Anyone else have a hard time with Sirens?

SputNick

agree. this 2x "hear the sirens" in the beggining (especially the second one) does not sound nice.

but still its a better intro than the piano intro of Future Days. When i first heard that i thought Mariah Carey was going to start singing...

Suzyntheq

The piano intro of Future Days I agree is terrible. That intro and Sirens are imo the only blights on an otherwise fine album

texasistheSTEVEN

I like Sirens but lets be honest here, its no sleeping by myself is it............. :corn:

Eraserhead

texasistheSTEVEN wrote:

I like Sirens but lets be honest here, its no sleeping by myself is it............. :corn:

...or Let the Records Play.

texasistheSTEVEN

Eraserhead wrote:

texasistheSTEVEN wrote:

I like Sirens but lets be honest here, its no sleeping by myself is it............. :corn:

...or Let the Records Play.

Stone rules

fortyshades

This song is growing on me. Was ok at first, then I liked it and now it is one of my favourite. I think it also is in a nice slot; right between MFS and LB. Makes the song stronger.

cmm6734

After hearing Sirens for a third time live, I still think it's a momentum killer, but I love Ed's "impromptu" sing-a-long after the song, it is awesome.

northerndragon

Yes, was ok with it at first then heard it over and over again while trying to win a radio contest and I'm all good now. This is one of those rare PJ songs that appears to have a shelf life, a short one because I heard MYM just as much and still dig listening to that one. I know I won't be this lucky but I really hope they don't play it in Van or Seattle.

BALLBOY

When i first heard it i cringed at bit but now it has grown on me as it is hitting home with a few things going on in my life at the moment. No band can capture its fans emotions like this one

Sarahjkjk

I'm ok with Sirens but I'm having a hard time listening to My Father's Son, "I'm the next in line" lyric doesn't fit for me. :?
I'm really digging Getaway, Lighting Bolt and Infallible
wonder what the next single will be? :corn:

dustinpardue

Yieldman wrote:

Nope.

Nope, it's an incredible song all around.

JM16768

Sarahjkjk wrote:

I'm ok with Sirens but I'm having a hard time listening to My Father's Son, "I'm the next in line" lyric doesn't fit for me. :?
I'm really digging Getaway, Lighting Bolt and Infallible
wonder what the next single will be? :corn:

I love sirens man...maybe because I'm a bit older and like Steve Gleason said they have the been soundtrack of my life and I'm a Dad now so it relates through and through. I hear ya about Fathers Son, had that same feeling with Force of Nature, but its started growing on me A LOT! Now I really dig it...as with the whole album, turning into the classic grow on you Pearl Jam album, which is the case with the best ones.

As for next single I have a feeling its going to be Lighting Bolt. Its a GREAT song, turning out to be awesome live and its just a really great "Pearl Jam" song if you know what i mean.

dustinpardue

Spiritual_Chaos wrote:

If the sirens were the same kind of Sirens referenced in Force of Nature it would be more powerful.

Interesting take. When I saw the song title before hearing the song I thought that's what was coming. I love the song either way though. Gripping, powerful, and everything that makes Ed a brilliant lyricist.

bigdaub

i don't particularly like the song, but don't dislike it either.

first time i heard it during the guitar solo part it reminded me of the background music on budwiser's "real american hero" radio commercials. now i think of having a bud every time i hear the song. okay, maybe not having one, but definitely the commercials.

DURP

Sirens sucks like most of you do.

shortstack

DURP wrote:

Sirens sucks like most of you do.

lol

1rogeraspain2

Well, AT FIRST, I was sorta feelin' the same way about the song, especially the beginning; but after listening to it a few times, ... I fell in love with it and never looked back ... except to scold myself for doubting its beauty in the first place. I might add that such an initial response is not entirely uncommon. Think about it; while some songs grab us from the get go, there are (personally speaking) some tunes that take us (me) a while to warm up to. It's funny, one of the great things about Pearl Jam's music is that I am constantly finding something new to love about it ... whether it be songs from "Lightening Bolt" or any of their previous work.

fox_mulderX

I don't agree.
'Hear the sirens', is the first words from the first line of the song. If the first line didn't start with those words, I'd be more inclined to agree. For example:
Hear the sirens X2
Listen to the sound, the circus so profound.
In the end, nothing is as bad as "on my knees to rise and fix my broken soul.... again." Fuck, that's terrible.

igotid88

fox_mulderX wrote:

I don't agree.
'Hear the sirens', is the first words from the first line of the song. If the first line didn't start with those words, I'd be more inclined to agree. For example:
Hear the sirens X2
Listen to the sound, the circus so profound.
In the end, nothing is as bad as "on my knees to rise and fix my broken soul.... again." Fuck, that's terrible.

It's "hear the circus so profound"

JF110284

LA night 1, had a few beers. Needed to go... Setlist was killer, so when does one go? Wait for Sirens, I said to myself. Sirens came, and I went. In that moment, Sirens was great.