Red Mosquito

durdencommatyler wrote:

tommymctom wrote:The Fixer is definitely among pearl jams cheesiest songs, but for some reason I quite like it. Maybe because it owns it's cheesiness, whereas a lot of the other songs on Backspacer seem to be unaware of how cheesy they sound.

I think the reason I like The Fixer so much is that it's got a new wave kinda sound that Pearl Jam doesn't do very often (if ever). So I like the uniqueness of it in that sense.

But my favorite thing about the song is that I think the lyrics are actually really dark. An unstable and delusional voice is singing the song. However that sad and sort of dangerous message is juxtaposed by really upbeat, summer fun music. I love when artist do that. It deepens the listening experience for me.

durdencommatyler wrote:

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tommymctom wrote:The Fixer is definitely among pearl jams cheesiest songs, but for some reason I quite like it. Maybe because it owns it's cheesiness, whereas a lot of the other songs on Backspacer seem to be unaware of how cheesy they sound.

I think the reason I like The Fixer so much is that it's got a new wave kinda sound that Pearl Jam doesn't do very often (if ever). So I like the uniqueness of it in that sense.

But my favorite thing about the song is that I think the lyrics are actually really dark. An unstable and delusional voice is singing the song. However that sad and sort of dangerous message is juxtaposed by really upbeat, summer fun music. I love when artist do that. It deepens the listening experience for me.

This was my impression initially and you've just reminded me about it. It's a shame that this impression didn't last for most people. There was a time when we were coming up with all sorts of interesting readings of the themes and concepts. I guess maybe some of us eventually decided that we were sort of forcing interesting ideas onto songs that PJ hadn't thought about that deeply.

I'm not sure it really matters, though, what PJ intended or thought about in this example. It's still there.

And Ed himself talked about the lyrics being fairly dark and desperate. So, at least that level of thought was put into it. So maybe it is something that was discussed by the band. Look at Can't Keep. Ed imagined that as a punk song initially. And we've heard them all talk about leaving certain songs off of albums because they don't fit for whatever reason.

It's not impossible that there was a good amount of thought put into it. Maybe not. Like I said, it doesn't change anything here. But it is possible.

I can buy that. Thing is, I'm not sure they intended cheesy pop album either.

That's fair. I'm sure they didn't intend cheesy. But I wouldn't be surprised if they thought they were going for breezy pop album.

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durdencommatyler wrote:

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

harmless wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

tommymctom wrote:The Fixer is definitely among pearl jams cheesiest songs, but for some reason I quite like it. Maybe because it owns it's cheesiness, whereas a lot of the other songs on Backspacer seem to be unaware of how cheesy they sound.

I think the reason I like The Fixer so much is that it's got a new wave kinda sound that Pearl Jam doesn't do very often (if ever). So I like the uniqueness of it in that sense.

But my favorite thing about the song is that I think the lyrics are actually really dark. An unstable and delusional voice is singing the song. However that sad and sort of dangerous message is juxtaposed by really upbeat, summer fun music. I love when artist do that. It deepens the listening experience for me.

This was my impression initially and you've just reminded me about it. It's a shame that this impression didn't last for most people. There was a time when we were coming up with all sorts of interesting readings of the themes and concepts. I guess maybe some of us eventually decided that we were sort of forcing interesting ideas onto songs that PJ hadn't thought about that deeply.

I'm not sure it really matters, though, what PJ intended or thought about in this example. It's still there.

And Ed himself talked about the lyrics being fairly dark and desperate. So, at least that level of thought was put into it. So maybe it is something that was discussed by the band. Look at Can't Keep. Ed imagined that as a punk song initially. And we've heard them all talk about leaving certain songs off of albums because they don't fit for whatever reason.

It's not impossible that there was a good amount of thought put into it. Maybe not. Like I said, it doesn't change anything here. But it is possible.

I can buy that. Thing is, I'm not sure they intended cheesy pop album either.

That's fair. I'm sure they didn't intend cheesy. But I wouldn't be surprised if they thought they were going for breezy pop album.

LESS CHEESY MORE BREEZY

BurtReynolds wrote:they do louder better than cheesy.

stupidmop wrote:If there are any ed tunes a la just breathe or the end on the next album I hope they go with a less is more type production rather than the backspacer type production.

Blenheim Augustine wrote:"10th album thread has 5 new pages since I saw it a couple of days ago"

Click....click...click...click.

"Oh it's now an Into the Wild thread".

Pretty excited about the new album.

We just heard the new Pearl Jam song "Mind Your Manners" from the upcoming album and what a cracking 3-minute beauty it is!

Triple M's Head of Rock said Pearl Jam fans are gonna love it.

"You'll wet your pants over this. Think "Spin the Black Circle". Short, sharp, hard and loud," he said.

"If it's any indication of the album that's to come (rumoured October release), the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging. PJ fans are gonna love it. "

The new Pearl Jam single is out around July and we'll have it first.

Think "Spin the Black Circle". Short, sharp, hard and loud," he said.

...the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging...

Lament wrote:

Think "Spin the Black Circle". Short, sharp, hard and loud," he said.

A RETURN TO FORM!

...the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging...

A LOGICAL EXTENSION OF BACKSPACER!

Think "Spin the Black Circle". Short, sharp, hard and loud," he said.

...the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging...

the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging.

broken iris wrote:

the guys have picked up where they left Backspacer and added turbo charging.

So it's a live album?