anyone jaded with direction of PJ lyrics these days?
iAmNoKiller
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I know this has probably been asked before, but is anyone kind of down about the direction that Eddie has seemingly taken. No more Nothingman, Release, or even Given to Fly. I understand that people change, and maybe it's just me, but it seems that Ed's lyrics have a sense of urgency to them now and aren't as easy listening to as before. New ones seem so politically motivated and fatalistic even. Don't get me wrong, I still love the new stuff, but I always find myself listening to the older stuff. They seemed to tell stories more than the ones now.
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-Eddie Vedder
" makes much more sense to live in the present tense "
AGREED MY FRIEND!!
-Eddie Vedder
6/24/06 Cincinatti, Ohio
6/14/08 Manchester, Tennessee
Was going to say the same thing, its definatly more politics-orientated these days.
I think Ed's just getting out all his frustrations. Im not complaining though, musically speaking this album sounds like a step back to yeild.
The risk I took was calculated, but man, am I bad at math - The Mincing Mockingbird
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
Almost every song on the new record you can sum up be finishing the sentence, "It's about a guy who _____" or "It's about a woman who _____"
As opposed to some of the songs on Binaural and Riot Act. "Um, it's about the birth and rebirth and regeneration of life, written in the style of a Keats poem. And it's called "Cropduster" for some reason." "
I like "story" songs. Very Springsteen-esque. And very early Ed.
for the least they could possibly do