I must admit that Backspacer is growing on me

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  • YourDirtisMyfood
    YourDirtisMyfood Boston Posts: 4,668
    otter wrote:
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    otter wrote:
    Back Spacer is a great album.

    I think it is so perfect. 4 great rockers right off the bat...bam bam bam bam!!!! then a little more depth. Then Blamo a great old time surf punk shot!

    Pearl Jam is the best band in the world. I feel very fortunate to be a fan. That sounds strange but how lucky are we to be fans of a band that continues to work so hard to give us awesome music?!?!?!?!

    I was at the Show Box in 02 when Ed said "thank you" and we all started chanting "thank you...thank you" It was a wonderful moment. The guys seemed guenuinely touched, I always thought that is why they released that dvd. That and the War tag.

    Backspacer is a great great album. If you think you don't like it you are wrong. I think it's just that we all love the old songs so in a way we want the new ones to be the old ones. But when the new ones become the old ones we appreciate them more.

    This is going to be a great concert!! Hearing these new ones live is gonna be great!!!

    Here's another cool thing about Pearl Jam. Once the new cd comes out the old cd doesn't get played as much at the new tour so that makes each show very unique. Think about all the shows you've seen. That show will never be duplicated!!

    I love Pearl Jam and once again....THANK YOU!! :D


    other then the not liking/you are wrong part, this is a great post. I think sometimes we forget how lucky we have it that we have found or have a band that we love so much and makes our downtime so much fun.

    What I meant was that you think that you don't like it but you do. I think people are listening for the imposible. They subconsiously (sic) expect to hear rearviewmirror and when Got Some is playing their mind is wanting "pearl jam". But in a way if it's new it's not "pearl jam" to their subconsious.

    You know?

    i hear ya. How many shows you seeing?
  • the wolf
    the wolf Posts: 7,027
    I loved it from the minute I heard it, and I still do.

    I for one am glad it sounds so different.
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  • otter
    otter Posts: 772
    Just one. :cry:
    I couldn't work any others out. I would have been able to go to Buffalo but Sunday - Monday was immposible. If there was a day off inbetween I could have worked it.
    I can't believe they are not comming to the burgh! That shocked me. :o
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    it grabbed me from the get go and hasn't let go :D
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • ponner1us
    ponner1us Posts: 738
    YourDirtisMyfood wrote:
    When I went to Target 6 or so months ago and sat in the parking lot after making my purchase, I listened intently to the album. A couple of songs jumped out at me, but just a few. I listened to the album a few times more during that week and would occasionally put it on in my truck or CD player while biking, but not much. But I must admit, during the past month I'm starting to get into the whole album now. I don't know, maybe because I'm older and my reactions are slower? It's not Vs., Vitalogy or even Yield, but I'm starting to dig it. :D

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  • Save Me
    Save Me Posts: 147
    I love all PJ's albums including this one. I'm still listening to certain songs from it. I never love every song from every album and it's the same with this one but PJ has more hits than misses than any other artist(s) I know. I love the tight, crisp feel the record has to it. Great balance of rockers, mid-tempo and slower numbers.
    "The Wild is chasing after me. Hot on my trail won't leave me alone. All I can see is your blood right in front of me, and I can't kill The Wild." Me
  • grizaham
    grizaham Nashville, TN Posts: 341
    Pearl Jam rules.
    I LOVED backspacer the second i listened to it.
    37 days til JazzFest!!
    Seen PJ 21 times live from 1994-2019

  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    FY51755 wrote:
    Its been 6 months and I still listen to Backspacer (minus SOS usually) at least ONCE A DAY. Than again when Tool's Lateralus came out, I listened to that album every day for 18 months. I love my long commutes!

    haha, people never understand why I love my long commute. :D ...you get it though.
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  • otter
    otter Posts: 772
    Here is another super cool thing about Pearl Jam

    When you listen to Backspacer you are hearing 5 guys jamming. The conanan show is a perfect example. These guys simply play the songs that they wrote!
    I found my place......and it's alright
  • inlet13
    inlet13 Posts: 1,979
    I think Backspacer is the best CD PJ ever released followed closely by Yield and Ten. What I like about it is simple:

    -it's ridiculously eclectic (punk song here, pop song here, folk song here, ten-style song here... ect)
    -despite the different styles in each song, they flow well
    -the lyrics are uplifting, rather than depressing
    -Ed's voice sounds good
    -there are NO throw-aways
    -it's not political; instead the lyrics are largely introspective
    -I think this is the first album Matt actually added too, rather than subtracted from
    -the production is excellent
    Here's a new demo called "in the fire":

