Johnny Guitar Hate?

xsmytx
xsmytx Posts: 162
edited September 2009 in The Porch
I keep seeing on past threads mad people hatin' on Johnny Guitar! Saying it don't sound like PJ and a bunch of other bs!! What's up with that! I think the song is awesome!! Not my favorite on the album but WTF!! I don't get it!
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  • jordn6971
    jordn6971 Posts: 675
    I love it! And that's all i have to say...
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  • nukeboot
    nukeboot Posts: 1,465
    I have to be honest.

    I haven't been on the board for a while and hadn't seen the negative threads, but after
    multiple listenings Johnny Guitar was the first song I hit the skip button on.

    Still much to love on this album.

    Fucking awesome!
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  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    I like it
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  • mamasann
    mamasann Posts: 23
    I dig it!
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  • sifoxy
    sifoxy Posts: 63
    its growing on me, but it fades out just when its getting really good
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  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    this song is great! love it...yeah i dont get a lot of the hatred for the new album... kind of turning me off to the board the past few days reading everyone dissing it
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • DiRtyFranK38
    DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    i find it strange too! loved it right from the first time i heard it!
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  • fallingupsomehow
    fallingupsomehow Posts: 24
    This is in my top 4 of songs from Backspacer. I don't understand the hatred towards this song. It's fun and energetic...what's not to love? Ed's delivery is clever as hell!
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  • pjfan021
    pjfan021 Posts: 684
    i love when it gets to the part where eddie sings

    Oh and I hide my disappointment
    Cause for years I had been hoping
    Oh yeh how I had been hoping
    That when she came, she would come for me

    the vocal approach is so damn catchy for me!
  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    pjfan021 wrote:
    i love when it gets to the part where eddie sings

    Oh and I hide my disappointment
    Cause for years I had been hoping
    Oh yeh how I had been hoping
    That when she came, she would come for me

    the vocal approach is so damn catchy for me!


    this song is great because its actually not about johnny guitar himself as much as its about some kid falling in love w one of the girls on his album cover...reminds me of the who's "pictures of lilly" just punked out
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • xsmytx
    xsmytx Posts: 162
    That part is F'n!! Awesome!!
  • broloco
    broloco Posts: 1,237
    edited September 2009
    no hate here. it's got a bit of different funk going on, and one of my favorites. as is Brendan O'Brien's, too! according to Paste magazine he said Johnny Guitar, The Fixer, and Breathe are his favs on Backspacer...............so take that haters!!!!
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  • Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town
    Uh-Oh Love Comes to Town Posts: 14
    Oh man, Johnny Guitar is my second or third favorite song on the whole damn album - and I really like the album. I think there is a great sort of sense of humor to it as well. I can't wait to hear it live.

    I'll hide my disappointment cause for years I have been hoping
    That when she came she'd be coming just for me... :shock:
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i love it. i fully expected to hate it, but now i want more PJ songs in the same vein.

    i thought its a great song, and didn't think it was so off-the-wall that people would hate on it, like a lot of their other odd songs. not saying anyone is wrong to not like it, it just suprised me.
  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    I like it because it's so left field for PJ. cos in the end we all want variety, who wants to hear a whole lot of the same!!
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  • tinkerbell
    tinkerbell New Zealand Posts: 2,161
    I love it because it is so left field for PJ, cos in the end who wants to hear a whole lot of the same?!? It show cases Eddie's sexy deep voice in a totally different way.
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  • ACCBootlegGoddess
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    I thought it was odd when I first heard it, but after giving it a second listen..I LOVE it!! It's catchy as hell.
    I can't wait to listen to the boot of tonights show to see how this song is live.
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  • doompony
    doompony Wellington, NZ Posts: 4,501
    Johnny Guitar LOVE!
  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    It's isn't terrible by any means, but on the bottom of my list for the album. Kind of like Big Wave on self titled.
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  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    Its a great song and also fantastic placement right before Just Breathe. The songs immature sexual longing for a fantasy woman bumps up hard against the musings of mortality that follow. Physical to spiritual. The urban feel of Johnny Guitar changes to a rural country setting, its these sorts of jolts and surprises that I really like about the album.
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