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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,720
    edited September 2016
    Choosing to play Olé on national television
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    Could have been a hopeful ending track or something.

    I see it being a B-side though.
    But Parting Ways plus that "writer's block" hidden track is the best album closer PJ has ever produced. Definitely would have destroyed the beauty of that song by tacking a ridiculously misfitted song on after Parting Ways.
    I'm actually a fan of Lost Dogs, so I guess when I see people suggesting that Lost Dog tracks should have been on their best albums, to me that amounts to ruining both the original studio albums and Lost Dogs at the same time. ;)
    Parting Ways is on Binaural.
    Lol, oops, I was thinking Binaral and saying RA. Well anyway, same comment applies, since All or None is also a great closer, and Down would have been really weird on RA.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,513
    PJ_Soul said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    PJ_Soul said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    Could have been a hopeful ending track or something.

    I see it being a B-side though.
    But Parting Ways plus that "writer's block" hidden track is the best album closer PJ has ever produced. Definitely would have destroyed the beauty of that song by tacking a ridiculously misfitted song on after Parting Ways.
    I'm actually a fan of Lost Dogs, so I guess when I see people suggesting that Lost Dog tracks should have been on their best albums, to me that amounts to ruining both the original studio albums and Lost Dogs at the same time. ;)
    Parting Ways is on Binaural.
    Lol, oops, I was thinking Binarual and saying RA. Well anyway, same comment applies, since All or None is also a great closer, and Down would have been really weird on RA.
    Yeah, I love RA as it is. I'm just trying to fix the hypothetical problem of fitting it on the album :D
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  • PJNB
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    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    PJNB said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    Could have been a hopeful ending track or something.

    I see it being a B-side though.
    Album is perfect as it is. There are no redeeming signs of hope with Riot Act. A dark album doesnt need it, and All or None basically shut the door on any sliver of light getting in.
    Down is a great song, and one of their last great B-sides.
    We haven't really seen the b-sides after that though... And the ones being leaked have been good.
    Just curious as to what the leaked ones are. OTE would be of course but what else?
    Cold Confession and Let it Ride. Leaked like 2 years ago.
    Thanks. I remember hearing these before but never went back to listen to them.

    To stay on topic with the discussion. The lack of plays that songs like Otherside and Fatal get is absurd to me. Does the band not know how great these actually are?
  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,009
    Wma31394 said:

    Arms aloft following release at pj20. Hands down worst and for that matter the weirdest..close the thread...

    Wma31394 said:

    Arms aloft following release at pj20. Hands down worst and for that matter the weirdest..close the thread...

    Came here to say this
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,513
    SVRDhand13 said:

    Wma31394 said:

    Arms aloft following release at pj20. Hands down worst and for that matter the weirdest..close the thread...

    Wma31394 said:

    Arms aloft following release at pj20. Hands down worst and for that matter the weirdest..close the thread...

    Came here to say this
    You should be happy it wasn't that other song they premiered at the 2010 European tour.... Public Image?

    Atleast Arms Aloft is catchy and a bit funky.
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  • High Fidelity 2000
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  • Ukuleddie Vegger
    Ukuleddie Vegger Posts: 524
    I Love Arms Aloft
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Having an avocado against a blue gradient as their album cover
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  • pearldavidson
    pearldavidson Posts: 1,701
    Opening with Pendulum a thousand times during the LB tour.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,720
    Choosing to play Olé on national television
    pearldavidson said:

    Opening with Pendulum a thousand times during the LB tour.

    Haha, I found that weird too.
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  • HesCalledDyer
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  • wnh1977
    wnh1977 Iowa Posts: 650
    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    And as I argued, how does "Thumbing My Way" fit the mood of that album? Nothing riotous about it.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,513
    wnh1977 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    And as I argued, how does "Thumbing My Way" fit the mood of that album? Nothing riotous about it.
    How does Release fit on Ten. There's already ten songs! :P
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,135
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    wnh1977 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    And as I argued, how does "Thumbing My Way" fit the mood of that album? Nothing riotous about it.
    How does Release fit on Ten. There's already ten songs! :P
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,513
    mcgruff10 said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    wnh1977 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    And as I argued, how does "Thumbing My Way" fit the mood of that album? Nothing riotous about it.
    How does Release fit on Ten. There's already ten songs! :P
    Named after Mookie's number, not number of songs.
    ...I..... know...
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  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    Not including Sad on Binaural
    Weirdest decision is to not let Stone sing every song
  • Jammalambo
    Jammalambo Posts: 1,321
    They have that song.. Sirens.. in their catalog. I thought Olé was bad, but then they came up with this song.
  • Omaha_Jammer
    Omaha_Jammer Posts: 106
    wnh1977 said:

    Hopefully nobody gets butt-hurt by this thread. If I had to nit-pick, which is kind of what this thread is about, I would say:
    -Putting two sub-par songs, "Sleeping By Myself" and "Let the Records Play" on Lightning Bolt... I think "Of the Earth" would've fit excellently right after "Swallowed Whole"... for my money, would've been a great Pearl Jam album if you swap those two for "Of the Earth"

    Completely agree. If these songs aren't b-sides....then you just didn't write enough quality songs to fill an album.

  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,513
    Omaha_Jammer said:

    wnh1977 said:

    Hopefully nobody gets butt-hurt by this thread. If I had to nit-pick, which is kind of what this thread is about, I would say:
    -Putting two sub-par songs, "Sleeping By Myself" and "Let the Records Play" on Lightning Bolt... I think "Of the Earth" would've fit excellently right after "Swallowed Whole"... for my money, would've been a great Pearl Jam album if you swap those two for "Of the Earth"

    Completely agree. If these songs aren't b-sides....then you just didn't write enough quality songs to fill an album.

    Whats the difference between Let the Records play and Spin the Black Circle (Grammy winner). If one is a throwaway song, so is the other. Or?

    I like Sleeping By Myself. On ukelele Songs. Those drums on the PJ version. What were they thinking?

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  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    wnh1977 said:

    Dr. Delight said:

    "Down" does not fit the theme/mood of Riot Act

    And as I argued, how does "Thumbing My Way" fit the mood of that album? Nothing riotous about it.
    Have you listened to that song?
    Dark album, sad brooding song...yeah, I think they fit pretty well together.
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