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Scared of Fear

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stip wrote:pearl jam has a lot of great openers, and now they have one more
Rank the openers!

Go
Last Exit
Brain of J
Who Ever Said
Scared of Fear*
Once
Sometimes
Breakerfall
Can't Keep
Gonna See My Friend
Life Wasted
Getaway

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I’ll play

Sometimes
Go
BOJ
Last Exit
Life Wasted
Once
Scared of fear
Getaway
Can’t keep
Who ever said
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It's awfully hard to figure where SoF will land, but if I must, I must


Last Exit
Go
Life Wasted
Who Ever Said
Brain of J
Scared of Fear (could see this dipping two below or moving two above)
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Sometimes
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This is very Foo Fighters to me not the bridge though.
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This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
Yeah it was the correct move to make a right turn and slow down/open things up on the bridge. Same thing happens on “Who Ever Said” right? It’s a good trend. I feel like if this had been done during the BS LB era it would have just been pedal to the metal the whole way and thus less interesting.
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darthvedder81 wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
Yeah it was the correct move to make a right turn and slow down/open things up on the bridge. Same thing happens on “Who Ever Said” right? It’s a good trend. I feel like if this had been done during the BS LB era it would have just been pedal to the metal the whole way and thus less interesting.
Agreed. I see that comparison to WES, although I like SOF more, despite WES's excellent bridge. SOF has a catchier verse and more powerful chorus and outro.
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
Yeah it was the correct move to make a right turn and slow down/open things up on the bridge. Same thing happens on “Who Ever Said” right? It’s a good trend. I feel like if this had been done during the BS LB era it would have just been pedal to the metal the whole way and thus less interesting.
Agreed. I see that comparison to WES, although I like SOF more, despite WES's excellent bridge. SOF has a catchier verse and more powerful chorus and outro.
Agree with all of this. It reminds me of Brother the Cloud as much as WES though.
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The intro to SOF is a small portion of the synth clip we hear on the PJ IG and Twitter accounts. The recognizable synth part just starts to come in before it's cut off.

I wish they used the whole synth part. Or even as an interlude between songs, or hell even turn it into a song itself.
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ridleybradout wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
Yeah it was the correct move to make a right turn and slow down/open things up on the bridge. Same thing happens on “Who Ever Said” right? It’s a good trend. I feel like if this had been done during the BS LB era it would have just been pedal to the metal the whole way and thus less interesting.
Agreed. I see that comparison to WES, although I like SOF more, despite WES's excellent bridge. SOF has a catchier verse and more powerful chorus and outro.
Agree with all of this. It reminds me of Brother the Cloud as much as WES though.
I totally noticed the Brother the Cloud similarities when I was in the theater.
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:The intro to SOF is a small portion of the synth clip we hear on the PJ IG and Twitter accounts. The recognizable synth part just starts to come in before it's cut off.

I wish they used the whole synth part. Or even as an interlude between songs, or hell even turn it into a song itself.
I was wondering if that was the case
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ridleybradout wrote:
stip wrote:pearl jam has a lot of great openers, and now they have one more
Rank the openers!

Last Exit
Brain of J
Breakerfall
Sometimes
Go
Once
Can't Keep
Life Wasted
Who Ever Said
Scared of Fear
Gonna See My Friend
Getaway
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This feels like a Rolling Stones song at the beginning.

Love the swagger in the verses.
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The bridge here gives me a strong Binaural / Insignificance vibe. Strongest part of the song.
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stip wrote:Based on the phone recording and clip this kinda feels like Lightning Bolt refracted through Who Ever Said
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RockPusher wrote:
ridleybradout wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:
darthvedder81 wrote:
Fattie_Vedder wrote:This is rising up hard and fast for me. It might be a top 4 album opener. That bridge is gorgeous, the slow part then build to the furious ending. Mike is doing a lot of nice work in the background. That main verse riff is just so damn catchy.

Hot take: this one probably has the best solo on the album.
Yeah it was the correct move to make a right turn and slow down/open things up on the bridge. Same thing happens on “Who Ever Said” right? It’s a good trend. I feel like if this had been done during the BS LB era it would have just been pedal to the metal the whole way and thus less interesting.
Agreed. I see that comparison to WES, although I like SOF more, despite WES's excellent bridge. SOF has a catchier verse and more powerful chorus and outro.
Agree with all of this. It reminds me of Brother the Cloud as much as WES though.
I totally noticed the Brother the Cloud similarities when I was in the theater.
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Fattie_Vedder wrote:The intro to SOF is a small portion of the synth clip we hear on the PJ IG and Twitter accounts. The recognizable synth part just starts to come in before it's cut off.

I wish they used the whole synth part. Or even as an interlude between songs, or hell even turn it into a song itself.
me too, sad to have lost that, oh well
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I think "we used to crash" is such a nice little surprise lyric, given its multiple meanings
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Everyone is 100% clicking on this. Didn’t appreciate it on the cargo pants leak but I’m getting it now. It won’t top Sometimes as an opener but it will contend for that 2-4 spot. Mike and Stone are selling me on it.
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This sounds a lot sadder/melancholic than the listening party leak.
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