Red Mosquito

The Haves' biggest offence is how long it is; it's not as important as it thinks it is

Ms Harmless wrote:The Haves' biggest offence is how long it is; it's not as important as it thinks it is

Take off 2 minutes. Tack one onto Rose of Jericho and the other onto On My Way.

RockPusher wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:The Haves' biggest offence is how long it is; it's not as important as it thinks it is

Take off 2 minutes. Tack one onto Rose of Jericho and the other onto On My Way.

yes exactly

Ms Harmless wrote:there's something really wonderful about how Ed in Invincible sounds like a pushy preacher ("yeah, so feel important!") but then says "holy rollers, keep your cool"; it's like he's channeling their voice to undermine them

Hmm. Thought it was “the only rule is to keep your cool”


And yea if you cut the third verse from the haves you have a fantastic song

Strat wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:there's something really wonderful about how Ed in Invincible sounds like a pushy preacher ("yeah, so feel important!") but then says "holy rollers, keep your cool"; it's like he's channeling their voice to undermine them

Hmm. Thought it was “the only rule is to keep your cool”


And yea if you cut the third verse from the haves you have a fantastic song

If you cut the first two verses you have an even better song!

The Dark, Fallout Today, Good and Evil, and Mrs. Mills are certainly some of his best songs since Riot Act. Better than anything on Backspacer or Lightning Bolt.

Strat wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:there's something really wonderful about how Ed in Invincible sounds like a pushy preacher ("yeah, so feel important!") but then says "holy rollers, keep your cool"; it's like he's channeling their voice to undermine them

Hmm. Thought it was “the only rule is to keep your cool”


And yea if you cut the third verse from the haves you have a fantastic song

maybe it is lol, I like that too; he's used "holy rollers" before so that's where my mind went

Strat wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:there's something really wonderful about how Ed in Invincible sounds like a pushy preacher ("yeah, so feel important!") but then says "holy rollers, keep your cool"; it's like he's channeling their voice to undermine them

Hmm. Thought it was “the only rule is to keep your cool”

Yes.

I think I'm falling somewhere here, ish:

Mrs Mills
Try
Invincible
Fallout Today
The Dark
The Haves
On My Way

Long Way
Power of Right
Good and Evil
Rose of Jericho
Picture

tragabigzanda wrote:

EJ wrote:

stip wrote:It's a little weird to me that the Earthling album thread is 9x as long as Flag Day

I still haven't listened to that. Heard a few songs. Meh.

I hadn't listened to this at all, but curiosity got the better of me recently.

I haven't listened to the whole thing, but I like the title track much better than anything on Earthling.

It feels intimate, understated, and simply (and surprisingly) really enjoyable.

I still can't relate at all to the board's reception to this new record. I wasn't gaga for Gigaton, but I can recognise it's a substantial improvement in many respects, even if the songs (with a few exceptions) aren't entirely what I want from the band. This albums is legitimately awful however; it sounds bad and the songs are bad. I don't get it, but obviously it's really working for some of you.

I would think that at a minimum a song like Fallout Today would appeal to just about any Pearl Jam fan, as it sounds fairly era-less to me.

Fattie_Vedder wrote:

Strat wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:there's something really wonderful about how Ed in Invincible sounds like a pushy preacher ("yeah, so feel important!") but then says "holy rollers, keep your cool"; it's like he's channeling their voice to undermine them

Hmm. Thought it was “the only rule is to keep your cool”


And yea if you cut the third verse from the haves you have a fantastic song

If you cut the first two verses you have an even better song!

I think adding a verse, something about Dan Aykroyd or Ray Stantz, would make this song complete.

stip wrote:It's a little weird to me that the Earthling album thread is 9x as long as Flag Day

I think that's largely a testament to how much more enjoyable a listen Earthling is to Flag Day.

The Power of Right is about Marty Mcfly on a skateboard.

Don’t need a credit card to ride on this wave

Birds in Hell wrote:gaga for Gigaton

Really like this -- it should be the 5-star option in the poll for that album. Kind of a PJ universe "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

Kevin Davis wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:gaga for Gigaton

Really like this -- it should be the 5-star option in the poll for that album. Kind of a PJ universe "cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs."

I still can't get over the fact that it's "not a gig" backwards, whilst my promised concert continues to phantom menace me.

RockPusher wrote:I would think that at a minimum a song like Fallout Today would appeal to just about any Pearl Jam fan, as it sounds fairly era-less to me.

I'd agree with this, except it's a lot glossier than most of PJ's catalogue.

Ms Harmless wrote:The Haves' biggest offence is how long it is; it's not as important as it thinks it is

Dull bridge too.