Song of the Moment: Gone

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Rank Gone

5 Stars
1
4%
4 Stars
7
29%
3 Stars
8
33%
2 Stars
7
29%
1 Star
1
4%
 
Total votes: 24

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Song of the Moment: Gone

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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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I always used to think the chorus was "Im gooooone, so goooone, this time I aa-aam Gooooo-ah-ay-hoooooone"

basically I thought he was just warbling gone three times. It turns out he is not but for some reason I kind of liked it that way <_<

Also as stip has said, this chorus is so soaring like it hasnt been since a song like In Hiding.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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This and "Comatose" are my favorite PRAMG songs.
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This song is strangely unsatisfying. Like many songs on this album, there is nothing there to grab onto.
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At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
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EJ wrote:At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
I thought it was dull as shit the first time he played it live (day after it was written?), and I was hoping it would disappear.
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This chorus tries real hard to ascend to "Given to Fly" heights but it's like dragging a soggy mattress.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
EJ wrote:At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
I thought it was dull as shit the first time he played it live (day after it was written?), and I was hoping it would disappear.
This is kind of how I feel about Of The Earth, but most of you love it. >_<
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
EJ wrote:At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
I thought it was dull as shit the first time he played it live (day after it was written?), and I was hoping it would disappear.
This is kind of how I feel about Of The Earth, but most of you love it. >_<
Not me. I think "Of The Earth" is another big bunch of nothing that would have fit right in on S/T.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
EJ wrote:At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
I thought it was dull as shit the first time he played it live (day after it was written?), and I was hoping it would disappear.
This is kind of how I feel about Of The Earth, but most of you love it. >_<
Not me. I think "Of The Earth" is another big bunch of nothing that would have fit right in on S/T.
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hate this song.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:
EJ wrote:At most, this should've been an Ed solo song. The band sure did make a dull song out of it.
I thought it was dull as shit the first time he played it live (day after it was written?), and I was hoping it would disappear.
This is kind of how I feel about Of The Earth, but most of you love it. >_<
Not me. I think "Of The Earth" is another big bunch of nothing that would have fit right in on S/T.
They could have had Porch 2 (Severed Hand) and Porch 3 (Of The Earth) on the same album though!
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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pearl jam sucks now
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It's better than Valium.
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tragabigzanda wrote:Gone and Of the Earth are both rubbish, but Gone is the worse offender. Talk about dumbfuck. "Go-ooonne, long go-0-o0o0one, this time I'm guh-a-owa-ooooon..."
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pearl jam sucks now
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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I was initially a pretty big fan of Gone. I liked playing it while driving through the city at night. Over the course of ten years it has proven to be a less than spectacular song, and pretty boring if you aren't in the exact right mood. 3 Stars, because it isn't terrible either.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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I bet Jeff hates playing this one. All he does is ride that one note all thru the very boring chorus.
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Re: Song of the Moment: Gone

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stip wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:Gone and Of the Earth are both rubbish, but Gone is the worse offender. Talk about dumbfuck. "Go-ooonne, long go-0-o0o0one, this time I'm guh-a-owa-ooooon..."
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I adore every single one of these songs, I guess I like those 1 word choruses.
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this song is why i hate this album.
Calibrate your enthusiasm
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