Red Mosquito

McParadigm wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:A lot of you will agree with this and it will give everyone else rage.
PJ albums ranked worst to best
http://www.uproxx.com/music/2013/10/ran ... t-to-best/

“Hey, you wanna listen to some Pearl Jam?” “Sure!” “Which one?” “Gotta go with Backspacer, bro.” That conversation has never, ever happened.

warehouse wrote:also, do u mean whiskey?

Mike wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:A lot of you will agree with this and it will give everyone else rage.
PJ albums ranked worst to best
http://www.uproxx.com/music/2013/10/ran ... t-to-best/

I'm conflicted. They put Vitalogy on top, thats good. They put No Code and Binaural last behind Lightning Bolt and even further behind Backspacer, that's as bad as Hitler. I think I'm totally angry now.

Mike wrote:Listening to No Code made me realize again what makes the last three albums different to everything before for me. I enjoy Avocado, Backspacer and Lightning Bolt but I enjoy all three in a superficial way. They're all a lot of "fun" but the songs don't manage to have a deeper impact on me, there's probably not a single song that I have a real connection to like I have to songs like Hail, Hail, Smile, In My Tree, Red Mosquito or Present Tense (just taking No Code songs as an example). Not feeling the soul here and I'm not sure why. Might be the songs, might be the production, might be the band itself.
These albums are like going to a party and having a great time and the older albums are more like spending time with a truly loved one. Or something like that.
Having said that, I enjoy the party that Lightning Bolt is giving me very much, it just won't mean a lot to me.

stip wrote:it may never change, of course, but it's hard to compare the meaning a song has to you one week out as opposed to 17 years.

warehouse wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Star the lyrics to Infallible.

Keep - 4 stars. I'm a stickler for opening a song with a command!
on - 2 stars. Rubbish.
locking - 3 stars.
your - 2 1/2.
doors - 2 stars.
Keep - 4 stars. Back to getting it right!
on - 2 stars. Why would you go back to this sorry motif??
just - 2 1/2 stars.
as - 3 stars.
before - 3 stars.
Pay - 4 stars.
disasters - 5 stars! Peak moment!
no - 4 stars.
mind - 2 stars.
Didn't - 3 stars. Every time I hear it I get a little moment of false hope. And then...
get - 1 star. Ugh!
you - 2 stars.
this - 2 1/2.
time - 5 stars. Tom Waits reference!
No - 4 stars.
friends - 1 star.
left - 3 stars.
at - 3 1/2 stars. I like this playful callback to the word "as." Very conceptual.
the - 2 stars.
crime - 5 stars!
Our - 2 stars.
ship's - 3 stars.
come - 4 stars. Some unexpected sensuality here.
in - 5 stars. Even more subtle filth! Unusual for a Pearl Jam song.
and - 2 stars.
it's - 5 stars. Excellent choice to not repeat the word "ship." Singular neuter pronoun...very classy stuff, Ed!
sinking - 5 stars. I'll have to study the lyrics a little longer, but I think this might be about the ship. Evidence of a concept album?

More later!!!

this seems like an awful amount of time spent on one trolling post

harmless wrote:

Mike wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:A lot of you will agree with this and it will give everyone else rage.
PJ albums ranked worst to best
http://www.uproxx.com/music/2013/10/ran ... t-to-best/

I'm conflicted. They put Vitalogy on top, thats good. They put No Code and Binaural last behind Lightning Bolt and even further behind Backspacer, that's as bad as Hitler. I think I'm totally angry now.

Not only are Riot Act and Backspacer both bland and unexciting, but Riot Act is therefore awful and Backspacer is therefore a masterpiece that you just happen to forget about when you're not listening to it. We love the dark, experimental difficulty of Vitalogy, but absolutely not when it's called No Code, Binaural or Riot Act.

McParadigm wrote:

stip wrote:it may never change, of course, but it's hard to compare the meaning a song has to you one week out as opposed to 17 years.

