WRECKAGE

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  • ZoSoTimZoSoTim Posts: 1,102
    I love it. 
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  • CROJAM95CROJAM95 Posts: 9,943
    Ed pouring out his soul on this one, love how his Brothers join him at the end......I love this song, its powerful to me
  • donravendonraven Posts: 144
    edited April 18
    I love it. Can't get it out of my head. I think I had something in my eye while this was playing in the theatre lol
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  • KidAOKKidAOK Posts: 107
    It's one of my favourite PJ songs in years, can't stop listening to it.  LEGENDS!
  • MikeDigsMikeDigs Santa Monica, CA Posts: 1,663
    Was thrown off initially by this track, and after repeated listens, I still can't get on board with the initial verses and chorus.  It's the pop-like melodies I think.

    However, I really love the outro to this song.  From 3:00 mark and onward, it's wonderful.  The outro is the reason why I won't skip this track, and I will endure the initial verses lol.  And I imagine that I'll like this track more once heard in succession with the other tracks, as it sounds like this album is great as a whole.
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,605
    Vedd Hedd said:
    The key to this song is that it’s lyrically tied to Setting Sun.
    And was there a lyric connection between Scared of Fear and Setting Sun? I’ve only had the two listens but when I saw the lyrics in the theatre I vaguely remember a link there too? Sorry I digress. 
    tbergs said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    The key to this song is that it’s lyrically tied to Setting Sun.
    And was there a lyric connection between Scared of Fear and Setting Sun? I’ve only had the two listens but when I saw the lyrics in the theatre I vaguely remember a link there too? Sorry I digress. 
    Yes, SoF drops a setting sun line in the lyrics. Noticed that at the movie theatre too.
    yeah, I think Setting Sun is like the reprise of multiple songs.  

    All of the songs seem connected.  If I were to venture a guess, it would be about someone who is dealing with a loved one who has been having a hard time mentally over the last several years, and they are coping. 

    Again, not autobiographical and not about anyone in particular.  Just sort of a story. The "Dark Matter" to me represents both the dark things happening in the world, real or not, and also the dark places people and their relationships can go. 
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  • spankyMPspankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 1,958
    I'm surprised by how polarizing this song is. It's my wife's favorite at the moment, I think it's middle of the pack on DM, which is not too shabby in my opinion. So many people outright hate it, I don't get it, not that I have to, but I don't.
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  • VINNY GOOMBAVINNY GOOMBA Posts: 1,818
    Listening now.  It thought it was cool at first, but it didn't move me for a number of listens as much as some of the others.  Now I think it's a really beautiful song.  Still haven't heard a quality version of the album, but as much as I think this is a great song, I don't think it's in the top 50% of this album, and that's a GREAT thing =)
  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,032
    donraven said:
    I love it. Can't get it out of my head. I think I had something in my eye while this was playing in the theatre lol
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  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,296
    Listened a second time last night. It was better than the first. Definitely heard the Petty vibes this time. I think this one might grow on me and get better and better
  • SpartanacusSpartanacus Oviedo, FL Posts: 855

     Point is I think Wreckage is better than anything off LB or Gigaton.
    To say Wreckage is better than Quick Escape is criminal in my mind/ears...but to each his own.  That's what makes music great.  What is one person's trash is another person's treasure and vice versa.
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  • PJammin'PJammin' Posts: 1,902
    spankyMP said:
    I'm surprised by how polarizing this song is. It's my wife's favorite at the moment, I think it's middle of the pack on DM, which is not too shabby in my opinion. So many people outright hate it, I don't get it, not that I have to, but I don't.
    Yeah, the opinions about it are all over the place. I personally love it, along with Something Special. I hope I get to hear both at my shows. 
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  • josevolutionjosevolution Posts: 29,944
    I really really like it! I has my wife listen to it with headphones and when I came back to ask her opinion she was listening to it a 2nd time, she’s not a music buff at all but she says in her wife voice I can’t believe they can write songs this beautiful! I agreed 
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,315
    DB2707 said:
    I can’t stop hearing Fast Car in it. Must be similar chords. Especially in the beginning. 
    I noticed that too!!!  Thought I was crazy for thinking it lol 
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  • The JugglerThe Juggler Posts: 49,032
    I really really like it! I has my wife listen to it with headphones and when I came back to ask her opinion she was listening to it a 2nd time, she’s not a music buff at all but she says in her wife voice I can’t believe they can write songs this beautiful! I agreed 
    Haha...I am always asking my wife for her opinion on Pearl Jam songs as she's not a huge fan. She's like my own personal one person focus group. 

