Parachutes

edited July 2009 in The Porch
am i alone in thinking this song isn't terrible? yeah, i thought so.

i've actually liked it from the start
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  • quelquefoisquelquefois Posts: 209
    MrSmith wrote:
    am i alone in thinking this song isn't terrible? yeah, i thought so.

    i quite like it myself.
  • rawpixelsrawpixels Posts: 912
    I love this song.
    One man stands alone awaiting
    for her to come home
    eyes upon the horizon
    in the dark before the
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  • DeLukinDeLukin Posts: 2,757
    I wasn't wild about it at first, but it grew on me.
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  • LizardLizard So Cal Posts: 12,091
    I don't hate it ......
    So I'll just lie down and wait for the dream
    Where I'm not ugly and you're lookin' at me
  • edited July 2009
    im a known hater of the second half of Avocado, but for some reason i liked this song from the start.

    i think its a fun little trippy song.
  • one of the very few PJ songs i HATE!!! i got to see it live the first time they ever did it (in Boston) but that didn't mean anything since i HATE it!!! :mrgreen:
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    one of the very few PJ songs i HATE!!! i got to see it live the first time they ever did it (in Boston) but that didn't mean anything since i HATE it!!! :mrgreen:


    i don't like to identify myself as a hater for many things....i'll just say i dislike it immensely. ;) the lyrics read wonderfully, i just dislike the music. a lot. however, there is only a handful of pj songs that i at all feel this way about, and given the size of their catalogue....i think it's awesome that most i LOVE, i LIKE a LOT....and just a wee few, dislike immensely. :mrgreen:
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  • lurkinlurkin Posts: 77
    LOVED this song from the get-go!!! Would like to see it hit the setlist rotation a tad more.
  • i actually really like parachutes
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  • woundedorganwoundedorgan Posts: 607
    This was my wedding song

    F the haters...good tune
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  • SM169849SM169849 Thunder Bay Ontario Canada Posts: 93
    I have always loved this song , i hope they play it in Chicago!!!! The rest of the album is great as well!!! :P
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  • tcaporaletcaporale Posts: 1,577
    I think it's great, very Beatles-esque.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    great song! one of my favorites of the S/T record.
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  • Get_RightGet_Right Posts: 13,498
    dig it

  • F the haters...good tune


    oh yeah well.....F the lovers..err...likers...yeah..F the likers!! :P :twisted: :mrgreen:
  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,876
    I don't hate it, but I wouldnt say I love it.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Probably is my favorite Avocado song at the moment ... and actually has been for quite some time, now that I think about it.
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  • Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    I like Parachutes just fine... There are other songs I can think of that I would rather not hear from that album.
  • meisteredermeistereder Posts: 1,577
    It comes on and I hit skip. Haven't listened to the whole song in a couple years.
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  • edited July 2009
    i kind of liked it, but didnt care for the album. now i've been listening to it again, and i like it even more.

    maybe its worth another listen?
  • morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    I like this one. I'd be lying if I said I needed to hear it every day, though. I am not a big fan of Comatose.
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    great song!
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  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    I like the music of the song but have never been that stoked on Eds lyrics for this one. I feel like he could have spent some more time creating stronger lyrical content for such a lovely melody.

    IMHO.
  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    TipJammer wrote:
    I like the music of the song but have never been that stoked on Eds lyrics for this one. I feel like he could have spent some more time creating stronger lyrical content for such a lovely melody.

    IMHO.

    Really?!? I'd put those lyrics among the best Ed has ever done. I don't even feel like I'm being silly or melodramatic saying that.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • G ForceG Force Posts: 1,393
    TipJammer wrote:
    I like the music of the song but have never been that stoked on Eds lyrics for this one. I feel like he could have spent some more time creating stronger lyrical content for such a lovely melody.

    IMHO.

    Really?!? I'd put those lyrics among the best Ed has ever done. I don't even feel like I'm being silly or melodramatic saying that.


    Why deny all the troubles when combined
    With the missing links it don\'t feel like home now

    That your gone all the troubles suddenly explained infinitum
    You\'re always wishing and never here at home

    You all the dreams we shared and
    lights we turned on
    but the house is getting dark

    and I don\'t want to know your past
    but together share the dawn
    and I won\'t need nothing else
    cause when we\'re dead
    we would\'ve had it all and died

    I would\'ve fallen from the sky til you
    Parachutes have opened now

    Heaven knows if there\'s a ceiling
    Come so low with the kneeling
    Please know that I got all the friends I\'m needing
    Before my light go out
    As the doors are closing now

    And far away will be my home
    And to grasp this, I don\'t know
    But I don\'t need
    Further back and forth, a wave will break on me today

    And love
    Wish the world could glow again with love
    One can\'t seem to have enough

    And war
    Break the sky and tell me what it\'s for
    I\'ll travel there on my own

    And love
    What a different life
    Had I not found this love with you


    OK.... not bad at all. Especially after a quick read ... and this always happens... its like a wonderful poem.

    I take half of my statement back. They are pretty good.

    Honestly I really do like this song a lot... especially the music. Why would or could anyone hate Parachutes of all PJ songs.

    I'll tell you what I hate. Evacuation.
  • id rocksid rocks Posts: 29
    I really, really like - hell, practically love Parachutes. The music and lyrics are both very cool. I'll admit it took me a little while when Avocado first came out for me to get it, but since then it's been one of my favorite on the album. Comatose did the opposite for me - loved it at first, now I usually skip it.
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    TipJammer wrote:
    TipJammer wrote:
    I like the music of the song but have never been that stoked on Eds lyrics for this one. I feel like he could have spent some more time creating stronger lyrical content for such a lovely melody.

    IMHO.

    Really?!? I'd put those lyrics among the best Ed has ever done. I don't even feel like I'm being silly or melodramatic saying that.

    I'll tell you what I hate. Evacuation.

    Worry could be strength, with a plan

    I love that line.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • quelquefoisquelquefois Posts: 209
    edited July 2009
    break the sky, and tell me what it's for.
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  • MrSmith wrote:
    im a known hater of the second half of Avocado, but for some reason i liked this song from the start.

    i think its a fun little trippy song.

    I find it odd that anyone could appreciate this song and not The Fixer. But yeah, I like this tune. The album pretty much goes downhill for me after this one.
  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    parachutes AND evacuation are great! i'd kill to see either live and i don't understand people's issues with either!
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