Backspacer 10 years old

I find it hard to believe that backspacer is 10years old this September..Some really great stuff on that lp. 

i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
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  • helplessdancerhelplessdancer Posts: 5,250
    edited February 2019
    time is whipping by in decades. it use to be years...
    tons of songs to love on that album
    update
    LINK IS BROKE SO HERES THE SAME SONG WITH A NEW LINK ...ha take that
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdF1Rqet9E8
    Post edited by helplessdancer on
  • GardenpartyGardenparty Posts: 1,908
    1991 - 2000 - Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural
    2001 - 2010 - Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer
    2011 - now - Lighting Bolt
    “I know this song so well, I can smoke a cigarette, have a drink, brush my teeth, take a shit, and mow the lawn while singing it. But I'll only be doing a couple of those things during this version.”
  • jeffbrjeffbr Seattle Posts: 7,177
    1991 - 2000 - Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural
    2001 - 2010 - Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer
    2011 - now - Lighting Bolt
    The well has run dry.
    "I'll use the magic word - let's just shut the fuck up, please." EV, 04/13/08
  • Can't argue with that.  Spot on

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • my_wavemy_wave clearwater, FL Posts: 331
    and can't deny me is almost a year old...
    st. pete '94
    west palm beach '98
    tampa '00
    tampa '03
    tampa '08
    brooklyn '13
    austin '14
    austin '14
    tampa '16

    ed - clearwater '12
    ed - clearwater '12
  • come on people turn that frown upside down !!
    please just be glad we have had a hellofa ride to go on...and let all of your glasses be HALF FULL
    happy friday! I LOVE THIS SONG
    i always thought this was about mary jane...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hy8n98Gtrs
  • eboweddie said:
    I find it hard to believe that backspacer is 10years old this September..Some really great stuff on that lp. 
    Which songs?
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,599
    eboweddie said:
    I find it hard to believe that backspacer is 10years old this September..Some really great stuff on that lp. 
    Which songs?
    Force of Nature, Unthought Known, Amongst the Waves....... Thats it for me.
  • mvwmvw Posts: 1,632
    come on people turn that frown upside down !!
    please just be glad we have had a hellofa ride to go on...and let all of your glasses be HALF FULL
    happy friday! I LOVE THIS SONG
    i always thought this was about mary jane...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hy8n98Gtrs

    Me too...and also “Gonna See My Friend “!
  • come on people turn that frown upside down !!
    please just be glad we have had a hellofa ride to go on...and let all of your glasses be HALF FULL
    happy friday! I LOVE THIS SONG
    i always thought this was about mary jane...

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hy8n98Gtrs
    Cute.  You post it publicly and someone turned it in.
  • tempo_n_groovetempo_n_groove Posts: 38,732
    edited February 2019
    https://youtu.be/PdF1Rqet9E8

    Nevermind...

    It blocks it's content from being watched anywhere but on Youtube...

  • and i don't care if u don't like the songs that I LOVE
    I LOVE THIS VIDEO X 10
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ow-Cx9IX4So

  • I listened to the end today loved it.

    i wish i wish i wish i wish, i guess it never stops
  • kaw753kaw753 Posts: 737
    jeffbr said:
    1991 - 2000 - Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural
    2001 - 2010 - Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer
    2011 - now - Lighting Bolt
    The well has run dry.
    I can't even manage to get 4 co-workers to go to lunch at the same time, so no idea how 5 millionaires and a producer end up at the same place at the same time.
  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 12,599
    kaw753 said:
    jeffbr said:
    1991 - 2000 - Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, No Code, Yield, Binaural
    2001 - 2010 - Riot Act, S/T, Backspacer
    2011 - now - Lighting Bolt
    The well has run dry.
    I can't even manage to get 4 co-workers to go to lunch at the same time, so no idea how 5 millionaires and a producer end up at the same place at the same time.
    Do you get 4 co-workers to work with you  at the same time?
  • Weston1283Weston1283 Fredericksburg, VA Posts: 4,613
    edited February 2019
    Force of Nature is one of the most under rated and under played PJ songs 

    Loved Backspacer 10 years ago, still love it today 
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  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,626
    My fav album since Yield
  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,079
    A lean mean pop machine - a nice switch up from Avocado. 
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  • ZodZod Posts: 9,905
    I really like Backspacer.   My only complaint is that it's not longer :)
  • dannydanny Posts: 2,265
    bloody good album
    danny d
  • PB11041PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,756
    Zod said:
    I really like Backspacer.   My only complaint is that it's not longer :)
    A reasonable complaint. 
    His eminence has yet to show. 
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  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,060
    There was also some creativity born out of this album:
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
  • The Fixer was PJ jumping some kind of shark.

    Got Some was a highlight when I first heard it.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • cp3iversoncp3iverson Posts: 8,626
    edited February 2019
    The Fixer was PJ jumping some kind of shark.

    Got Some was a highlight when I first heard it.
    I like whatever they jumped.  Love The Fixer. One of Eddie’s best choruses ever. It isn’t any more of a pop song than Betterman or Daughter.   
    Post edited by cp3iverson on
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,415
    The Fixer was PJ jumping some kind of shark.

    Got Some was a highlight when I first heard it.
    I like whatever they jumped.  Love The Fixer. One of Eddie’s best choruses ever. It isn’t any more of a pop song than Betterman or Daughter.   
    Thank you!  I've never understood the negativity surrounding The Fixer.  It seems like 99% of folks here want to puke at the utter mention of the song's existence.  It's a solid, catchy tune with a nice message to it.
  • PapPap Aspra Spitia, Greece Posts: 28,060
    The Fixer was PJ jumping some kind of shark.
    I like whatever they jumped.  Love The Fixer. One of Eddie’s best choruses ever. It isn’t any more of a pop song than Betterman or Daughter.   
    Thank you!  I've never understood the negativity surrounding The Fixer.  It seems like 99% of folks here want to puke at the utter mention of the song's existence.  It's a solid, catchy tune with a nice message to it.
    Exactly! The original demo (aka Need to Know) is so addictive.
    Athens 2006 / Milton Keynes 2014 / London 1&2 2022 / Seattle 1 2024 / Dublin 2024 / Manchester 2024 / London 2024
  • The first three tracks are great, enjoyable, solid songs. I get the knock on Just Breathe and The end: they sound live EV songs and not PJ songs and maybe not the most exciting live, but regardless, they are great songs. I heard the end last week after not hearing it in a while and it made me stop what I was doing and it really affected me. A hallmark of a great song. Unthought Known is the best song they’ve written on Avacado, BS, or LB. Felt that way even when I first heard it. With the good comes the not so good: Johnny Guitar and Speed of Sound are in the bottom of their catalogue for me. Force of Nature and Supersonic have grown on me but if someone said they weren’t good songs I wouldn’t argue it. Overall a solid enjoyable album that I liked from the beginning and if anything I like even more the last few years. 
  • KN219077KN219077 Montana Posts: 891
    Far and away their worst album.
  • vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 800
    edited February 2019
    Easily their best, most enjoyable album since Yield. Compared to the weak, thin vocals in Avocado, Eddie actually sounds clear, full and, to be honest, good. The fact that they remembered to incorporate actual melodies in their songs definitely helped as well. A couple sappy love songs but overall a great sounding, lean and mean mix of tunes.  
    Post edited by vedpunk on
  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 27,722
    the '09 and '10 backspacer tour was so much damn fun.  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
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