Ok, admit it...what songs do nothing for you...

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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I am personally bored with the 'Headbanging' songs

    Okay.
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  • The_Fixer
    The_Fixer Posts: 255
    Drop The Leash 10 wrote:
    all of no code with the exception of sometimes and who you are


    Are you serious? No Code is arguably one of PJ's best albums.


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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I am personally bored with the 'Headbanging' songs

    you know what? Me, too. It doesn't seem to me that Ed is really into them anymore ... and when he's not into them, they aren't worth playing. The thing about PJ is the songs have to be played from the heart. If there ever comes a point Ed isn't feeling a certain song anymore, it needs to be put to rest.
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  • slightofjeff
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    sweetlewmtl wrote:
    Are you serious? No Code is arguably one of best albums of all-time, regardless of genre.

    That's better.
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    slightofjeff wrote:
    you know what? Me, too. It doesn't seem to me that Ed is really into them anymore ... and when he's not into them, they aren't worth playing. The thing about PJ is the songs have to be played from the heart. If there ever comes a point Ed isn't feeling a certain song anymore, it needs to be put to rest.

    Sounds like it's time for the band to break up. Ed seems to enjoy his solo career.

    EDIT: I'm not kidding either. I wouldn't be surprised...
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  • Big Ed
    Big Ed Posts: 331
    I need the 16th to get here fast.
    I got so freakin' worked up reading this post, my face turned red, my stomach started hurtin'........I was getting seriously bent out of the frame!
    I need a beer......or a good counselor.
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  • appliedlesson
    appliedlesson Posts: 237
    Sleight of Hand.

    I know others rave about it - I just don't get it.
  • faithfull44
    faithfull44 Posts: 14
    imalive wrote:
    It gives me great pleasure to be the first to nominate "Parachutes." OMG, what a buzz kill!! :D

    I forgot that one as well, and agree completely.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    MattyJoe wrote:
    Sounds like it's time for the band to break up. Ed seems to enjoy his solo career.

    Nah. These guys still rock. But it's patently obvious (to me at least) that Ed is over songs like "Go" and "Spin the Black Circle" and (as much as it pains me) "Rearviewmirror."

    They used to rock the hell out of Rearviewmirror around '96 or so. It was maybe one of my top five songs. Now it seems like they're rushing to get through it, Ed doesn't even bother with half the lyrics, etc.

    He's much better at the slower, mid-tempo stuff. If I were designing the optimal PJ setlist, most of the people who populate this thread would hate it for sure.

    It would be filled with your Small Towns and your Off He Goes and your Wishlist and Thumbing and all that good stuff.

    EDIT: Maybe it's not all the headbanging stuff they are over. Just the old headbanging stuff.
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    appliedlesson wrote:
    Sleight of Hand.

    I know others rave about it - I just don't get it.

    That's it. I've officially had it with this thread. :)

    How could you ... why ... but ... I ... look at the words, man!
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I am personally bored with the 'Headbanging' songs




    See I'm the other way around! I love the "rockers"
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    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
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    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    slightofjeff wrote:
    These guys still rock.

    Seems like Eddie doesn't. He wants to be more of a folk singer type. And I have no problem with that. Except I like the old Eddie.
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    MattyJoe wrote:
    Seems like Eddie doesn't. He wants to be more of a folk singer type. And I have no problem with that. Except I like the old Eddie.

    I dunno. He wrote Severed Hand, which I have trouble sitting still for. He's into Life Wasted. As far as old "rockers" go, he's been screeching the hell out of Blood the last couple tours pretty well.

    But that "old Ed" isn't coming back. He's 43 years old for God's sake. There's nothing sadder than a 43-year-old man pretending he's still 25. Just look at Steven Tyler.
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  • appliedlesson
    appliedlesson Posts: 237
    slightofjeff wrote:
    That's it. I've officially had it with this thread. :)

    How could you ... why ... but ... I ... look at the words, man!

    Calm down dude. :)


    The lyrics are beautiful, no question - the musical arrangement, I don't know, doesn't cut it for me.
  • The_Fixer
    The_Fixer Posts: 255
    slightofjeff wrote:
    That's better.


    Agreed
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    appliedlesson wrote:
    Calm down dude. :)


    The lyrics are beautiful, no question - the musical arrangement, I don't know, doesn't cut it for me.

    who cares about music ... when the words are that good ...
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • appliedlesson
    appliedlesson Posts: 237
    slightofjeff wrote:
    who cares about music ... when the words are that good ...

    Well if that were the case, release a book of poetry instead of a cd. :)

    I didn't read the whole thread - what song did you pick?
  • balwal78
    balwal78 Posts: 74
    imalive wrote:
    It gives me great pleasure to be the first to nominate "Parachutes." OMG, what a buzz kill!! :D

    Parachutes to me can be summed up with a thumbs down and the sound of blowing a raspberry.
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  • weenie
    weenie Posts: 1,623
    I think what we're all saying is that Ed needs a new formula for coming up with a set list. Between the number of times we all watch the DVDs and go to concerts, there are certain songs we're just over - not to mention that the band is WAY over them.

    I do, however, love this band live for the energy they put out, and take on from the audience. You can't get to that energy level without some of the headbangers and songs we're over.
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  • MattyJoe
    MattyJoe Posts: 1,424
    slightofjeff wrote:
    But that "old Ed" isn't coming back. He's 43 years old for God's sake. There's nothing sadder than a 43-year-old man pretending he's still 25. Just look at Steven Tyler.

    Well that would depend on what kind of 25 year old you were wouldn't it? 25 year old Ed was a fiery, angry, world weary grunge man. Pure rage mixed with insight. 25 year old Keith Richards (Steven Tyler's not as good of an example; he was a tool then and he's a tool now) was a decadent, indulgent rock star. Ed definitely still has that anger. But he has also found love and peace. I think he's currently in a conflict between those two poles. He knows his fans want him to rock out, but he's not sure if he wants to. His recent tour was a way of testing the waters, trying out the folk singer persona a little. It's possible he might decide to go completely in that direction. But I don't know if that's where Mike, Jeff, Stone, and Matt want to go (Stone maybe, but I think he still loves his thrashy grunge riffage). I mean just look at Mike when they sit down to do an acoustic set, he can barely stay in his chair.

    Therefore, Pearl Jam may be in its last years.
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