those are good ones indeed - they rely mostly on intensity while Yield's onwards are more cleverly composed.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Fri November 01, 2013 11:00 pm
by harmless
Has anyone mentioned Corduroy yet? "Everything has chains!"
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Sat November 02, 2013 2:50 pm
by harmless
I'm listening to S/T again, seeing what I think of it. I still love the bridge of Life Wasted.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Sun November 03, 2013 4:07 pm
by southp
Hail Hail bridge! One of the best.
Personal favourites: Corduroy, DTE, Breath
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Sun November 03, 2013 4:10 pm
by dimejinky99
I sometimes think Pj writes the bridge first, and build the song around it. And the songs are often not as good asthe bridge(Let the records play for example).
Stone writes the best bridges. I can tell a Stoney bridge a mile away.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Sun November 03, 2013 11:33 pm
by Brain_of_K
I love a good bridge or musical interlude.
As far as a musical interlude goes, I'd go for Faithful.
However, there are many good and great bridge's in their music, but the best is Corduroy. Following closely by Breath.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Tue November 05, 2013 7:26 am
by Lament
harmless wrote:Has anyone mentioned Corduroy yet? "Everything has chains!"
That's not just my favorite Pearl Jam bridge, but maybe my favorite bridge of all-time.
Long Road has a fantastic one as well.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Tue November 05, 2013 8:57 am
by harmless
Lament wrote:
harmless wrote:Has anyone mentioned Corduroy yet? "Everything has chains!"
That's not just my favorite Pearl Jam bridge, but maybe my favorite bridge of all-time.
Long Road has a fantastic one as well.
"And the wind keeps rolling. And the sky keeps turning grey.
And the sun is setting. The sun will rise another day."
Awesome.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Tue November 05, 2013 1:49 pm
by stip
this thread makes me want to throw a bridge tournament together
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Tue November 05, 2013 2:18 pm
by Strat
stip wrote:this thread makes me want to throw a bridge tournament together
Can you do that before the bridges have been ranked or retracked?
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Tue November 05, 2013 2:23 pm
by McParadigm
stip wrote:this thread makes me want to throw a bridge tournament together
Yes
Gather all of your tournamenting, song-starring compatriots together
Gather them ever so close to you
All will be well
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Wed November 06, 2013 9:46 pm
by EJ
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Wed November 06, 2013 9:46 pm
by Jorge
EJ wrote:HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Half Full (outtro)
I think you got your threads mixed up.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Wed November 06, 2013 9:47 pm
by EJ
theplatypus wrote:
EJ wrote:HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
Half Full (outtro)
I think you got your threads mixed up.
yeah, wtf. thanks.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 12:58 am
by Vindicator
Severed Hand's bridge is probably my all time favorite bridge. That bridge is the absolute highlight of the album, and I loved it before I ever really thought about what a bridge was. I just knew "That fucking part of the song is awesome."
What is human...what is more? I'll answer this when I get hooooommeee...
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 6:53 pm
by matt reeder
LetMeSleep wrote:
mastaflatch wrote:They really became great with bridges on Yield. Almost every song in there has that little part that you want to come back to.
True. Yield has great movement within each song.
Breath is a favourite bridge though. It soars.
All of these are true. "Breath" is the first song that came to mind here. "Not For You" has a fantastic bridge too.
"In My Tree" is another one with an amazing bridge.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 7:49 pm
by stip
I get annoyed by the NFY and IMT bridges. I want to know what he's saying
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 8:21 pm
by harmless
stip wrote:I get annoyed by the NFY and IMT bridges. I want to know what he's saying
Google tells me that on NFY it's:
...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...
And on IMT it's:
up here so high i start to shake
up here so high the sky i scrape
i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest
just like innocence
(eddie's down in his home)
(oh, the blue sky it's his home)
(eddie's blue sky home)
(oh, the blue sky it's his home)
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 8:27 pm
by Jorge
harmless wrote:
stip wrote:I get annoyed by the NFY and IMT bridges. I want to know what he's saying
Google tells me that on NFY it's:
...scream...my friends...don't call me...
...friends, no they don't scream...
...my friends don't call...my friends don't...
And on IMT it's:
up here so high i start to shake
up here so high the sky i scrape
i'm so high i hold just one breath here within my chest
just like innocence
(eddie's down in his home)
(oh, the blue sky it's his home)
(eddie's blue sky home)
(oh, the blue sky it's his home)
Those are just fan transcriptions. Really bad ones too.
Re: Pearl Jam's Iconic Sound and... THE BRIDGE
Posted: Thu November 07, 2013 8:29 pm
by McParadigm
I always heard "my friends call me Inny-Butty." I try not to speculate further.