who thinks Johnny Guitar was not a very good song?

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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    Dr. Delight wrote:
    BTW, Johnny Guitar blows. Just an awful effort.
    always one of the most fun threads for me :corn: BTW I agree on it's awfulness :thumbup:
  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,334
    Bad PJ song
    Terrible song if anyone else did it



    Too many of us give credit to songs PJ craps out just to fill a record
    Similar song....
    Anyone else :thumbdown:
    PJ fans :thumbup:
    mca47 :fp:
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    mca47 wrote:
    Bad PJ song
    Terrible song if anyone else did it



    Too many of us give credit to songs PJ craps out just to fill a record
    Similar song....
    Anyone else :thumbdown:
    PJ fans :thumbup:
    mca47 :fp:
    well said :clap:
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    YieldToNothing wrote:
    this is possibly the best song on backspacer.
    this or got some


    do you guys even like music?

    fixed
    +1

    great song

    except for the fade out
  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    i like it
    danny d
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,816
    Have to admit.
    I had no idea what this song sounded like...
    So I just put on youtube...

    I made it through about 7 seconds...
    Safe to say, I will never listen to this song again...
    If I live to be 143 years old, I will never listen to this song again.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Jossie
    Jossie Posts: 505
    Johnny Guitar is my favourite from Backspacer. And my sis is actually mad about this song.
  • electronblue
    electronblue Posts: 3,502
    at first the lyrics seemed a little unnerving, made me cringe..but now I

    love it and it's a fun song to try and sing along with!..Ed's tone seems to turn and twist around in it ~
    :D
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    It disheartens me that this songs gets so much hate and a generic tune like Unthought Known gets praise heaped on it.

    Not the biggest fan of PJ's punk inspired stuff, but JG has a pretty cool arrangement and the positive energy that they were going for, with Backspacer shines through without being hokey. And are the lyrics really any worse than Unthought Known?
  • Get_Right
    Get_Right Posts: 14,108
    DewieCox wrote:
    It disheartens me that this songs gets so much hate and a generic tune like Unthought Known gets praise heaped on it.

    Not the biggest fan of PJ's punk inspired stuff, but JG has a pretty cool arrangement and the positive energy that they were going for, with Backspacer shines through without being hokey. And are the lyrics really any worse than Unthought Known?
    breathing hard, making hay


    the worst lyric on backspacer

    I think ed's vocals and matt's fills at the end on johnny guitar are killer
  • mikerl
    mikerl Posts: 580
    edited August 2013
    love this song. i think its a stronger tune on Backspacer. Great groove, cool timing. The outro is killer, awesome darker vibe at the end with CLASSIC Vedder-isms.


    Whats wrong with the lyrics? In my mind, they are phrased immaculately to fit the interesting groove of the tune. This song had a perfect combo of "virology-rock-ness" and "new-PJ-matt-cameron-timing-thing" that is awesome together.

    Just put Backspacer on the turn table, cant wait to get to this song.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Have to admit.
    I had no idea what this song sounded like...
    So I just put on youtube...

    I made it through about 7 seconds...
    Safe to say, I will never listen to this song again...
    If I live to be 143 years old, I will never listen to this song again.

    lol. speedy.
    wtf?
    did you boycott Backspacer, or what???
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  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    just not into this song at all, can't listen to it, I created my own version of Backspacer with Of The Earth replacing it and when Pearl Jam radio plays it I switch to a different channel
  • jumbojet
    jumbojet Posts: 1,484
    It is a good song, it will not rock your world like Hard to Imagine or I got shit but it is a good song.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,816
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    Have to admit.
    I had no idea what this song sounded like...
    So I just put on youtube...

    I made it through about 7 seconds...
    Safe to say, I will never listen to this song again...
    If I live to be 143 years old, I will never listen to this song again.

    lol. speedy.
    wtf?
    did you boycott Backspacer, or what???
    Yeah I have.
    I basically boycotted the last 3 albums...
    Sad but true.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    DewieCox wrote:
    On a mostly pretty boring album, I think this one sticks out in a positive way. Think PJ brought something fresh and cool compared to their usual forays into punkier territory.

    Agreed. It seems like a song that you wouldn't expect from PJ which I like.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,251
    Big Bank Hank wrote:
    just not into this song at all, can't listen to it, I created my own version of Backspacer with Of The Earth replacing it and when Pearl Jam radio plays it I switch to a different channel

    Do you like Unthought Known? Nothing more boring in the PJ catalogue in my opinion.
  • Who I Am
    Who I Am Posts: 661
    I'm a fan of Johnny.
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  • pjsyco
    pjsyco Wilmington, NC Posts: 648
    Not a fan of the song but chicks dig my Johnny Guitar tattoo avatar
  • Big Bank Hank
    Big Bank Hank Seattle, WA Posts: 8,639
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    Big Bank Hank wrote:
    just not into this song at all, can't listen to it, I created my own version of Backspacer with Of The Earth replacing it and when Pearl Jam radio plays it I switch to a different channel

    Do you like Unthought Known? Nothing more boring in the PJ catalogue in my opinion.
    have you listened to Unthought Known in an enhanced state of mind? I respond more to how a song sounds stoned, I use to do a lot of LSD and shrooms, and that is my background, now it is just ganja, so I like more psychedelic classic rock stuff, but I do really like the harder stuff as well, UK is fantastic stoned, actually most of Backspacer is, and I could live without Just Breathe or The Fixer, but 8 out of 11 ain't bad

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