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Light Years is awesome

I don't even remember how Rival goes

Jammer XCI wrote:Light Years is awesome

I don't even remember how Rival goes

it goes every grain of sand equals all the stars and everyone

evenslow wrote:RIVAL!!

rival has no rival. ha

It's well hung.

theplatypus wrote:I don't know. I like "Light Years" and "Rival" a lot for very different reasons.

I think I'll give it to "Light Years" for the terrible fade-out in "Rival"

I'm having this issue. That being said, I think I'll throw in for Rival here.

The song is a bit similar to what I said about Sleight of Hand in another thread; this song is a really different feel for them. This is one of the few songs you can clearly tell came from a different lyrical voice than the one usually steering the ship for PJ; I can't imagine Eddie's take on Columbine would be in the same universe as Stone's is here. And hearing how Eddie attacks it is part of the fun of it.

I still think the last line of the song in Rival, with the discordant piano and the borderline disturbing backing vocal, is one of the best moments in PJ's whole catalog.

digster wrote:

theplatypus wrote:I don't know. I like "Light Years" and "Rival" a lot for very different reasons.

I think I'll give it to "Light Years" for the terrible fade-out in "Rival"

I'm having this issue. That being said, I think I'll throw in for Rival here.

The song is a bit similar to what I said about Sleight of Hand in another thread; this song is a really different feel for them. This is one of the few songs you can clearly tell came from a different lyrical voice than the one usually steering the ship for PJ; I can't imagine Eddie's take on Columbine would be in the same universe as Stone's is here. And hearing how Eddie attacks it is part of the fun of it.

I still think the last line of the song in Rival, with the discordant piano and the borderline disturbing backing vocal, is one of the best moments in PJ's whole catalog.

Well put again, man.

If Light Years beats Rival I'm never coming back

Who's the boner that voted for Soon Forget?

Jammer XCI wrote:
I don't even remember how Rival goes

I'll refresh your memory. The main part of the chorus goes:

You will be no one's Rival
You will be no one's Rival

Oh man, I was sure I was going to be the only vote for Rival.

Soon Forget is a fun experiment but it falls flat lyrically (ultimately, though there are a few moments that people beat up on for no reason) and introduced us to a bizarre ukesplosion that, while fine, got way out of control. Though, it had a happy ending with that EV solo record, which I love, and gave us Sleeping By Myself.

Soon Forget is pretty great, guys.

Light Years is awesome. But here's the thing: it's up against Rival. So....

digster wrote:I still think the last line of the song in Rival, with the discordant piano and the borderline disturbing backing vocal, is one of the best moments in PJ's whole catalog.

Lilting but eerie.

it's a great, chilling, plaintive moment

Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

Sometimes I wonder if Binaural will ever replace No Code as my favorite PJ album. It and it's outtakes are all so good.

darth_vedder wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

Sometimes I wonder if Binaural will ever replace No Code as my favorite PJ album. It and it's outtakes are all so good.

Binaural took a long time to climb out of last place for me. But that was never because I thought it was a bad record. It's an amazing record that took me far too long to fully appreciate. Still, I can't imagine that it'll ever be #1 in my book. As brilliant as it is, I can't imagine ever ranking it above 4. Probably never above 5, really.

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

Sleight of Hand
NAIS
Evacuation
Of The Girl
Rival
Breakerfall
Grievance
Thin Air
Parting Ways
Gods' Dice
Insignificance
Light Years
Soon Forget

darth_vedder wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

Sometimes I wonder if Binaural will ever replace No Code as my favorite PJ album. It and it's outtakes are all so good.

Have you listened to the Deluxe version available on this site? It's sort of a game changer.

PHATJ wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

darth_vedder wrote:Rival is a contender for best Binaural song. Rival, Sleight of Hand, and Insignificance are probably my top 3. What a damn fine album Binaural is.

So good!

I think I'd put NAIS in my top three with Sleight of Hand and Insignificance. But Rival would be a close fourth.

Sleight of Hand
NAIS
Evacuation
Of The Girl
Rival
Breakerfall
Grievance
Thin Air
Parting Ways
Gods' Dice
Insignificance
Light Years
Soon Forget

Sleight of Hand
Insignificance
Nothing as it Seems
Rival
Thin Air
Evacuation
Light Years
Of the Girl
Breakerfall
Gods' Dice
Grievance
Parting Ways
Soon Forget