Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Yield

[harmless]

Infallible does sound a bit like Champagne Supernova, thinking about it.

[LetMeSleep]

I was referring to the similarity of the first line in the chorus with Aguilera. But there's not too much to do with those lyrics over that part and it's quite a common vocal line.

I don't think there's any intention on the band's behalf to sound like any other song. The Got Some/Devo may be an intentional nod to an influence. But in blues and folk there are always 'borrowing' and it's always going to happen.

[stip]

It's probably close to impossible to not sound at least a little bit like something else at this point

[McParadigm]

At least 50% of in Infallible Aguilara thing comes down to HOW he sings the chorus. Lots of little vocal flourishes typically associated with pop singers (see: the little up and down run at the end of the word infallible).

[harmless]

At least 50% of in Infallible Aguilara thing comes down to HOW he sings the chorus. Lots of little vocal flourishes typically associated with pop singers (see: the little up and down run at the end of the word infallible).

I agree, that note-bending is pretty off-putting. I think he thinks he's doing motown or something, isn't that right?

[@SkitchP]

At least 50% of in Infallible Aguilara thing comes down to HOW he sings the chorus. Lots of little vocal flourishes typically associated with pop singers (see: the little up and down run at the end of the word infallible).

I agree, that note-bending is pretty off-putting. I think he thinks he's doing motown or something, isn't that right?

Motown didnt do a ton of this.

[harmless]

At least 50% of in Infallible Aguilara thing comes down to HOW he sings the chorus. Lots of little vocal flourishes typically associated with pop singers (see: the little up and down run at the end of the word infallible).

I agree, that note-bending is pretty off-putting. I think he thinks he's doing motown or something, isn't that right?

Motown didnt do a ton of this.

I realise that.

[BurtReynolds]

You're thinking of O-Town

[harmless]

You're thinking of O-Town

[E.H. Ruddock]

You're thinking of O-Town

Yeah, I lol'd

[E.H. Ruddock]

or is it lol'ed?

[malice]

olo'd

[harmless]

yolo'd

[hlniv]

You're thinking of O-Town

[warehouse]

At least 50% of in Infallible Aguilara thing comes down to HOW he sings the chorus. Lots of little vocal flourishes typically associated with pop singers (see: the little up and down run at the end of the word infallible).

I agree, that note-bending is pretty off-putting. I think he thinks he's doing motown or something, isn't that right?

ive seen the chorus compared to motown in a couple of places

[Kevin Davis]

ive seen the chorus compared to motown in a couple of places

I thought this sounded made up, so I typed "pearl jam motown infallible" into Google, and indeed you were correct:
http://www.antiquiet.com/reviews/2013/1 ... ning-bolt/

Suffice it to say, I have my doubts that this person has ever heard a single Motown record in his life, but on the bright side, the whole review is a veritable treasure trove of quotables:

Sirens is as dynamic as anything the band has produced, with emphasizing piano chords pounding a framework around a mix of electric & acoustics guitars. The song is an Ibogaine bath of the soul, a rejuvenation of spirit, connecting the constellations in a chaotic sky.

The surprises are continuous throughout Lightning Bolt, with a consistency that challenges the Rock veterans’ familiar musical architecture. There’s a distinctly Glen Ballard feel to the ominous cuts of Infallible that give way to Motown-level soul striding. In keeping with the fragility of existence, Pendulum illustrates a mortality of heart, an escalating purgatory amidst a minimal instrumental echo and clean percussion keeping the vessel afloat.

Naturally, it’s not a Pearl Jam record without the sun rising again, a brighter balance if not outright redemption. The Into The Wild fire of Swallowed Whole follows and fits the bill, while the bolt of lightning Vedder lamented having to let go in Nothingman is in full flesh on the title track, love in fifth gear. She is rejuvenating, reinvigorating, a fountain of truth within the heart that anyone who’s felt the true strike of love can attest to: it’s a key to unlocking the shackles of life we’re anchored by daily. A soul, given to fly, takes flight once more.

Lightning Bolt is the experimenting, declarative passion project we’ve been waiting for from Pearl Jam since 2002′s Riot Act.

[Jorge]

Antiquiet is so fucking terrible.

[stip]

i don't want to judge. that sounds like exactly the kind of shit I would write.

[Kevin Davis]

Does this mean we can expect "Igobaine bath of the soul" to become the new "loss of agency" in twenty-fourteen?

[Sgt. Crackpot]

while the bolt of lightning Vedder ed having to let go in Nothingman is in full flesh on the title track, love in fifth gear.