Both strong songs that are throttled by the sterile atmosphere on Lightning Bolt. But Pendulum can make it work in a way that Swallowed Whole just can't. It gets my vote
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:02 pm
by LetMeSleep
Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:02 pm
by darth_vedder
Pendulum. I know a lot of folks here don't like it, but I think it's one of the better songs from the last two albums.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:04 pm
by Jorge
"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:06 pm
by tragabigzanda
LetMeSleep wrote:Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.
The sound of silence after Future Days ends is a pretty great moment of release, too.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:07 pm
by darth_vedder
tragabigzanda wrote:
LetMeSleep wrote:Swallowed Whole is held back by shitty production choices but the solo soars and is worth it. The only moment of genuine release on LB.
The sound of silence after Future Days ends is a pretty great moment of release, too.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:11 pm
by Birds in Hell
theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Yeah, agreed with all of this.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:13 pm
by darth_vedder
Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Yeah, agreed with all of this.
Easy left me a long time agooooooooooo
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:15 pm
by LetMeSleep
darth_vedder wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
theplatypus wrote:"Pendulum" is insipid. "Dark and moody" in the blandest possible way. I genuinely like "Swallowed Whole" a lot. I love the guitars when the song reaches its climax
Yeah, agreed with all of this.
Easy left me a long time agooooooxxxooooo
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:29 pm
by tragabigzanda
I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:30 pm
by LetMeSleep
tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:
Great great album. I wanna hug you, Trag.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:31 pm
by stip
I was listening to cropduster this morning and couldn't help but think that the
I thought I thought the world/turns out the world thought me
lyric would get savaged if it came out today
(I like the lyrics to cropduster and think its one of pearl jam's smarter songs, but a lot of PJ's song lyrics really live in that space where they work great if you like the surrounding song but fall apart if you don't. They're bound to the performance in a pretty significant way)
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:32 pm
by tragabigzanda
LetMeSleep wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:
Great great album. I wanna hug you, Trag.
This is one of those masterpieces that I think way too many people have missed.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:35 pm
by PHATJ
I like Pendulum. It's far from perfect, but I like it. Swallowed Whole is a bottom feeder.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:37 pm
by evenslow
When I first heard the album, Swallow Hole was my favorite but it has plummeted thanks to that dogshit production on the treble-thin guitars. It really goes up a notch after the solo, but I don't know, I guess Pendulum?
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:39 pm
by Birds in Hell
stip wrote:I was listening to cropduster this morning and couldn't help but think that the
I thought I thought the world/turns out the world thought me
lyric would get savaged if it came out today
Why?
It's a great line.
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Thu March 23, 2017 11:51 pm
by bodysnatcher
tragabigzanda wrote:I posted this a long time ago, before I was really active on RM. I'm convinced that Pendulum was heavily inspired by this gem from Yo La Tengo. Check out 3:05 for a familiar lick:
great album
there's no way anyone in PJ even know who Yo La Tengo is
unless there's a member from the Ramones or Kiss in there that we never knew about
Re: Swallowed Whole vs. Pendulum
Posted: Fri March 24, 2017 12:26 am
by chewm
I could care less about these two songs, I'll have to listen to decide.