MFS also sounds like A Crow Left of the Murder Incubus It makes me wonder if they listened to them in preparation for meeting that dude's girlfriend.
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Without putting too many chips on my impressions from that vignette, to me this song is a great example of Pearl Jam using the pop song idiom to try things (sound effects, instrumental fills, etc.) that are genuinely new to them, exploring that arena of music's potential for creativity and artistry, as opposed to just running the types of things they've been writing for years through the Brendan O'Brien hit-o-matic. I actually like the chorus a lot, though I guess it's more of an "anti-chorus" of sorts, a harmonically awkward ramble serving primarily to set the stage for the transition back into the main groove. Big fan.
The backing vocals are sounding a bit Jars of Clay. Not a major problem but it's a bit overdone.
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harmless wrote:The backing vocals are sounding a bit Jars of Clay. Not a major problem but it's a bit overdone.
Jars of Clay has some good shit.
You're right, they do. Not recently but they do.
RisingTides wrote:There is more kindness on the internet than we would care to admit to ourselves. Sometimes we are so afraid of falling victim to a ruse, we miss out on actual opportunities.
harmless wrote:The backing vocals are sounding a bit Jars of Clay. Not a major problem but it's a bit overdone.
Jars of Clay has some good shit.
You're right, they do. Not recently but they do.
Haven't heard their recent stuff. If I Left the Zoo is great.
The last one I heard was Much Afraid. I liked it.
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damn it. i really like the music in the verse, but eddie vedder sounds like he's trying to make it a classic rock song in the chorus, when thats not really what it needs.