Running

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Ms Harmless]

as far as the bridge being the best bit goes, this band has been using songs as a serviceable vehicle to get to the bridge / solo ever since "Porch"

[Ms Harmless]

-he took 40% of the royalties decades ago

Perry Farrell requested 62.5% of all Jane's songwriting publishing on the eve of recording Nothing Shocking or said he was quitting.
Ed's practically Mother Teresa in comparison

Mother Teresa lived off Baby Doc Duvalier’s money and ran a chain of scam “hospitals” where they deprived patients of medicines telling them than pain was Jesus kissing them.

I wouldn’t use her as an example in this contest unless I wanted to really insult somebody with this comparison.

This thread is getting awesome really fast

yeah Mother Theresa was a POS con artist

[RockPusher]

-he took 40% of the royalties decades ago
-he’s suing an EB philanthropic fund
-the band is paying their tour artists in merch

1) source?
2) the details on that were far from clear and Ed's own EB charity is legit as I have shown through links and info I posted
3) source?

1) Kim Neely, Five Against One
2) I’m not challenging the legitimacy of Ed’s charity at all, only that he’s being weirdly litigious about something that helps sick kids, based on the info we have
3) https://www.webworm.co/p/pearljam

Thanks

[oneway23]

-he took 40% of the royalties decades ago

Perry Farrell requested 62.5% of all Jane's songwriting publishing on the eve of recording Nothing Shocking or said he was quitting.
Ed's practically Mother Teresa in comparison

Mother Teresa lived off Baby Doc Duvalier’s money and ran a chain of scam “hospitals” where they deprived patients of medicines telling them than pain was Jesus kissing them.

I wouldn’t use her as an example in this contest unless I wanted to really insult somebody with this comparison.

You've clearly read more about the person than I have, Val. Feel free to use whoever makes you feel better to connect whatever dots I was meaning to imply with the comparison

She's apparently worse than both Perry Farrell and Eddie Vedder, clearly

[stip]

I still have only heard this once, but it's been playing in my head and reminds me of Horse to Water on REM's accelerate. I bet it plays a similar role.

[Fattie_Vedder]

Lukin is a DIFFERENT kind of word salad. In a good way. He's screaming on Lukin. He's letting it rip. It's different to an Ole / Superblood spritz word salad.

Lukin is 1 minute long. I don't even consider it a song. It's truly filler a la wasted reprise, aye, red dot, etc.

Just took a third listen - like it more and more. It's never gonna be a 5 star track but, honestly, I think it COULD be their best version of a quick punk effort.

Ed could be spot on in that regard (best work yet). Oh and I love the guitars. It's been a long time since we heard REAL distortion on the guitars. Too much bluesy crunch over the last 15 years. S/T had a good bit of it, but since then, not much.

This is same as my take as well. Punk PJ is my second least favorite version of PJ but this is one of their best takes on it and it’s fun. Solid 3 stars on two listens.

I also agree with others that Serban Gonorrhea should be tried in The Hague for what he’s done to the sound of Matt’s drums. Despite that, I still enjoy the song.

[Fattie_Vedder]

I also really really really like the bridge. Maybe even love it. I wish that was the chorus. I want more of it.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Django Butterworth]

Wait when did this whole song drop?

[Strat]

I will admit I also like the bridge

what about the IDLESesque intro?

[digster]

I like this better than Dark Matter, but I'm not really sure about it right now. 2.5 or 3 stars, I guess. It's an odd mishmash of Eddie sing-speaking with some real radio rock production and songwriting choices, but probably more indebted to punk than a lot of stuff that would show up on the charts now.

[RockPusher]

It's a good song

[Val]

Serban Gonorrhea

[Ms Harmless]

Serban Gonorrhea

that was mine!

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[WtOB?]

surely there's a better song on the album they could have released ahead of this.

[Val]

Serban Gonorrhea

that was mine!

[tree_]

I will admit I also like the bridge

what about the IDLESesque intro?

It’s good but let’s be honest, you take the singer away and Idles loses some luster

truth

[WtOB?]

every song on gigaton is better than this.