Song of the Moment: Yellow Moon

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Re: Yellow Moon

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well obviously there's agency.
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stip wrote:this song is stately.
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stip wrote:there are lots of adjectives i'd use to describe yellow moon I haven't really used to describe a pearl jam song before.
Its got a bit of a Native American vocal thing going on. Not sure what adjective would appropriately convey that.
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EJ wrote:
stip wrote:there are lots of adjectives i'd use to describe yellow moon I haven't really used to describe a pearl jam song before.
Its got a bit of a Native American vocal thing going on. Not sure what adjective would appropriately convey that.
it's sittingbullsy


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Someone mentioned "dignified" before - it fits too.
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After just 1 listen I feel this might be the sincere and most genuine effort by the band on the record - I want it to be a live staple. I could even see it as a gig closer. It's nostaglically 80s, but in somewhat of a good way.
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I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
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Christ. I shouldn't drink and Yellow Moon :lol:
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Juvenal wrote:Christ. I shouldn't drink and Yellow Moon :lol:

Yes you should.
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Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
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Strat wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Christ. I shouldn't drink and Yellow Moon :lol:

Yes you should.
:oops: thanks
harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
That's the comparison! Absolutely. Both songs give such a great vista. :)
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Juvenal wrote:
Strat wrote:
Juvenal wrote:Christ. I shouldn't drink and Yellow Moon :lol:

Yes you should.
:oops: thanks
harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
That's the comparison! Absolutely. Both songs give such a great vista. :)
It almost makes me nostalgic for when I was a kid and used to go on family holidays to France. We used to have "Night Swimming" playing on the stereo while we swam in the pool in the middle of the night. I wish I could've tried that with this song :(
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harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
This conversation gives me extreme deja-vu. :shock: even down to the ambrosia and night swimming references.

I listened to this song earlier and didnt notice even notice the stupid guitar solos. So i guess thats good.
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stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
This conversation gives me extreme deja-vu. :shock: even down to the ambrosia and night swimming references.

I listened to this song earlier and didnt notice even notice the stupid guitar solos. So i guess thats good.
The guitar solos, which I initially viewed as a buzzing irritant, are giving it colour now. There's hope for you, sir! 8-)
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Re: Yellow Moon

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Juvenal wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
This conversation gives me extreme deja-vu. :shock: even down to the ambrosia and night swimming references.

I listened to this song earlier and didnt notice even notice the stupid guitar solos. So i guess thats good.
The guitar solos, which I initially viewed as a buzzing irritant, are giving it colour now. There's hope for you, sir! 8-)

Agreed. And there is a night swimming elegiac quality to this, but this song feels more like a farewell.


Should have closed the record blah blah blah
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stip wrote:
Juvenal wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
harmless wrote:
Juvenal wrote:I'm sorry - I don't mean to go on - but this song is so fucking good. The more I want to describe it the more I want to envelop my prose with purple ambrosia. If ever a song evoked a soundscape (a field of lightly undulating shimmering wheat crowned with a sky of gold lunar splendour) it's this song. What an absolute pleasure.

And I normally HATE luvvy-style wankery like the above but gods-dammit this song has reduced me to a simpering wreck. Amazing. 5 stars? This has all the stars in the sky.
I absolutely agree with you. I'm not sure how you feel about "Night Swimming" by R.E.M, but for me this song kind of evokes a similar vast expansive landscape atmosphere.
This conversation gives me extreme deja-vu. :shock: even down to the ambrosia and night swimming references.

I listened to this song earlier and didnt notice even notice the stupid guitar solos. So i guess thats good.
The guitar solos, which I initially viewed as a buzzing irritant, are giving it colour now. There's hope for you, sir! 8-)

Agreed. And there is a night swimming elegiac quality to this, but this song feels more like a farewell.


Should have closed the record blah blah blah
At this point I want to swap "Sirens" with something else later on (LTRP?) and move FD, or scrap it completely.
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Good tune, but too much 12 string?

Kinda gives it a bit too much of a soft landing. Maybe. Maybe they tried 6 and it didn't work? I at least hope they tried.
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Future Days is feeling more and more like it should have been a mid album.
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Listen to that intro.

This song is a big hair, metal ballad. I really hate it.

I hope this changes but for now?
It's one of the poorest on the record
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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dimejinky99 wrote:Listen to that intro.

This song is a big hair, metal ballad. I really hate it.

I hope this changes but for now?
It's one of the poorest on the record
Does not compute.
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