The Aging of Avocado
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one word.....masterpiece.0
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Avacado is my favourite PJ album of the 21st century (ie Post Yield era). I was quite stoked when it came out and I think it still rocks today. Great album front to back (except for maybe Big Wave).0
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Amount of times played since the 2006 self titled tour:
MITS- 11
Parachutes- 9
Big Wave- 8
Gone- 9 (not played 2010-2013)
Army Reserve- 7
severed hand thirteen2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/180 -
My top 5 on the album, no particular order: Unemployable, Inside Job, Severed Hand, Army Reserve, WWS
And to be my usual complete-opposite-of-the-masses self, Marker is the one song I skip. And I love Parachutes, Gone, & Big Wave.Star Lake 00 / Pittsburgh 03 / State College 03 / Bristow 03 / Cleveland 06 / Camden II 06 / DC 08 / Pittsburgh 13 / Baltimore 13 / Charlottesville 13 / Cincinnati 14 / St. Paul 14 / Hampton 16 / Wrigley I 16 / Wrigley II 16 / Baltimore 20 / Camden 22 / Baltimore 24 / Raleigh I 25 / Raleigh II 25 / Pittsburgh I 250 -
Interesting.SVRDhand13 said:GREAT- Severed Hand, Come Back, Inside Job, Wasted Reprise/Life Wasted
GOOD- WWS, Comatose, Marker In The Sand, Parachutes, Unemployable, Army Reserve
POOR- Big Wave, Gone
GREAT- Severed Hand, Wasted Reprise/Life Wasted, Comatose, Marker In The Sand
GOOD- WWS, Parachutes, Unemployable, Army Reserve
POOR- Big Wave, Gone, Inside Job, Come Back,0 -
GREAT- Severed Hand, Life Wasted, Marker In The Sand, WWS, Come back
GOOD- Big Wave, Army Reserve, Wasted Reprise, Comatose
POOR- Gone, Inside Job,
Terrible: Parachutes, UnemployableI'll ride the wave where it takes me......0 -
I started a trend haha
Just happy to see Severed Hand in the great lists!severed hand thirteen2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/180 -
I think Marker is a great lyric, I think one of their more underrated tunes. I honestly could never get into Inside Job, just think it sounds cheesy, too prog. rocky which I don't think the band ever did very well. However, it's one of my favorite albums.Milwaukee 2014
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Wrigley 2016 1&2
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London 2018 1
Wrigley 2018 1&2
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GREAT- Severed Hand, Life Wasted, Marker In The Sand, WWS, Come back, Comatose, Gone, Inside Job
GOOD- Unemployable, Army Reserve
"MEH"- Big Wave, Wasted Reprise (does this count?), Parachutes
POOR- None
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For about 7 years I've been intent on writing an exposition about the parallels (intentional or not) between Self-Titled and George Orwell's 1984. There are a TON of lyrical references throughout the songs (excepting Big Wave, which is a large part of the reason why it doesn't seem to fit in to me) that are so closely connected to Orwell's novel that I am convinced there's something deeper under the surface of the album that just hasn't been dug out yet.RiddledWithMetaphors said:
Severed Hand- Decent music, but some of the lyrics make me cringe: "Tried to walk found a severed hand/ recognized it from the wedding band." TF???
Anyway, your comment about Severed Hand reminded me to look back at the part of the novel where Winston is musing about how he and most others in his society have become dehumanized by the government and themselves, at which point he recalls walking down the street and coming across a severed hand:The proles had stayed human. They had not become hardened inside. They had held on to the primitive emotions which he himself had to re-learn by conscious effort. And in thinking this he remembered, without apparent relevance, how a few weeks ago he had seen a severed hand lying on the pavement and had kicked it into the gutter as though it had been a cabbage-stalk.
When I have enough time I'll get to writing something more about the song as a whole, and the other songs, and how they relate to the novel, in my opinion. I might be way off-base, but I've thought about this a lot and really do think there's something potentially there.
'The proles are human beings,' he said aloud. 'We are not human.'Post edited by walkunafraid onEverything has chains...Absolutely nothing's changed. - PJ
“The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.” - Albert Camus0 -
I really dislike Inside Job. Lyrics reminds me of a Celine Dion song.mcgruff10 said:Good album that was very much needed after the two previous flops. I wish they d play marker more live; on the flip side inside job might be one of their most boring songs live after what seems like a two hour intro. The 06 tour was great imo, I wish I could have caught more shows that year.
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I feel like with the groove, the opening solo (Page style) and the title, this could have been a political song about how most military actions today are inside jobs, driven by the military industrial complex. Alas, the opportunity was missed.The Juggler said:
I really dislike Inside Job. Lyrics reminds me of a Celine Dion song.mcgruff10 said:Good album that was very much needed after the two previous flops. I wish they d play marker more live; on the flip side inside job might be one of their most boring songs live after what seems like a two hour intro. The 06 tour was great imo, I wish I could have caught more shows that year.
