who thinks Johnny Guitar was not a very good song?

Cortez the Killer sent me

I think Johnny Guitar is an Awesome song.

rrivers

Big Bank Hank wrote:

rrivers wrote:

jfconnorjr wrote:

It is not a good song.....maybe the worst PJ song in the bands history.
I would challenge you to find a worse one.

Gone and Thumbing My Way come to mind.

both those songs are great
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArslVcMLeQ8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZAj-uUE_mmU

Showing a video of the songs do not make them better. At least JG has originality going for it.

Big Bank Hank

videos or not, I think they are great songs, just my opinion

H.Chinaski

not my favorite track

TroubledSoul

Big Bank Hank wrote:

my song rankings for Backspacer rated on a scale of 1 to 10
1.Got Some 9
2.Supersonic 9
3.Just Breathe 8.5
4.The End 8
5.Amongst The Waves 7.5
6.Unthought Known 7.5
7.Force Of Nature 7.5
8.Speed Of Sound 7
9.The Fixer 7
10.Gonna See My Friend 5
11.Johnny Guitar 3.5

unthought known 7.5
just breathe 5.5
the end 5
amongst the waves 5
got some 5
force of nature 4.5
gonna see my friend 4
the fixer 3
speed of sound 2... redeemed by eds solo version which probably sneaks it up to a 3.5.
supersonic 2
johnny guitar 1.5

and i reckon that's generous in parts.

Karley

It's actually the opposite with me...at first I liked it very much, loved the version they played in Berlin two years ago. But nowadays I can't listen to it anymore!

javis el errante

thefixer9 wrote:

jfconnorjr wrote:

It is not a good song.....maybe the worst PJ song in the bands history.
I would challenge you to find a worse one.

Stupid Mop.......

I really like Johnny Guitar but then again I just frickin' love Backspacer......It's really different sounding for them but in a good way.

I think that, with Stupid mop, they tried to do something like Revolution N° 9, and it went wrong... as if Revolution N° 9 was a cool song... anyway...

Karley wrote:

It's actually the opposite with me...at first I liked it very much, loved the version they played in Berlin two years ago. But nowadays I can't listen to it anymore!

It happens, you get tired of some, or you simply worn them out...

JaneNY

I like it - it is a sweet and poignant song of unrequited love.

RhinoJam

I really dig the song now... but mostly from seeing it live and it growing on me... I was not crazy about the song at all when the album first came out... and really, on my first listen through Backspacer, I thought Force of Nature and Unthought Known were the tracks that really stood out... but the album and Johnny Guitar have grown on me now, but I still like it live more than I do the album version...

drummerboy_73

Big Bank Hank wrote:

my song rankings for Backspacer rated on a scale of 1 to 10
1.Got Some 9
2.Supersonic 9
3.Just Breathe 8.5
4.The End 8
5.Amongst The Waves 7.5
6.Unthought Known 7.5
7.Force Of Nature 7.5
8.Speed Of Sound 7
9.The Fixer 7
10.Gonna See My Friend 5
11.Johnny Guitar 3.5

Supersonic 9 out of 10?! :?

I would be curious to know how many of those who LIKE Johnny Guitar are musicians and how many are not.

In past discussions with some of these more "obscure" tunes, there seems to have been a correlation between liking or disliking a song and whether or not one plays a musical instrument. It's been pretty distinct too - not much middle ground. For me, as a drummer, songs like Evacuation, Johnny Guitar, God's Dice, Big Wave, etc. are fun as hell to play on the drums and the rhythm and groove of a song are what I initially gravitate towards. The appreciation for the lyrics or a guitar solo usually comes later.

josevolution

Did the song die :fp: :fp: Is Is Is

javis el errante

it would be nice they play this one tonite

Mamasan23

Actually one of my faves!

papa_pearls_jam.pj20

Not me...

