I don't really waste my time worrying about negative opinions. People are free to think what they want.
However, if you can't find a hook in Backspacer, you aren't trying very hard.
The thing is I find it full of hooks, but they are so obvious ....... it's like easy come, easy go...
the first listen I had yesterday I was like, yeah this rocks big time.....but a few listens later I tend to find that it's all surface and not so much beneath - in my opinion that is - with a few exceptions....
As I said earlier I will listen to it several times again, and I might change my mind, but at this point I doubt it
It's not a bad album, but in my opinion it's not a good Pearl Jam album.....
That's fine. I disagree with you, but it's fine.
I was referring to the Pitchfork reviewer calling it "hookless." If you're going to hate it, at least hate it for the right reasons. Saying you don't like Backspacer because it is hookless is like saying you dislike Jessica Simpson because she is too smart.
So we can agree on disagreeing
I hope you enjoy the album more than I do
Peace
Everyday................is Pearl Jam Day.
Except Sundays, that's Ed day.
The mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work unless it's open. FZ
I read Pitchfork every day....I LOVE them for their introducing me to unknown bands, and they usually very informative reveiws on those discs.
I realized about 5 years ago, though, that they are utter crap for any mainstream band. I really think they find joy in bashing major acts (see: weezer). And the reviews they write for major acts usually show a lack of listens to the album (errors, as in this one). I honestly think they just review them because they think they have to, listen to the album once, and the write a generic bad reveiw because of it. But PJ's not special in this regard...at least they didn't give it a 0.0 (which they have in the past). It's quite frustrating to see a site do so good at one thing and then be so juvenile in others...
Please stop referring to Backspacer as Bull Shit, thank you.. for the love of god, out of all acronyms lazy asses had to come up with, please DO NOT use "BS" to describe Backspacer.
lol.....I read a couple of threads where I thought "bullshit?!...ohhhh BackSpacer"
If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
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So we can agree on disagreeing
I hope you enjoy the album more than I do
Peace
Except Sundays, that's Ed day.
The mind is like a parachute, it doesn't work unless it's open. FZ
I realized about 5 years ago, though, that they are utter crap for any mainstream band. I really think they find joy in bashing major acts (see: weezer). And the reviews they write for major acts usually show a lack of listens to the album (errors, as in this one). I honestly think they just review them because they think they have to, listen to the album once, and the write a generic bad reveiw because of it. But PJ's not special in this regard...at least they didn't give it a 0.0 (which they have in the past). It's quite frustrating to see a site do so good at one thing and then be so juvenile in others...
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