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Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 1:38 pm
by digster
It's strange how much this song has dropped out of their live show in previous years; since 2013, it's been played less than Sleight of Hand, Thin Air, Thumbing My Way and other album cuts from some of their darker, less commercial records. For being an up-tempo, sing-songy first single, they really don't play it for the most part.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 1:39 pm
by stip
that is surprising. It worked well live, too, so it's not like it fell flat or they couldn't reproduce it.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 1:40 pm
by VinylGuy
Maybe they got tired? it got played a lot during 2009 and 2010.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 5:42 pm
by Habitman
really good intro
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 11:42 pm
by Ms Harmless
stip wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:stip wrote:it has great lyrics!
hey Stip!
hey there! how are things?
up and down, but better than in my Harmless days - thank you
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Thu April 08, 2021 11:47 pm
by Ms Harmless
one thing I really like about the way this song is produced, unlike so many in the post-Riot Act era, is how much attention is paid to layered percussion - just the off-kilter hand claps are super cool, I think there's a triangle in there somewhere? it has more groove than most latter day songs; SBWM would have benefitted from some of that layering of things-to-hit over its bland drumbeat
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 12:10 am
by stip
I really enjoyed that drum thread you did for Backspacer back in the day
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 12:19 am
by Ms Harmless
thanks
I wouldn't really have it in me to do that kind of thing now, but I did have my moments, hehe
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 12:20 am
by stip
that kind of posting is a young person's game
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 12:23 am
by Ms Harmless
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 3:52 pm
by guitar_davey
The Fixer makes me happy. I know some of you hate it, but I think it's great for what it is, and I'm glad it exists.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Fri April 09, 2021 8:50 pm
by LetMeSleep
guitar_davey wrote:The Fixer makes me happy. I know some of you hate it, but I think it's great for what it is, and I'm glad it exists.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sun April 11, 2021 10:43 am
by smallest_oceans
McParadigm wrote: It’s not like they wrote a hundred of these and you sit through them every night. It’s stupid, it thinks it’s beautiful, and it’s fine.
LetMeSleep wrote:guitar_davey wrote:The Fixer makes me happy. I know some of you hate it, but I think it's great for what it is, and I'm glad it exists.
Yes!
What even comes close to this as a style in their catalog? Big wave? Get right? I don't see it. It is unique to PJ and adds to the diversity of the band as much as anything else.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sun April 11, 2021 1:32 pm
by Monkey_Driven
smallest_oceans wrote:McParadigm wrote: It’s not like they wrote a hundred of these and you sit through them every night. It’s stupid, it thinks it’s beautiful, and it’s fine.
LetMeSleep wrote:guitar_davey wrote:The Fixer makes me happy. I know some of you hate it, but I think it's great for what it is, and I'm glad it exists.
Yes!
What even comes close to this as a style in their catalog? Big wave? Get right? I don't see it. It is unique to PJ and adds to the diversity of the band as much as anything else.
Not enough angst. 1 star
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sun April 11, 2021 3:45 pm
by lecherouslittlestump
digster wrote:It's strange how much this song has dropped out of their live show in previous years; since 2013, it's been played less than Sleight of Hand, Thin Air, Thumbing My Way and other album cuts from some of their darker, less commercial records. For being an up-tempo, sing-songy first single, they really don't play it for the most part.
I'm glad this floating turd finally got flushed.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sat October 09, 2021 2:09 am
by Leatherhead
This song is good. Definitely not what I wanted from Pearl Jam when I was 20, but at 32 I dig it quite a bit.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sat October 09, 2021 2:12 am
by BurtReynolds
A truly 1 star song
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sat October 09, 2021 6:24 pm
by Wendy Carlos's Twin
Parts of it are good, parts are okay and the middle 8 is complete shit. It's an unsatisfying hodge-podge written by multiple band members and it shows.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Sat October 09, 2021 6:35 pm
by dad
it suffers from target.
Re: Song of the Moment: The Fixer
Posted: Wed October 13, 2021 4:28 am
by coptheriotact
Just like how when CC released scream, it wouldn’t have got such a bad reception if he said “hey, I’ve made this album but soundgarden will be back in a year or so, so just chill”
I can appreciate a song like this a bit more now that gigaton is out and the jams and more organic arrangements are back, In saying that, I’m probably not going to be listening to the fixer/ backspacer/lightning bolt anytime soon though.