    She's a huge Something Special fan. lol
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  • spankyMPspankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 1,958
    I really really like it! I has my wife listen to it with headphones and when I came back to ask her opinion she was listening to it a 2nd time, she’s not a music buff at all but she says in her wife voice I can’t believe they can write songs this beautiful! I agreed 
    Haha...I am always asking my wife for her opinion on Pearl Jam songs as she's not a huge fan. She's like my own personal one person focus group. 

    She's a huge Something Special fan. lol
    I told my wife (who was indifferent on Dark Matter and Running) that Something Special is one she'd like, so I played her the clip in the observer. She did a country dance elbowy jig  thing and said "Really?" LOL
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  • know1know1 Posts: 6,794
    I like Wreckage. Best one from the album I've heard so far (only listened to Dark Matter and Running).
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  • BSullyBSully Indiana Posts: 1,274
    I was in an all day meeting at work and had to wait all day to hear it.
    I like it, I think I still like DM better, but it's a good solid song and makes me excited for the rest.
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  • yosiyosi NYC Posts: 3,066
    Definitely getting the Petty vibes. It was the first thing I thought when hearing it. Like someone said above, the outro is really when the song gets excellent. 
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  • DL136722DL136722 Not sure... Posts: 686
    Lifted said:
    Not really feeling this one. 

    The first two singles from the album, and the comments from the band about it being heavier than you'd expect, had me pretty intrigued. Having listened to all of the audio clips, I'm not sure what they were talking about. It's almost exactly what I'd expect if I were expecting the worst.

    I'm glad people are enjoying this track, but this doesn't sound like the Pearl Jam I love. It sounds like Pearl Jam for people who love Sirens. Unfortunately I hated that song and the album it came from. I just think it's an extreme departure from the band they were and not in a good way. The slower tempo songs and ballads used to have an edge to them. This just sounds soft.

    Still heard some interesting stuff in the other clips, and can't wait to listen to the album in its entirety, but I'm really taming my expectations at this point. From what I've heard, wreckage, won't tell and something special sound like Pearl Jam exercising their worst indulgences to me....but maybe, hopefully, I'll be pleasantly suprised when I give the album a proper listen. 


    Don't hold your breath! Well said, couldn't agree with you more! 
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  • DL136722DL136722 Not sure... Posts: 686
    wnh1977 said:
    MikeDigs said:
    Uh oh.  This isn't what I was expecting.

    I'm going to listen to Leash now to cleanse my ears and restore balance.
    Do you really want a guy pushing 60 to yell at you to get out of his fucking face? Why rehash what's been done?  AC/DC  is there for you if you want the same formula over and over.
    Yes, yes I do.  I look forward to a 75 year old Eddie screaming the lyrics to Lukin III, hopefully an even faster version of the original song.

    And AC/DC has rocked from day one and will rock until they're all done, and that is why their catalog is more popular than Pearl Jam's...at least to the majority of true 'rock' fans.  

