Gigaton: Official album thread

[Lounge Lizard]

Y or N
If it were named Lukewarm Doodoo people would like the album more?

Wait, isn't this already taken by The Prodigy?

[RockPusher]

I will continue to seize just about every chance I have to see this band live, especially knowing that those opportunities are dwindling. But at this point I don't care one bit about new studio stuff translating well to a live setting. The days of the epic 3+ hours shows are mostly, if not entirely, gone. Ed's voice can't do what it used to do, and those shortcomings are most apparent at a show.

Gigaton is a studio-based treasure, and if they can somehow crank out another one of similar quality, I would take it in a heartbeat even if exactly zero of the songs held up on stage.

Totally agree.

[Ms Harmless]

listening to this now after maybe six months of leaving it alone, it's a really good time, no skips

[Ms Harmless]

you weirdos who don't like River Cross are wrong

[Strat]

you weirdos who don't like River Cross are wrong

Who doesn't like River Cross??

[Jorge]

Me, I don't like it!

[Strat]

That tracks!

[Jorge]

It's a little "kumbaya"

[coptheriotact]

Sometimes it sounds like Ed is purposefully trying to sound even older..

[guitar_davey]

listening to this now after maybe six months of leaving it alone, it's a really good time, no skips

I did the same thing recently. This one connected with me in a special way.

[knee tunes]

Also a fun and easy song to play on guitar but has that annoyingly tricky bridge sequence.

[Ms Harmless]

Sometimes it sounds like Ed is purposefully trying to sound even older..

probably, evidence suggests he's embarrassed and ashamed of his younger days

[blueviper]

Retrograde soars at the end and you think, “what a great way to end an album”


Then River Cross plays.

[Ms Harmless]

get back, River Cross hater *hiss*

[Ms Harmless]

the album has a nice, slow finish, like a staggered, romantic orgasm

[stip]

Sometimes it sounds like Ed is purposefully trying to sound even older..

probably, evidence suggests he's embarrassed and ashamed of his younger days

river cross, lyrically and in the performance, is supposed to be wearing its miles. Its a ‘hope at the end of all things’ kind of song. Its a counterpoint to Retrograde and helps it avoid being a pollyanaish ending to the album

[Ms Harmless]

Sometimes it sounds like Ed is purposefully trying to sound even older..

probably, evidence suggests he's embarrassed and ashamed of his younger days

river cross, lyrically and in the performance, is supposed to be wearing its miles. Its a ‘hope at the end of all things’ kind of song. Its a counterpoint to Retrograde and helps it avoid being a pollyanaish ending to the album

totally agree; also, it's in a long line of spiritual "fireside" PJ songs; it's no more or less Kumbaya than Present Tense or whatever

[VinylGuy]

ah, River Cross is so good.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Matters]

There are probably nice things to be said about River Cross. It succeeds at achieving what it wants to achieve I guess. For me it’s in the top 5 most unlistenable songs they’ve ever made. I almost always skip it. Too bad Ed didn’t play Comes Than Goes instead of RC at that silly zoom global show.