Running

[Strat]

Trag is broken. Watt v trag coming 2025

I can't wait to hear these tunes live - sure as shit. I'm gonna be hugging stip all night long in Baltimore

[stip]

I'd like to request that this conversation confine itself to page 139 and then everyone take a deep breath and move on.

[stip]

To be clear, there is no page limit or word count on Strat hugging me all night long

[DeeDee]

Listened on Spotify this morning and this song is doing nothing for me. It’s really bad seeing nearly 60 year olds put out a ham-fisted punk song that a teenage garage band would think is average.

Yep.

[Ms Harmless]

when somebody says "say what you want about..." (clause A), "at least..." (clause B), they are casually and colloquially talking about two different things; not everyone is having the technical production conversation Trag keeps needing to have

have I defended myself enough now? awesome

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[stip]

I swear to god if you don't stop I will compare Running to every god damned song in the catalog one song at a time.

[Jorge]

I'd like to request that this conversation confine itself to page 139 and then everyone take a deep breath and move on.

Oh man, 100 more pages of this? Wow

[VinylGuy]

damn stip got mad

[Ms Harmless]

"You sound like a lunatic" isn't very respectful

I didn’t say she IS a lunatic!

you can't be this fucking stupid

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[stip]

I'd like to request that this conversation confine itself to page 139 and then everyone take a deep breath and move on.

Oh man, 100 more pages of this? Wow

damn it. page 39.

[stip]

I'm also going to start with No Code, and follow it up with Binaural and Riot Act and we all know how that will go

[Ms Harmless]

I said "say what you want about production", at least the sounds of the songs are consistent

absolutely nowhere did I mention mastering; you did; you set up a straw man to pretend you knew what I was trying to say, then you knocked it down, as yet another egotistical thought experiment to prove to RM you're the most intelligent person in the room

if you felt the first post needed more clarification because you weren't entirely sure what I meant, you could have asked me... politely

you want subtlety and nuance in Pearl Jam music but you communicate like Mr. Blobby

1. Your statement implied that their prior albums were somehow inconsistent in this regard. Like most albums ever made, they are not. Mastering is an important part of that discussion.

2. Unless WCT shows up, I’m confident I am the smartest person in the room about this particular subject. I don’t think that means my opinions have more merit, but it compels me to try to understand the points that others are trying to make at a fairly granular level. That’s exactly what I was trying to do with you, though in retrospect perhaps it would’ve been easier to ask you to explain what you meant rather than trying to parse out the context myself.

3. Who is Mr Blobby?

you THINK?

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Mike]

I'd like to request that this conversation confine itself to page 139 and then everyone take a deep breath and move on.

Oh man, 100 more pages of this? Wow

No, they are allowed to talk about it again in 100 pages

[Jorge]

I Googled Mr. Blobby and it is this terrifying thing

[stip]

I'd like to request that this conversation confine itself to page 139 and then everyone take a deep breath and move on.

Oh man, 100 more pages of this? Wow

No, they are allowed to talk about it again in 100 pages

that seems fair

[Mike]

I'm also going to start with No Code, and follow it up with Binaural and Riot Act and we all know how that will go

Please do it anyway

[DeeDee]

I don’t know. this is a song type pearl jam have tried to pull of multiple times, to fairly limited effect. this feels like their most successful go at it. production values aside, what Watt has captured in both songs we’be heard so far is the energy, open hearted ferocity, and spirit of pearl jam, and in a way that lets Eddie lean into his weathered voice without trying to ignore or push through it.

I love Dark Matter. I like Running. But what i really love is how these songs feel, and cant wait to hear what else is out there


*this was a response to Mike

It's a good possibility that it's ME that does not understand what most Pearl Jam fans love about Pearl Jam. Both Dark Matter and Running are lacking a lot of the qualities that made me fall in love with Pearl Jam. I'm talking about both early Pearl Jam and the middle period. These songs certainly have lots of energy but I'm missing a certain looseness and warmth. Even at their most rocking their songs hat an airiness and effortlessness while both singles so far feel like they are TRYING too hard to rock. I think it's useless to assume too much about the creation of the songs but they both feel like they had the agenda to rock as hard as possible. It's hard for me to put in words.

Well said.

But I'm feeling optimistic now, we have two nice parts in each single:

- Dark Matter's pre chorus.
- Running's mini bridge.

There is hope.