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Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 3:04 pm
by Dr. Van Nostrand
I think my current favorite part on the whole album is from 3:58 to about 4:30 on this song.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 3:06 pm
by Ms Harmless
it's awesome
I get that there are three different songs jumbled together in this song, but I think they're all strengthened by being part of the same weird whole
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Mon March 23, 2020 8:49 pm
by stip
a rubble of commandments on the road, step aside is also a nice lyric
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 12:44 am
by Jaeti
guitar_davey wrote:stip wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:I'm still not wild about that synth melody that pops up... once I think?
Same. the lighter/poppier elements of the song (including the chorus) hold it back a bit for me. I love the rest
Does anybody else here fucking love this part of this song as much as I do?
Anybody?
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 1:00 am
by ghost
That one filthy bass note during the "sideways talk..." part really revs my engine.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 2:56 am
by guitar_davey
Jaeti wrote:guitar_davey wrote:stip wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:I'm still not wild about that synth melody that pops up... once I think?
Same. the lighter/poppier elements of the song (including the chorus) hold it back a bit for me. I love the rest
Does anybody else here fucking love this part of this song as much as I do?
Anybody?
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 3:03 am
by VinylGuy
Birds in Hell wrote:Are we talking about that brief bit of synth-y lead around 1:44? I love that bit.
Listening on headphones now, there's a wonkiness to it which leads to me think it might have been played on guitar (there are certainly plenty of synth-inspired pedals that could do it) but I don't see how it's better or worse either way.
I love that part so much...i also think its a guitar.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 5:21 am
by guitar_davey
VinylGuy wrote:Birds in Hell wrote:Are we talking about that brief bit of synth-y lead around 1:44? I love that bit.
Listening on headphones now, there's a wonkiness to it which leads to me think it might have been played on guitar (there are certainly plenty of synth-inspired pedals that could do it) but I don't see how it's better or worse either way.
I love that part so much...i also think its a guitar.
I'm thinking guitar because of the way the very last note sustains like an electric with some sort of effect on it.
The lead guitar in 12:51 by the Strokes comes to mind as a comparison.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 5:23 am
by guitar_davey
What does Ed say at about the 23 second mark?
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 5:30 am
by scrub12
guitar_davey wrote:What does Ed say at about the 23 second mark?
Sounds like “hit me with a real big stick”
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 5:31 am
by guitar_davey
scrub12 wrote:guitar_davey wrote:What does Ed say at about the 23 second mark?
Sounds like “hit me with a real big stick”
Boys wanna play with their sticks and dix and fire things.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 5:46 am
by LetMeSleep
Ms Harmless wrote:stip wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:I'm still not wild about that synth melody that pops up... once I think?
Same. the lighter/poppier elements of the song (including the chorus) hold it back a bit for me. I love the rest
"gave up on satisfaction" makes me wince a little
Ed's delivery on Satisfaction really annoys me. It's hooky and gets stuck in my head but not in a good way (think Cranberries Zombie).
There's a song or delivery somewhere in the catalogue that that Satisfaction line is reminding me of but I can't put my finger on it.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 12:04 pm
by Ms Harmless
LetMeSleep wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:stip wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:I'm still not wild about that synth melody that pops up... once I think?
Same. the lighter/poppier elements of the song (including the chorus) hold it back a bit for me. I love the rest
"gave up on satisfaction" makes me wince a little
Ed's delivery on Satisfaction really annoys me. It's hooky and gets stuck in my head but not in a good way (think Cranberries Zombie).
There's a song or delivery somewhere in the catalogue that that Satisfaction line is reminding me of but I can't put my finger on it.
it reminds me of "can't get no satisfaction" and I don't like that song
"Zombie" is amazing though
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 3:43 pm
by RAG319
After initially not being super into this one - the reviews had me thinking it would be different - I can safely now say this is one of my favorites on the record. It's Pearl Jam being their most Pearl Jammy since Life Wasted and it actually works. Gonna be a good one live.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 3:53 pm
by lecherouslittlestump
Needs an editor. The song literally ends and starts up again. Get rid of the wanky noodling and this is a 5 star song. Great chorus.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 3:57 pm
by jdopj
Anyone hear the simularities with Let It Ride in Ed’s vocal delivery after the 2:30 mark?
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 4:05 pm
by Brett
lecherouslittlestump wrote:Needs an editor. The song literally ends and starts up again. Get rid of the wanky noodling and this is a 5 star song. Great chorus.
Nah, that's what makes it interesting. If you edit out all the little idiosyncrasies it would end up being a pretty boilerplate modern Pearl Jam rocker with a few stands of their older zest mixed in. The false ending, the tonal shifts; they elevate the overall song.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 4:06 pm
by Ms Harmless
Brett wrote:lecherouslittlestump wrote:Needs an editor. The song literally ends and starts up again. Get rid of the wanky noodling and this is a 5 star song. Great chorus.
Nah, that's what makes it interesting. If you edit out all the little idiosyncrasies it would end up being a pretty boilerplate modern Pearl Jam rocker with a few stands of their older zest mixed in. The false ending, the tonal shifts; they elevate the overall song.
yep
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 4:48 pm
by Strat
Home is where the broken heart is
Home is where every scar is
Blinking stars, beneath you roam
Room to tomb and cradle to grave
All the answers will be found
In the mistakes that we have made
Fuck me this is good.
Re: Who Ever Said
Posted: Tue March 24, 2020 4:49 pm
by EJ
Brett wrote:lecherouslittlestump wrote:Needs an editor. The song literally ends and starts up again. Get rid of the wanky noodling and this is a 5 star song. Great chorus.
Nah, that's what makes it interesting. If you edit out all the little idiosyncrasies it would end up being a pretty boilerplate modern Pearl Jam rocker with a few stands of their older zest mixed in. The false ending, the tonal shifts; they elevate the overall song.
+1