Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:53 pm

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Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 10:58 pm

Both strong songs that are throttled by the sterile atmosphere on Lightning Bolt. But Pendulum can make it work in a way that Swallowed Whole just can't. It gets my vote

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:02 pm

Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:02 pm

Pendulum. I know a lot of folks here don't like it, but I think it's one of the better songs from the last two albums.

Post by **Jorge** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:04 pm

"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:06 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.

The sound of silence after Future Days ends is a pretty great moment of release, too.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:07 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.
The sound of silence after Future Days ends is a pretty great moment of release, too.

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:11 pm

theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax

Yeah, agreed with all of this.

darth_vedder · Post by **darth_vedder** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:13 pm

Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Yeah, agreed with all of this.

Easy left me a long time agooooooooooo

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:15 pm

darth_vedder wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Yeah, agreed with all of this.
Easy left me a long time agooooooxxxooooo

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:29 pm

I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:

LetMeSleep · Post by **LetMeSleep** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:30 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:

Great great album. I wanna hug you, Trag.

Post by **stip** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:31 pm

I was listening to cropduster this morning and couldn't help but think that the

I thought I thought the world/turns out the world thought me

lyric would get savaged if it came out today

(I like the lyrics to cropduster and think its one of pearl jam's smarter songs, but a lot of PJ's song lyrics really live in that space where they work great if you like the surrounding song but fall apart if you don't. They're bound to the performance in a pretty significant way)

tragabigzanda · Post by **tragabigzanda** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:32 pm

LetMeSleep wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:

Great great album. I wanna hug you, Trag.

This is one of those masterpieces that I think way too many people have missed.

PHATJ · Post by **PHATJ** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:35 pm

I like Pendulum. It's far from perfect, but I like it. Swallowed Whole is a bottom feeder.

Post by **evenslow** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:37 pm

When I first heard the album, Swallow Hole was my favorite but it has plummeted thanks to that dogshit production on the treble-thin guitars. It really goes up a notch after the solo, but I don't know, I guess Pendulum?

Birds in Hell · Post by **Birds in Hell** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:39 pm

stip wrote:I was listening to cropduster this morning and couldn't help but think that the

I thought I thought the world/turns out the world thought me

lyric would get savaged if it came out today

Why?

It's a great line.

bodysnatcher · Post by **bodysnatcher** » Thu March 23, 2017 11:51 pm

tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:

great album

there's no way anyone in PJ even know who Yo La Tengo is

unless there's a member from the Ramones or Kiss in there that we never knew about

chewm · Post by **chewm** » Fri March 24, 2017 12:26 am

I could care less about these two songs, I'll have to listen to decide.

Kalevi · Post by **Kalevi** » Fri March 24, 2017 12:31 am

I like both of these a lot, but SW better.

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