Just mean that it’s their attempt at a ballad. A sappy love song, presumably for the radio. You’re right it doesn’t musically sound like it
FWIW, Steven Tyler/Joe Perry did not write "I Don't Want to Miss a Thing." The song was written by the industry Queen of Sappy Songwriting, Diane Warren, who has about a million hit songs that you know but just didn't know she wrote it.
Now if Diane Warren had written her own version of Sirens and given it to the band, Pearl Jam may have had their first #1 Billboard hit lol. I guess they will have to settle for a #2 hit, i.e., Last Kiss. If I never hear either of those again live, that would be OK with me :-:wink:
According to Spotify, Sirens has been played 78 million times, by far the most from the Lightning Bolt album. That's a lot of suckage lol. I loved that tune first time I heard it and would LOVE to hear it live. STL baby!!
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I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love.
I like the song and the sentiment of it. Yeah the lyrics are a little cheesy, but as I got bit older, they became pretty relatable. Being younger with less responsibility, but then getting married, having kids and now grandkids you start to spend more time contemplating what you have to lose, and being thankful for it.
This I’ll be the queen of cheesy here and proudly admit Sirens is my wedding song - to my 2nd husband, who I first met in 94. We dated then, actually had a kid together (who’s now 26), split, married other people, both had 2 kids, divorced those people, and got back together in 2013, the year this came out.
Sirens Just Breathe The End Future Days Ole The Fixer Let the Records Play Buckle Up
I do not suck
No one cares. Literally, no one.
I got a chuckle out of thinking about someone who genuinely doesn’t care about other peoples’ Pearl Jam opinions, but who comes to this board anyway and clicks on threads with titles like “People who don’t like Sirens suck”.
Please w the criticism. Y’all make me remember the words and sing small town out loud, so to borrow nick’s comment…I don’t mind hearing small town live, but I certainly dont want pressures to sing it out loud or remember the lyrics. While we are at the 1-800 end of things here, could y’all have written why go as a hard rock tune? And ok, I’ve come round a bit on DOTC.
Sirens has deep meaning for me. Jan. 13, 2014 my 2 month old daughter stopped breathing while we were just relaxing at home. I performed CPR in attempt to resuscitate her until paramedics arrived. she had turned completely blue and it was another 10 minutes before the paramedics were able to get her to finally gasp for breath. I spent the next 24 hours in the hospital and left my wife at the hospital so I could go home to care for our two year old son. As I'm driving home I turn the radio on for some distraction and it's on PJ Radio (of course). Sirens starts playing. The lyrics spoke to me at that moment like no other song in my life.
Oh, had to take your hand, and feel your breath For fear this someday will be over I pull you close, so much to lose Knowing that, nothing lasts forever I didn't care, before you were here I danced in laughter, with the ever after But all things change, let this remain
I had to pull over as the lyrics hit me like a ton of bricks as the gravity of the situation really sunk in as her fate was still unknown. She was finally released after 3.5 weeks. She made a full recover and today she is a perfectly healthy and extremely sharp 8 year old girl. So, yeah, Sirens is special and it fucking rocks.
For me too, this song is very emotional, if for nothing else, the time period it came out. To this day, when I hear Sirens, it's difficult not to let it get to me. So, first to the OP, to each his own; and secondly, please tell us your favorite songs so we can piss on you too.
The joy of music is its ability to touch people all for different reasons. And never shall that emotion be dismissed.
Oh F me, sorry OP; I read the title as "people who like Sirens suck". My apology directly to you. My apologies to all who responded to this thread, my bad.
but now to enforce the OP's thread, these lyrics are chilling and 100% realistic. You just never know. Here one minute, gone the next.
It's a fragile thing This life we lead
If I think too much I can get over- Whelmed by the grace
By which we live our lives With death over our shoulders
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Now if Diane Warren had written her own version of Sirens and given it to the band, Pearl Jam may have had their first #1 Billboard hit lol. I guess they will have to settle for a #2 hit, i.e., Last Kiss. If I never hear either of those again live, that would be OK with me :-:wink:
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I'm a lucky man to count on both hands the ones I love.
Sirens
Just Breathe
The End
Future Days
Ole
The Fixer
Let the Records Play
Buckle Up
I do not suck
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2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
Berlin 2009
Los Angeles 2022 x 2
1998: Noblesville; 2003: Noblesville; 2009: EV Nashville, Chicago, Chicago
2010: St Louis, Columbus, Noblesville; 2011: EV Chicago, East Troy, East Troy
2013: London ON, Wrigley; 2014: Cincy, St Louis, Moline (NO CODE)
2016: Lexington, Wrigley #1; 2018: Wrigley, Wrigley, Boston, Boston
2020: Oakland, Oakland: 2021: EV Ohana, Ohana, Ohana, Ohana
2022: Oakland, Oakland, Nashville, Louisville; 2023: Chicago, Chicago, Noblesville
2024: Noblesville, Wrigley, Wrigley, Ohana, Ohana
I’ll be the queen of cheesy here and proudly admit Sirens is my wedding song - to my 2nd husband, who I first met in 94. We dated then, actually had a kid together (who’s now 26), split, married other people, both had 2 kids, divorced those people, and got back together in 2013, the year this came out.
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Nuff said
28/09/04 - Boston, 20/04/06 - London [\\mm//Astoria\\mm//] - 18/06/07 - Wembley Arena, 11/08/09 - London [\\mm//Shepherds Bush Empire\\mm//],18/08/09 - 02 Arena, 25/06/10 - Hyde Park, 26/06/12 - Amsterdam, 27/06/12 - Amsterdam, 08/07/14 - Leeds,11/07/14 - Milton Keynes, 13/06/18 - Amsterdam, 18/06/18 - London 02 Arena, 17/07/18 - London 02 Arena, 08/08/22 - Hyde Park, 9/08/22 - Hyde Park - 25/08/22 - Amsterdam, 29/07/24 - London {*Tottenham Stadium TBC*}
Fingers crossed for Just Breathe, Future Days and Sirens Trifecta!
And YES I am serious.
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I just don't like it.
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Oh, had to take your hand, and feel your breath
For fear this someday will be over
I pull you close, so much to lose
Knowing that, nothing lasts forever
I didn't care, before you were here
I danced in laughter, with the ever after
But all things change, let this remain
I had to pull over as the lyrics hit me like a ton of bricks as the gravity of the situation really sunk in as her fate was still unknown. She was finally released after 3.5 weeks. She made a full recover and today she is a perfectly healthy and extremely sharp 8 year old girl. So, yeah, Sirens is special and it fucking rocks.
The joy of music is its ability to touch people all for different reasons. And never shall that emotion be dismissed.
the fixer - maybe their worst song ever, but they fixed this by basically not playing it live anymore.
but now to enforce the OP's thread, these lyrics are chilling and 100% realistic. You just never know. Here one minute, gone the next.
It's a fragile thing
This life we lead
If I think too much I can get over-
Whelmed by the grace
By which we live our lives
With death over our shoulders