Lets Actually Listen to the Album: Binaural

[spike]

sleight of hand

[Strat]

Also, fucking Sleight of Hand. That is the same band that wrote Let the records play.

Sleight of hand has got to be top 5 pj for me.

The little drum kick fill Cameron does before entering into the chorus? I'll take that all day every day.

[spike]

reacharound the bend

[Strat]

sleight of hand

nothing needs to be changed. The song titles speak for themselves. This explains everything with Ed's divorce.

Be warned folks: Have a threesome and forever write Future Days.

[spike]

i got idssential oils

[spike]

"who you are?"

[Kaius]

Breakerfall is a great opener, I don't understand the problem here. Jeffs little countdown bass line during the chorus is badass.

[Kaius]

And another thing, Gods Dice might be their best song that clocks in at less than 2:30. So fuck you.

[Kaius]

Evacuation is completely underrated. Ed is 10x the lyricist here as compared to any of the faster tracks in he last 2 albums. And the bridge completely trumps any shortcomings with the chorus.

[Kaius]

She was like the sweetest little lady i had ever met. Everyone loved her. I remember everywhere she took me she would always run into someone that acted like they were her lifelong best friend. She taught me how to do puzzles as a young kid. She taught me how to play cards when puzzles weren't fun anymore. She taught me how to swim, and how to identify birds on our walks around the park, and how to mix a Bloody Mary just right. I remember when my grandma Dottie was sick, dying even, with chemo taking the last bit of strength she had even though the cancer inside of her continued to grow strong. I remember how unfair it feels to watch your family appear helpless as their matriarch is taken from them.
So I decided at about 11:30pm at the end of my shift, as I stared down at the flat top grill in an Applebee's kitchen that I was going to clock out and drive the 2 1/2 hours to her house, as I knew it may be my last opportunity. Binaural had been in my car cd deck for at least a few days, but the volume was down when I took off while I made the appropriate calls to those who needed to know what I was up to. I was only about 10 miles down the highway when I got off the phone, lit up a cigarette, and turned the volume up. Light Years came on immediately. It was like a message from god if there ever was such a thing. I cried. Hard. Some ppl may not be into that sentimental shit, but for me music should first and foremost make you feel. And every time I hear Light Years, I feel that love for my grandma, and I miss her, and that's a beautiful thing. That's all.

[Lament]

That was beautiful.

[Anders]

That was beautiful.

[Kaius]

Thanks guys, I appreciate that.

[stip]

And hate me all you want since I know people here don't much like Avocado but I think they didn't recover from this until Life Wasted and World Wide Suicide, both of which sound energized again and which I love.

Yup.

[stip]

i like your style, mikejasond

Is Binaural your number 1 or what?

man i think so

it's tough to call between binaural, no code, and vitalogy though

I still can't wrap my head around how Eddie Vedder has written Grievance, Insignificance, Parting Ways but also wrote Future Days.

Binaural, for me, perfect top to bottom. Its awkward as fuck and sexy as hell.

There are emotions that are sitting right below a slightly boiling surface. These emotions are never fully released and that tension held throughout the entire record is fantastic. The guitars are not cranked up in the mix, the distortion and tones used are subtle. Sleek yet vigilante. Not overdone or "bro'd out" like every record since. They let the songs speak for themselves. The songs are intense. The playing is precise.

Of the girl, grievance, insignificance, rival, evacuation, nothing as it seems - Forget about it. That's where the truth lies.

it's the same Eddie that wrote Soon Forget.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

The problem with "Life Wasted" and "World Wide Suicide" is not the level of energy involved, but the actual guitar riffs that make up the songs which are about as generic as corn flakes.

[stip]

She was like the sweetest little lady i had ever met. Everyone loved her. I remember everywhere she took me she would always run into someone that acted like they were her lifelong best friend. She taught me how to do puzzles as a young kid. She taught me how to play cards when puzzles weren't fun anymore. She taught me how to swim, and how to identify birds on our walks around the park, and how to mix a Bloody Mary just right. I remember when my grandma Dottie was sick, dying even, with chemo taking the last bit of strength she had even though the cancer inside of her continued to grow strong. I remember how unfair it feels to watch your family appear helpless as their matriarch is taken from them.
So I decided at about 11:30pm at the end of my shift, as I stared down at the flat top grill in an Applebee's kitchen that I was going to clock out and drive the 2 1/2 hours to her house, as I knew it may be my last opportunity. Binaural had been in my car cd deck for at least a few days, but the volume was down when I took off while I made the appropriate calls to those who needed to know what I was up to. I was only about 10 miles down the highway when I got off the phone, lit up a cigarette, and turned the volume up. Light Years came on immediately. It was like a message from god if there ever was such a thing. I cried. Hard. Some ppl may not be into that sentimental shit, but for me music should first and foremost make you feel. And every time I hear Light Years, I feel that love for my grandma, and I miss her, and that's a beautiful thing. That's all.

