Song of the Moment: Sirens

[Got Some]

Some of Eds best lyrcis in a long time.

" Before you were here
I danced with laughter with the ever after"

WOW!!!!!

[stip]

yellow moon has my favorite lyrics on the album (probably my favorite lyrics since any song post Binaural--excepting maybe FoN--but I think this is better). Infallible is very strong from top to bottom, and there are a bunch of really excellent lyrical moments in MYM. "this world's a long love letter that makes me want to cry" is excellent

[Kevin Davis]

Wouldn't surprise me if Pearl Jam went four or even five deep with singles off this record. Remember that not all singles have videos or even get released 'in physical' format, they may just be Radio Promos only like the Versus/ Vitalogy era. Listening to Lightning Bolt there seems to be at least six or seven single-worthy songs on it so it would be a waste to not release a few. The title track, SBM, Swallowed Whole and Getaway all seem fitting IMO.

Are you predicting that "Lightning Bolt" becomes this generation's "Jagged Little Pill"?

[warehouse]

Some of Eds best lyrcis in a long time.

" Before you were here
I danced with laughter with the ever after"

WOW!!!!!

thats great

[warehouse]

yellow moon has my favorite lyrics on the album (probably my favorite lyrics since any song post Binaural--excepting maybe FoN--but I think this is better). Infallible is very strong from top to bottom, and there are a bunch of really excellent lyrical moments in MYM. "this world's a long love letter that makes me want to cry" is excellent

i still dont like the second verse, but ive come to look at it as someone looking at the earth from the sky

'im in the fire but im still cold' is my favorite lyrics on the album. i dunno if its the words or delivery, but i love it.

[BladeRunner]

Wouldn't surprise me if Pearl Jam went four or even five deep with singles off this record. Remember that not all singles have videos or even get released 'in physical' format, they may just be Radio Promos only like the Versus/ Vitalogy era. Listening to Lightning Bolt there seems to be at least six or seven single-worthy songs on it so it would be a waste to not release a few. The title track, SBM, Swallowed Whole and Getaway all seem fitting IMO.

Are you predicting that "Lightning Bolt" becomes this generation's "Jagged Little Pill"?

Yeah, why not? It only needs seven more singles and fifteen million albums sold and it's there! Lol!

[Got Some]

yellow moon has my favorite lyrics on the album (probably my favorite lyrics since any song post Binaural--excepting maybe FoN--but I think this is better).

Yellow moon lyrics are pedestrian in comparison with the others you mention IMHO!!!

[stip]

It's a strong central image, the verse lyrics set the mood, and the bridge (which is where most of the writing happens) is excellent

[digster]

It's still got some issues, but this album was a big step up from the previous one in terms of lyrics.

[corduroy2121]

I heard Sirens again multiple times this weekend. I think Sirens is the most radio played single I have heard since Last Kiss. Now this is anecdotal, not looking at numbers like some of you have.

[chinofstone]

yellow moon has my favorite lyrics on the album (probably my favorite lyrics since any song post Binaural--excepting maybe FoN--but I think this is better). Infallible is very strong from top to bottom, and there are a bunch of really excellent lyrical moments in MYM. "this world's a long love letter that makes me want to cry" is excellent

I think FoN is Ed's best lyrically - especially storytelling - since Binaural. LB has some strong lyrics, probably (among several reasons) why Yellow Moon is clearly my favorite song on the record.
The imagery throughout Yellow Moon is fantastic. I picture thousands of frantic stars rushing through the pitch black.

[OmegaprimeVKM]

This track remains an abomination, but I have found a perfect example of my previous point of it sounding like a Gallagher riff:

0:29-0:45 of:




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[harmless]

This track remains an abomination, but I have found a perfect example of my previous point of it sounding like a Gallagher riff:

0:29-0:45 of:




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Gallagher doesn't have any riffs of his own.

[broken iris]

I heard Sirens again multiple times this weekend. I think Sirens is the most radio played single I have heard since Last Kiss. Now this is anecdotal, not looking at numbers like some of you have.

I hear it very frequently on XM (altnation, lithium, pulse, 20 on 20, etc.) but I think that may be the result of some promotional scheme with PJ Radio rather than listener demand. The song does have pretty good recognition outside of the core fan-base though, so someone is playing it.

[Yellow Ledbetter]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=pl ... 29ZhY9DRKo

Someone also heard the sirens and got inspired...

[mastaflatch]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=229ZhY9DRKo

Someone also heard the sirens and got inspired...

take it to the Cover Songs that make you say "Holy Shit!" thread.

[Got Some]

Any other radio stations outside triple M in Australia cutting the crap out of this song ???

Song starts with ed immediately singing "hear the sirens"
. Mikes solo is just the ending and the song finishes without the band singing along (my fav part)

[96583UP]

i think they haven't released another single yet because they are in Defcon 5 dealing with the PJ Forum crisis. you know its bad when demetriospearrljam is posting a manifesto:

http://community.pearljam.com/discussio ... -customers

and when the admin is getting dragged down into the weeds:

http://community.pearljam.com/discussio ... n-here/p34

"for once" RM is the sole bastion on the internet for actual PJ discussion! (much kiddings)

and on that note, i will say this about Sirens:

before this came out, based on Mike McC's description, I thought this was going to be like a trippy Pink Floyd "Any Colour You Like" ... then when it got leaked and everyone was dissing on it, I was like "aw that sucks, that really sucks", BUT, before I listened to it, I read stip's review, which was excellent. it framed the song well (perhaps pre-brainwashed even, but it worked) and so I was 'ready for it', felt like i saw it for what it was, and not based on some expectation of what I wanted it to be. I thought the lyrics were great, I thought it was powerful, I liked the PJ team effort, the collaboration on the interchanging musical parts, and the singing together, and so on.

then the song got overplayed some what, but then the ricky ramone fiasco happened. now I can't ever think of this song without thinking of Ed yanking his guitar away like some glutton king taunting his dogs with meat scraps onstage in LA.

and ever since that day i hate sirens... Totally blew away the respect for the meaning of those lyrics when you're having a nanny nanny poo poo green room hollywood meltdown while singing them.

and also ever since that day, I am afraid of clowns.

[stupidmop]

then the song got overplayed some what, but then the ricky ramone fiasco happened. now I can't ever think of this song without thinking of Ed yanking his guitar away like some glutton king taunting his dogs with meat scraps onstage in LA.

and ever since that day i hate sirens... Totally blew away the respect for the meaning of those lyrics when you're having a nanny nanny poo poo green room hollywood meltdown while singing them.

and also ever since that day, I am afraid of clowns.

I think it's actually improved the song for me. Instead of just being a cheeseball intro, we now know 'hear the sirens' is just warning whoever eds guitar tech is that if they fuck up, eds gonna bust out his axe.

[lowlight79]

If evenflow is the piss break song, if they continue with evenflow and sirens back to back, it will become a shit break.