No love for Never Destination

Lukeat911
Lukeat911 Nashville, TN Posts: 194
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Seeing a lot of reviews saying Never Destination is a dud. To each their own, but I think the song is killer. Jeff’s bass line half way through is awesome and will be great live. 
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  • cp3iverson
    cp3iverson Posts: 8,702
    Love how the drums fade in
  • JDime20
    JDime20 Posts: 196
    It’s no question my favorite on the album. 
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,382
    It’s great!!
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,144
    I absolutely love this song.  
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  • May 30th
    May 30th Posts: 1,900
    Such a good tune. 
  • Hankj25
    Hankj25 Posts: 388
    What are you talking about. It slaps.  Great riff, good hook, fun song. Will be a great song played live. Probably my 4th favorite on the album. 
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  • THEBIBLEISTEN
    THEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 2,009
    It’s one of the best
  • Massara133
    Massara133 Stettler AB Canada Posts: 431
    Most songs on the album are taking time to grow on me, but I liked Never Destination instantly- great song.
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  • bigguybigeye
    bigguybigeye Posts: 205
    I've been watching more tv lately than usual, but that Subway two for one commercial sounds similar to Never Destination.
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  • RoleModelsinBlood31
    RoleModelsinBlood31 Austin TX Posts: 6,243
    They’ll play this one a lot. Easy guitar riff, mike can solo over it to fill any gaps they want to make.  Classic pj song for the stage for sure.
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  • Lukeat911
    Lukeat911 Nashville, TN Posts: 194
    Hankj25 said:
    What are you talking about. It slaps.  Great riff, good hook, fun song. Will be a great song played live. Probably my 4th favorite on the album. 
    I’m glad to see others loving it. I should avoid reading the mainstream reviews because many have Never Dest as a bore and I don’t understand it. 
  • bigbiggzy
    bigbiggzy Posts: 841
    No way - absolutely love this song. It’s the most “precise” song on the album. Meaning - the way in which each instrument’s part has been written - it’s almost machine like. Even Eddies approach to the melody - he’s singing in such a specific way that he never gets to wild or wanders off from what the rest of the band is doing. It’s a fascinating composition and I’m so glad they included it on the album.
  • BrainofBGA
    BrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,559
    Love it! A better version of Supersonic, which was a fun rocker too! 
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  • CarryTheZero
    CarryTheZero Posts: 3,503
    Love this song, at one point reminds me a bit of U, but just for a short while.
  • 1ThoughtKnown
    1ThoughtKnown Posts: 6,155
    On first listen of the album, that riff really stoked me. This is my early favourite song on the record and will be a banger live. Stated this on another thread.
    i say early favourite because that will change. Always does. 
  • mschostok
    mschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    Great jam, one of my favs off the album - love the Tom Petty nod at the end of the song, whether deliberate or not
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  • Smellyman
    Smellyman Asia Posts: 4,528

    Very Supersonic but not as cheesy.  Not near the skip track Supersonic was, but just ok
  • tdawe
    tdawe Posts: 2,091
    It rocks, and the reaction would be a lot different if it was given a more prominent place on the track list. It could have been the opener, and if you flipped it with Who Ever Said people would have lost their minds over it and dismissed WES. 
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  • tribejammer05
    tribejammer05 W'Ville, OH Posts: 696
    Love the Tom Petty-esque outro 
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  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    tdawe said:
    It rocks, and the reaction would be a lot different if it was given a more prominent place on the track list. It could have been the opener, and if you flipped it with Who Ever Said people would have lost their minds over it and dismissed WES. 
    I don’t think it’s a song people would ever lose their minds over. It’s a song like mfc, stuck in a similar album position. It serves to pick up the tempo of the album well. 

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