Eddie Vedder - Earthling

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I would give Earthling

5 stars
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11%
4 stars
59
52%
3 stars
24
21%
2 stars
9
8%
1 star
4
4%
0 stars
5
4%
 
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McParadigm wrote:Fall Out feels like a Riot Act-era Christmas cover to me.
i hear a lot of Riot Act-era vocals scattered throughout Earthling.

love it. here for it.
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dad wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Fall Out feels like a Riot Act-era Christmas cover to me.
i hear a lot of Riot Act-era vocals scattered throughout Earthling.

love it. here for it.
I think what we are all hearing is Ed sitting comfortably in his voice and not pushing it to places it can't go anymore, much like throughout Riot Act.

Listened to the BEacon show last night and i gotta say he sounds pretty goddamn great all things considered. These songs are well suited for his current voice.
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Strat wrote:
dad wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Fall Out feels like a Riot Act-era Christmas cover to me.
i hear a lot of Riot Act-era vocals scattered throughout Earthling.

love it. here for it.
I think what we are all hearing is Ed sitting comfortably in his voice and not pushing it to places it can't go anymore, much like throughout Riot Act.

Listened to the BEacon show last night and i gotta say he sounds pretty goddamn great all things considered. These songs are well suited for his current voice.
yes, absolutely.

also, where did you listen to the Beacon show? Youtube?
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Strat wrote:
dad wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Fall Out feels like a Riot Act-era Christmas cover to me.
i hear a lot of Riot Act-era vocals scattered throughout Earthling.

love it. here for it.
I think what we are all hearing is Ed sitting comfortably in his voice and not pushing it to places it can't go anymore, much like throughout Riot Act.

Listened to the BEacon show last night and i gotta say he sounds pretty goddamn great all things considered. These songs are well suited for his current voice.
I agree with all of this! :hooray:
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Ms Harmless wrote:I just realised, another reason Fallout Today reminds me off Riot Act is the lyrics' poetic-philosophical-self-help approach that reminds me of LBC or I Am Mine or... most of Riot Act actually; Ed seemed to really want to find another way of doing life at the time, and he channels that in Riot Act by dishing out these lovely fragments of battle-worn wisdom, just as he does here
Oooh, great insight here! Agreed.
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Rose of Jericho is such a cool little romp. Like it more every time I hear it.
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I couldn't get into Power of Right initially but it's finally sitting right with me.

Great tune for that spot on the record. :hooray:
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I am sitting!
i would hope so, after a post like that!
this made me laugh :lol:
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guitar_davey wrote:I couldn't get into Power of Right initially but it's finally sitting right with me.

Great tune for that spot on the record. :hooray:
:hooray:
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dad wrote:
Strat wrote:
dad wrote:
McParadigm wrote:Fall Out feels like a Riot Act-era Christmas cover to me.
i hear a lot of Riot Act-era vocals scattered throughout Earthling.

love it. here for it.
I think what we are all hearing is Ed sitting comfortably in his voice and not pushing it to places it can't go anymore, much like throughout Riot Act.

Listened to the BEacon show last night and i gotta say he sounds pretty goddamn great all things considered. These songs are well suited for his current voice.
yes, absolutely.

also, where did you listen to the Beacon show? Youtube?
There is a link to a flac file back a few
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"our shared light, indivisible"

also the vocal and gunshot fill coming out of the "bridge" absolutely fucks, and Ed's playing around the melody between 3.32-3.50 is one of my favourite vocal moments on the record; it's euphoric!
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Ms Harmless wrote:
guitar_davey wrote:I couldn't get into Power of Right initially but it's finally sitting right with me.

Great tune for that spot on the record. :hooray:
:hooray:
There’s something kind of funny to me about the fact that he spent the entire mid 90s running away from commercial success, and in 2022 he put out a record that sounds like a mix tape of 1996 rock radio hits.
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McParadigm wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
guitar_davey wrote:I couldn't get into Power of Right initially but it's finally sitting right with me.

Great tune for that spot on the record. :hooray:
:hooray:
There’s something kind of funny to me about the fact that he spent the entire mid 90s running away from commercial success, and in 2022 he put out a record that sounds like a mix tape of 1996 rock radio hits.
And a few 1986 rock radio hits!!
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I imagine that Mrs. Mills probably isn't high on most people's lists, but man every time I hear it I love it more and more. I thought I'd listen to this record once or twice but I'm pleasantly surprised that it keeps pulling me back in.
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4/5 wrote:I imagine that Mrs. Mills probably isn't high on most people's lists, but man every time I hear it I love it more and more. I thought I'd listen to this record once or twice but I'm pleasantly surprised that it keeps pulling me back in.
i think Mills is criminally underrated here. Its an exercise in songwriting and he's running circles around everything else here. its perfectly mapped out, great story, great lyrics, the melody is incredible, and the way the song crescendos is just absolute perfection.

im in love with it.
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His voice is so great on it as well. he just sits in the pocket letting his voice carry along while the band and production builds behind him.
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Strat wrote:
4/5 wrote:I imagine that Mrs. Mills probably isn't high on most people's lists, but man every time I hear it I love it more and more. I thought I'd listen to this record once or twice but I'm pleasantly surprised that it keeps pulling me back in.
i think Mills is criminally underrated here. Its an exercise in songwriting and he's running circles around everything else here. its perfectly mapped out, great story, great lyrics, the melody is incredible, and the way the song crescendos is just absolute perfection.

im in love with it.
All of this. It's nothing like what I would have expected from him but he absolutely nails it for me. There's a handful of songs on here I already like, but this is the one that every time it finishes I feel like I need to hear it again.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Strat wrote:
4/5 wrote:I imagine that Mrs. Mills probably isn't high on most people's lists, but man every time I hear it I love it more and more. I thought I'd listen to this record once or twice but I'm pleasantly surprised that it keeps pulling me back in.
i think Mills is criminally underrated here. Its an exercise in songwriting and he's running circles around everything else here. its perfectly mapped out, great story, great lyrics, the melody is incredible, and the way the song crescendos is just absolute perfection.

im in love with it.
It's my second favorite on the album after "Try."
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4/5 wrote:I imagine that Mrs. Mills probably isn't high on most people's lists, but man every time I hear it I love it more and more. I thought I'd listen to this record once or twice but I'm pleasantly surprised that it keeps pulling me back in.
I've seen a few here rate it highly

so, is it literally about a piano? the piano the original Mrs. Mills originally played, presumably? the lyrics are really solid
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