Back to the Future review part 2: Animal

Hugo Reyes
Hugo Reyes Posts: 244
edited September 2013 in The Porch
Imagine for a moment that way back when Pearl Jam revealed individual songs and we/people had a chance to overreact to each of them on their own. Please understand I am a giant, lifelong fan and have an open mind as to the tone (level of seriousness) of this post:

Animal: They've officially lost me on this track. But before we go there, I was lucky to got a sneak peek at the cover of the new album. It’s a close up of some animal's mouth? Maybe it’s the evil goat I've heard about? Then there is a rumor about the album’s title. It’s either "Vs." or "5 against 1". Geesh...just pick a title and go with it. That being said, I was "lucky" enough to hear the recently leaked Animal. I have to say, I'm getting kinda bored with the one name titles of this band's songs. Did they cheap out on a marketing consultant? So this supposedly "rocking" song starts out with the verse "1,23,4,5 against 1". Are we on Sesame Street? I half expect The Count to pop up at any time trying to teach me numbers. Anyway, I have to say, this may be the most shallow song I’ve come across from this band. It’s like they made a bet to see how many times they could say “I’d rather be” in one song. Plus they seem very defensive. It’s safe to say we’ll never hear this song on the radio and I’m starting to think the same about this band. If they’d just go the more traditional route, they may actually have a future. As of now, I give this a 1 out of 5 and hope someone gets to them before they ruin their career before it starts. Can you say intervention?
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  • shawnyballgame
    shawnyballgame Posts: 162
    I enjoyed this very much. Good stuff.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,292
    Wow people wrote just as much shit about them years ago as they do now
  • CrookedTom
    CrookedTom Posts: 252
    Animal is all about the riff, and what a riff from Mr Stone Gossard. Mean, funky, tough. Brilliant.
    Lyrics, melody etc are not up to much, but I don't think it matters. The riff is pumping, it always gets
    the crowd going, and that's enough for me.
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    pdalowsky wrote:
    Wow people wrote just as much shit about them years ago as they do now
    oh yeah!!
    "...Dimitri...He talks to me...'.."The Ghost of Greece..".
    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
    “..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
  • oysterjar
    oysterjar NH Posts: 1,235
    All that counting reminded of a kids song. But his deep voice and all that screaming was just horrid. What do all these kids have to be so angry about? I would never let my kids listen to this kind of garbage :lol:
    Wind this thing up.

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