Red Mosquito

This thread went in an odd direction.

Binaural is my number one Pearl Jam album.

NAIS without doubt. Not much else on this album that really stands out for me, besides Light Years and Grievance I guess.

Best moment:

The bridge in "Thin Air"

on Ed's vocals:

I don't love the vocals but the mix was an opportunity wasted... In Binaural...Eds voice is was one of the instruments. It could have been a turn for the band as Post-Yield Ed just was not good enough to carry the band. This was proven in the subsequent albums as the Ed mix of "Good and loud" has been disappointing.

The band could have shifted for the better. Opportunity wasted.

Outro of Insignificance.

Whatever matt's doing (on the hi-hat? Idk) in grievance during "champage breakfast for everyone!"

pnjguy wrote:Outro of Insignificance.

the part right before 'it's instilled'... is pretty great.

I think the bridge and ending of Insignificance is PJ's finest moment. Granted, I think that is their best song, but that moment in particular is great.

Breakerfall: Mike's spacy guitar bits, Jeff's bass in the second half, and the muffled backing vocals.

God's Dice: The bridge. Always the bridge.

Evacuation: All of the shifts into the "bridges." The diamond shore and the solemn man.

Light Years: When Eddie's vocals first enter, when the first chorus hits, the bridge/instrumental jam in the middle, the outro. One of my favorite songs, so lots of good moments to be had.

Nothing As It Seems: Mike's solos and the bridge.

Thin Air: The little break after the first chorus, the bridge into the final chorus.

Insignificance: The rolling intro, the bridge, outro

Of the Girl: The slow build in the beginning, "how he makes his getaway," all the instrumental parts.

Grievance: The pull/break the innocent part; I don't know if you'd really call that a chorus. The build into the ending.

Rival: The bridge, the outro, even though it fades out early.

Sleight of Hand: The whole thing, maybe. It's my favorite PJ song, so picking points is hard. I'm particularly partial to the first few notes hitting, the chiming guitars, Matt's drums, the instrumental break, and the final verse.

Soon Forget: I still find the lyrics amusing, even if they are petty. I also like the palm muted chords at the end of all the stanzas.

Parting Ways: The strings, the crashing choruses, and the outro.

This is a really tough one, I'd have to go with when Sleight Of Hand starts.

From "she's searching for esca-aa-aa-ape" through to Mike's weeping guitar outro, echoing into the distance.

Oh, wait...

"A night bird is following you all the time...." -> juicy little mccready solo...

Oh wait....

Till he had more time (boom chuck) mooooooooooore time.
Time to dream....


Boom Chuck= the two kick drum beats Cameron hits before entering the pre chorus.

Fuck me if that isnt one of the best moments of the world.

I really like the fifth bar of Stone's guitar during the verses to "Sleight of Hand", how it hangs like a question mark

I love how devastating the start of the first chorus of Sleight of Hand sounds. It's like a tiny, private apocalypse.

The discordant piano in Rival. Those backing vocals may be the coolest thing Ed's ever done.

The shadow vocals in Breakerfall
GD's bridge
Evacuation's bridge
LY's sad outro
Ed's voice transforming into a guitar tone in OTG
Mike's guitar in OTG - akin to a drunken musical elephant trying to sound cool whilst failing to hump a mechanical bull in a cave

digster wrote:I think the bridge and ending of Insignificance is PJ's finest moment. Granted, I think that is their best song, but that moment in particular is great.

This. Certainly not Evacuation.

wrong thread.

Brett wrote:
Sleight of Hand: The whole thing, maybe. It's my favorite PJ song, so picking points is hard. I'm particularly partial to the first few notes hitting, the chiming guitars, Matt's drums, the instrumental break, and the final verse.

Yes. Yes. 100% Yes.