Song of the Moment: Sirens

Post by **stip** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:12 pm

I think people call it a middle aged song since most people are lucky (or unlucky depending on how you look at it) to not have to consider morality until they get a bit older--beyond the 'woe is me, I better kill myself' angsty version.

Post by **stip** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:13 pm

i wish I read mcparadigms post before making my own

Heathen · Post by **Heathen** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:15 pm

I guess I don't like this song precisely because I'm pretty fine with mortality. I actually wish it would happen much sooner to a lot of people.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:16 pm

Heathen wrote:I'm pretty fine with mortality. I actually wish it would happen much sooner to a lot of people.

my god you are gorgeous

do you know that?

do you know that really?

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:17 pm

It's a middle-aged song, I suppose, in the sense that it's not just a single person's brooding ("Immortality") but it's just as much about loved ones and families as it is about the singer. It's also obviously courting a style that is really palatable and easy-listening (not so much for many PJ diehards).

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:18 pm

stip wrote:i wish I read mcparadigms post before making my own

So you could have added a bit poking fun at me for taking 500 words to say what you did in 46?

Post by **stip** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:19 pm

I think all that shunt talk just got you good and revved up.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Thu October 17, 2013 1:21 pm

this is not a place of judgment, stip

Thu October 17, 2013 2:02 pm

Heathen wrote:I guess I don't like this song precisely because I'm pretty fine with mortality. I actually wish it would happen much sooner to a lot of people.

i dont think you have to have a problem with your mortality to like the song, but if you do it might mean more to you. reguardless of what the song was about, i think its beautiful, but the words to hit me just like the end does

Mine · Post by **Mine** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:03 pm

harmless wrote:
evenslow wrote:
McParadigm wrote:#1 at Triple A. No sign of getting picked up by the Adult channels...that becomes less and less likely with every week. Too bad.

It's floating at or near 15 on each of the 3 rock formats. Total plays last week were just north of 2,000...it's gotten a little less than 8,000 in four weeks, versus Manners' 11,000 start. I think it'll be a middling, Life Wasted-sized single on those, but will be boosted by Triple A (a Triple A #1 has the play and audience size numbers equivalent to a #20 single at Active Rock).
Thank you.

Hmmm, that sounds a bit disappointing to me but I'm sure I'm overrating an almost 6-minute song about middle-aged anxiety.

I'm quite liking this new "bat signal" thing we have going re: the charts btw.
Heavy post warning:

I'm 31. I almost lost my life in my mid-20s due to a fuck up with my condition (a shunt malfunction). I lost the power of speech and had to be carried off by ambulance. I remember hearing the siren, before I fell asleep, and the next thing I know is waking up in recovery. The event eventually lead to my first wife divorcing me. I'm now married again, and to the one I plan to be with for the rest of my life. And yet, since my mid-20s, mortality has been a huge deal to me, and it's on my mind more and more. If I think too much, I can get over

whelmed.

So, it is not a middle-age song. Relax. This is a wonderful damn song, and I'm so glad that PJ wrote it now.

you're right age has nothing to do with it

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:08 pm

Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.

EJ · Post by EJ » Thu October 17, 2013 3:09 pm

darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.

Its okay. You're not alone. I'm shocked I enjoy this one as much as I do. Not the avenue I would've ever wanted the band to go down.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:13 pm

EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Its okay. You're not alone. I'm shocked I enjoy this one as much as I do. Not the avenue I would've ever wanted the band to go down.

It's weird aint it? I wrote about this in the YM thread yesterday...YM is a song I should like, and Sirens is a song I shouldn't like. YM is the type of song I'd rather them explore more into. This is the road I would rather PJ go down; Sirens is not. Yet, I think (at this point) I like Sirens more. Crazy? Yes, and I have no explanation for it.

EJ · Post by EJ » Thu October 17, 2013 3:20 pm

darth_vedder wrote:
EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Its okay. You're not alone. I'm shocked I enjoy this one as much as I do. Not the avenue I would've ever wanted the band to go down.
It's weird aint it? I wrote about this in the YM thread yesterday...YM is a song I should like, and Sirens is a song I shouldn't like. YM is the type of song I'd rather them explore more into. This is the road I would rather PJ go down; Sirens is not. Yet, I think (at this point) I like Sirens more. Crazy? Yes, and I have no explanation for it.

It is really strange. And, I have the same feelings about both songs.

Post by **evenslow** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:23 pm

My use of the term "middle-aged" was not meant as an insult, rather, more of a fact. The guy writing it is middle-aged and I picture him speaking to his wife and kids when he's writing it.

Everyone else's interpretation can obviously be as broad as necessary. The sirens come for us all, my friends.

Post by **evenslow** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:23 pm

darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.

Did you win the darth vedder-off yet?

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:24 pm

EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:
EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Its okay. You're not alone. I'm shocked I enjoy this one as much as I do. Not the avenue I would've ever wanted the band to go down.
It's weird aint it? I wrote about this in the YM thread yesterday...YM is a song I should like, and Sirens is a song I shouldn't like. YM is the type of song I'd rather them explore more into. This is the road I would rather PJ go down; Sirens is not. Yet, I think (at this point) I like Sirens more. Crazy? Yes, and I have no explanation for it.
It is really strange. And, I have the same feelings about both songs.

I have a feeling YM will surpass Sirens though. Maybe Sirens just has more instant gratification for me? I can imagine this time next year that I change my mind, and put YM above Sirens in the always changing and never ending ranking system I have.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:25 pm

evenslow wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Did you win the darth vedder-off yet?

Well, I sliced his arms and legs off, and left him next to a river of fire to burn to death, but he managed to survive somehow.

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:27 pm

darth_vedder wrote:
EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:
EJ wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Its okay. You're not alone. I'm shocked I enjoy this one as much as I do. Not the avenue I would've ever wanted the band to go down.
It's weird aint it? I wrote about this in the YM thread yesterday...YM is a song I should like, and Sirens is a song I shouldn't like. YM is the type of song I'd rather them explore more into. This is the road I would rather PJ go down; Sirens is not. Yet, I think (at this point) I like Sirens more. Crazy? Yes, and I have no explanation for it.
It is really strange. And, I have the same feelings about both songs.
I have a feeling YM will surpass Sirens though. Maybe Sirens just has more instant gratification for me? I can imagine this time next year that I change my mind, and put YM above Sirens in the always something, never nothing ranking system I have.

Fixed.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Thu October 17, 2013 3:28 pm

darth_vedder wrote:
evenslow wrote:
darth_vedder wrote:Still liking this one team. I don't care if it's middle age rock, dad rock, pussy rock, douche bag rock, cock rock, ballad corn ball rock, or whatever, I like it.
Did you win the darth vedder-off yet?
Well, I sliced his arms and legs off, and left him next to a river of fire to burn to death, but he managed to survive somehow.

Did you try beating him off?

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