Red Mosquito

LetMeSleep wrote:Animal is like an angry bear tearing shit up. Top top PJ.

durdencommatyler wrote:I like more than Go, even.

Birds in Hell wrote:I do too but they're both fierce.

durdencommatyler wrote:Oh totally. There was a time when I thought Go was maybe a bit overrated, though. Animal, I've never felt that way about. In fact, as universally loved by fans as it is, it might actually still be underrated.

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:Oh totally. There was a time when I thought Go was maybe a bit overrated, though. Animal, I've never felt that way about. In fact, as universally loved by fans as it is, it might actually still be underrated.

Kevin Davis wrote:I wish I felt as passionately about "Animal" as the rest of you -- I like it a lot but mostly in a "this song defined my adolescence" kind of way. I feel that way about a lot of "Vs.," honestly. It still gives me a rush, but I wouldn't vote for it over any of my favorite mid-period stuff. However, none of those songs are here with us today, so "Animal" it is (though I like "SBM" plenty).

durdencommatyler wrote:Oh totally. There was a time when I thought Go was maybe a bit overrated, though. Animal, I've never felt that way about. In fact, as universally loved by fans as it is, it might actually still be underrated.

Kevin Davis wrote:I wish I felt as passionately about "Animal" as the rest of you -- I like it a lot but mostly in a "this song defined my adolescence" kind of way. I feel that way about a lot of "Vs.," honestly. It still gives me a rush, but I wouldn't vote for it over any of my favorite mid-period stuff. However, none of those songs are here with us today, so "Animal" it is (though I like "SBM" plenty).

Birds in Hell wrote:

Kevin Davis wrote:I wish I felt as passionately about "Animal" as the rest of you -- I like it a lot but mostly in a "this song defined my adolescence" kind of way. I feel that way about a lot of "Vs.," honestly. It still gives me a rush, but I wouldn't vote for it over any of my favorite mid-period stuff. However, none of those songs are here with us today, so "Animal" it is (though I like "SBM" plenty).

If anything, I enjoy that kind of stuff more now as a 30-something dad than I ever did before. When I was younger, I wrestled a lot with the idea that by enjoying listening to loud, angry music I would be buying into a cliche, living out some pre-determined role. I swore off listening to Pearl Jam for years because of it. I'm a little more comfortable in my own skin these days and better able to turn that kind of self-defeating analysis off (or at least curb it to some extent) and just rock out.

durdencommatyler wrote:Animal was the first Pearl Jam song to attack me. I was in that fuckers jaws and it would not let go. As I've said before, especially on the first few listens, I tend toward the slower tracks. Not the case with Animal. It was instant and hungry and powerful and primal.

And that feeling has never gone away. Each time I listen to it, I fucking feel it. And I'd say it may be Ed's best vocal, especially from pre-No Code.