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It's official!! Backspacer's a nice album...

bigbadbillbigbadbill Posts: 1,758
edited September 2009 in The Porch
...according to my mom. I played Just Breathe for her because of the guitar part (arpeggio pattern), and since she's a total classical music buff (she's been playing piano 72 of her 76 years on this earth, and she's the musical director of her opera company - Opera Pasadena), she thought that was neat. (her words, not mine) I showed her the liner notes where they have string and horn arrangements for "The End," and she was very impressed. She said "of all that loud crap you call music, Pearl Jam is actually respectable to me." I also told her that the drummer's wife plays viola and is sometimes featured in the album(s). She replied, "That's nice!!"
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    my friend doesnt really like PJ but she is in love with Just BReathe and Johnny Guitar, among others.
  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    yeah one of my friends doesnt know anything about PJ but loves the new album (or most of it)
    PJ:7/2/03.9/28/04.5/25/06.8/5/07.6/14/08.6/27/08.6/28/08.6/30/08.
    10/30/09.10/31/09.5/17/10.9/7/11
    EV:boston 1+2.albnay 1.boston 2010
  • PatrickBatemanPatrickBateman Posts: 2,243
    Chalk up one more for a mom liking the album. My mother bought the cd while looking for a tshirt for me and caled me back to tell me she likes it and is keeping it...lol
    If a man speaks in a forest and there is no woman around to hear him, is he still wrong?
  • megatronmegatron Posts: 3,420
    every girl i know that's heard just breathe has demanded a copy of backspacer
  • decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,977
    PatrickBateman wrote:
    Chalk up one more for a mom liking the album. My mother bought the cd while looking for a tshirt for me and caled me back to tell me she likes it and is keeping it...lol


    that's awesome, as is the first post.
    my mom is just not musical, at all.....and sure, while she enjoys music if out at a party, etc, yea....she just doesn't listen on her own. but hey, she did come down to see my husband's band at a local street festival and stayed for the whole gig, said she had a good time....and at 81, i think that's pretty damn cool. :D


    i will say for me, i have found the secret to really, truly enjoying backspacer, start to finish: PLAY IT LOUD. i mean....LOUD. my first couple listens were all through headphones. didn't think much of it at all, outside of just breathe, the first listen....then a few more tunes grew on me with subsequent listens...but i still found it uneven, a few songs, just dislike. now no, not much changed with my likes/dislikes...tho i definitely have LOVE for about 5-6 tunes, still like a couple inbetween, and still dislike 2 for sure....but the overall feeling is far better. over the weekend, finally, i was able to listen to the album a few times over, loud, in my living room, with the good system on 7 channel enhanced setting....glass of wine in hand, room dark except for lots of candles....subwoofer right behind me and....yeeeeaaaaaaa. the whole album just was great, together, even the songs i am 'meh' about.....it just *worked*...and the songs i love, fantastic! and hell yes, jeff and matt kick all kinds of ass on this album. 8-)
    Stay with me...
    Let's just breathe...


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