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Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 3:53 pm
by EJ
I wouldn't listen to PT if the payoff with the second half of the song didn't exist. Its beautiful.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 3:56 pm
by harmless
Present Tense's second verse is one of the most powerful octave jumps in PJ's catalogue.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:23 pm
by stip
@SkitchP wrote:
stip wrote:
Revelator wrote:The vocals on Comatose. Can't believe that vocal take made the cut on the album. I dig the music though, even though I was never a huge fan of the S/T production.
i love the vocals on comatose. Your opinion is wrong.

It's after 6/25, so you should probably change your sig
i mean for 2014

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:24 pm
by stip
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
Strat wrote:I hate the first minute of lightning bolt but kind of dig the rest of it.
The outro of Present Tense is amazing, the rest of the song sounds like hippy dippy self help mush to me.

I dislike ed's voice on Around the Bend, it might be the most nasal he's ever sounded. But i really love the song.

I hate eds voice on the chorus on Army Reserve, it sounds like he's trying to sing while someone else is trying to strangle him.

I really like the music and chorus on Bushleaguer, so while i don't mind the spoken word tirade against bush i find it unfortunate that it on this song.
For a few years there, my entire fandom of PJ rested on their music and ethos consisting of hippy dippy self help mush. I did not imagine that the straw would ever break the camel's back in that regard.
this is where they started to lose me for a while. I think they do it better now (with some huge caveats), but I tend to think they are at their best as seekers rather than finders.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:26 pm
by harmless
stip wrote:
harmless wrote:
stupidmop wrote:
Strat wrote:I hate the first minute of lightning bolt but kind of dig the rest of it.
The outro of Present Tense is amazing, the rest of the song sounds like hippy dippy self help mush to me.

I dislike ed's voice on Around the Bend, it might be the most nasal he's ever sounded. But i really love the song.

I hate eds voice on the chorus on Army Reserve, it sounds like he's trying to sing while someone else is trying to strangle him.

I really like the music and chorus on Bushleaguer, so while i don't mind the spoken word tirade against bush i find it unfortunate that it on this song.
For a few years there, my entire fandom of PJ rested on their music and ethos consisting of hippy dippy self help mush. I did not imagine that the straw would ever break the camel's back in that regard.
this is where they started to lose me for a while. I think they do it better now (with some huge caveats), but I tend to think they are at their best as seekers rather than finders.
I think the last thing I watched that made me remember the PJ I knew and loved was that fairly recent Ed solo dvd. Or rather, not in terms of the music but just the whole atmosphere and what it felt like to be a fan.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:48 pm
by @SkitchP
stip wrote:
@SkitchP wrote:
stip wrote:
Revelator wrote:The vocals on Comatose. Can't believe that vocal take made the cut on the album. I dig the music though, even though I was never a huge fan of the S/T production.
i love the vocals on comatose. Your opinion is wrong.

It's after 6/25, so you should probably change your sig
i mean for 2014

It should be it's never too EARLY now.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:49 pm
by stip
good call. Will you be my agent?

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 4:54 pm
by @SkitchP
stip wrote:good call. Will you be my agent?

I volunteered to, but B just deleted the post because it was off topic.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 8:11 pm
by E.H. Ruddock
Why did Skitch get banned from PJ Chat?

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 8:12 pm
by RisingTides
E.H. Ruddock wrote:Why did Skitch get banned from PJ Chat?
A question shared amoung many.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 10:30 pm
by hebejebe
Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:This is more of a Parts I hate in an okay song - ATWaves. The end of the solo makes me reach for the skip button. Awful dual guitar line.
I recall Mike being quoted as saying that solo was Brendan's idea. Figures.
Brendan told Mike to compose a solo which is something he needed to be told.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Mon July 22, 2013 11:31 pm
by harmless
hebejebe wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:This is more of a Parts I hate in an okay song - ATWaves. The end of the solo makes me reach for the skip button. Awful dual guitar line.
I recall Mike being quoted as saying that solo was Brendan's idea. Figures.
Brendan told Mike to compose a solo which is something he needed to be told.
He should've told Mike to compose a riff instead.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:16 am
by Waverider
THIN AIR

Coming out of the first chorus.....the guitars doing that "we're really drunk guitars putting down a random dumb, wobbly sound for your listening pleasure" kinda thing.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:24 am
by Thejambi
Pilate - the chorus

The rest of that song is fantastic.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:25 am
by EJ
Waverider wrote:THIN AIR

Coming out of the first chorus.....the guitars doing that "we're really drunk guitars putting down a random dumb, wobbly sound for your listening pleasure" kinda thing.
Oh man, I love that little bit.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:30 am
by yofismom
doone wrote:So some people like the first half of Present Tense but not the second (I'm in this camp) while others like the second half but not the first bit.

Perhaps we can agree that they just don't seem to belong together?
No. The song is great with both halves. The outro is the best, but it belongs right where it is, following what comes before. Genius song.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:31 am
by Thejambi
yofismom wrote:
doone wrote:So some people like the first half of Present Tense but not the second (I'm in this camp) while others like the second half but not the first bit.

Perhaps we can agree that they just don't seem to belong together?
No. The song is great with both halves. The outro is the best, but it belongs right where it is, following what comes before. Genius song.
Each half makes the other better. 10/10 song

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:33 am
by Lament
Thejambi wrote:Each half makes the other better. 10/10 song
Fuck that. 11/10 song. Get your negativity out of here.

Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:36 am
by Thejambi
Lament wrote:
Thejambi wrote:Each half makes the other better. 10/10 song
Fuck that. 11/10 song. Get your negativity out of here.
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Re: Parts you don't like of Pearl Jam songs you DO like

Posted: Tue July 23, 2013 2:36 am
by yofismom
Team PT!