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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    cajunkiwi wrote:
    iamloco724 wrote:
    why do so many people dislike this album or not like it that much..just curious what is it about it

    For me, personally, it just doesn't have the depth the other albums have. When Ed was pissed off, he wrote some deep, heavy, lyrics that really made you stop and think. I don't feel challenged by the Backspacer lyrics at all (I remember reading somewhere before Backspacer came out that Ed admitted he didn't spend as long on the lyrics this time around due to hanging out with his family. Can't blame him for that at all - if I was in his position I'd do the same thing. But at the end of the day, the end result is still lyrics that I don't love). Also, musically, I'm not a fan of the cleaner, poppier sound - I like my PJ pissed off with a little dirt under the fingernails. I really don't like the country vibe on the slower songs - I love Into The Wild, but for some reason, when it's the full band playing the folksy songs, it takes something away (see: Speed of Sound demo vs the album version of the same song). I'd rather listen to Aye Davanita than Just Breathe. I love me a healthy dose of Mike McCready and his kick-ass solos. I like the longer songs that they can Jam out on over a bunch of shorter songs that are over in under three minutes. I don't know - to me, personally (and that's all this is, simply my opinion), it just doesn't have any real depth to it. I like the cheeseburger vs the steak analogy... that sums it up nicely for me. I tried to like the album - I listened to it a freaking ton when I bought it. But it just never clicked for me.

    That being said, there are plenty of people who love the album, and that's cool. Don't hate me for enjoying Jeremy more than Supersonic and I won't hate you for liking The End more than Come Back. At the end of the day we still love the same band :D

    Lyrically, I think this is the best album since Yield, beginning to end. Some of the other albums definitely had their moments. But they also had Mike McCready regurgitating AA pamphlets and calling them lyrics (sorry, Mike ;) ).


    If you don't think some of the Backspacer lyrics have depth, you aren't digging deep enough.
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    for the least they could possibly do
  • Divka
    Divka Posts: 200
    I really like the album, and even tho the cool kids say otherwise, I think Just Breathe is a great song. Lyrically, I relate to a lot of what's said on Backspacer... especially songs such as Unthought Known and Amongst the Waves. I really enjoy the positive energy that they exude.

    One of the things that I love about Pearl Jam is that they are constantly changing. I don't want 10 albums that all sound the same. I like variety in my music.

    On each album there are songs that I LOVE, songs I enjoy, and occasionaly songs I could do without. But I'm not going to say the songs I haven't fallen in love with are bad, because those songs for sure speak to plenty of other people. We all have different tastes. Fortunately, a band such as Pearl Jam consistantly makes music that satisfies a variety of cravings. I wouldn't have it any other way :angel:
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  • JonnyPistachio
    JonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    iamloco724 wrote:
    why do so many people dislike this album or not like it that much..just curious what is it about it

    I like the album, but its near the bottom of my favorites overall becasue I just feel the second half is weak. I LOVE the first 6-7 tunes. But Supersonic, SoS, FoN, the End, just fall flat with me.

    I have forced myself to listen to FoN, and I CANT STAND IT! I dont know what it is either.. I keep hoping that something will change, but I know it won't.