Rank the reasons why

stip wrote:

Mike wrote:Listening to No Code made me realize again what makes the last three albums different to everything before for me. I enjoy Avocado, Backspacer and Lightning Bolt but I enjoy all three in a superficial way. They're all a lot of "fun" but the songs don't manage to have a deeper impact on me, there's probably not a single song that I have a real connection to like I have to songs like Hail, Hail, Smile, In My Tree, Red Mosquito or Present Tense (just taking No Code songs as an example). Not feeling the soul here and I'm not sure why. Might be the songs, might be the production, might be the band itself.
These albums are like going to a party and having a great time and the older albums are more like spending time with a truly loved one. Or something like that.
Having said that, I enjoy the party that Lightning Bolt is giving me very much, it just won't mean a lot to me.

it may never change, of course, but it's hard to compare the meaning a song has to you one week out as opposed to 17 years.

stip wrote:

harmless wrote:We love the dark, experimental difficulty of Vitalogy, but absolutely not when it's called No Code, Binaural or Riot Act.

that's because No Code, Binaural, and Riot Act forgot to overstuff themselves on awesome songs.

Silly McParadigm. You can't rank reasons.

stip wrote:

warehouse wrote:

McParadigm wrote:Star the lyrics to Infallible.

Keep - 4 stars. I'm a stickler for opening a song with a command!
on - 2 stars. Rubbish.
locking - 3 stars.
your - 2 1/2.
doors - 2 stars.
Keep - 4 stars. Back to getting it right!
on - 2 stars. Why would you go back to this sorry motif??
just - 2 1/2 stars.
as - 3 stars.
before - 3 stars.
Pay - 4 stars.
disasters - 5 stars! Peak moment!
no - 4 stars.
mind - 2 stars.
Didn't - 3 stars. Every time I hear it I get a little moment of false hope. And then...
get - 1 star. Ugh!
you - 2 stars.
this - 2 1/2.
time - 5 stars. Tom Waits reference!
No - 4 stars.
friends - 1 star.
left - 3 stars.
at - 3 1/2 stars. I like this playful callback to the word "as." Very conceptual.
the - 2 stars.
crime - 5 stars!
Our - 2 stars.
ship's - 3 stars.
come - 4 stars. Some unexpected sensuality here.
in - 5 stars. Even more subtle filth! Unusual for a Pearl Jam song.
and - 2 stars.
it's - 5 stars. Excellent choice to not repeat the word "ship." Singular neuter pronoun...very classy stuff, Ed!
sinking - 5 stars. I'll have to study the lyrics a little longer, but I think this might be about the ship. Evidence of a concept album?

More later!!!

this seems like an awful amount of time spent on one trolling post

I have a certain respect for people who treat trolling as an art, as opposed to people who pop in to say 'this album is awful' and then leave. that's just a sad little cry for attention.

jimmy mac wrote:I always liked Backspacer, but after a week with this new record I kind of feel like it's ruined Backspacer for me.

McParadigm wrote:

stip wrote:

harmless wrote:We love the dark, experimental difficulty of Vitalogy, but absolutely not when it's called No Code, Binaural or Riot Act.

that's because No Code, Binaural, and Riot Act forgot to overstuff themselves on awesome songs.

I can totally see someone liking the jagged, defiant reverse-catharsis of Vitalogy and not liking those other records.

Silly McParadigm. You can't rank reasons.

Thurman Murman wrote:

stip wrote:Number of songs that I love on a pearl jam album (4 stars or above)


Ten: 9/11
Vs: 5/12
Vitalogy: 10/10
No Code: 5/13 (but present tense is in danger of slipping into like territory)
Yield: 4/12
Binaural: 5/13
Riot Act: 3/15
S/T: 5/13
Backspacer: 8/11
Lightning Bolt: 7/12

So you're basically saying there are at least 8 songs on Backspacer that you prefer to Present Tense?!?!

EJ wrote:That was not McP's best work.