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BBC 6 Music lay into The Fixer

icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
edited August 2009 in The Porch
Don't know if any of you in the UK heard Steve Lamacq's show on BBC 6Music last night but at 6pm every Thursday they do a feature called The Round Table. They look at all the new releases and get experts and users of the chatroom to vote on new songs by various bands.

Last night's turn, to my amazement, was Pearl Jams! The Fixer came on and unfortunately it didn't get a great thumbs up. Some comments from the chatroom said things like:

* I know we are in a recession but do we have to bring Grunge back?
* This sounds too cheery to be Pearl Jam
* The drums are lost in the mix

The song got a 5/10 from everyone. Use the listen again option to hear them rant and rave at http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/shows/roundtable/
:D Rock on!!!! :D
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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,300
    To be honest, I don't really care what "experts and users of the chatroom" care about the song. I'm curious what they are experts on.
  • JK109224JK109224 Posts: 633
    Hawk123 wrote:
    To be honest, I don't really care what "experts and users of the chatroom" care about the song. I'm curious what they are experts on.

    You don't need to be an expert to know that The Fixer isn't a very good song.
    Come to send, not condescend...
  • TheGossmanTheGossman Posts: 1,120
    why is this a shock? The song isn't great, its average, and its the cheesiest song the band has ever written. I'm suprised they didn't sell it to the new GI JOE movie!
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  • dreamweaverdreamweaver New York Posts: 722
    TheGossman wrote:
    why is this a shock? The song isn't great, its average, and its the cheesiest song the band has ever written. I'm suprised they didn't sell it to the new GI JOE movie!


    i think it's one of the best songs they've ever written. it almost makes everything else theyve done sound cheesy. and isn't that the idea of backspacer?

    ps
    grunge was a label made up by idiots like the BBC experts.
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  • mach271mach271 Posts: 562
    Music is all subjective....

    What might not sound good to ones ears, could sound amazing to someone elses ears....

    As for me, i think its a GREAT single for THIS album....
  • Gonzo1977Gonzo1977 Posts: 1,696
    edited July 2009
    BBC panel of experts :lol:

    Nothing more than a bunch of self important clowns circle jerking their egos.

    Reminds me of watching those useless half-brights on The Iron Chef claiming to be food experts.

    You can bascially sit anyone down at the table with an empty belly and a fork and watch them stuff their fat faces and shoot their mouths off like they actually know what the fuck their talking about.

    What a joke.

    "Umm...Perhaps a little more salt would spice things up".

    Experts my ass
    Cheerio.
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,345
    mach271 wrote:
    Music is all subjective....

    What might not sound good to ones ears, could sound amazing to someone elses ears....

    As for me, i think its a GREAT single for THIS album....

    i agree mach. a great single for this particular record. i am glad every PJ album sounds different.
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  • 8181 Needing a ride to Forest Hills and a ounce of weed. Please inquire within. Thanks. Or not. Posts: 58,276
    grunge is back, deal with it. :lol:
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  • TheDecline13TheDecline13 Posts: 990
    did they use the word "grunge"???
    Tour with fucking NOFX
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    icemanap wrote:

    * I know we are in a recession but do we have to bring Grunge back?
    * This sounds too cheery to be Pearl Jam
    * The drums are lost in the mix

    I agree with the second two comments but what the heck is "grunge" about The Fixer?
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  • PlanktonPlankton Posts: 692
    Just listened, it was pretty stupid. Hardly a discussion, just a few really generic comments.
  • icemanapicemanap Posts: 406
    Everyone is entitled to their opinions. The Fixer though is only the third or forth Pearl Jam song I have ever heard on UK radio in about 12 years of being a fan. Heard Once, Jeremey, a live Black track and Alive loads of times, nothing at all ever after that. I think it will get played quite a bit as it's very radio friendly.
    :D Rock on!!!! :D
    Seen Pearl Jam 4 times in London, once in Manchester, as well as an Eddie show at Hammersmith.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,277
    steve lamaq or however you spell the fuckin tarts name has always been up his own arse, i dont know why any body needs to know what others think , surley you either like it or dont .
    who gives a shit
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    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
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