Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 2:28 pm
Even though the combined weight of Pearl Jam is less than the Earthlings, that's only because there are more Earthlings in the band. Ed counts his kids as Earthlings, etc.
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Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 2:30 pm
So don't come at me with the weight argument.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 4:58 pm
Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 6:12 pm
How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 6:53 pm
It doesn’t go, even once, on the freeway.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 6:57 pm
Dare to let goliebzz wrote:It doesn’t go, even once, on the freeway.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 8:14 pm
What's to defend? It's a good song.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 8:17 pm
Earthling is a cool record and I really enjoy it. Of course, the songs I like the most are the ones most around here like the least (Picture, for example). And I don't really love some of the ones RM calls "heavy hitters" (The Dark, I'm looking at you). But it's a solid record.
Still, I find it uneven, overlong, and poorly produced.
I'm glad we have both records and there's no reason to have to choose between them. Listen to both! But I do think Gigaton is a far superior album and one I actively look forward to listening to. I kinda forget Earthling exists sometimes. But then a random song comes on a playlist or whatever and I remember and I sometimes listen to it. I usually skip around though. Not the case with Gigaton.
Still, I find it uneven, overlong, and poorly produced.
I'm glad we have both records and there's no reason to have to choose between them. Listen to both! But I do think Gigaton is a far superior album and one I actively look forward to listening to. I kinda forget Earthling exists sometimes. But then a random song comes on a playlist or whatever and I remember and I sometimes listen to it. I usually skip around though. Not the case with Gigaton.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 8:39 pm
I’ll take Gigaton pretty comfortably still. Earthing is a nice shot in the arm with good songs. Appropriately punchy. Does what it sets out to do.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Fri March 17, 2023 8:51 pm
liebzz wrote:I’ll take Gigaton pretty comfortably still. Earthing is a nice shot in the arm with good songs. Appropriately punchy. Does what it sets out to do.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Mon March 20, 2023 7:28 am
welcome to the first principle of subjective music appreciationwease wrote:No. You just LIKE every song on Gigaton.Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Mon March 20, 2023 7:29 am
Monkey_Driven wrote:liebzz wrote:I’ll take Gigaton pretty comfortably still. Earthing is a nice shot in the arm with good songs. Appropriately punchy. Does what it sets out to do.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Mon March 20, 2023 7:30 am
yeahepilogue wrote:What's to defend? It's a good song.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
at least throw something like SBWM at me!
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Mon March 20, 2023 8:12 pm
Couldn't agree more with all of this.liebzz wrote:I’ll take Gigaton pretty comfortably still. Earthing is a nice shot in the arm with good songs. Appropriately punchy. Does what it sets out to do.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Mon March 20, 2023 8:13 pm
I like Superblood actually lolMs Harmless wrote:yeahepilogue wrote:What's to defend? It's a good song.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
at least throw something like SBWM at me!
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Tue March 21, 2023 12:45 am
I like it too!Coach wrote:I like Superblood actually lolMs Harmless wrote:yeahepilogue wrote:What's to defend? It's a good song.Coach wrote:How do you defend Take the Long Way then?epilogue wrote:Jaeti wrote:Ms Harmless wrote:every song on Gigaton is good
at least throw something like SBWM at me!
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Tue March 21, 2023 12:54 am
Both albums exceeded my expectations. But Gigaton really crushed them. Its easily the better album of the two.liebzz wrote:I’ll take Gigaton pretty comfortably still. Earthing is a nice shot in the arm with good songs. Appropriately punchy. Does what it sets out to do.
Gigaton is a fantastic album. It manages to balance the sound the band has been trying to get to for now the second half of their career while still managing pleasant surprises and textures along the way. It does quite frankly what Backspacer and Lightning Bolt couldn’t, and surpasses what the self-titled did.
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Tue March 21, 2023 1:00 am
the nice thing about Earthling is that I had no expectations; I was glad that I liked most of it but wouldn't have cared much if I hadn't
the reason Gigaton is so excellent to me though is that, no matter how hard I try, I can never stop wanting the next Pearl Jam album to be excellent, and it was?! I'm still stunned honestly
the reason Gigaton is so excellent to me though is that, no matter how hard I try, I can never stop wanting the next Pearl Jam album to be excellent, and it was?! I'm still stunned honestly
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Tue March 21, 2023 1:20 am
Ms Harmless wrote:the nice thing about Earthling is that I had no expectations; I was glad that I liked most of it but wouldn't have cared much if I hadn't
the reason Gigaton is so excellent to me though is that, no matter how hard I try, I can never stop wanting the next Pearl Jam album to be excellent, and it was?! I'm still stunned honestly
Re: Eddie Vedder - Earthling
Posted: Tue March 21, 2023 2:24 am
i love both, yeah Gigaton is better and mostly because, for me, PJ will always be better than solo Ed. Its the sum of all those guys together making music what i love the most about the band.
Earthlings was a fucking great surprise, Ed sounds like 1996 and the album has a looseness and vibe i wasnt expecting from a solo release.
Earthlings was a fucking great surprise, Ed sounds like 1996 and the album has a looseness and vibe i wasnt expecting from a solo release.