Red Mosquito

Birds in Hell wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Parting Ways is such a dreadfully boring song

THANK GOD I’m not the only one who feels this way.

What a snoozer.

evenslow wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:It’s been said before, but Ed’s vocal delivery on that album has gotten better with time. Coming on the heels of the Binaural cycle, it did sound tired and bored at first. But over time, I think many on RM have come to view it as more of a creative choice — a sense of being wary and beleaguered by the politics of the time — and its captured beautifully.

The only PJ album to get significantly better with age for me.

good post. it's also post roskilde which explains the mood.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Parting Ways is such a dreadfully boring song

THANK GOD I’m not the only one who feels this way.

What a snoozer.

Yeah it’s my least favorite on Binaural (excluding Soon Forget)

MikeyIsGod wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Parting Ways is such a dreadfully boring song

THANK GOD I’m not the only one who feels this way.

What a snoozer.

Yeah it’s my least favorite on Binaural (excluding Soon Forget)

what!?!? this is why i love this song. and this is why i put so much emphasis on live shows. this song just elevates the mood/vibe. fucking killer ending!

MikeyIsGod wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Parting Ways is such a dreadfully boring song

THANK GOD I’m not the only one who feels this way.

What a snoozer.

Yeah it’s my least favorite on Binaural (excluding Soon Forget)

what!?!? this is why i love this song. and this is why i put so much emphasis on live shows. this song just elevates the mood/vibe. fucking killer ending!

Vindicator wrote:

MikeyIsGod wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Parting Ways is such a dreadfully boring song

THANK GOD I’m not the only one who feels this way.

What a snoozer.

Yeah it’s my least favorite on Binaural (excluding Soon Forget)

what!?!? this is why i love this song. and this is why i put so much emphasis on live shows. this song just elevates the mood/vibe. fucking killer ending!

fucking fantastic song and it's amazing live. I wonder if people even like Pearl Jam how can you not feel that song. I can understand PRAMG hate but cmon, that song is a gem

WtOB? wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

Anders wrote:If the rest of the album is filled with Mind Your Manners/CDM, and Future Days/Sleeping By Myself-like songs, I might cry.

As someone who has listened to the new album - don't worry. You're in for a treat

Lounge Lizard wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

Anders wrote:If the rest of the album is filled with Mind Your Manners/CDM, and Future Days/Sleeping By Myself-like songs, I might cry.

As someone who has listened to the new album - don't worry. You're in for a treat

How do you "like" a post around here

LetMeSleep wrote:

Lounge Lizard wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

Anders wrote:If the rest of the album is filled with Mind Your Manners/CDM, and Future Days/Sleeping By Myself-like songs, I might cry.

As someone who has listened to the new album - don't worry. You're in for a treat

How do you "like" a post around here

I'd start by finding another post to 'like'.

Lounge Lizard wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

Lounge Lizard wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:

Anders wrote:If the rest of the album is filled with Mind Your Manners/CDM, and Future Days/Sleeping By Myself-like songs, I might cry.

As someone who has listened to the new album - don't worry. You're in for a treat

How do you "like" a post around here

I'd start by finding another post to 'like'.

Something I don't know about Stump?

Sgt. Crackpot wrote: He's full of shit.

LetMeSleep wrote:I'm pretty sure the only poster who may have heard any of the album (and those probably rough mixes) would be Dime.

Kevin Davis wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:Dance of the Clairvoyants works because it's a strong song with good ideas which they committed to, not because it's weird or unusual.

I don't know, I think it's both. The whole thing certainly falls apart if there's not a strong song at the core, but I do think at least part of why this song not only works but feels exciting is because it explores an aesthetic realm that isn't completely tiresome to us. Which isn't to say it's weird (how weird can it be if it borrows from a bunch of familiar aesthetic sources which we all immediately recognized?), but part of why this song feels so engaging (to me, anyway) is because my brain isn't automatically white-noising all the parts of the song that would traditionally comprise my schema for what Pearl Jam are supposed to sound like. Again, to your point, you could probably say the same thing about "Turning Mist," so clearly the mere quality of being an outlier is not sufficient in itself, but I think that element of side-step was absolutely necessary for them at this point. As much as we all say, "I just want good songs," I don't think this song -- even if the delivery and performance quality were the same -- would have been nearly as satisfying if not for some of its purely novel, superficial elements.