Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:it's like Gwyneth Paltrow's Goop web site in song form

You Are comes to mind. I still like it, but don't love it anymore.
I find the chorus super cheesy and some of the backing vocals don't work at all.
Still like the bridge and love the Binaural-like guitar solo at 3:30 or so.

Present tense is maybe at the top of my list

Black maybe. I like it, but it used to be one of my faves.

you reap what you sow, trybigbananza.

Unthought Known. I quite liked this when Backspacer came out, now it's incredibly skipworthy (especially on a bootleg).

ridleybradout wrote:Unthought Known. I quite liked this when Backspacer came out, now it's incredibly skipworthy (especially on a bootleg).

Yup. It's the song that jumped out and grabbed me the most when BS came out. I think the last time I listened to it was a year ago, I remember thinking how this song just isn't doing it for me, at all, anymore. That ship has sailed.

tragabigzanda wrote:

turned2black wrote:You Are comes to mind. I still like it, but don't love it anymore.
I find the chorus super cheesy and some of the backing vocals don't work at all.
Still like the bridge and love the Binaural-like guitar solo at 3:30 or so.

chewm wrote:Black maybe. I like it, but it used to be one of my faves.

Guys, you're doing this all wrong -- those songs are still amazing.

In Hiding is top 5 for me.
It's often considered "overrated" here tho, so more people will probably agree with you.

tragabigzanda wrote:

turned2black wrote:You Are comes to mind. I still like it, but don't love it anymore.
I find the chorus super cheesy and some of the backing vocals don't work at all.
Still like the bridge and love the Binaural-like guitar solo at 3:30 or so.

chewm wrote:Black maybe. I like it, but it used to be one of my faves.

Guys, you're doing this all wrong -- those songs are still amazing.

I've listened to You Are a few times since posting that. I really appreciate what they tried to do and I think it works in many, many ways. But that chorus just ruins it for me. It tries to be deep and meaningful, but just comes across as hokey.

Man, "You Are" is fucking great.

tragabigzanda wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:Man, "You Are" is fucking great.

My absolute favorite from Riot Act onward.

I think I agree.

turned2black wrote:I've listened to You Are a few times since posting that. I really appreciate what they tried to do and I think it works in many, many ways. But that chorus just ruins it for me. It tries to be deep and meaningful, but just comes across as hokey.

As I've said many many times before, who gives a shit about the lyrics when the music is so awesome? I don't listen to music for the lyrics, especially Pearl Jam. It seems awfully shallow and unmusical to dislike a song because the lyrics aren't convincing enough. If lyrics were supposed to be successfully deep and meaningful, everybody would listen to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen and nothing else.

If they are really really bad, they can be hard to ignore. I like You Are though. Its killer live.

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

turned2black wrote:I've listened to You Are a few times since posting that. I really appreciate what they tried to do and I think it works in many, many ways. But that chorus just ruins it for me. It tries to be deep and meaningful, but just comes across as hokey.

As I've said many many times before, who gives a shit about the lyrics when the music is so awesome? I don't listen to music for the lyrics, especially Pearl Jam. It seems awfully shallow and unmusical to dislike a song because the lyrics aren't convincing enough. If lyrics were supposed to be successfully deep and meaningful, everybody would listen to Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen and nothing else.

Good for you.

Wow! What an over reaction...

Leatherman. I loved the holy fuck out of that song ever since it was released as a b-side. Last year, when they played it in Denver I got so excited when they first started playing it, but by the time the song was over, I was over the song.