Anyone else taking a break from Backspacer?
I find my mind is already replaying the songs in my head, and between that and listening to it 6 full times around, I think I need to take a break from it for maybe a few days or a week.
Anyone else in the same boat?
Anyone else in the same boat?
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*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10

*NYC 9/28/96 *NYC 9/29/96 *NJ 9/8/98 (front row "may i play drums with you")
*MSG 9/10/98 (backstage) *MSG 9/11/98 (backstage)
*Jones Beach 8/23/00 *Jones Beach 8/24/00 *Jones Beach 8/25/00
*Mansfield 8/29/00 *Mansfield 8/30/00 *Nassau 4/30/03 *Nissan VA 7/1/03
*Borgata 10/1/05 *Camden 5/27/06 *Camden 5/28/06 *DC 5/30/06
*VA Beach 6/17/08 *DC 6/22/08 *MSG 6/24/08 (backstage) *MSG 6/25/08
*EV DC 8/17/08 *EV Baltimore 6/15/09 *Philly 10/31/09
*Bristow VA 5/13/10 *MSG 5/20/10 *MSG 5/21/10
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I do this with every album BTW
8/7/08, 6/9/09
So yeah, I'm back to bootlegs for a while.
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2006
I downloaded the Santigo concert in Chile and it is pretty good too. Eddie trying to speak in Spanish... :P
Later.
this album dissapointed me but hope you enjoy it!
Yeah, i've listened to BS a good amount since it first made its rounds. I've got 5 shows coming up so i'll probably spin it once when my vinyl finally arrives and then limit plays until the festivities of Night 1 LA begin
I dont know if thats a bad thing, or just they are really good songs...
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I have listen to it at least 12 times. I drive my son to pre-school 5 days a week and then to the gym before picking him up 2.5 hours later.
Each time The End comes I tell myslef to let the disc change and listen to Yield, Riot Act, or Vs.
But every time I skip back to Gonna See my Friend and start the wonderful journey all over again.
The tunes from this album have been sticking in my mind, and I have found that on more than one track I've been listening repeatedly, in the dark, with my headphones, occasionally pouring over the lyrics, trying to absorb every nuance of the music. It's been a while since I've been led to do that by a Pearl Jam song/album. (Inside Job did it to me, but it took a good two years before that happened.) Just Breathe, Unthought Known, The End, Force of Nature and Got Some are all doing that to me right now (by right now, I mean the last... 36 hours?) The trend may start moving towards heavier plays for those and taking a break from others. I don't know. I don't try to impose restrictions on my listening, I just do what I'm moved to do.
I have listened to it a ton since it came out...I will be playing it heavily for at least the next couple months.
Berlin - August 15, 2009
Lisbon - July 10, 2010
Berlin - June 26, 2014
Zurich - June 23, 2022
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for the least they could possibly do
I've been listening to BS since the 17th (BS-pre party in Vienna) and tomorrow morning it was round no. 14! I will keep on until the boots arrive!!!
2006: Vienna 2009: Berlin 2010: London ~ Berlin 2012: Amsterdam 1+2 ~ Werchter ~ Arras ~ Berlin 1+2
2014: Milano ~ Trieste ~ Vienna ~ Berlin 2018: Padova ~ Rome 2022: Budapest ~ Vienna
EV London/Hammersmith 2012
EV Berlin/Zitadelle 2017
* Alice In Chains: Black Gives Way To Blue --> pretty great
* and some other latino artist: G. Cerati
BOS-9/28/04,9/29/04,6/28/08,6/30/08, 9/5/16, 9/7/16, 9/2/18
MTL-9/15/05, OTT-9/16/05
PHL-5/27/06,5/28/06,10/30/09,10/31/09
CHI-8/2/07,8/5/07,8/23/09,8/24/09
HTFD-6/27/08
ATX-10/4/09, 10/12/14
KC-5/3/2010,STL-5/4/2010
Bridge School-10/23/2010,10/24/2010
PJ20-9/3/2011,9/4/2011
OKC-11/16/13
SEA-12/6/13
TUL-10/8/14
I've thought about mixing in some other PJ or even other music (I was getting into the new Black Crowes before Backspacer), but I just keep coming back to this album. Like Heavy Hands said, I keep hearing lines or melodies in my head at work. I don't really have an opportunity to listen while at work, so by the time the old 8 to 6 ends, I have a large cache of melodies to hear in their full context. With a 25-30 minute commute home, I can get through most of the album in one trip. It really does make sense to just listen to the whole thing. I find the sequencing on this album is fantastic (other than Speed of Sound, it's the only one I'm not ecstatic about yet), so just when I think I will skip a song or two, I just can't.
This weekend I'll be making a 2+ hour drive, so I think I will mix in some other CD's. However I envision it being all PJ. Not that my PJ interest ever wanes, but this album has really reinforced it. Might try and listen to them all in order over the weekend or something.
5/30/06 - Washington, DC
6/22/08 - Washington, DC
10/31/09 - Philadelphia, PA
8/5/16 - Fenway Park
Temple of the Dog - 11/5/2016 - Philadelphia, PA
7/1/2018 - Prague
7/3/2018 - Kraków
7/5/2018 - Berlin
nope.
don't even have the album in my possession a week! first listen was saturday...
i like to totally immerse myself in new music, particularly pjs, to really get a feel for it, to truly form an opinion on it. sure, after a week i'll break from it some, and more than likely, right before the shows i most defintely will as is my custom, then on to boots......and then a nice space of time, a breather-rest.....before i return to it.
Let's just breathe...
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