Waiting For Stevie

demetriosdemetrios Posts: 93,183
This song, is so damn good!  :)
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  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,122
    That opening riff has a Soundgarden sound to me
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  • CPR7CPR7 Stade de France, July 10, 2016 Posts: 377
    So damn good
  • mace1229mace1229 Posts: 9,481
    anyone know where lyrics are posted yet? Can't find any.
  • spankyMPspankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 1,957
    Love, love it.
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  • DEGBTIDEGBTI san diego Posts: 985
    just curious, is there anywhere to listen to a snip it or even the song?
  • vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 919
    Shocked this wasn’t released as the lead single 
  • bchambers05bchambers05 Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 168
    I liked and enjoyed ALL of the songs on the album to a fairly similar degree which is good and bad, none really stood absolutely head and shoulders above, but none were skips at all for me.

    Waiting for Stevie might be my least favorite though, at least probably in the bottom 3 tracks but I know a TON of people said it was their favorite.  Its hard to choose a top 3 or bottom 3 because they're all so close together in how good they are. 

    The awesome thing about PJ is their ability to capture so many different tastes in music that everyone enjoys vastly different songs of theirs. 
  • D-RodD-Rod Hamilton, Ontario Posts: 1,902
    vedpunk said:
    Shocked this wasn’t released as the lead single 
    I’m not,  it’s Pearl Jam.  There fan favourite songs are rarely the lead single. 

    Should it have been?  That’s another story.  
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  • vedpunkvedpunk Posts: 919
    D-Rod said:
    vedpunk said:
    Shocked this wasn’t released as the lead single 
    I’m not,  it’s Pearl Jam.  There fan favourite songs are rarely the lead single. 

    Should it have been?  That’s another story.  
    Ha you’re 💯 right
  • DEGBTIDEGBTI san diego Posts: 985
    well, just got to this song starting from the beginning of the album. Had to stop at the end to come on here and say this song is amazing! Not sure how anyone could say otherwise. Only listened this one time and already thinking this is an all timer!
  • foodshop65foodshop65 Connecticut Posts: 731
    vedpunk said:
    Shocked this wasn’t released as the lead single 

    There are a few for sure
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  • Hawk123Hawk123 Posts: 2,206
    The end of waiting for Stevie into running hits you like sometimes into hail, hail if you’re not expecting it 
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,371
    My early favourite, however I love them all. So to have this at the top is saying something. After the theatre listen I had a big smile on my face, when Stevie finished I turned to my sister and said ‘how good was that one!?’ 
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  • drfoxdrfox Posts: 1,348
    Amazed this wasn’t the main single. It’s so good. 
  • JK109224JK109224 Posts: 633
    The best songs are never the singles.
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  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,608
    My early favourite, however I love them all. So to have this at the top is saying something. After the theatre listen I had a big smile on my face, when Stevie finished I turned to my sister and said ‘how good was that one!?’ 
    Early favorite here as well. The guy beside me called it best song since Vitalogy. I found myself agreeing. Looking forward to more listens. 
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  • marumarukomarumaruko Posts: 261
    edited April 18
    Retrograde was a single.
    Wreckage is one now. 

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  • tino_11tino_11 Posts: 2,145
    Niko80 said:
    My early favourite, however I love them all. So to have this at the top is saying something. After the theatre listen I had a big smile on my face, when Stevie finished I turned to my sister and said ‘how good was that one!?’ 
    Early favorite here as well. The guy beside me called it best song since Vitalogy. I found myself agreeing. Looking forward to more listens. 
    Wow, that's a bold claim right there! Given to Fly, I Got Shit, Long Road, Present Tense etc etc say hi!
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  • mcgruff10mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 28,610
    This song is top notch.  Love the way Ed sings this one. I'm guessing this is a Stone song.
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  • CarryTheZeroCarryTheZero Posts: 2,968
    Love this song! Whole thing is awesome, but the last 90 seconds are fantastic, all Mike and Matt.

    Based on interviews, sounds like Ed and Andrew worked up the skeleton of it during the Earthling sessions. The only song that really came from before the band got together to record.

    Loving the album!
  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,371
    It was a couple of days ago now but I just remember the ending being so urgent and propelling. Well that’s what I thought in my head. Can’t wait to listen again! 
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  • drfoxdrfox Posts: 1,348
    mcgruff10 said:
    This song is top notch.  Love the way Ed sings this one. I'm guessing this is a Stone song.
    I may be wrong but I thought I read somewhere it’s a song EV wrote whilst him and Andrew Watt were waiting for Stevie Wonder to vacate the studio whilst recording Earthling. Hence the song title 
  • Force Of NatureForce Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,102
    Yeh, its funny this one is getting lots of love, while I also see comments like this album sounds like Earthling 2 as a criticism.
    When in reality the only song that originated from those sessions is the one people seem to love the most.  
  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,608
    tino_11 said:
    Niko80 said:
    My early favourite, however I love them all. So to have this at the top is saying something. After the theatre listen I had a big smile on my face, when Stevie finished I turned to my sister and said ‘how good was that one!?’ 
    Early favorite here as well. The guy beside me called it best song since Vitalogy. I found myself agreeing. Looking forward to more listens. 
    Wow, that's a bold claim right there! Given to Fly, I Got Shit, Long Road, Present Tense etc etc say hi!
    Yeah, lots of good songs. It was in the moment at the cinema, and as I said I need to digest more. It just felt good then and there to get my teeth kicked in by something that really reminded me of the PJ I fell in love with. I haven't felt that way about a pj song on first listen since the 90´s. 

    I love all the songs you mentioned.  
    I will swallow poison
  • GianGiovi94GianGiovi94 Italy Posts: 91
    is Dark Matter already out in New Zealand?
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  • kmcmanuskmcmanus Posts: 771
    drfox said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    This song is top notch.  Love the way Ed sings this one. I'm guessing this is a Stone song.
    I may be wrong but I thought I read somewhere it’s a song EV wrote whilst him and Andrew Watt were waiting for Stevie Wonder to vacate the studio whilst recording Earthling. Hence the song title 
    They weren’t waiting for him to leave, they were waiting for him to arrive. He played harmonica on “Try” off of Earthling.
  • lastexitlondonlastexitlondon Posts: 14,122
    Anyone else here Soundgarden. Badmotorfinger era riff 
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  • Daron OshayDaron Oshay Middletown, NJ Posts: 2,561
    SO GREAT!

    I wish that interlude was an extra track or they developed it into a full song - its great also
  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,305
    SO GREAT!

    I wish that interlude was an extra track or they developed it into a full song - its great also
    I could see how people feel this way but I love it for what it is.  Actually gave me chills during first listen in the record store.  
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  • spankyMPspankyMP NY to NC to NH Posts: 1,957
    Anyone else here Soundgarden. Badmotorfinger era riff 
    Yes! I hear so much in this one. In Hiding, the opening of The Cult - She Sells Sanctuary, Soundgarden/TOTD. While I don't think it sounds like SOLAT or Breath, I see how it is being likened to them. I just think it is more accurate to liken it to Singles era PJ. Parts/notes of the outro solo have that feel.

    Then other parts of the album are so clearly Pink Floyd, Tom Petty, U2, Hendrix, and then all 11 other PJ albums thrown into a blender. A couple of notes here or there or the inflection of a few words.
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