backspacer= big let down

DewieCox

CranMalReign wrote:

There would be more if the forum let me quote stuff from the first page, too.

My point in all this: The OP said, basically, "There is nothing new here. It's the same sounding stuff they put out before. I want new sound" and everyone is replying as if he said the complete opposite. I think the OP agrees with everyone in that the band should expand and change and explore... I think the OP *disagrees* with everyone on whether this album actually represents expansion, change, and exploration. This thread is confusing.

I think you are confused.

slightofjeff

Does that person really hear Man of the Hour somewhere in this album?


Just more proof: Drugs are bad.

CranMalReign

DewieCox wrote:

I think you are confused.

Nah. OP says "they're just doing the same stuff again". Most of the responses say "stop trying to live in the past! They're not going to recreate Ten!" which is exactly what OP does not want.

soulsinging

I'm actually pleasantly surprised. I thought I was going to hate this album. It's nowhere near the greatness of their heyday, but it is a much more engaging listen than their last 2 albums. It has a momentum and energy that is infectious, even if there are a lot of songs that on their own don't do it for me. Very much an album greater than the sum of its parts.

Gern Blansten

Backspacer kicks ass....fucking love it

DewieCox

CranMalReign wrote:

DewieCox wrote:

I think you are confused.

Nah. OP says "they're just doing the same stuff again". Most of the responses say "stop trying to live in the past! They're not going to recreate Ten!" which is exactly what OP does not want.

Whoops!! My bad....I skimmed a little

Cahoots

CranMalReign wrote:

pukin wrote:

The Fixer is another Unemployable.

wrong - wait till you see it live (all of it) its different, its better, its fucking awsome

especially johnny guitar

Cosmo

I can't speak for Pearl Jam... I can only speak for myself...
I am not the same person I was in 1991. I'm hoping that i've grown up a bit... and maybe gotten a little wiser that I was. Like, no expectations means no regrets... and take things as they come... accept them for what they are. Doesn't mean you have to like them.
...
And.. If I had something that I could sell at a Target store, I would... and I think that even the people who call others 'Sell-outs' would, too.

orig_long red

Cosmo wrote:

And.. If I had something that I could sell at a Target store, I would... and I think that even the people who call others 'Sell-outs' would, too.

i'm a writer and i'd sell out in a minute if it meant not having to work for jackass bosses ever again.

just an opinion.

Razor Face

I like it. I mean, everyone's got their own opinion, so if this doesn't do it for you, I hope the next one does, but I really dig the sound. I don't think it's their best and I don't think it's their worst, but I also don't think they settled for mediocrity. They stepped out of their comfort zone here a bit and put things together very differently than normal. I enjoy the string arrangements and the use of more piano. I love the slow tracks on this one, and I think they're the album's high points. I love how they arranged Just Breathe (I was a bit curious how it was going to be done when I watched that itunes preview video), and Force of Nature hits me like a wave every time. (also, I know it's not one of the slower tracks but I love the guitar riff in the middle of Supersonic) My point is, I can't blame you guys for not liking it, it's your call, but I think it's a beautiful album ... even if I'm not crazy about the artwork, ha.

12345AGNST1

DewieCox wrote:

What kinda moron still expects breakthrough music 20 years into a bands career?

QFTMFT (quoted for the mother Fu----)

anyone expecting this album to better than their classics is crazy. The best it could be is the best since yield. Which according to alot of us,is. There isn't one band on earth that has released music this far into their career where it was as good as the original stuff.

Cosmo

Pearl Jam should release a Radiohead album.

CranMalReign

Cahoots wrote:

CranMalReign wrote:

The Fixer is another Unemployable.

wrong - wait till you see it live (all of it) its different, its better, its fucking awsome

especially johnny guitar

No, really, the first time I heard it, all I could think of was Unemployable. And that's all I heard every time.

BTW, I have seen it live, in Toronto. I will admit, it's a completely different experience live and is 10 times the live song that Unemployable is. But studio... just can't shake it.

U R A Crazy Breed

Cosmo wrote:

Pearl Jam should release a Radiohead album.

Fuck Radiohead...........PJ stomps a mother fucking hole in Radiohead's ass!! :twisted: :twisted:

MakingWaves

I agree with a some of the posts on here about people needing to get over wanting another Ten or Yield album. This band has changed and this album is nothing like any of their other albums and I freakin love it. I understand how people are entitled to their opinion but I just don't see how you can listen to Got Some, Just Breathe, Amongst the Waves and Unthought Known and think that this album sucks and that they have sold out. Now I just need to see this live!

helplessdancer

fhelewa1 wrote:

...PLEASE NEVER PLAY THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW....

are nucking futs?

if pj played the superbowl they would be joining some good company imo

you can never accuse tom petty of "selling out"(what ever that means)...go ahead and try

anyhoo it aint lame to play the superbowl...get over it...perhaps it is lame to blow your performance on the show but i thought bruce's performance was also A++, along with tom's

BadFlounder

JM151262 wrote:

People really need to get past the whole "return to VS, Vitalogy, No Code" thought process. This isn't the same band it was 15 years ago. If you're the same person, than frankly that's a shame for you.

They changed. For better or for worse, they changed. Get over it.

And saying "sold out" is such a cop out term these days. If people don't like something that fits into their mold of what Pearl Jam should sound like they just attribute it to "selling out".

Its such an overused term that doesn't even make any sense. If you want to get really technical, they sold out by signing with Sony close to 20 years ago.

EXACTLY. What the hell is it with some people who cannot seem to handle the band EVOLVING. Guys, they are human beings who have evolved as people and as a group. If you don't like it that's fine but stop acting like they "sold out" because they aren't making another No Code every three years. :roll:

danleri

Cosmo wrote:

Pearl Jam should release a Radiohead album.

ahahahah nice one, man

corduroykelly

There is already one of these threads so I would say this thread is a let down!

LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun

This is the anti-"Why can't you be more like radiohead?" album, and thank God. its really pretty anti-establishment in that respect haha.