Who Ever Said

[McParadigm]

You guys are weird, the interlude is fine

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[stip]

i think SBWM ihas a somewhat similar feel - a song that goes where it wants to go in the moment. But the energy in that song feels more like running towards (or away) from
something than the meandering journey of Whoever Said

[LetMeSleep]

The Satisfaction vocal part kills this for me every time. The rest of the song is fine.

[Ms Harmless]

The Satisfaction vocal part kills this for me every time. The rest of the song is fine.

I definitely feel this, I don't know why Ed has to keep adding these screamy vocal tags; he does it in Dark Matter too; eh, I can mostly ignore it

[VinylGuy]

i love the bridge of this one

[Tj]

Really cool song, not perfect. I think the lack of perfection is charming to me on this one. This is the type of song Backspacer really needed.

[knee tunes]

Really cool song, not perfect. I think the lack of perfection is charming to me on this one. This is the type of song Backspacer really needed.

[blueviper]

Listened to this from St. Louis 2022. This is great live.

[VinylGuy]

yeah, they nailed it live. Hope to see it someday.

[warehouse]

i heard it live too on pj radio and it is still great. def a keeper, maybe one of the best rockers in a decade

[dimejinky99]

i love this song

[guitar_davey]

This is their best album opener since Brain of J.

[stip]

i think its probably even better

[Monkey_Driven]

Life Wasted and Can't Keep are both better

[dimejinky99]

Life wasted isnt in any contention for Pj's best opener.

[stip]

these are all great songs

[dimejinky99]

fuckin philosiphers.. where would we be

[guitar_davey]

Life Wasted and Can't Keep are both better

I thought about putting "since Can't Keep" in my original post because I love it, but WES is just such an epic banger.

[DDWJMUVW]

It’s a very solid song. I didn’t think they could pump out an opener this good any more.

But, I’m ready to say that SoF has topped this track. It just oozes quality end to end, while Wes has a few blemishes here and there (stone’s fuzz laced interlude, too much “satisfaakkkshunnnn”, lesser vocal melodies, and Ed’s vocal delivery is not as good as in SoF). To be sure, the second half of Wes is some of their best work. It’s handicapped by the first half, though, to an extent.