Song of the Moment: My Father's Son

Thurman Murman · Post by **Thurman Murman** » Fri October 18, 2013 1:22 pm

Thejambi wrote:Cranked it in the car today. It still fucking rocks.
Full boner sequence.

Yeah! Best of the "rockers" on this album, that's for sure.

sward · Post by **sward** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:18 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:I still think this is the strongest song on the last two albums by some margin.

Im of the thinking that its the strongest song since Yield (side note: there's a few on here that I might give that distinction). So yeah..loving it! The bass line itself is enough of a song, but loving what Ed did vocally.

Post by **stip** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:20 pm

I've always been one to forgive clunky opening lyrics in great songs (see Life Wasted and Lightning Bolt, for instance) but I really get put off by that first lyric. why doesn't it rhyme? Every other lyric in this song rhymes, and it's not like you need to reach far to come up with a rhyme for son!

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:21 pm

It's a half-rhyme, son / line. Not too bad imo.

Thejambi · Post by **Thejambi** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:31 pm

stip wrote:I've always been one to forgive clunky opening lyrics in great songs (see Life Wasted and Lightning Bolt, for instance) but I really get put off by that first lyric. why doesn't it rhyme? Every other lyric in this song rhymes, and it's not like you need to reach far to come up with a rhyme for son!

I am not one to frown upon Ed doing something unexpected.

Post by **stip** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:50 pm

harmless wrote:It's a half-rhyme, son / line. Not too bad imo.

what the hell is a half rhyme?

harmless · Post by **harmless** » Fri October 18, 2013 4:53 pm

stip wrote:
harmless wrote:It's a half-rhyme, son / line. Not too bad imo.
what the hell is a half rhyme?

Also called 'slant rhyme' or 'near rhyme'. I don't know if it's intentional, but I'm guessing Ed thought the words rhymed closely enough if they both ended on the 'n' consonant.

http://www.dailywritingtips.com/types-of-rhyme/

dkfan9 · Post by **dkfan9** » Sat October 19, 2013 7:05 am

i don't care if it rhymes. at least he doesn't do the 7 straight rhymes, with the music playing the exact same fucking melody as his voice, like on "The End"

Angus · Post by **Angus** » Sat October 19, 2013 9:32 am

This is the one where I don't understand the love for it.

Got Some · Post by **Got Some** » Sat October 19, 2013 11:12 am

Really growing on me!!!

Post by **stip** » Sat October 19, 2013 11:17 am

dkfan9 wrote:i don't care if it rhymes. at least he doesn't do the 7 straight rhymes, with the music playing the exact same fucking melody as his voice, like on "The End"

i wouldn't care, but it's followed by so many rhymes, so it always feels out of place.

It doesn't help that I just don't like the opening lyric

Yellow Ledbetter · Sun October 20, 2013 8:10 pm

Bass is insane on this song, very strong.

Yellow Ledbetter · Mon October 21, 2013 5:31 pm

Have you ever thought that this is Alive told by another point of view?

For someone that inherited genes from a psycopath he could do a good protagonist for Once

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Mon October 21, 2013 5:47 pm

In my head its the same guy. Shoulda called it 'father son' like 'momma son'.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Mon October 21, 2013 5:51 pm

too bad he was a pyschopath
and now I've gone and banged my mom

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Mon October 21, 2013 5:58 pm

He banged his mom because he was following his fathers footsteps and he was next in line. Don't you see?

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Mon October 21, 2013 5:59 pm

genetic-connection train pulling: uncool

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Mon October 21, 2013 6:03 pm

You think I've got my eyes closed, I've been looking at you the whole fucking time.

McParadigm · Post by **McParadigm** » Mon October 21, 2013 6:09 pm

I should have known there was someone else.
After all I had a brother,
so that should have been a tell.

stupidmop · Post by **stupidmop** » Mon October 21, 2013 6:14 pm

Sheds new light on the lyrics to brother.

All pearl jam songs are about waves and also incest?

Maybe its a family of incestuous waves.

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