Its simple. Direct and cuts to the core with the pain experienced losing someone you love. Fuck you you high brow dead inside prick!!!!!

There are people who think Clapton did the same.

[Strat]

"Godspeed to you angel
Whereever you go
Although you have left
I want you to know

My heart's full of sorrow
I won't let it show
I´ll see you again
When it's my time to go"


Me = Dead

Goddamn. So good

Did Ed's child write those lyrics?

No. WRitten by some Icelandic dude.

Its simple. Direct and cuts to the core with the pain experienced losing someone you love. Fuck you you high brow dead inside prick!!!!!

There are people who think Clapton did the same.

Well we all know clapton sucks. And he was too wordy. And his voice sucks.

[bodysnatcher]

I’m still absorbing this soundtrack but Clapton sucks

[dimejinky99]

I enjoy the hell out of this.

Me too, buddy.

can we start our own message board where we can enjoy the fruits of *glens labor?

Fixed.

[dimejinky99]

Tender mercies is better than anything on several of pearl jams more recent albums

[Monkey_Driven]

Tender mercies is better than anything on several of pearl jams more recent albums

it's good, but isn't even in the same ballpark as DotC.

[dimejinky99]

I was excluding Gigaton fron that Because it’s brilliant. And that ain’t recency bias.

[dimejinky99]

Was about to say it’s only a matter of time before we see glen play at least tender mercies with pearl jam.
But dammit. The frames aren’t gonna be at Ohana so it’ll probably be at that.
Dammit.

[daft twat]

There might be some growers here if I could force myself to listen again. But I won’t.