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JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
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Sleight of Hand - Binaural
so I just wanted to say this is the best PJ song ever written.. that's all
oh, and anyone who disagree is either a dork or deaf, and probably dislikes songs like Cropduster and You Are too.. dorks, indeed.

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    PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,852
    Great song. Hope to hear it in one of the shows I go to this year. Start of the first encore with this!
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    EB218946EB218946 Posts: 3,840
    Great song wish they would record more music like the songs on binaural.
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    FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    It's not the best ever. But - amazing beautiful kick ass album! Doesn't have a song a don't like.
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    Dr.Teeth and the Electric MayhDr.Teeth and the Electric Mayh Posts: 1,178
    Cool piano on the Brooklyn '13 version
    looking to hear of the earth
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    cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,648
    Best PJ song of the 2000s
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    PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,779
    One of my all time favs. As is Binaural.
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    jasonplalejasonplale Denver, CO Posts: 23
    Great tune, and Cropduster and You Are, are two of my favorites. I was so happy when I heard You Are at ACL last year, I had been looking forward to that for a while.
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    pearlgirl52pearlgirl52 At a Pearl Jam show, hopefully. Posts: 653
    Another man... moved by sleight of hand.

    Was listening to Binaural the other day, everything about the album is beautiful.
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    TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,467
    When you have songs like NAIS-SOH and Parting Ways you have something special.
    People can argue about SOH being the best song but hard to argue that its the most atmospheric.
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    shetellsherselfshetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,787
    EB218946 said:

    Great song wish they would record more music like the songs on binaural.

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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,420
    Jammalambo said:

    Sleight of Hand - Binaural
    so I just wanted to say this is the best PJ song ever written.. that's all
    oh, and anyone who disagree is either a dork or deaf, and probably dislikes songs like Cropduster and You Are too.. dorks, indeed.

    Excellent taste in Pearl Jam songs! Sleight of Hand was played at my very first show and it damn near brings me to tears every time I listen to the boot. Mostly because of what it reminds me of, but also because it's just a beautiful song. Right before they played it, even Ed himself said to the crowd "This song's actually got some musical quality to it."

    And even though I love this song and the other two, I'm still a dork!
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    EchoesOnMarsEchoesOnMars Reading, Pennsylvania Posts: 422
    I love the song to death but I have a love-hate relationship with how it ends, just when it builds you up soo much
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    JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Good to see I'm not the only one.. I always thought there is a large part of PJ fans that consider this type of songs "show killer", just because too slow and difficult to sing along to.. you just have to completely immerse yourself in it, to really appreciate it.. I guess the 5/8 verse is what throws off most people..
    on a side note, I was thinking how cool would be a studio version of the song the way its played live (the chords in the verse played one octave lower), it gives the song a 'warmer' feeling..
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    Final BowFinal Bow flying Posts: 486
    One of my alltime favourite
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    PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,355
    Jammalambo said:

    Good to see I'm not the only one.. I always thought there is a large part of PJ fans that consider this type of songs "show killer", just because too slow and difficult to sing along to.. you just have to completely immerse yourself in it, to really appreciate it..

    Some people around here consider Ghost a "show killer" too... :open_mouth::nuh_uh:
    Final Bow said:

    One of my alltime favourite

    It gives me goosebumps every time: Till he had more time... More time... Time to dream... To himself... He waves goodbye... To himself... I'll see you on the other side...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXZ6U-kgJYI
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    maverickmaverick Posts: 1,185
    This is a great, great song.

    I remember back in 2000 when Binaural was released, Sleight of Hand and Insignificance were the two songs from the new album I really wanted to hear live, and 16 years later, these are still two songs I would enjoy hearing live any day of the week.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    Never heard it live, but the song itself never fails to make me take pause and reflect. Always opens my eyes and mind (or at least heart) in some way.
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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,559
    Love the Charlottesville version.
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,420
    hedonist said:

    Never heard it live, but the song itself never fails to make me take pause and reflect. Always opens my eyes and mind (or at least heart) in some way.

    I've been lucky enough to get it twice out the 47 times it's been played. I hope you get to hear it live some time because it's absolutely magical.
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    hedonisthedonist standing on the edge of forever Posts: 24,524
    HesCalledDyer said:

    hedonist said:

    Never heard it live, but the song itself never fails to make me take pause and reflect. Always opens my eyes and mind (or at least heart) in some way.

    I've been lucky enough to get it twice out the 47 times it's been played. I hope you get to hear it live some time because it's absolutely magical.
    Magical indeed - makes dirt turn to sand :)
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,420
    hedonist said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    hedonist said:

    Never heard it live, but the song itself never fails to make me take pause and reflect. Always opens my eyes and mind (or at least heart) in some way.

    I've been lucky enough to get it twice out the 47 times it's been played. I hope you get to hear it live some time because it's absolutely magical.
    Magical indeed - makes dirt turn to sand :)
    Oh, clever one! You know, I actually used to know a bunch of sleight of hand magic tricks. My great-grandfather was a magician. He taught my dad some stuff when he was a boy, and my dad passed some of it on to me. I couldn't remember the first thing about any of them today, though.
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    PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,355
    ^ Your story somehow reminded me of the movie Big Fish. :smile:
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