Unemployable
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A little Blue Oyster Cult influence, you think? I like "like Romeo and Juliet . . ." song of Blue Oyster Cult, so I like this song so far.
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The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
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It definatly reminds me of that song too.
Needs more cowbell though.....
Instead of saying "they can't say I never tried",
Ed sings something else.
Anyone know?
is that exactly what I thought I read?"
How I choose to feel,...Is how I am.
And the begining of this one reminds me of The Who. It has the same vibe and the sound of the guitars are very similar...
It kind of has the same sound as "Life Wasted" and "Army Reserve" as if these were written during the same session. I kind of wish the whole album was like these songs. The harder songs just don't do it for me, but I've only listened to them a handful of times so maybe they'll grow on me.
QFT. The lyrics are not many, but they are important. I love the guitars here, and this is my favorite song on the new disc. Just awesome.
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This song made me realize I am a small cog in a huge system of gears. I am not doing anything really ingenuitive or creative, I am just doing what I have to to help the system keep running. And I don't really have any choice in the matter. Its not like I can quit... I've got the curse of bills unpaid. There is no way out... unless I get fired. Maybe that would be the best thing that could happen.
Here to die.
Scared alive.
Fucking beautiful song.
Yep
right on.....
Howard Zinn
I'm feeling the Boss' presence on this track, specifically the verses from "Born in the USA":
"Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
Till you spend half your life just covering up..."
I immediately thought Ed was spittin' it Bruce-style when I first heard "Unemployable." I absolutely love this song because (to me) it sounds like homage to the Boss, both lyrically & musically. Even the topic of a hopeless man sacrificing his life in the rat race harkens the days of "Darkness on the Edge of Town." My favorite line's gotta be "Gets up, lights a cigarette he's grown to hate..."
Anyone else feeling the Bruce/"Born in the USA" connection or am I reaching here...?
Ed's vocals on this track are unbelievable, and the lyrics are so sucinct. I definitely feel the Boss similarities in the message of the song. But the music is uniquely Pearl Jam
favourite line is "thinking if he can't sleep how will he ever dream?", i think it means dream of better things and of not having bills on your mind etc
a really catchy song that i listen to at least once every day :-)
i know and i would not ever touch you, hold you, feel you ever... oh, never again
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Hey did you see all those shows you have posted? Do you have a roadie job with PJ and if so how can I apply? Also, how were the NFLD shows? Just wondering if they mentioned anything about their experience there on the rock?
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To me musically and lyrically Unemployable has that storytelling vibe. Each verse line is the continuing sentence to the next line. The entire first verse could be a conversation....it's a great run-on sentence.
Unemployable is a human, blue collar story set to music Bruce-style, as you say.
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