MM 5-4: Gonna See My Friend vs. Amongst the Waves

[stip]

Gonna See My Friend vs. Amongst the Waves

[stip]

Love both of these

Amongst the Waves has a wonderful vocal melody in the verse, good lyrics, and an underrated dreamscape vibe. A song doesn't need Binaural's darkness to have atmosphere. This is (for me) every bit as evocative as a sleight of hand or of the girl. But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

GSMF is a high energy blast of good will from start to finish. It's one of my favorite opening moments of any of their records - just a joyful explosion of a beginning, and I love how the bridge just about runs out of breath before that last transition.


Backspacer is such a good album

[stip]

Vote for GSMF by the way

[VinylGuy]

ok, i voted for ATW because groove baby!

[Strat]

backspacer is pretty great and GSM is top notch PJ.

ATW sucks.

[Birds in Hell]

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

[Strat]

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

lol. Yea i noticed that he does that on running. Also satans bed.

He has noted Angus Young for that approach though......

[wease]

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

lol. Yea i noticed that he does that on running. Also satans bed.

He has noted Angus Young for that approach though......

Also Go

[epilogue]

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

[Strat]

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

[epilogue]

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

Sorry friend...

[Anders]

ATW

[blueviper]

It’s Gonna See My Friend (singular)


I voted ATW

[Anders]

GSMF is one of my least favorite Pearl Jam songs.

GSMF makes Dark Matter and Running seem great.

[Mike]

ATW is the second most unfairly hated Song of them

[Fattie_Vedder]

Love both of these

Amongst the Waves has a wonderful vocal melody in the verse, good lyrics, and an underrated dreamscape vibe. A song doesn't need Binaural's darkness to have atmosphere. This is (for me) every bit as evocative as a sleight of hand or of the girl. But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

GSMF is a high energy blast of good will from start to finish. It's one of my favorite opening moments of any of their records - just a joyful explosion of a beginning, and I love how the bridge just about runs out of breath before that last transition.


Backspacer is such a good album

This is a great description of both songs. And I like both. ATW has such feel good vibes in parts and sadly lets you down with a, not bad, but underwhelming chorus. GSMF on the other hand is a party from start to finish, and those drum fills give me life.

[liebzz]

But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

This is such an apt description of Amongst the Waves. I still chose it over GSMF because…well…Amongst the Waves still has an album anchor vibe to it while GSMF is almost b-side in its toss away-ability.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I changed the thread title. It’s friend singular.

[E.H. Ruddock]

Can’t change the poll to “friend” though, i think it would reset the votes

[stip]

i like to believe eddie has picked up additional friends since the time of the recording