Song of the Moment: The Fixer

[VinylGuy]

Joey.

[hlniv]

Best top page post ever

[mastaflatch]

this is a good song. problem is, it doesn't fit the idea of what PJ is that most of us have. i was a bit shocked when i first heard it but it growed on me (unlike You Are which was also a departure or an experiment that gloriously failed at being a good song imo). there's a lot to like (the intro's riff, the transitions, Matt's drumming, Ed's performance) and to dislike (the cheesiness of the verses' riff, the lyrics, the good bits that are left unexploited) but in the end i think that this is much better than many songs of theirs. had it not been played at almost every single show since it's première, had it not been the lead single (with a video that screams PHONY), had it not been dissected to no end we would have enjoyed it a lot more for what it is i.e. a cool rock song with throwbacks to Huey Lewis and The News

Yup, totally agree.

Must have been real drunk that day

[Jorge]

[Norah]

They look like they know how to have fun.

[mastaflatch]

[Jorge]

[Norah]

[Jorge]

[Norah]

[Heathen]

Joey.

Correct.

[mastaflatch]

Best semi-bottom post ever

[Jorge]

Best semi-bottom post ever

Correct.

[mastaflatch]

Tuolumne escribió:
mastaflatch escribió:
esta es una buena canción. problema es, que no se ajusta a la idea de lo que PJ es que la mayoría de nosotros tenemos. yo estaba un poco sorprendido cuando escuché por primera vez pero growed en mí (a diferencia de usted es que también era una salida o un experimento que fracasó gloriosamente a ser una buena canción de la OMI). hay mucho que gusta (riff de la introducción, las transiciones, el teclear de Matt, el rendimiento de Ed) y que no les gusta (la vulgaridad del riff de los versos, las letras, las cosas buenas que quedan sin explotar), pero al final creo que esta es mucho mejor que muchas de las canciones de los suyos. si no hubiera sido tocado en casi cada show, ya que es estreno, si no hubiera sido el primer sencillo (con un vídeo que grita PHONY), si no hubiera sido diseccionado a ningún extremo que habríamos disfrutado mucho más de lo que es es decir, una canción de rock fresco con retrocesos a Huey Lewis y las noticias


Sí, totalmente de acuerdo.

Debe de haber sido bebido verdadero ese día: Sacudida:

[Jorge]

mastaflatch escribió:
Auxilio, estoy cubierto de hormigas. Auxilio. Ayuda.

[mastaflatch]

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Best page of the thread. Good job.

[LetMeSleep]

[PryTo]

The Fixer's okay in my book. Not great by any means, but I can sit through it without cringing. I do like the overall energy of it and that can be tricky for a band of this vintage (i.e., old dudes) to pull off. They had a pretty clear agenda on Backspacer and songs like the Fixer helped them achieve their goal.

That said, I just watched the video for the first time in years and man is it awful. The fake audience noise? Never noticed that before. Wow. Terrible. I can see how the video might have killed this song for people. I mean, most videos are bad but that one, whew. It's a video that will be watched 20 years now and look like some cheesy relic from a bygone era. It's already kind of got that feel to it.

[stip]

the video version came up on my drive home (thanks to Ridley's amazing comp). It's actually a pretty great version of the song if not for the canned crowd noise. Rougher around the edges than the studio version