Red Mosquito

Leatherhead wrote:

theplatypus wrote:

stip wrote: Binaural: Soon Forget (God's dice if we discount future days)

What

I think... "(God's dice if we discount Soon Forget)

I think so. I was listening to that future days rearrangement when I typed that.

But who knows, really?

stip wrote:Discounting the non-standard tracks

Ten: Garden (I genuinely don't like this song)
Vs: Glorified G (still fun, though)
Vitalogy: STBC (which is great)
No Code: Off He Goes (honorable mention to I'm Open)
Yield: Faithful
Binaural: Soon Forget (God's dice if we discount future days)
Riot Act: Bushleaguer
S/T: Unemployable
Backspacer: Supersonic
Lighting Bolt: LTRP (still fun, though)

lol

Faithful is...ok...it honestly is my second-to-last one on Yield. I want to like it but...I hate the "we're faithful we all believe we all believe it" lyrics. I do like the intro guitar...in general I like the non-loud parts

Faithful might be the band's best song.

...what? er ok I guess, why do you say so?

Ten: Porch
Vs.: Leash
Vitalogy: Stupid Mop
No Code: Off He Goes
Yield: Red Dot
Binaural: Soon Forget
Riot Act: Thumbing My Way
ST: Wasted Reprise
BS: Just Breathe
LB: Let the Records Play

Ten: Why Go
Vs.: Leash
Vitalogy: Whipping
No Code: Lukin
Yield: MFC
Binaural: Soon Forget
Riot Act: All Or None
ST: Gone
BS: The Fixer
LB: Infallible

Ten: Why Go
Vs.: Leash
Vitalogy: Stupid Mop
No Code: I'm Open
Yield: Wishlist
Binaural: Soon Forget
Riot Act: 1/2 Full
ST: Gone
BS: Just Breathe
LB: Lightning Bolt

Ten: Deep
Vs: Leash
Vitalogy: Bugs
No Code: Mankind
Yield: Wishlist
Binaural:
Riot Act: Ghost
PJ: Come Back
BS: Supersonic
LB: Future Days/Infallible (tie)

chewm wrote:Faithful might be the band's best song.

It's right up there.

chewm wrote:

stip wrote:Discounting the non-standard tracks

Ten: Garden (I genuinely don't like this song)
Vs: Glorified G (still fun, though)
Vitalogy: STBC (which is great)
No Code: Off He Goes (honorable mention to I'm Open)
Yield: Faithful
Binaural: Soon Forget (God's dice if we discount future days)
Riot Act: Bushleaguer
S/T: Unemployable
Backspacer: Supersonic
Lighting Bolt: LTRP (still fun, though)

lol

Off he goes is beautiful music brought low by painfully self indulgent and ham fisted lyrics.

faithful is just kinda boring. I'm not in love with the riff or the tone, and I don't sense the interplay everyone else goes on about. The lyrics are too on the nose (the sentiment is okay), and the chorus is way too repetitive. I don't think it's a memorable performance by Eddie either. It's not bad. There aren't really any bad songs on yield. It's just okay. It was this or In Hiding but In Hiding has a great pre-chorus.

Unemployable has lyrics that are too judgmental to be empathetic, a Shania Twain moment way worse than anything in LTRP, and I really dislike the sheen on Eddie's voice.

I will never understand the low opinion of "Wishlist" around here

LoathedVermin72 wrote:I will never understand the low opinion of "Wishlist" around here

for me, i'm comparing it to the other songs on my favorite PJ album. i'm not saying it's bad. it's just the song that i like the least.

plus, i hate when ed does that thing where he pretends his guitar is a mirror and reflects the light off the crowd.

N/A
N/A
Stupid Mop
N/A
Push Me Pull Me
Soon Forget
Bushleaguer
Inside Job
The End
Future Days

mikejasond wrote:...what? er ok I guess, why do you say so?

because it's the truth

stip wrote:
Off he goes is beautiful music brought low by painfully self indulgent and ham fisted lyrics.

faithful is just kinda boring. I'm not in love with the riff or the tone, and I don't sense the interplay everyone else goes on about. The lyrics are too on the nose (the sentiment is okay), and the chorus is way too repetitive. I don't think it's a memorable performance by Eddie either. It's not bad. There aren't really any bad songs on yield. It's just okay. It was this or In Hiding but In Hiding has a great pre-chorus.

Unemployable has lyrics that are too judgmental to be empathetic, a Shania Twain moment way worse than anything in LTRP, and I really dislike the sheen on Eddie's voice.

I love Off He Goes's lyrics, they definitely don't seem ham fisted to me, nearly every line I read seems to just roll right along.
Faithfull could be silence, 30 second bridge, and then silence for the entire song and it'd still be one of the best.
I still don't find much wrong with Unemployable's lyrics. I definitely feel for the character in the song as I've been there myself, well except for the Jesus ring, those are pretty stupid.

Unemployable has a very special meaning to me. I got the Ten Club release of Avocado in the mail the Friday before its release date. Listened to it about 30 times over the weekend. Unemployable hit me just right with the music, but the lyrics had no real meaning for me. Until Monday. I went to work as usual, and about 2 hours into the workday, the owner came in and closed our office. Had no warning or anything. And we were the "home office." He came in, told us he was moving everything and we were all fired. After that, I had a VERY strong connection with the character in the song. And it shot right to the top of PJ songs for me.

And I hope beyond all hope they play it Tuesday in Lexington.

Ten: Why Go
Vs: Leash
Vitalogy: Satan's Bed
No Code: Lukin
Yield: Push Me Pull Me
Binaural: Soon Forget
Riot Act: Bushleaguer
Pearl Jam: Come Back
Backspacer: Supersonic
Lightning Bolt: Let the Records Play

Chris_H_2 wrote:for me, i'm comparing it to the other songs on my favorite PJ album. i'm not saying it's bad. it's just the song that i like the least.

A similar thing with me and "MFC". It's not that I dislike it-- I think the chorus could've used some more work, but I like the song just fine. Everything around it is just so much stronger. Yield is a great album.