    Iget so excited to think about the tunes that didnt make it to the record though (the rumored EP...), and the one song Tom Tomoorow mentioned in DEEP mag...I bet they just didnt fit the flow of backspacer and I'm hoping they are sometimg different. MAybe we'll hear 'em soon!?
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  • PearlJamPatriot
    PearlJamPatriot Posts: 2,426
    For me, Backspacer has faded. I hardly listen to it. I think its a good CD. But for me, I like every other album except Riot Act more.
    Pearl Jam Shows: 1998 - 9/11 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 9/13 Hartford, CT || 2000 - 8/24 Wantagh, NY (Jones Beach 2); 8/27 Saratoga Springs; 8/29 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 8/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2) || 2003 - 4/29 Albany, NY; 5/3 State College, PA; 7/2 Mansfield (night 1); 7/6 Camden, NJ (night 2); 7/8 New York, NY (MSG night 1) || 2004 - 9/28 Boston, MA (night 1); 9/29 Boston, MA (night 2) || 2005 - 10/3 Philadelphia, PA || 2006 - 5/12 Albany, NY; 5/13 Hartford, CT; 5/24 Boston, MA (night 1); 5/25 Boston, MA (night 2); 5/27 Camden, NJ (night 1); 5/28 Camden, NJ (night 2)|| 2008 - 6/19 Camden, NJ (night 1); 6/24 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 6/25 New York, NY (MSG night 2); 6/27 Hartford, CT; 6/28 Mansfield, MA (night 1); 6/30 Mansfield, MA (night 2); 7/1 New York, NY (Beacon Theater)|| 2009 - 9/21 Seattle, WA (night 1); 9/22 Seattle, WA (night 2); 10/27 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 1); 10/28 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 2); 10/30 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 3); 10/31 Philadelphia, PA (Spectrum night 4)|| 2010 - 5/15 Hartford, CT; 5/17 Boston, MA; 5/20 New York, NY (MSG night 1); 5/21 New York, NY (MSG night 2)|| 2011 - 9/3 East Troy, WI (PJ20); 9/4 East Troy, WI (PJ20) || 2012 - 9/2 Philadelphia, PA, 9/30 Missoula, MT || 2013 - 7/19 Chicago, IL (Wrigley Field), 10/12 Buffalo, NY, 10/15 Worcester, MA (night 1), 10/16 Worcester, MA (night 2), 10/18 Brooklyn, NY (night 1), 10/19 Brooklyn, NY (night 2), 10/25 Hartford, CT || 2014 - 10/22 Denver, CO || 2015 -  9/26 New York, NY (Global Citizen Festival) || 2016 - 5/1 New York, NY (night 1), 5/2 New York, NY (night 2), 8/5 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1), 8/7 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 2) || 2018 - 9/2 Boston, MA (Fenway Park night 1) || 2020 - 3/30 New York, NY
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  • Deep In The Ocean
    Deep In The Ocean Posts: 196
    TRY WITH THIS:


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    IT GROWS AND GROWS.....
    From Montevideo, Uruguay.
  • FrankY59
    FrankY59 Posts: 1,052
    JonnyPistachio wrote:
    iamloco724 wrote:
    why do so many people dislike this album or not like it that much..just curious what is it about it

    I like the album, but its near the bottom of my favorites overall becasue I just feel the second half is weak. I LOVE the first 6-7 tunes. But Supersonic, SoS, FoN, the End, just fall flat with me.

    I have forced myself to listen to FoN, and I CANT STAND IT! I dont know what it is either.. I keep hoping that something will change, but I know it won't.

    Iget so excited to think about the tunes that didnt make it to the record though (the rumored EP...), and the one song Tom Tomoorow mentioned in DEEP mag...I bet they just didnt fit the flow of backspacer and I'm hoping they are sometimg different. MAybe we'll hear 'em soon!?


    Try fast forwarding through the first 13 seconds. Those 13 seconds give me the worst vibe to start a song...but the rest is beautiful.
  • BZ
    BZ Posts: 45
    Backspacer is great! Loved it from day 1.
  • LoveBoatAdmiral
    LoveBoatAdmiral Posts: 1,191
    Divka wrote:
    Lyrically, I relate to a lot of what's said on Backspacer... especially songs such as Unthought Known

    "All the thoughts,... You never see,... You’re always thinking,...
    Brain is wired,... Brain is deep,... Oh are you sinking?,...

    Feel the path of every day,... Which road you taking?,...
    Breathing hard,... & Making hay,... Yeh this is living,...

    Look for love & evidence,... That you’re worth keeping,...
    Swallowed whole in negatives,... It's so sad & sickening,...

    Feel the air up above,... A pool of blue sky,...
    Fill the air up with love,... Black w/starlight,...

    Feel the sky blanket you,... w/gems & rhinestones,...
    See the path cut by the moon,... For you to walk on,...
    For you to walk on,...

    Nothing left,... Nothing left,...
    Nothing there,... Nothing left,...

    See the path cut by the moon,... For you to walk on,...
    See the waves on distant shores,... Awaiting your arrival,...

    Dream the dreams of other men,... You’ll be no ones rival,...
    Dream the dreams of others then,... You will be no ones rival,...
    You will be no ones rival,...

    A distant time,... A distant space,... That’s where we’re living —..
    A distant time,... A distant place,... So what you giving?,...
    What you giving?"

    Tell, which of these lyrics do you relate to? Are you a path cut by the moon? Are you blanketed by gems and rhinestones?
    This is drivel, it's non-sensical imagery. Dr. Suess was deeper (seriously, reread some Suess, it can get deep)
    I love most of Eddie's lyrics, but I can't spin these any way to say that they're good, or deep or even relate-able.

    Sorry, I'm done ranting now.
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  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Growing on you?????


    No Code, Binuaral and Riot Act are meant to grow on you.. Backspacer is meant to punch you in the face right off the start!
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    i cant stop listening to backspacer!
    danny d

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