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When I have enough time I'll get to writing something more about the song as a whole, and the other songs, and how they relate to the novel, in my opinion. I might be way off-base, but I've thought about this a lot and really do think there's something potentially there.walkunafraid said:
For about 7 years I've been intent on writing an exposition about the parallels (intentional or not) between Self-Titled and George Orwell's 1984. There are a TON of lyrical references throughout the songs (excepting Big Wave, which is a large part of the reason why it doesn't seem to fit in to me) that are so closely connected to Orwell's novel that I am convinced there's something deeper under the surface of the album that just hasn't been dug out yet.RiddledWithMetaphors said:
Severed Hand- Decent music, but some of the lyrics make me cringe: "Tried to walk found a severed hand/ recognized it from the wedding band." TF???
Anyway, your comment about Severed Hand reminded me to look back at the part of the novel where Winston is musing about how he and most others in his society have become dehumanized by the government and themselves, at which point he recalls walking down the street and coming across a severed hand:The proles had stayed human. They had not become hardened inside. They had held on to the primitive emotions which he himself had to re-learn by conscious effort. And in thinking this he remembered, without apparent relevance, how a few weeks ago he had seen a severed hand lying on the pavement and had kicked it into the gutter as though it had been a cabbage-stalk.
'The proles are human beings,' he said aloud. 'We are not human.'
Whoa cool stuff- I'd love to read.
severed hand thirteen2006: Gorge 7/23 2008: Hartford 6/27 Beacon 7/1 2009: Spectrum 10/30-31
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
2025: Pittsburgh 5/16+5/180 -
Came here to add that MITS is definitely one of the most underrated PJ songs. So good. So very good.
And yes to whoever said that the end of marker in the sand is some of the finest pearl jam ever. The whole song really.
"Sometimes you find yourself having to put all your faith in no faith."
~not a dude~
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2012: Made In America
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2014: Leeds, Milton Keynes, Detroit
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Good stuff! Thanks for bumping this with your opinion.samjam said:
Came here to add that MITS is definitely one of the most underrated PJ songs. So good. So very good.
And yes to whoever said that the end of marker in the sand is some of the finest pearl jam ever. The whole song really.
The touring year of this album was amazing.
MITS is simply fantastic.
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Hey look at me! I'm running in the rain to be a human light again!!!mrussel1 said:
I feel like with the groove, the opening solo (Page style) and the title, this could have been a political song about how most military actions today are inside jobs, driven by the military industrial complex. Alas, the opportunity was missed.The Juggler said:
I really dislike Inside Job. Lyrics reminds me of a Celine Dion song.mcgruff10 said:Good album that was very much needed after the two previous flops. I wish they d play marker more live; on the flip side inside job might be one of their most boring songs live after what seems like a two hour intro. The 06 tour was great imo, I wish I could have caught more shows that year.
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Nailed it with your lyrics in all ways!The Juggler said:
Hey look at me! I'm running in the rain to be a human light again!!!mrussel1 said:
I feel like with the groove, the opening solo (Page style) and the title, this could have been a political song about how most military actions today are inside jobs, driven by the military industrial complex. Alas, the opportunity was missed.The Juggler said:
I really dislike Inside Job. Lyrics reminds me of a Celine Dion song.mcgruff10 said:Good album that was very much needed after the two previous flops. I wish they d play marker more live; on the flip side inside job might be one of their most boring songs live after what seems like a two hour intro. The 06 tour was great imo, I wish I could have caught more shows that year.
Cheese.
100%
or is it
Let me run into the rain
To be a human light again
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Great:
Marker in the Sand, Come Back
Good:
Life Wasted, Severed Hand
Skippable:
Big Wave, Gone (one of my least favorite songs in catalogue), Army Reserve0 -
not familiar with paraphrasing, eh?PJfanwillneverleave1 said:
Nailed it with your lyrics in all ways!The Juggler said:
Hey look at me! I'm running in the rain to be a human light again!!!mrussel1 said:
I feel like with the groove, the opening solo (Page style) and the title, this could have been a political song about how most military actions today are inside jobs, driven by the military industrial complex. Alas, the opportunity was missed.The Juggler said:
I really dislike Inside Job. Lyrics reminds me of a Celine Dion song.mcgruff10 said:Good album that was very much needed after the two previous flops. I wish they d play marker more live; on the flip side inside job might be one of their most boring songs live after what seems like a two hour intro. The 06 tour was great imo, I wish I could have caught more shows that year.
Cheese.
100%
or is it
Let me run into the rain
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always felt marker and come back are incredibly underrated songspledgeagrievance said:Great:
Marker in the Sand, Come Back
Good:
Life Wasted, Severed Hand
Skippable:
Big Wave, Gone (one of my least favorite songs in catalogue), Army Reserve
and I've grown to like gone over the years. wasn't a favorite at first.
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