if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
Ms Harmless wrote:if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
I agree. I miss the longer songs that build to something. I guess there have been a few recently? But it does seem to be less prevalent
Ms Harmless wrote:if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
I agree. I miss the longer songs that build to something. I guess there have been a few recently? But it does seem to be less prevalent
yeah, Gigaton had some, but Dark Matter would be much stronger with extended bookends
I'm all for bringing back the heavy, but I want some inviting intros pls
Ms Harmless wrote:if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
Ms Harmless wrote:if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
Ms Harmless wrote:if Pearl Jam really want to "bring back the intensity" of their old stuff, they need to be making songs that are long enough to build and travel places; part of that is including the great intros they used to have: Alive, Jeremy, Black... you name it, they used to take great care to write intros that grabbed the attention right away but didn't show the song's whole hand immediately
Inside job?
yeah, they have late-career examples, but I wouldn't describe Inside Job as heavy or intense