Johnny Guitar Hate?

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  • JK109224
    JK109224 Posts: 644
    Johnny Guitar is one of the worst songs they've ever done. Cringeworthy.
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  • fireladie
    fireladie Posts: 36
    its fantastic! seems to be thrashy punky & then goes a bit off, poignant & edgy.
  • DirectionOfTheEye
    DirectionOfTheEye Posts: 40
    Definatly my favourite song on the album. It has the strangest flow, it's fantastic. Its probably also the most original song on the album. It's funny some people don't like it because I'd consider myself fairly critical, especially about some of the newer material and to me this killed my skeptisicm. Actually the album overall really impresses me. Some fantastic songs on this one.
  • I_GOT_no_IDea
    I_GOT_no_IDea Posts: 653
    i love it - love the unique time signature/s, love the loosely sung style with which EV attacks the end of each verse, love the break with "...and i sleep with the light on, in case she comes...", and i can't wait to hear them drag the end of it on a little bit more in the live scenario too, with some eddie screamin and MM/SG goin hard!
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  • NOyieldingCODE
    NOyieldingCODE Posts: 129
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.
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  • differentsoon
    differentsoon Posts: 31
    sounds like a who song.

    JUST like a who song.
    "harvey lees, harvey lees - get out of my f*ing face"
  • satansbedbugs
    satansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,413
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    And the same people started the " I hate Gone" thread , right ? fuckin amatuers...
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  • I_GOT_no_IDea
    I_GOT_no_IDea Posts: 653
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    And the same people started the " I hate Gone" thread , right ? fuckin amatuers...
    great song that - gone and army reserve were my fave's off s/t
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  • James C
    James C Posts: 11
    It's alright. I won't skip it, but musically it's just not resonating with me.
    ... and hey! I love Gone!
    I wanna live my life with the volume full!

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  • NOyieldingCODE
    NOyieldingCODE Posts: 129
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    And the same people started the " I hate Gone" thread , right ? fuckin amatuers...
    actually i like gone.

    but, people are entitled to their opinions. some of you people act as though since you pay 20 bucks a year to post here that you have to cum all over anything and everything the band does and/or releases. it's okay to not like something the band does...
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  • I_GOT_no_IDea
    I_GOT_no_IDea Posts: 653
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    satansbedbugs wrote:
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    And the same people started the " I hate Gone" thread , right ? fuckin amatuers...
    actually i like gone.

    but, people are entitled to their opinions. some of you people act as though since you pay 20 bucks a year to post here that you have to cum all over anything and everything the band does and/or releases. it's okay to not like something the band does...
    that's pretty cheap really - paying 20 bucks to cum all over someone ONCE, let alone as many times as you want for a whole year!
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  • HeavyHands
    HeavyHands Posts: 2,131
    xsmytx wrote:
    Saying it don't sound like PJ and a bunch of other bs!!

    Hmmmm... I guess it doesn't sound like PJ traditionally has with respect to the level of production they usually employ (more stripped down) or the variety of instrumental accompaniment they usually have (significantly less), but here's the thing to me as I listen to Backspacer for the somewhere-in-the-teenth time already... This is what Pj sounds like now.

    I'm completely along for the ride.
    xsmytx wrote:
    What's up with that! I think the song is awesome!! Not my favorite on the album but WTF!! I don't get it!

    I'm enjoying Johnny Guitar an awful lot too! :)
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  • JF241710
    JF241710 Atlanta Posts: 108
    just think it shoulda been a b-side...

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  • Hatfield78
    Hatfield78 Posts: 69
    UncleSpaggles wrote:
    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.

    Great post spaggles.

    Johnny Guitar is one of the best songs on the album. I can't even believe Pearl Jam was able to put a song together this well. Ed's lyrics and vocal delivery on top of this catchy music is just the jolt I want from Pearl Jam. Jeff is AMAZING on this album and JG showcases this fact very well. I love when he goes high on the fret board.

    Nice reference to "Pictures of Lilly" :idea:
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    The second verse, the one about "the type of woman responsible for original sin" is pretty fucking phenomenal, lyrically.

    I'm not a huge fan of the song. Probably my least favorite on the album. But I can't really bitch about the lyrics.
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  • decides2dream
    decides2dream Posts: 14,977
    slightofjeff wrote:
    NOyieldingCODE wrote:
    mediocre lyrics and terrible delivery.

    not hate.
    truth.

    The second verse, the one about "the type of woman responsible for original sin" is pretty fucking phenomenal, lyrically.

    I'm not a huge fan of the song. Probably my least favorite on the album. But I can't really bitch about the lyrics.


    well i can...;)
    seriously, one of my least faves on the album and mostly due to the lyrics and delivery, but c'est la vie.....there is still plenty of pearl jam to love! the album overall is still definitely growing on me and i am really getting into a few tunes, and yes....some i don't think i ever will, and hey, that's ok too. i don't expect to love every single song ed/pj create, and i don't think they would expect it either...
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  • rrivers
    rrivers Posts: 3,698
    nukeboot wrote:

    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.

    Same here.
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    decides2dream wrote:


    well i can...;)seriously, one of my least faves on the album and mostly due to the lyrics and delivery, but c'est la vie.....there is still plenty of pearl jam to love! the album overall is still definitely growing on me and i am really getting into a few tunes, and yes....some i don't think i ever will, and hey, that's ok too. i don't expect to love every single song ed/pj create, and i don't think they would expect it either...

    I'll give you "delivery" ... it is quite odd ... and that might be why my ears don't like it. But Ed does do some pretty good lyricizing there. A girl so innocent she sleeps in her clothes ... that's some pretty cool imagery.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    rrivers wrote:
    nukeboot wrote:

    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.

    Same here.

    Me, too. But some of that has to do with my favorite song on the album comes up right after it. JG suffers from being the "opening band" so to speak for Just Breathe.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • LineOneMightyFine
    LineOneMightyFine Posts: 347
    I love JG! Loved it from the start. So different for them too. Great, unique vocal delivery. Very cool music. I just love the vibe to this one. Might be my fave Matt tune. I just don't know how Ed's gonna be able to pull it off in concert.

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