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by southp Sat October 26, 2013 5:58 pm
cutuphalfdead wrote: Alright, this song definitely improves live.
I feel mostly the same as you, and agree that the live version improves some things. Unlike your comment, I find the chorus is better live because you can let the lyric just dissolve into the song and it doesn't come off so literal. It seems like old Ed would've found a darker twist to that chorus, but either way it doesn't totally kill the song for me... just drags it down one notch.
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by Norah Sat October 26, 2013 5:59 pm
harmless wrote: cutuphalfdead wrote: harmless wrote: cutuphalfdead wrote: Alright, this song definitely improves live.
cutuphalfdead wrote: Just awful.
The parts I like are much better, but it just contrasts that much more with the parts that I hate.
Yeah, I'm just having fun. You apparently like the part that a lot of people dislike the most... the first verse?
The first 55 seconds are my favorite.
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by Norah Sat October 26, 2013 6:00 pm
The verses on this song are a prime example of bad lyrics that don't bother me. The music is good enough that I don't care, and I just see the vocals as another musical element and ignore the actual words. I can't do that in the chorus because the music sucks too.
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 6:02 pm
I was good with the lyrics till my wife harped on them.
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 7:07 pm
your wife is wrong. so is chud, but that is to be expected. Other than the first verse and the chorus this is all top notch, lyrically.
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by BurtReynolds Sat October 26, 2013 7:15 pm
BO'B absolutely murders this song. I could tolerate it as another derivative PJ epic buildup song, but those goddamn keys in the second verse... holy fuck. And the whole point of the song is to get to the big finish at the end, so what does that fucker do? FADE OUT! of course!
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 7:22 pm
the fade out is second only to the life wasted fadeout in terms of sins against pearl jam.
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 7:22 pm
the piano in the second verse is pretty similar to the fixer's bridge. I would have expected you to love it
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by BurtReynolds Sat October 26, 2013 7:23 pm
stip wrote: the piano in the second verse is pretty similar to the fixer's bridge. I would have expected you to love it
i know, right!?
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 7:25 pm
damn you, Brendan O'Brien!
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 7:27 pm
The RKO thing is making me sour.
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 7:31 pm
the what?
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 7:36 pm
stip wrote: the what?
"She's your RKO" instead of "Rock and Roll".
I can't unhear it and I really loved the latter.
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by warehouse Sat October 26, 2013 7:36 pm
stip wrote: the what?
he's not digging ed's perverted metaphors
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 7:39 pm
warehouse wrote: stip wrote: the what?
he's not digging ed's perverted metaphors
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by Dr. Van Nostrand Sat October 26, 2013 7:42 pm
stip wrote: the fade out is second only to the life wasted fadeout in terms of sins against pearl jam.
Seeing and hearing how great the ending of the song was last night really makes me hate the fade
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 7:44 pm
I'd be fine with the fade if it started 20 seconds later.
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by stip Sat October 26, 2013 8:01 pm
Thejambi wrote: stip wrote: the what?
"She's your RKO" instead of "Rock and Roll".
I can't unhear it and I really loved the latter.
it's not just a 'furry thing' liner notes thing?
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by Dr. Van Nostrand Sat October 26, 2013 8:08 pm
Thejambi wrote: stip wrote: the what?
"She's your RKO" instead of "Rock and Roll".
I can't unhear it and I really loved the latter.
Maybe ed is a wrestling fan
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by Thejambi Sat October 26, 2013 8:09 pm
stip wrote: Thejambi wrote: stip wrote: the what?
"She's your RKO" instead of "Rock and Roll".
I can't unhear it and I really loved the latter.
it's not just a 'furry thing' liner notes thing?
I hear him clear as day on the studio cut. RKO
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