Backspacers Up and Downs, and I hope I get it one day:

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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Hatfield78 wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    The other thing I’ve been wondering is whose idea it was to have so much piano all over Backspacer. Bo’B? Come on, man…It makes me feel like they put so little thought into the songs that they needed to round them out with some crappy piano to throw us off. I love Unthought Known, but that piano does nothing for me – it almost kills it. Speed of Sound – listen to that piano and think about crocket and Tubbs speeding along in their cigarette boat, I dare you. It kinda works on the Fixer, but that’s it.

    I love, love, love Got Some, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves, and Unthought Known, but the rest have me scratching my head for the first time since 1991. I just PRAY that I’m missing something and it will hit me one day…

    Pistachio,
    You'll get it. It might take a few listens and maybe even seeing a live version of songs, but I think you will get it. The more you listen, the more you will hear how much they PUT INTO IT. This might be the most interesting musical album they have put out since No Code. Matt finally fits perfectly with the band and the songs are incredibly interesting. Keep listening!

    Yeah live might be a different story too, trust me, I'll keep listening...
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    JD Sal wrote:
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    ...I do think Backspacer has its moments, and I’m probably jumping the gun on this one, but when album number 10 comes out (hopefully sooner than later), I have a feeling the band will half abandon many of the songs off Backspacer. Johnny Guitar Watson will die with Bushleageur. Supersonic will die with Mankind, oh wait, it already did…Speed of Sound will die with Crocket and Tubbs, and Force of Nature might as well go home with Get Right. The End is flat and will never see the light of day after this current tour. I doubt these songs will be seen much after this tour…

    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/

    Sitting on a couch with all his road companions – pack of American Spirit cigarettes, song-catalogue binder, travel-size acoustic guitar, retro suitcase – within arm's length, Vedder gives a track-by-track lowdown of a lean rock record that clocks in at just 36 minutes. “None of these songs became homework,” he explains. “The ones that did, they didn't make the record.”

    And if the material came quickly, there's nothing fleeting about the album, says the man who writes the lyrics and the set lists. “I think it's going to be a batch of songs we're going to like playing for quite a long time.” Herewith, Vedder gives the back story on songs you'll be hearing for a while.


    The only problem with this logic is that as every album comes out, they say it's their best work to date.
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  • Ltrain76
    Ltrain76 Posts: 26
    it is a weak album. i love pj for life but it is a bad record. a few decent songs but nothing great. this band can do so much better. at this point i thought they would be jamming more acoustically - more of a folky vibe - like cant keep oeàr who you are etc. the punky songs are ok but if you are going down that road play them harder and faster - spin the black circle, lukin, comatose. if you are going to write short hard rock songs - make them rock - brain of j, save you, go etc. this album is uninspired and weak - no feeling behind it. a weak effort from a great band, looking fowad to the next one.

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