Corniest Lyric...

einatshaul

Try listening to the Fixer - and then to Tremor Christ - and then to the fixer again - Scary stuff

Songburst

PJammin' wrote:

i don't need to relax. Pearl Jam work very hard to put out the best music they can for themselves and their fans and people who don't even have half the talent as them think they are all of a sudden experts when it comes to writing songs and lyrics. like i said, if you can do it better, write some music and let us listen. i'm sure i won't be hearing any music on the radio or net from any of you who are criticizing these lyrics. i'm sure you don't even do your own job as well as pearl jam do theirs.

Hey -- thanks for the vote of confidence regarding my work. If you want to use the job analogy, as a professional engineer I would most likely be sued if I issued something as half-assed as The Fixer to a client. That's the beauty of art though -- nothing is half-assed and it is all subjective.

Let me ask you this: if you bought a new car and the manufacturer forgot to put brakes on it, would you defend the manufacturer and say "well I can't build a car better than this, so I guess I might as well like it" or would you possibly voice your displeasure by returning the car or writing on the manufacturers message board saying "they forgot to put brakes on my fucking car man!"

morgie2

that's the moss from the aforementioned verse.

PJammin'

Songburst wrote:

PJammin' wrote:

i don't need to relax. Pearl Jam work very hard to put out the best music they can for themselves and their fans and people who don't even have half the talent as them think they are all of a sudden experts when it comes to writing songs and lyrics. like i said, if you can do it better, write some music and let us listen. i'm sure i won't be hearing any music on the radio or net from any of you who are criticizing these lyrics. i'm sure you don't even do your own job as well as pearl jam do theirs.

Hey -- thanks for the vote of confidence regarding my work. If you want to use the job analogy, as a professional engineer I would most likely be sued if I issued something as half-assed as The Fixer to a client. That's the beauty of art though -- nothing is half-assed and it is all subjective.

Let me ask you this: if you bought a new car and the manufacturer forgot to put brakes on it, would you defend the manufacturer and say "well I can't build a car better than this, so I guess I might as well like it" or would you possibly voice your displeasure by returning the car or writing on the manufacturers message board saying "they forgot to put brakes on my fucking car man!"

you know, i'm not even going to get caught up in this thread. if you think the lyrics are corny, so be it. i'll be singing it along with ed at the shows. the thing is...most criticizing it will probably be too. have a good one, you guys and gals can carry on about how corny they are. i'll bow out of this one.

kb272930

This song gets in your head and wont leave . I keep thinking of crazy lyrics for it -
Gonna have a coke put a litte captain in it
If your tire is flat -put a little air in it
If your dog ran away you got to get it back again , yeah ,yeah yeah

How about the line "Ill dig your grave , we will dance and sing - Where did that one come from :roll: ?

OceansJenny

morgie2 wrote:

that's the moss from the aforementioned verse.

evanser

einatshaul wrote:

Try listening to the Fixer - and then to Tremor Christ - and then to the fixer again - Scary stuff

try listening to If you seek amy and then The Fixer and then to if you seek amy - it will blow your mind.....

i am a target

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaros hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down

I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
I wish...
I wish...

oh wait...we aren't talking about wishlist?

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

i am a target wrote:

I wish I was a neutron bomb, for once I could go off
I wish I was a sacrifice but somehow still lived on
I wish I was a sentimental ornament you hung on
The christmas tree, I wish I was the star that went on top
I wish I was the evidence, I wish I was the grounds
For 50 million hands upraised and open toward the sky

I wish I was a sailor with someone who waited for me
I wish I was as fortunate, as fortunate as me
I wish I was a messenger and all the news was good
I wish I was the full moon shining off a camaros hood

I wish I was an alien at home behind the sun
I wish I was the souvenir you kept your house key on
I wish I was the pedal brake that you depended on
I wish I was the verb to trust and never let you down

I wish I was a radio song, the one that you turned up
I wish...
I wish...

oh wait...we aren't talking about wishlist?

i was never a huge fan of those lyrics either, but The Fixer makes that sound like Shakespeare.

Who Princess

Songburst wrote:

This is one of the funniest threads that I have read on here in a long time. Thanks.

My same thoughts.

For the posters who think we can't laugh at the boys once in a while, do you really think they take everything so seriously? It reminds me of Sting singing on his first solo album "Every breath you take . . . Every cake you bake . . . Every leg you break." :roll:

mca47

MrSmith wrote:

i was never a huge fan of those lyrics either, but The Fixer makes that sound like Shakespeare.

LOL!!!!

So true!

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

if its smellin pretty good, then i'll put a little stank on it! yeah yeah yeah! fade....

dimitrispearljam

einatshaul wrote:

Do you really need to start a thread for every fault you find in this one poor tune?

Get over it...

dimitrispearljam

einatshaul wrote:

Not every song can be "Black"

Not everyone can be Sawyer... :roll:

sorry Einat,,this was better so more of this,,

dimitrispearljam

Running In The Dark wrote:

I hate to say it but this song isn't even good enough to have made it on to riot act. If this is a sign to of things to come this is going to a very bad album.

so doctor,is it a boy?,,sorry miss,u are not carrying a babe yet...

dimitrispearljam

SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:

Sawyer wrote:

'When I have promiscuous sex...I'm gonna put a little condom on it'.......wait, did I say little?

yeah
yeah
yeah............

decides2dream

this thread was a very funny read.....wee bit mean :oops: ....but still very funny! :twisted:
for the record, i have not yet heard the fixer, so cannot comment.


also for the recrod, i happen to LOVE wishlist.
corny?
perhaps.
but i love the sentiment and some of the visuals that come to mind with the lyrics.

however, reading that one line from the fixer, if i'd not known it was pj, reads like a country-western tune....

SomethingCreative

mca47 wrote:

DPrival78 wrote:

Sawyer wrote:

When something’s broke I wanna put a bit of fixin on it......yikes

i wish eddie would've put a bit of fixin' on these lyrics.

LOL!

Seriously!

I'm pretty sure Nickelback could have come up with better lyrics than that what's in the Fixer!

Yikes!

WRONG

The Champ

I can't believe people are comparing Wishlist to this..I dare you to write out The Fixer lyrics without laughing..

hollow bottle

Maybe the guys are running out of creative material as a band. I love Pearl Jam. I've seen them all over the states and was amazed by 90% of their shows (much better than any other band Iv'e seen more than once). I even have the "stick man" tat. That being said, the last album I thoroughly enjoyed was Yield. I liked The Fixer as soon as I heard it. That is scarry! It must be a weak song to be that catchy. But it is a positive song so I support it. See you in Philly!