Something Special

[EJ]

Still not a fan of this song. Reeks of rom com montage.

[The Argonaut]

Ok, I might not skip it as often as I thought. It’s very catchy.

It is catchy!

It's also cringe and too on-the-nose, sure, but also sweet and kind of touching. I dig it

[The Argonaut]

The man's love for his daughters is uncomplicated. He wrote an uncomplicated song about it. Kids are dumb. He wrote a song that offers them advice in a straightforward manner, without them having to decide metaphors. 'Try things, fail at things, accept invitations, you don't need a man, remember I'm here for you when you need me, I love you'.

It is a little surprising that one of the most accomplished songwriters of the last forty years wrote this song, as opposed to my random cousin? Yes. But it's sweet

[VinylGuy]

I was prepared to hate it but it didn’t happen.

Beautiful song.

[Homeboyd]

My two girls (9 and 7) have gone from kinda liking this song to thinking it's awesome and requesting it every day...soooo, my personal opinion doesn't really matter at this point, it's a home run in my book.

[Kalevi]

This is cringe but it's sounds really good. Wish it was a one off like or instead of can't deny me.

[stip]

The man's love for his daughters is uncomplicated. He wrote an uncomplicated song about it. Kids are dumb. He wrote a song that offers them advice in a straightforward manner, without them having to decide metaphors. 'Try things, fail at things, accept invitations, you don't need a man, remember I'm here for you when you need me, I love you'.

It is a little surprising that one of the most accomplished songwriters of the last forty years wrote this song, as opposed to my random cousin? Yes. But it's sweet

the difference is that your random cousin wouldnt have included the last line- which elevates a sweet song into something special

[stip]

oh god. that was unintentional but i deserve to be punched for it anyway

[Ms Harmless]

oh god. that was unintentional but i deserve to be punched for it anyway

maybe this song had a different title until he wrote that final line and thought nope, not good enough, this song is something special now

[Buby]

The man's love for his daughters is uncomplicated. He wrote an uncomplicated song about it. Kids are dumb. He wrote a song that offers them advice in a straightforward manner, without them having to decide metaphors. 'Try things, fail at things, accept invitations, you don't need a man, remember I'm here for you when you need me, I love you'.

It is a little surprising that one of the most accomplished songwriters of the last forty years wrote this song, as opposed to my random cousin? Yes. But it's sweet

the difference is that your random cousin wouldnt have included the last line- which elevates a sweet song into something special

Oh Stip!
On the uncomplicated side, one would at least have to admit that it takes cojones to write something as straight forward and sappy as SS.
Once written, you need another set cojones to include it on your band's 12th album instead of a one-off solo EP or B-side.

[The Argonaut]

The man's love for his daughters is uncomplicated. He wrote an uncomplicated song about it. Kids are dumb. He wrote a song that offers them advice in a straightforward manner, without them having to decide metaphors. 'Try things, fail at things, accept invitations, you don't need a man, remember I'm here for you when you need me, I love you'.

It is a little surprising that one of the most accomplished songwriters of the last forty years wrote this song, as opposed to my random cousin? Yes. But it's sweet

the difference is that your random cousin wouldnt have included the last line- which elevates a sweet song into something special

Oh Stip! :lol:
On the uncomplicated side, one would at least have to admit that it takes cojones to write something as straight forward and sappy as SS.
Once written, you need another set cojones to include it on your band's 12th album instead of a one-off solo EP or B-side.

Or just something you play at her high school graduation party.

And the tremendous line that elevates the song is what exactly? "We've done all we can do"? lol what. My cousin would totally write that, it's not a great line at all

I really really like this song. Don't try to defend it as being deep. It's not, and that's kind of it's strength

[stip]

i think it turns it into a song about fear and inadequacy and how impossible it is to protect the people you care about from hurt and loss and pain, underneath the lighter pep talk dad jokes

still a very sweet song, but it gives it layers and it does all of that with seven words right at the end, which is more impactful for its efficency measured against a song with so much almost nervous energy around getting it all out before its too late

[Ms Harmless]

something doesn't have to be complex in its construction to have depth, I agree that line adds a lot to the song

[Matters]

This one has a little Jerry Hannan feel to it.

[Buby]

Jack Johnson could cover the shit out of this one.

[mikejasond]

What elevates the song IMO is the chorus

Oh, and someday you (Ah-ah)
May find yourself in the place that I now do
And someway you
Gonna have to let it go
And I got proof (Ah-ah)
For my heart, it aches and breaks
But I believe in you
Whoa, ain't it, oh, ain't it the truth?

When you realize these are very bittersweet lyrics

[Fattie_Vedder]

The worm has found its way into my ear. I found myself singing the chorus of this one with delight today. Moved from 2 stars (not bad) to 3 stars (good, would be very good if not for some of the lyrics that still make me cringe despite their intent to be on the nose).

[elliseamos]

I'm on board for this one.

[lvc]

Musically it's pretty good.

But lyrically it's in the vein of overly-verbose Hallmark cards. It's the thing you buy if you don't know how to express a feeling on your own. My least favorite EV genre is the "notes I put in my family's lunch boxes".

I would be really curious what Eddie's daughters think about having such an on-the-nose song put on an official Pearl Jam album. My kid hates it when I cheer to loud at baseball games. He'd open up a crack in space time to hide in if I did something like this.

[Ms Harmless]

Musically it's pretty good.

But lyrically it's in the vein of overly-verbose Hallmark cards. It's the thing you buy if you don't know how to express a feeling on your own. My least favorite EV genre is the "notes I put in my family's lunch boxes".

I would be really curious what Eddie's daughters think about having such an on-the-nose song put on an official Pearl Jam album. My kid hates it when I cheer to loud at baseball games. He'd open up a crack in space time to hide in if I did something like this.

pretty sure that they're not kids anymore so they probably think "cute gesture" then get on with their day