Song of the Moment: Pendulum

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The atmosphere for this song should be their old stage set-up where they just had the five big candles behind them.
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tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.
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evenslow wrote:The atmosphere for this song should be their old stage set-up where they just had the five big candles behind them.
It made me think of that atmosphere and Indifference.
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IlluminEddie wrote:
tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.
Well, you just said you liked Future Days, so it's probably fair to say we have very different tastes.
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IlluminEddie wrote:
tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.
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IlluminEddie wrote:
tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.




















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dprival78 wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.





















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Of The Girl. It's terrible.

Release, Oceans, Long Road, Sometimes... whatever... name it... it's a better opener.
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IlluminEddie wrote:
dprival78 wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:
tommymctom wrote:
Seriously though, Of the Girl is fucking excellent.

It's just not. Not at all. The chorus is satisfactory. The verse is absolutely dreadful. It's a horrid opener. Seriously. The. Worst. Opener.




















s'wrong witchu?

Of The Girl. It's terrible.

Release, Oceans, Long Road, Sometimes... whatever... name it... it's a better opener.


Those are some good openers..
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IlluminEddie wrote:Of The Girl. It's terrible.
I've heard people say that it's not their favorite song, but you're the first person I've ever heard say it was "terrible."
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Chris_H_2 wrote:
IlluminEddie wrote:Of The Girl. It's terrible.
I've heard people say that it's not their favorite song, but you're the first person I've ever heard say it was "terrible."

It's not my favorite song.
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Shut up about Of the Girl. Why even debate if its good or not? Its amazing. /derail

Pendulum fucking rules. After Backspacer, I was certain this side of PJ was gone forever. Its like reuniting with an old friend. This song could have easily have been written in 2000-2003. Spacey, atmospheric. I wish it was twice as long as it is.
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This song should have been the first song on their first post Riot Act album.
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cutuphalfdead wrote:This song should have been the first song on their first post Riot Act album.
Yeah. I feel like you could condense the last three albums + Let it ride and CC into one great post RA album.
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tommymctom wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:This song should have been the first song on their first post Riot Act album.
Yeah. I feel like you could condense the last three albums + Let it ride and CC into one great post RA album.
They'd still have to write a few more songs to fit.
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Trying to decide if this trumps Parachutes for best post-RA song. I could go either way.
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Of The Girl fucking OWNS, especially as an opener. Wish they'd bring that one back.
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ehh.. yeah maybe eddie shouldn't be on this one. or at least way, WAY further down in the mix with some reverb.
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AKA the only artistically credible song they've released since Riot Act
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the very best on the record

i think it would have worked perfectly as the soundtrack to 'Dead Man' by Jim Jarmusch
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benton netty wrote:"Pendulum throws" was a lyric in "Undone." Just realized that. (So that makes two songs with this nonsense phrase in it.)
I think its the pendulum of life throwing you forward and backward against your will, or something.


Yeah best song on the album.
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