Upper Hand

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  • BSully
    BSully Indiana Posts: 1,503
    At first I wasn't as keen on it as everyone else, but 4 spins in and I'm starting to dig it more and more.
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  • UseUrIllusions
    UseUrIllusions Posts: 547
    Going to be even better live!
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  • JT167846
    JT167846 Posts: 996
    Glad people are as excited about this one as I am about others. Didn't grab me at the cinema at all really. Subsequent listens are making it more enjoyable and I hope it's just a slower burner that lets me find the treats you guys have in it in due course. Because if this many fellow fans are raving about it there's something there.
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  • Wrangler
    Wrangler Posts: 109
    They haven’t made a song like this in a long time.  This song alone is why they should still be making music.  Some of the songs on the album are subpar but this song is outstanding.  
  • jray1350
    jray1350 Posts: 13
    I’m late to the discussion of the new album. I think this is the best lyrical and musical album PJ has ever released. Upper Hand might be the best PJ song ever. Criticize if you like but that song is fantastic. 
  • KN219077
    KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,201
    Hoping to hear it live! Best on the album!
  • TA243471
    TA243471 The Great Northwest Posts: 1,251
    https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/301966/upper-hand#latest
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,819
    bone said:
    Love the song, the only snag on it was the transition from the intro to the first verse is clunky.  Has kind of a Where the Streets Have No Name buildup in the intro where you get ready for some uplifting moment to come, but then moves into a Black/Yellow Ledbetter type verse.  Love both parts, just feel like they don't fit together.  
    The transition to the first verse is really jarring. The intro is interesting, then the song dies on its ass for the verse. The chorus is good, but the outro solo sounds like it belongs in another song. It’s like 3 different songs; they’re all good, but I’m not sure about it as a whole.
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  • kramerica4
    kramerica4 Posts: 284
    This is a fantastic song, love every second of it.
    The last time PJ wrote such an atmospheric song was with Pendulum.
  • just_one
    just_one Lisbon Posts: 2,298
    i said it before but this song is going to kick so many ass live , that final part with ed playing guitar and the whole band jamming (like in the end of betterman during the save it for later tag) is gonna be A M A Z I N G !!! just imagine that gives me chills
  • ArriveLikeButterflyz
    ArriveLikeButterflyz Posts: 132
    This song is fkn amazing. It' right up there with my all time PJ favs.
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  • Haijay
    Haijay Posts: 449
    kramerica4 said:
    This is a fantastic song, love every second of it.
    The last time PJ wrote such an atmospheric song was with Pendulum.
    What about Of the girl? 
  • ed243421
    ed243421 Posts: 7,741
    I think this will open a few shows this tour.

    Then go right into Stevie.

    The intro sounds like they wrote walk-on music for themselves.
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  • deb1211
    deb1211 Posts: 2,083
    I'm ready
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,961
    That's beautiful 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,382
    Best song on the album!  So fucking good. Love it
  • Veddernarian
    Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
    I love the song.  One thing that is interesting is how they speed the tempo up at the end.  Similar to how Pink Floyd speeds the tempo at the end of "On the turning away".  
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
  • kramerica4
    kramerica4 Posts: 284
    Haijay said:
    kramerica4 said:
    This is a fantastic song, love every second of it.
    The last time PJ wrote such an atmospheric song was with Pendulum.
    What about Of the girl? 
    Of The Girl is great too.
    But not as good as Upper Hand.
  • Naked John
    Naked John Posts: 387
    Johnny Abruzzo said:
    Mike said “it’d be a great opener, but we’ll see…”
    Pendulum-Like...Could be a great mid-set also...how about 1st song of Encore 1!
  • hobowithagrin
    hobowithagrin Posts: 114
    My favorite, gives me Ledbetter vibes.

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