Johnny Guitar was, is, and always will be a VERY GOOD song.
:P

rrivers

drummerboy_73 wrote:

Big Bank Hank wrote:

my song rankings for Backspacer rated on a scale of 1 to 10
1.Got Some 9
2.Supersonic 9
3.Just Breathe 8.5
4.The End 8
5.Amongst The Waves 7.5
6.Unthought Known 7.5
7.Force Of Nature 7.5
8.Speed Of Sound 7
9.The Fixer 7
10.Gonna See My Friend 5
11.Johnny Guitar 3.5

Supersonic 9 out of 10?! :?

I would be curious to know how many of those who LIKE Johnny Guitar are musicians and how many are not.

In past discussions with some of these more "obscure" tunes, there seems to have been a correlation between liking or disliking a song and whether or not one plays a musical instrument. It's been pretty distinct too - not much middle ground. For me, as a drummer, songs like Evacuation, Johnny Guitar, God's Dice, Big Wave, etc. are fun as hell to play on the drums and the rhythm and groove of a song are what I initially gravitate towards. The appreciation for the lyrics or a guitar solo usually comes later.

I like JG and I'm not a musician.

I was surprised by Supersonic 9 out of 10 too.

TheBeardedFellow

The first thing I thought of when i saw this song title was of Van Halen's Top Jimmy. And then it made me think of Top Jimmy and Johnny Guitar playing a gig together. And since then, I've been waiting for another of my favorite bands to write a song called Jerry Drumkits, and we can put the whole band together.

foriginalsin

drummerboy_73 wrote:

Big Bank Hank wrote:

my song rankings for Backspacer rated on a scale of 1 to 10
1.Got Some 9
2.Supersonic 9
3.Just Breathe 8.5
4.The End 8
5.Amongst The Waves 7.5
6.Unthought Known 7.5
7.Force Of Nature 7.5
8.Speed Of Sound 7
9.The Fixer 7
10.Gonna See My Friend 5
11.Johnny Guitar 3.5

Supersonic 9 out of 10?! :?

I would be curious to know how many of those who LIKE Johnny Guitar are musicians and how many are not.

In past discussions with some of these more "obscure" tunes, there seems to have been a correlation between liking or disliking a song and whether or not one plays a musical instrument. It's been pretty distinct too - not much middle ground. For me, as a drummer, songs like Evacuation, Johnny Guitar, God's Dice, Big Wave, etc. are fun as hell to play on the drums and the rhythm and groove of a song are what I initially gravitate towards. The appreciation for the lyrics or a guitar solo usually comes later.

Exactly, The 9 out of 10 for Supersonic is a red flag for me. Not that I hate supersonic, its an ok tune but its cake to play on guitar and kind of boring. I agree with you drummerboy, I wonder if there is a correlation between songs like Johnny Guitar, Gods Dice(wayyy underrated) and playing an instrument.

Also, its not just about a song being hard/easy to play and the musicianship that goes into a song. As Eddie says Rockin in the Free world, "only has 3 fucking chords" and countless other songs like Brain of J are easy to play but they FUCKING ROCK. So, I dont want anyone to take this as, "only difficult songs are good songs." Thats not what I mean.

Still though, I wonder about the correlation.

mdgsolo

TheBeardedFellow wrote:

The first thing I thought of when i saw this song title was of Van Halen's Top Jimmy. And then it made me think of Top Jimmy and Johnny Guitar playing a gig together. And since then, I've been waiting for another of my favorite bands to write a song called Jerry Drumkits, and we can put the whole band together.

Just be careful you don't get left alone with Randy Roadie

Big Bank Hank

Supersonic is a great song to listen to and I gave a 9 because I think Eddie does an awesome job on it, maybe 9 was generous, but I certainly wouldn't give it less than an 7, I threw that list together real fast in like 2 minutes, so the likelyhood of making a few mistakes was high, but hey I tried

pocketdeuces

Big Bank Hank's ranking of songs off album are way off, except for JG. 7s and 7.5s for the best songs on album? You are way off sir.