Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.
On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
Force of Nature is the secret best song on the album.
Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.
On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
Force of Nature is the secret best song on the album.
Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.
On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
Force of Nature is the secret best song on the album.
Force of Nature is my favorite Pearl Jam song of the last two albums
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Backspacer remains my least favorite Pearl Jam release. Two Ed solo songs in Just Breathe and The End, plus Speed of Sound which was better as an Ed solo song than what we got on the record. Johnny Guitar is terrible. The Fixer is forgettable. Unthought Known is one of their most overrated songs, probably because there is so little else to love on this album. Force of Nature, Supersonic, Gonna See My Friends...none of these are songs I hope to see pop up in a setlist.
On the plus side, Amongst The Waves is good and Got Some has grown on me over time. Also, the Backspacer tour shows I saw (Hartford and Boston, 2010) were both gems.
Force of Nature is the secret best song on the album.
If so it is a VERY well kept secret.
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my small self... like a book amongst the many on a shelf
This album is an easy one to just pop in and listen. Once SOS or Supersonic comes on I just treat and listen to it as elevator music. I know it's on and eventually it will be off. Don't really care if I hear it or not.
I still can't believe that inside job won. Terrible song live. Oh well. Unthought known for the win!
Not so fast my friend!
"gems and RHINESTONES!!!"
Most cringeworthy lyric in the catalog.
I disagree. Ed has a serious love affair with the Moon and stars, and as someone who shares that love affair, it isn't cringe worthy or corny, it's genuine and beautiful. I can see how city folk would feel that way, but get out under a true night sky and listen to that song and you will appreciate that it isn't just something he said, it's something he felt and that you can feel too.
I actually really like Backspacer, except for The End. That's one of less than a handful of songs in the entire catalog I don't like. The rest of the album is freakin great, imo, and gets shit on way too much around here.
Maybe we should have a rule for this album that you cannot make any negative comments about songs. These threads won't be pretty.
Nah. Those comments are great.
Alright, here's my best:
B-Side Material: Gonna See My Friend, Supersonic, Force of Nature (Riot Act B-Side quality and not the amazing B-Sides from the early 90's)
I never want to hear ever again: Unthought Known, Just Breathe
Average: The Fixer (live is great), Johnny Guitar, Speed of Sound
Great Songs: The End, Amongst the Waves, Got Some
I'm with you 100% except for Force of Nature.
I understand dislike for The Fixer but it is a great song to get the crowd going at shows as it is upbeat, has a strong singalong chorus, and is short.
songs like just Breathe and Sirens are slow slogs that take forever live.
I look at The Fixer for what it is, a poppy lead single. You're right, it gets the crowd going. I really like the song. It's easily one of my favorites on the record. I think fans, me included, get spoiled by the history of this band and taking the high road in regards to leveling off the success they were headed towards. But these guys are all musicians and want their songs to be liked, even if it appears uncool or whatever. So I give them a pass on songs. At the end of the day it's just a fun pop song to get people moving...and it accomplishes that. And as a lead single, it certainly represents the album as a whole.
You are all depressing. I really enjoy backspacer. It makes me feel happy. Except the end. That one makes me feel sad. Don't know how to vote. While I like all the songs (as stated) none of them grab me as immediate favorites. I'll listen tomorrow again and decide.
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I actually really like Backspacer, except for The End. That's one of less than a handful of songs in the entire catalog I don't like. The rest of the album is freakin great, imo, and gets shit on way too much around here.
Yes! Thank you! I missed your post when I wrote mine above.
5/3/92 Omaha, NE
6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1 4/7/17 RRHOF New York City 9/2/18 Fenway 1 9/4/2018 Fenway 2 9/18/21 Asbury Park 2/4/22 EV Earthlings NYC 2/6/22 EV Earthlings Newark 9/11/22 MSG 9/14/22 Camden 9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
Of course we're depressed! We're Pearl Jam fans! Their biggest hits revolve around teenage death, incest, and abusive relationships! Didn't you see the "Sponsored by Prozac" sign above the forum?
Of course we're depressed! We're Pearl Jam fans! Their biggest hits revolve around teenage death, incest, and abusive relationships! Didn't you see the "Sponsored by Prozac" sign above the forum?
Haha! That's too funny. Seriously it's been a rough night in my little neck of the woods. I have the impulse to do nothing else tonight than listen to why go, daughter and rvm loud in rotation with a little betterman thrown in and then end the session with black, nothing as it seems and all or none. I'm certain that would cure me immediately. No Prozac or the fixer or amongst the waves needed
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6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
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I'm sorry to hear that, man. I'd be lying if I said I were in a better place. I swear I played the Cat Stevens song "Father and Son" for like 45 minutes earlier. Fucking music, man. Knows the words and emotions when I don't and can't.
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Once SOS or Supersonic comes on I just treat and listen to it as elevator music. I know it's on and eventually it will be off. Don't really care if I hear it or not.
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Alright, here's my best:
B-Side Material: Gonna See My Friend, Supersonic, Force of Nature (Riot Act B-Side quality and not the amazing B-Sides from the early 90's)
I never want to hear ever again: Unthought Known, Just Breathe
Average: The Fixer (live is great), Johnny Guitar, Speed of Sound
Great Songs: The End, Amongst the Waves, Got Some
I think it was sarcasm.
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songs like just Breathe and Sirens are slow slogs that take forever live.
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Tho I will take Backspacer any day of the week over the follow up. Just awful.
All that I once held as true
I stand alone without beliefs
The only truth I know is you.
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9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
9/2/18 Fenway 1 9/4/2018 Fenway 2
9/18/21 Asbury Park
2/4/22 EV Earthlings NYC 2/6/22 EV Earthlings Newark 9/11/22 MSG 9/14/22 Camden
9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
9/2/18 Fenway 1 9/4/2018 Fenway 2
9/18/21 Asbury Park
2/4/22 EV Earthlings NYC 2/6/22 EV Earthlings Newark 9/11/22 MSG 9/14/22 Camden
9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
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6/19/95 Red Rocks
9/11/98 MSG
11/19/12 EV solo Tulsa
7/19/13 Wrigley 10/19/13 Brooklyn 2 10/21/13 Philly 1 10/22/13 Philly 2 10/25/13 Hartford
10/08/14 Tulsa 10/09/14 Lincoln
9/26/15 NYC Global Citizen
4/16/16 Greenville 4/28/16 Philly 1 4/29/16 Philly 2 5/1/16 MSG 1 5/2/16 MSG 2 8/7/16 Fenway 2 8/20/16 Wrigley 1
4/7/17 RRHOF New York City
9/2/18 Fenway 1 9/4/2018 Fenway 2
9/18/21 Asbury Park
2/4/22 EV Earthlings NYC 2/6/22 EV Earthlings Newark 9/11/22 MSG 9/14/22 Camden
9/3/24 MSG 1 9/4/24 MSG 2 9/7/24 Philly 1 9/9/24 Philly 2
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