Love it !!! I’ve personally been waiting on the post punk / new wave kind of sound on one of their songs. The Bowie, Talking Heads type song. This brings me back to early, early 80’s MTV days. I love the hard stuff a lot like almost everything but this is unique, fresh for today’s standards. I’d expect nothing else from these guys. Sure the record is a full variety of styles like usual but glad this “ new wave” song has finally come and it’s actually really good.
I'll keep taking punches until their will grows tired..
I get "mocked/picked on/made fun of/singled out" by all my friends for being The Pearl Jam Guy. They all think I only ever listen to Pearl Jam and nothing else. What cracks me the hell up about this is - aside from being totally wrong on that front - they all chase the same fucking bluegrass bands at the same fucking festivals year after year after year and never listen to nor go see ANYTHING live except for bluegrass shows. They never shut the fuck up about fucking bluegrass. If you try to change the subject or move the conversation to another genre, they just ignore you and continue talking about bluefuckingrass. All. The. Time.
try showing them Billy Strings' cover of In Hiding...bluegrass meets Pearl Jam
Seriously? I'm really gonna need to check that out. Billy Strings is fantastic.
I get "mocked/picked on/made fun of/singled out" by all my friends for being The Pearl Jam Guy. They all think I only ever listen to Pearl Jam and nothing else. What cracks me the hell up about this is - aside from being totally wrong on that front - they all chase the same fucking bluegrass bands at the same fucking festivals year after year after year and never listen to nor go see ANYTHING live except for bluegrass shows. They never shut the fuck up about fucking bluegrass. If you try to change the subject or move the conversation to another genre, they just ignore you and continue talking about bluefuckingrass. All. The. Time.
try showing them Billy Strings' cover of In Hiding...bluegrass meets Pearl Jam
Seriously? I'm really gonna need to check that out. Billy Strings is fantastic.
Listened a few more times. Like the music, just can't get with the vocals. Maybe its just the aging voice, but again... the song is ok. Definitely will not become my new go to PJ song on my playlists.
Kinda sad how his vocals sound. He got away with it somewhat on LB but when his voice sounds like this in the studio you know it's lost a lot of it's punch. Age and smoking will do that to do. Obviously he still sounds great but it's not what it used to be.
What’s wrong with his voice? I think it sounds great.
Listened a few more times. Like the music, just can't get with the vocals. Maybe its just the aging voice, but again... the song is ok. Definitely will not become my new go to PJ song on my playlists.
Kinda sad how his vocals sound. He got away with it somewhat on LB but when his voice sounds like this in the studio you know it's lost a lot of it's punch. Age and smoking will do that to do. Obviously he still sounds great but it's not what it used to be.
What’s wrong with his voice? I think it sounds great.
I agree, I thought Eddie sounded fantastic here, and very emotive
I just saw someone say it was sad how his vocals sounded, and that really kind of surprised me how someone can hear great vocals like that and think "oh poor Ed is losing it" lol
Listened a few more times. Like the music, just can't get with the vocals. Maybe its just the aging voice, but again... the song is ok. Definitely will not become my new go to PJ song on my playlists.
Kinda sad how his vocals sound. He got away with it somewhat on LB but when his voice sounds like this in the studio you know it's lost a lot of it's punch. Age and smoking will do that to do. Obviously he still sounds great but it's not what it used to be.
What’s wrong with his voice? I think it sounds great.
I’m about 20+ listens in and I’m still not sure what I think of this one. As others have said, I applaud the boys for switching things up but I’m just not there yet. I was happy to read the clips from Stone’s interview where he basically said Gigaton has a variety of styles on it, so that’s good news. Looking forward to the album release and tour, STL and Denver! ✌🏼
My wife liked PJ but never liked them as much as me and said she “fucking loves this song it’s like Depeche Mode”. At first this bugged me a bit but she’s right and it’s good.
Love the new single or hate it; we finally have new music, Stone is doing interviews, Mike is active on Twitter, a tour is happening soon...the band is excited! Sit back and enjoy the ride!
My wife liked PJ but never liked them as much as me and said she “fucking loves this song it’s like Depeche Mode”. At first this bugged me a bit but she’s right and it’s good.
My best mates a DM fan and took me to see them and I in turn took him to the first pj London dome show.. Wish it was the second.. But he thinks the song is shite.. That's a DM fan for you lol... I fucking LOVE this tune.. Can't wait to get hold of the whole album..
that's really good....I like the guitar rather than keys
Guitar in the this song is outstanding. Vocals too. The whole song just clicks. It begs to be listened again and again. Love it. Great drive song. Hope to hear lots of guitar from mike and stone on new album.