    I have yet to dislike a PJ album (not counting first listens of the 'weird' Vitalogy and No Code), and I hope this album keeps that streak going...but I will admit I'm a bit worried after single #3 (not a huge fan of single #2 either).
    Well said 
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  • DL136722DL136722 Not sure... Posts: 686
    mfc2006 said:
    Wreckage is absolutely awesome.
    Nope
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  • pjpjpaulpjpjpaul Posts: 1,686
    edited April 18
    DB2707 said:
    I can’t stop hearing Fast Car in it. Must be similar chords. Especially in the beginning. 
    I noticed that too!!!  Thought I was crazy for thinking it lol 
    It is close but different. Fast car's verse is Cmaj7-G-Em-D (played with a capo on 2nd fret in Chapman's version and 1st fret in Luke Comb's version) and Wreckage is G-Bm-G-Bm-G-Bm-Em-D.
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  • pjpjpaulpjpjpaul Posts: 1,686
    edited April 18
    pjpjpaul said:
    DB2707 said:
    I can’t stop hearing Fast Car in it. Must be similar chords. Especially in the beginning. 
    I noticed that too!!!  Thought I was crazy for thinking it lol 
    It is close but different. Fast car's verse is Cmaj7-G-Em-D (played with a capo on 2nd fret in Chapman's version and 1st fret in Luke Comb's version) and Wreckage is G-Bm-G-Bm-G-Bm-Em-D.
    The instrumental bridge reminds me of December by Collective Soul. They’re both descending patterns that go from G to F on the low e string. 
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  • ChrisileinChrisilein Vienna/Austria Posts: 3,905
    Never ask my wife again... Dark Matter... Meh...Running....double meh....wreckage after 3 seconds... Triple meh
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,605
    DL136722 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Wreckage is absolutely awesome.
    Nope
    See this is the kind of response I just dont understand.  It's clear you dont like it.   Said multiple times.  Why try to ruin someone else's enjoyment of it?  

    Like its one thing to say, "Hey I dont like it, but whatever".   But you are literally responding to someone's positive post about it.   Not mad, just dont understand the desire to continue to beat a dead horse. 
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,631
    Vedd Hedd said:
    DL136722 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Wreckage is absolutely awesome.
    Nope
    See this is the kind of response I just dont understand.  It's clear you dont like it.   Said multiple times.  Why try to ruin someone else's enjoyment of it?  

    Like its one thing to say, "Hey I dont like it, but whatever".   But you are literally responding to someone's positive post about it.   Not mad, just dont understand the desire to continue to beat a dead horse. 
    And also: it has been out for a day. Maybe give it a week before rushing to the internet to declare "Worst. Song. Ever."
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,605
    BF25394 said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    DL136722 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Wreckage is absolutely awesome.
    Nope
    See this is the kind of response I just dont understand.  It's clear you dont like it.   Said multiple times.  Why try to ruin someone else's enjoyment of it?  

    Like its one thing to say, "Hey I dont like it, but whatever".   But you are literally responding to someone's positive post about it.   Not mad, just dont understand the desire to continue to beat a dead horse. 
    And also: it has been out for a day. Maybe give it a week before rushing to the internet to declare "Worst. Song. Ever."
    Sure that too.  But I mean, I have not liked songs right off the bat in the past, too.  I never was on board with Buckle Up.  I liked some of the lyrics, but musically, it's not something I would really listen to.  But some people enjoyed it, I just never would respond with, "nope it sucks!". 

    Whatever, live and let live I would say.   If someone is enjoying the crap out of something, let them.  Life is too short to be pissing in anyone's cornflakes. 
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  • BF25394BF25394 Posts: 4,631
    Vedd Hedd said:
    BF25394 said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    DL136722 said:
    mfc2006 said:
    Wreckage is absolutely awesome.
    Nope
    See this is the kind of response I just dont understand.  It's clear you dont like it.   Said multiple times.  Why try to ruin someone else's enjoyment of it?  

    Like its one thing to say, "Hey I dont like it, but whatever".   But you are literally responding to someone's positive post about it.   Not mad, just dont understand the desire to continue to beat a dead horse. 
    And also: it has been out for a day. Maybe give it a week before rushing to the internet to declare "Worst. Song. Ever."
    Sure that too.  But I mean, I have not liked songs right off the bat in the past, too.  I never was on board with Buckle Up.  I liked some of the lyrics, but musically, it's not something I would really listen to.  But some people enjoyed it, I just never would respond with, "nope it sucks!". 

    Whatever, live and let live I would say.   If someone is enjoying the crap out of something, let them.  Life is too short to be pissing in anyone's cornflakes. 
    I think we're basically saying the same thing. And I'm with you on the "Buckle Up" lyrics: I'm naming my next album Bedsores and Sponge Baths.
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