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Where's the love for Future Days?

CharliePCharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
edited October 2013 in The Porch
Don't understand the hate.
This is a brilliant song. One of the stronger efforts IMO.
If this was a Springsteen song it would get the love it deserves. Just saying....

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    BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,292
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeyloPWyB3I

    Love it
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    Stephen FlowStephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    Dude that Can song is a favorite of mine.

    As far as Future Days by PJ... it is growing on me, but I'm of the opinion that Yellow Moon should have closed out the album and the piano intro/outro is a bit too much for me... I think it would have been better striped down a bit more.
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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,660
    One of my favs. Love the keyboards
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    CharliePCharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    I cannot disagree with the fact that YM could have been a nice closer. But FD really is a nicely written Vedder song.

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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,490
    beautiful song!!!



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    tribejammer05tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    I'm enjoying the album version. I heard it at Wrigley and I didn't know what to think about it. It was after 1am, I was tired, wet, and wanted to rock!! So I don't think I allowed myself to enjoy it as much at Wrigley. :lol:
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    guitar101guitar101 Sutton, ON Posts: 397
    I really like it too. Actually really liked it at wrigley as well. Maybe it'll grow on people? definitely also surprised by all the hate.
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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,639
    It starts out with some promise with the piano, but then Ed comes in with the melody and that is where I shut it down. Great album, but Future Days is one I just do not like...at all. To me both the music and the lyrics are way to sappy. To quote Ed recently, "high sugar content".

    And I am not saying this to be negative as I like the album as a whole even though there are probably 5 songs I don't think I'll come around to but understand that is my problem and musical taste. I'll listen to just about anything PJ releases even if I don't love it, but Future Days is really the first song that I can't listen to.
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    DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Sounds like a song that Pete and Ronnie left off of Rough Mix.
    Another person here who thought they would hate it after hearing the Wrigley debut,
    but find myself enjoying it rather much.
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    Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Your Mom's Posts: 18,143
    I don't think it's a bad song but it isn't one that I need to hear again.

    I like mid to fast tempo moody to angry PJ....not on the verge of tears PJ
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    The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    cp3iverson wrote:
    One of my favs. Love the keyboards

    Only heard it twice but I feel the same way. Nice way to close the album; especially following SBM and YM. I need to find the lyrics though.
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    Daron OshayDaron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,506
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Sounds like a song that Pete and Ronnie left off of Rough Mix.
    Another person here who thought they would hate it after hearing the Wrigley debut,
    but find myself enjoying it rather much.

    I like this comparison
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    thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Even though it's probably my least favorite song off the album, I do like the song. Lyrically, it's not his strongest. But it is a beautiful song.
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    I really think this song would sound a lot better without the piano part. Replace that with guitar (or possibly organ) and you're on to something.
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    AdamcadoAdamcado Posts: 74
    CharlieP wrote:
    But FD really is a nicely written Vedder song.


    He should put it on another solo album minus brendan o briens cheesey keyboards.

    The song has great lyrics but it's not a Pearl Jam song. Yellow Moon would've been a perfect closer.
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    SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,929
    JTH wrote:
    I really think this song would sound a lot better without the piano part. Replace that with guitar (or possibly organ) and you're on to something.
    You want to know what else would make it MUCH better?



    If they had put the song an another album.
    Maybe The Carpenters could have covered it, along with Sleeping with an elf, or whatever the fuck that other song is.

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    Black10Black10 Posts: 160
    Love the song! I'm trying to convince the fiancé to let it be our wedding song! :D
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    curmudgeonesscurmudgeoness Brigadoon, foodie capital Posts: 3,379
    This song should be a standard "first dance" song at weddings for years to come. I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way. When I listen to it, though, I actually feel as if I am watching the end of a romantic comedy where our hero and heroine managed to get married at last, despite the pack of wild dogs and the drunk mother of the groom that threatened to ruin the wedding, and now are gazing into each others eyes, dancing to this song at their reception.

    But I like it. I don't think it's a bad end to the album; I am relatively indifferent to the piano outro. If anything, I feel that this album's song order is better than that of most of PJ's albums. I like it much better than the three slow songs on Backspacer. At the same time, I hope it does not become the new "beginning of first encore" song every night.
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    RedMosquito02RedMosquito02 Posts: 2,560
    dimitrispearljam wrote:
    beautiful song!!!



    for eddie solo album..
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    mydogmookieblaylockmydogmookieblaylock Posts: 2,996
    I thought someone was messing with me and put a Coldplay song on my playlist.
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    AdamcadoAdamcado Posts: 74
    Yeah Future Days isn't a bad song, but BOB has made it sound a little soft rock with his piano bits...

    I don't like to bang on about the past, I'm not someone who wants to see a return to Ten (not a huge fan of the album), but Pearl Jam used to write songs like Given To Fly, All Or None, Nothing As It Seems, Present Tense - epic songs which seemed to have a lot more depth and musically more interesting...

    Isn't Future Days a little boring?

    People moaned about Thin Air, but that's a far more original love song...

    Too much Eddie these days...
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    JTHJTH Chicago Posts: 3,238
    mydogmookieblaylock wrote:
    I thought someone was messing with me and put a Coldplay song on my playlist.
    I'd much rather hear Chris Martin play the keyboard part on this song than BO'B.
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    deftonesdeftones Athens, Greece Posts: 2,444
    This isn't a PJ song and it shouldn't be on that album. Ed could keep songs like these for his solo albums...same with SBM...
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    SPEEDY MCCREADYSPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 24,929
    deftones wrote:
    This isn't a PJ song and it shouldn't be on that album. Ed could keep songs like these for his solo albums...same with SBM...
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,490
    SPEEDY MCCREADY wrote:
    deftones wrote:
    This isn't a PJ song and it shouldn't be on that album. Ed could keep songs like these for his solo albums...same with SBM...
    Amen!
    And Praise the Lord!!!
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    landingonwaterlandingonwater Posts: 325
    "Sleeping By Myself" and "Future Days" really harm the album's conclusion. The keyboards are incredibly cheesy on FD. The song would be a million times better without them, I think. That said, it's still a fairly cheesy song. Not too huge on the lyrics. Decent melody. Probably my least favorite Pearl Jam album closer next to "Inside Job." SBM sounds like a Jason Mraz song. Loved the Ukulele Songs versions, but I just can't handle this full-band rendition. Would have worked as a holiday single or b-side, but certainly not on the album. Easily the weakest songs on the album. Those and "Sirens." (sorry, just not a fan of "Sirens.")
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    slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Future Days is a good song, and that's all that matters to me. I wish there had been Internet message boards in the 60s: " 'Hey Jude' isn't a Beatles song. Paul should have saved it for his solo album."

    My other point would be, people really need to stop equating "sentimental" with "cheesy." It's time to grow up and get a girlfriend, people.
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    SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 NYC Posts: 25,951
    I think its the perfect album closer and a great choice by the band.
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    AdamcadoAdamcado Posts: 74
    slightofjeff wrote:

    My other point would be, people really need to stop equating "sentimental" with "cheesy." It's time to grow up and get a girlfriend, people.


    The lyrics are beautiful.

    It's the arrangement that's cheesy.
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    Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,563
    I love this song too. Everything about it. I think its one of their more earnest songs. A lot of songs are written from different perspectives, but I think this one comes from the heart. I'm glad they didn't strip it down and make it more obscure, because theres nothing wrong with shouting from the rooftops once or twice in your life.

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