you have to forget that exist LB and enjoy this album
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:17 pm
by VinylGuy
New Ranking:
Awesome
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Quick Escape
Seven O'Clock
River Cross
Comes Then Goes
Buckle Up
Very Good
Take the Long Way
Who Ever Said
Alright
Good
Never Destination
Ok
Superblood Wolfmoon
Retrograde
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:22 pm
by Jaeti
McParadigm wrote:
Tuolumne wrote:Retrograde is awesome. Can't wait to blast that one on good speakers. Pearl Jam has *always* from Day 1 had their "cheesy" element. It's ultimately why I attached myself to them moreso than Nirvana way back then (who I love, but just can't relate to as much), who don't have this element in them. Yay for cheesy PJ.
I love it. I can fully appreciate the “it sounds like Sirens, so it sucks” knee jerk, but it isn’t the case that no song with that type of sound can be good. I also think it serves near the heart of the record’s message and as home to most of its dwindling hope.
Yeah, I mean, I casually compared it to Bruce Horsnby and Steve Winwood, but that doesn't even make me automatically hate it. I don't mean that as an insult, just that there's a gap to be bridged for me from there to "Pearl Jam song."
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:23 pm
by darthvedder81
Birds in Hell wrote:I always connected more with Nirvana than Pearl Jam, I still feel the same way.
I never got into Nirvana at all. The only big Seattle band that never did anything for me. I like Grohl and the Foo’s though.
I am a guitar guy so it’s more about musicianship than songwriting for me. Mike and Stone are just way better players than Kurt.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:26 pm
by Birds in Hell
darthvedder81 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:I always connected more with Nirvana than Pearl Jam, I still feel the same way.
I never got into Nirvana at all. The only big Seattle band that never did anything for me. I like Grohl and the Foo’s though.
I am a guitar guy so it’s more about musicianship than songwriting for me. Mike and Stone are just way better players than Kurt.
I am also a "guitar guy", but it wasn't things like Yellow Ledbetter (or whatever) that excited me, it was stuff like this:
Kurt's guitar here still sounds absolutely electrically exciting to me.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:31 pm
by Got Some
Has anyone got a up to date link. ?
I’m heading to a bucks show today and the buck
Is a PJ fan.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:42 pm
by Ms Harmless
this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo
do you think the Jamily will accept me?
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:50 pm
by LoathedVermin72
Current ranking:
Very Good:
Quick Escape
Dance of the Clairvoyants
Good:
Who Ever Said
Take the Long Way
Comes Then Goes
Buckle Up
Bad:
River Cross
Alright
Retrograde
Awful:
Seven O'Clock
Never Destination
Superblood Wolfmoon
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 10:56 pm
by stip
Ms Harmless wrote:this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo
do you think the Jamily will accept me?
wait at least 48 hours
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:00 pm
by Ms Harmless
stip wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:this album has made me consider an impulse tattoo
do you think the Jamily will accept me?
wait at least 48 hours
phew, thanks
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:11 pm
by Hypnos
Ms Harmless wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:You'all are going to share this with your partners with extreme prejudice?
was that in reference to my post?
Kinda, Im preparing myself to do it this weekend.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:20 pm
by stip
I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:23 pm
by Ms Harmless
Hypnosomnia wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
Hypnosomnia wrote:You'all are going to share this with your partners with extreme prejudice?
was that in reference to my post?
Kinda, Im preparing myself to do it this weekend.
my partner enjoyed all of it but is undecided about 7 O'Clock, it's either nice and chill or "a bit dull"; I told them that for a band I've been following for nearly 30 years they've got an awful lot of songs I didn't love right away
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:51 pm
by evenslow
stip wrote:I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.
very affecting.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:56 pm
by Chris_H_2
sbwm somehow actually sounds better when listening to the entire album. i can't explain it. but that's probably a good thing.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:58 pm
by Ms Harmless
the drum intro of SBWM is a lot less glaringly boring with a complex song behind it
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:58 pm
by jdopj
stip wrote:I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.
It’s just jolting emotionally
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sat March 21, 2020 11:59 pm
by McParadigm
Everyone still has their trademark songwriting behaviors and logic, but it just feels like there’s such a different creative leadership behind this album. Like, someone with an idea got a hell of lot of leeway to put their fixin on everything.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sun March 22, 2020 12:01 am
by VinylGuy
stip wrote:I'm bumping River Cross up in my rankings. Third song on the album to join the five star club. I just sat down with the lyrics in preparation to write the review for TSIS and it just hit me really really hard.
Yeah, its wrecking me.
This is the perfect album for this moment for me. And its also making me think about lots of stuff.
Re: The Official GIGATON Thread
Posted: Sun March 22, 2020 12:01 am
by evenslow
Chris_H_2 wrote:sbwm somehow actually sounds better when listening to the entire album. i can't explain it. but that's probably a good thing.