Moments like that are really special. When you can connect them to a song its like you are able to save the memory and recall it when you need it.

[Brett]

She was like the sweetest little lady i had ever met. Everyone loved her. I remember everywhere she took me she would always run into someone that acted like they were her lifelong best friend. She taught me how to do puzzles as a young kid. She taught me how to play cards when puzzles weren't fun anymore. She taught me how to swim, and how to identify birds on our walks around the park, and how to mix a Bloody Mary just right. I remember when my grandma Dottie was sick, dying even, with chemo taking the last bit of strength she had even though the cancer inside of her continued to grow strong. I remember how unfair it feels to watch your family appear helpless as their matriarch is taken from them.
So I decided at about 11:30pm at the end of my shift, as I stared down at the flat top grill in an Applebee's kitchen that I was going to clock out and drive the 2 1/2 hours to her house, as I knew it may be my last opportunity. Binaural had been in my car cd deck for at least a few days, but the volume was down when I took off while I made the appropriate calls to those who needed to know what I was up to. I was only about 10 miles down the highway when I got off the phone, lit up a cigarette, and turned the volume up. Light Years came on immediately. It was like a message from god if there ever was such a thing. I cried. Hard. Some ppl may not be into that sentimental shit, but for me music should first and foremost make you feel. And every time I hear Light Years, I feel that love for my grandma, and I miss her, and that's a beautiful thing. That's all.

Holy shit, Kaius, I'm almost crying over here. That's why I love "Light Years." I don't know that I've been able to directly connect it like that, but that general theme can be applied to any loss that one has suffered, and it makes the song so resonant.

[harmless]

She was like the sweetest little lady i had ever met. Everyone loved her. I remember everywhere she took me she would always run into someone that acted like they were her lifelong best friend. She taught me how to do puzzles as a young kid. She taught me how to play cards when puzzles weren't fun anymore. She taught me how to swim, and how to identify birds on our walks around the park, and how to mix a Bloody Mary just right. I remember when my grandma Dottie was sick, dying even, with chemo taking the last bit of strength she had even though the cancer inside of her continued to grow strong. I remember how unfair it feels to watch your family appear helpless as their matriarch is taken from them.
So I decided at about 11:30pm at the end of my shift, as I stared down at the flat top grill in an Applebee's kitchen that I was going to clock out and drive the 2 1/2 hours to her house, as I knew it may be my last opportunity. Binaural had been in my car cd deck for at least a few days, but the volume was down when I took off while I made the appropriate calls to those who needed to know what I was up to. I was only about 10 miles down the highway when I got off the phone, lit up a cigarette, and turned the volume up. Light Years came on immediately. It was like a message from god if there ever was such a thing. I cried. Hard. Some ppl may not be into that sentimental shit, but for me music should first and foremost make you feel. And every time I hear Light Years, I feel that love for my grandma, and I miss her, and that's a beautiful thing. That's all.

This made my day.

[Strat]

i like your style, mikejasond

Is Binaural your number 1 or what?

man i think so

it's tough to call between binaural, no code, and vitalogy though

I still can't wrap my head around how Eddie Vedder has written Grievance, Insignificance, Parting Ways but also wrote Future Days.

Binaural, for me, perfect top to bottom. Its awkward as fuck and sexy as hell.

There are emotions that are sitting right below a slightly boiling surface. These emotions are never fully released and that tension held throughout the entire record is fantastic. The guitars are not cranked up in the mix, the distortion and tones used are subtle. Sleek yet vigilante. Not overdone or "bro'd out" like every record since. They let the songs speak for themselves. The songs are intense. The playing is precise.

Of the girl, grievance, insignificance, rival, evacuation, nothing as it seems - Forget about it. That's where the truth lies.

it's the same Eddie that wrote Soon Forget.

soon forget is excellent, stip. You watch it!