7/19/13 - Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL
10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI 5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON 3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON 9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL
So thankful for all of the amazing great new tracks, noise cancelling headphones and working from home with nobody to interrupt me from listening to this on repeat.
Bonus points for the all three singles being great enough to add to my run playlist.
Great fuckin song. Definitely some Zeppelin undertones. More like Robert Plant solo stuff rhythmically/lyrically. A little Bonham type power in the drums. QOTSA vibes as well. Really digging it. Might as well listen 16 more times tonight. Can't wait til the album arrives.
Can not wait to hear this song live on the beach in Asbury Park under the moonlight and seeing the Atlantic Ocean rolling onto the shore and Pearljam banging this song out into the night air!!!!
Can not wait to hear this song live on the beach in Asbury Park under the moonlight and seeing the Atlantic Ocean rolling onto the shore and Pearljam banging this song out into the night air!!!!
Anybody else hearing a little faith no more on the outro?
I hear Pink Floyd's 'Welcome to the machine" in the intro, and Rage Against the Machine's intro to "Testify" in the outro.
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
How in the sam-hill was not the lead single? I know they have a history of choosing the likes of Who You Are and Nothing As It Seems over more "single-like" songs like Hail Hail and Grievance. But come on, this would've been such a great "Pearl Jam is BACK" single for the masses. No reason not to like it, no need to try and figure it out or let it grow on you, just a great tune everybody can enjoy.
I hear you but I actually think DoTC was the perfect first single. The band has already mentioned that it was the most collaborative song on the album and it's experimental, something they've been pushing since No Code.
How in the sam-hill was not the lead single? I know they have a history of choosing the likes of Who You Are and Nothing As It Seems over more "single-like" songs like Hail Hail and Grievance. But come on, this would've been such a great "Pearl Jam is BACK" single for the masses. No reason not to like it, no need to try and figure it out or let it grow on you, just a great tune everybody can enjoy.
I hear you but I actually think DoTC was the perfect first single. The band has already mentioned that it was the most collaborative song on the album and it's experimental, something they've been pushing since No Code.
Agree! I think DoTC was the right single for today's music climate compared to the past experimental singles for their day.
Can not wait to hear this song live on the beach in Asbury Park under the moonlight and seeing the Atlantic Ocean rolling onto the shore and Pearljam banging this song out into the night air!!!!
Can not wait to hear this song live on the beach in Asbury Park under the moonlight and seeing the Atlantic Ocean rolling onto the shore and Pearljam banging this song out into the night air!!!!
Josh Evans too, Maybe Jeff had different lyrics originally?
“Alright” Jeff wrote it, and brought in a version
with him singing. He showed it to the band and they thought it was
amazing. His demo, which he started at home in Montana, had that Kalimba
loop that goes throughout the song, plus some of the piano chords and
acoustic guitars. I think some of the bass and piano are what’s in the
track now
Quick Eacape is a modern classic rock song in the best way possible. Music and lyrics just mesh so well. Absolutely going to be the live highlight of the album.
Josh Evans too, Maybe Jeff had different lyrics originally?
“Alright” Jeff wrote it, and brought in a version
with him singing. He showed it to the band and they thought it was
amazing. His demo, which he started at home in Montana, had that Kalimba
loop that goes throughout the song, plus some of the piano chords and
acoustic guitars. I think some of the bass and piano are what’s in the
track now
Maybe both are true. Like when Matt brought in Need To know which became the fixer
Quick Eacape is a modern classic rock song in the best way possible. Music and lyrics just mesh so well. Absolutely going to be the live highlight of the album.
A cool backstory on this one is that I had the opportunity to track a demo version with JA. from many of our sporadic demoing sessions over these past years.
When Jeff and I record, it's either for his solo stuff, my solo stuff or for something he can bring into PJ.
Always a nice surprise to hear the final product version.
It's such a cool song - really deserves an end solo that doesn't sound like a first take improv. The music beneath that solo is so interesting that anything you put on top of it really has to bring something melodically to the table. I'm finding McCready's thoughtless, speedy, noodling unbearable on this track especially. Such a missed opportunity.
It's such a cool song - really deserves an end solo that doesn't sound like a first take improv. The music beneath that solo is so interesting that anything you put on top of it really has to bring something melodically to the table. I'm finding McCready's thoughtless, speedy, noodling unbearable on this track especially. Such a missed opportunity.
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for the least they could possibly do
"It's alright, to shut it down
Disappear in thin air, it's your home
It's alright, to be alone
To listen for a heartbeat, it's your own"
10/11/13 - Pittsburgh, PA
10/12/13 - Buffalo, NY
10/16/2014 - Detroit, MI
5/10/2016 - Toronto, ON
3/24/2020 - Hamilton, ON
9/7/2023 - Chicago, IL
They don't really jam anymore on new stuff. They have enough songs to get to in concert
I believe Jeff wrote those lyrics
Bonus points for the all three singles being great enough to add to my run playlist.
I'm gonna drop a full album review on my YT channel on Friday if anyone is interested. Just putting it out there....
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnjOuyHfWnJdP9MH2V62tw
"I wanna live my life with the volume full"
Beach Babes Beer = Pearljam
YES, YES, MORE OF THIS PLEASE!
2010: Newark 5/18 MSG 5/20-21 2011: PJ20 9/3-4 2012: Made In America 9/2
2013: Brooklyn 10/18-19 Philly 10/21-22 Hartford 10/25 2014: ACL10/12
2015: NYC 9/23 2016: Tampa 4/11 Philly 4/28-29 MSG 5/1-2 Fenway 8/5+8/7
2017: RRHoF 4/7 2018: Fenway 9/2+9/4 2021: Sea Hear Now 9/18
2022: MSG 9/11 2024: MSG 9/3-4 Philly 9/7+9/9 Fenway 9/15+9/17
Jeff wrote it, and brought in a version with him singing. He showed it to the band and they thought it was amazing. His demo, which he started at home in Montana, had that Kalimba loop that goes throughout the song, plus some of the piano chords and acoustic guitars. I think some of the bass and piano are what’s in the track now
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