The Fixer - Initially Dissappointed, now Digging into it
Just my little experience with the song so far.
I first heard the song on youtube... and it was definitely different from other Pearl Jam... in a not so good way. It sounded very poppy and really just like a generic upbeat movie montage song... as much as I LOVE the band (or perhaps because of it) I was dissapointed... more than I have been in the past.
A couple days passed and I tried to look at the release of the single in a positive way, to possibly see the best in the song. If nothing else, I saw the fact that it took some courage to do what PJ did, by releasing an overtly positive and optimistic song in a genre and time where negativity is the safe thing and positivity is a path full of "sell out" land mines and instant loss of credibility... I recognized the balls it took to put out the song from the start... I had just hoped it might not be packaged in such an "innoffensive" way, as one person put it.
But, long story short (too late)... I heard the song on the car radio on the way home over the weekend and with better speakers, the song had a bit more of a bite... and also I started to really embrace the song... it has grown on me a lot... now I am actually enjoying it. A lot. It has gone from a 2 to a 4 to around an 8 for me.
It will be interesting to see the public reaction to the song... I genuinely hope people give it a chance... but my gut tells me most people will write it off before the song has a chance to grow on them... but who knows.
I first heard the song on youtube... and it was definitely different from other Pearl Jam... in a not so good way. It sounded very poppy and really just like a generic upbeat movie montage song... as much as I LOVE the band (or perhaps because of it) I was dissapointed... more than I have been in the past.
A couple days passed and I tried to look at the release of the single in a positive way, to possibly see the best in the song. If nothing else, I saw the fact that it took some courage to do what PJ did, by releasing an overtly positive and optimistic song in a genre and time where negativity is the safe thing and positivity is a path full of "sell out" land mines and instant loss of credibility... I recognized the balls it took to put out the song from the start... I had just hoped it might not be packaged in such an "innoffensive" way, as one person put it.
But, long story short (too late)... I heard the song on the car radio on the way home over the weekend and with better speakers, the song had a bit more of a bite... and also I started to really embrace the song... it has grown on me a lot... now I am actually enjoying it. A lot. It has gone from a 2 to a 4 to around an 8 for me.
It will be interesting to see the public reaction to the song... I genuinely hope people give it a chance... but my gut tells me most people will write it off before the song has a chance to grow on them... but who knows.
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Sammi: Wanna just break up?
yup, matts drums stand out really well in the song. Good sign
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Seattle Key Arena 9-21-2009
Seattle Key Arena 9-22-2009
lol everyones goin through the same thing, at first it was like mehhhhh
now i cant stop listening lmao
lol even my mom said "yeah...its deffinately gets better with every listen"
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