I m well known among my circle of friends to love Pearl Jam. There are many that despise pj and have made fun of me for years. Dude who absolutely hate pj texts me today and says, “mike I cant believe I m saying this but I totally love Pearl Jam s new song.” Wtf?! Lol
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I'm liking the song a bit better but just can't get past the drumming. I guess I like a little loser feel to drumming. But then this is probably meant to sound 80's and so much of 80's stuff was mechanical robo-drum sounding (no offense meant toward Matt who is a fine drummer). Also not my favorite Ed style of singing. At this point in his career, maybe not such a good idea to rip on the vocal chords so much.
My current rating:
"Pretty cookies, heart squares all around, yeah!" -Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
I m well known among my circle of friends to love Pearl Jam. There are many that despise pj and have made fun of me for years. Dude who absolutely hate pj texts me today and says, “mike I cant believe I m saying this but I totally love Pearl Jam s new song.” Wtf?! Lol
So is what you’re sayin we will be seeing a lot of long term haters, teenagers and Blue October faithfull at the Gigaton shows?
I m well known among my circle of friends to love Pearl Jam. There are many that despise pj and have made fun of me for years. Dude who absolutely hate pj texts me today and says, “mike I cant believe I m saying this but I totally love Pearl Jam s new song.” Wtf?! Lol
So is what you’re sayin we will be seeing a lot of long term haters, teenagers and Blue October faithfull at the Gigaton shows?
Well, seeing as all the tickets are mostly gone at this point...probably not something you have to worry about.
Love it !!! I’ve personally been waiting on the post punk / new wave kind of sound on one of their songs. The Bowie, Talking Heads type song. This brings me back to early, early 80’s MTV days. I love the hard stuff a lot like almost everything but this is unique, fresh for today’s standards. I’d expect nothing else from these guys. Sure the record is a full variety of styles like usual but glad this “ new wave” song has finally come and it’s actually really good.
Definitely picked up on the post punk element too along with the other influences. Mike’s guitar has a Gang Of Four feel (a band that the RHCP’s love, so understandable others have been hearing a bit of them in there as well).
One thing I think hasn’t really be mentioned is how hard it is to make a song of this style seem as effortless as this. There’s been a couple of comments about DotC being “phoned in” but truly if any one of the parts of this song were off it would crumble easily & sound crass.
To put together vocals/lyrics the way Eddie has is fantastic artistry.
Ok, they’ve had SEVEN YEARS to get it right, but I’m sure we’re all going to be glad they took that long!
Most pleasing of all is to see how happy they are with Gigaton as a whole too. The way Stone has spoken about the journey to here, how they’ve captured the spirit of the band, plus the great marketing push its getting indicates it’s something they are really proud of.
Hopefully that means more PJ songs for the foreseeable future.
Personally I think the track is going to work well as track three on the album. Not too down tempo, but not too full on rocking either (interestingly after one listen to DotC, Given To Fly came on straight after & it felt REALLY slow!). Buzzing to hear the next single & Gigaton.
So glad there’s life in the old lost dogs yet 😃
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After a day of letting this song sink in, it sounds more and more like Pearl Jam to me. As a whole it's of course very different from what we're used to hearing from the band, but each element taken individually can easily be traced to one of the band's members including both their individualized playing styles and many influences.
I've really needed something to pick me up for a good long while. Remember the way PJ made you feel when you got hooked on 'em? This song is doing that again. It's fucking great. Eddie's on fire. Stone's on bass?? Matt is smooth as hell and McCready's just perfect. Not completely sure what Jeff's doing (assuming the synth but ya never know) but you can still hear his grooves. Was not expecting this sound but I DIG it. I hear a sort of joy in the music. Highlight is the way Ed can sound like David Byrne at the beggining and Peter Gabriel at the end. I haven't enjoyed a PJ song this much since Avocado. Wicked psyched for the rest of the record!
My Wife thought the original was the cover band and the cover was the real thing. Goes to show you. Even the people who dont really know them know how they sound. The cover still has that 80's feel with keeping who they are in the track. Great job Black Circle. Im done witth this one, on to to the whole album.
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Gotta love Mike. This is wonderful and well-deserved.
I just saw someone say it was sad how his vocals sounded, and that really kind of surprised me how someone can hear great vocals like that and think "oh poor Ed is losing it" lol
Sit back and enjoy the ride!
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Hope to hear lots of guitar from mike and stone on new album.
-Eddie Vedder, "Smile"
Definitely picked up on the post punk element too along with the other influences. Mike’s guitar has a Gang Of Four feel (a band that the RHCP’s love, so understandable others have been hearing a bit of them in there as well).
Wembley Arena, London - 30/05/00
Wembley Arena, London - 18/06/07
02 Arena, London - 18/08/09
Hammersmith Apollo, London - 30/07/12 EV Solo
Bowl, Milton Keynes - 11/07/2014
Hammersmith Apollo, London - 06/06/17 EV Solo
O2 Arena, London - 18/06/18
O2 Arena, London - 17/07/18
It's an art to live with pain, mix the light into grey...
i love the different sound to it. I’ve been hoping for this for a while now.