Binaural

Edved82
Edved82 Ireland Posts: 1,279
edited December 2008 in The Porch
I dont post here much anymore (I'm more of a watcher than a poster these days) but i just wanted to say how much I am digging Binaural at the moment, especially Light Years through to Sleight of Hand. Rival is really amazing, why is this no longer played live? I'd love to see it played as a rarity on the next tour whenever that may be.

To me, its Pearl Jam's underrated classic album. The production may not be everyone's cup of tea, but it really comes alive for me when listened to through earphones. Also amazing B-sides from this album on Lost Dogs (Fatal, Sad, In The Moonlight).

Anyone else really dig this album?
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    Rival & Insignificance are 2 of my all-time favorite PJ songs. Great record!!!
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    Welcome to the kingdom of heaven buddy.

    Yes the 2000 tour is a cracker.
  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    if im hitting an imaginary drum in my car...its usually to the beat of "Sad"
    all i need are the first couple of chords....
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  • Brisk.
    Brisk. Posts: 11,581
    I wish Matt kept his black kit from this tour, the sound is just ace.
  • Grateful Jam
    Grateful Jam Posts: 81
    when i ever listen to binaural it takes me back to driving and blazn' to work at mt. rushmore every morning. great album straight through!
  • Smellyman2
    Smellyman2 Posts: 689
    Binaural is the one album that is moving up my list of favs...
  • pjjj
    pjjj Posts: 43
    Binaural is probably my second favorite pj record behind No Code, amazing album. Sleight of Hand and Insignificance own.
  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    pjjj wrote:
    Binaural is probably my second favorite pj record behind No Code, amazing album. Sleight of Hand and Insignificance own.

    not a probably for me!

    we are the inner sanctum of PJ fans!....the Binaural-ites! ;):D
  • giventofly0812
    giventofly0812 Posts: 218
    absolutely love binural
    especially light years
    felt like it was written about my life
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  • TallGuyCM
    TallGuyCM Posts: 328
    "Light Years" and "Grievance" are my 2 favs on the album by a landslide, didn't care for "Of the Girl" until they opened with it here in L.A. in 2003...since then it's been a favorite!
  • Gmoney
    Gmoney Posts: 1,618
    i think everything is perfect with this album. the production, the music, the lyrics, evacuation :)

    this album captures some sort of emotion, i still cannot figure out exactly what it is, but an emotion that for me at least, hasn't been captured by pj or any other band. it's sort of a dark album, but it also has moments of realization and true beauty. it's more dynamic than any album and eddie is more honest and personal with his lyrics. for me, one of the greatest moments in my life was driving across country and jamming this album over and over. every time the first note of breakerfall echoed through my little car i was reborn. ill never forget seeing the ocean for the first time in years and blasting grievance. the moment where eddie sings:

    "I want to breathe
    Follow the scene
    I want to taste
    Everyone I see
    I want to run when I'm up high
    I want to run into the sea
    I only want life.... to be...
    I just want to be...
    I will feel alive... as long as I am free...

    is one of my all time favorite music moments. i better stop. i could talk about this album all night...
    Further back and forth a wave will break on me, today...
  • not for me?
    not for me? Posts: 501
    Binaural owns!

    Nothing as it seems
    Rival
    Light Years
    Insignificance
    Breakerfall
    Thin Air
    Sleight of Hand

    Not a bad song on the album!

    Well maybe Evacuation. :D

    EDIT: I bought all of Pearl Jam's albums back in 04, and Binaural was immediately my favorite. I liked it so much that my first PJ shirt was the Binaural one. Since then I've grown to love other PJ albums more but it is always in my top 3. :)

    And the bridge on evacuation is amazing.
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  • Evolution6579
    Evolution6579 Posts: 624
    Rival is also one of my favorite songs. I love the stompin' blues jams. 1/2 Full, Rival. They could rework Deep in the same vein.
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    I'm willing to say that Nothing As It Seems and Slight Of Hand are probably in my top 10 favorite Pearl Jam songs. And have been for the last couple of years.
  • randomhero_204
    randomhero_204 Posts: 120
    I remember when this cd came out and I listened to it for the first time.... I didnt like it as much, simply put I just didnt "get it". I mean I liked some of it but could leave the rest of it... UNTIL the bootlegs came out and I heard the album preformed live... Songs like God's Dice, insignificance, and evacuation on binaural I would always skip, but the boots.... MY GOD the BOOTS! It all made sense, these songs took on a whole new cosmic world! Now I just kick myself for not "getting it" sooner...
    cook'em just to see the look on there face
  • jesse
    jesse Posts: 170
    amazing album shits all over no code and yield
  • GotMyLeash
    GotMyLeash Posts: 129
    Agree, really loving this album at the moment. Would love to hear more of this album played live.
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  • prodacake
    prodacake Posts: 319
    I love it, its up there with the best, parting ways the best closer to an album ever
  • tope
    tope Posts: 37
    I absolutely agree! Of The Girl, absolutely epic, and has a slightly unique sound, my fave tune on the album

    Rival - the ultimate in my "fuck you" repetoire (yes, all my rivals WILL see what I have in store...) and those bridges are just beautiful

    Evacuation, well it may not be everyone's favourite (yea yea I know how some of you feel about the chorus) but that bridge...
    there was a solemn man, watched his twilight disappear,
    altered by a falling eagle, a warning sign,
    he sensed worry could be strength...
    some serious power in there

    And Insignificance, well, I'll never forget the first time I heard it, and have lost count of the times I"ve played it on my guitar....

    Sometimes I wonder if the people that made this music realise how much they have done for the people that listen to it. I hope they do realise!

    And I'm with ya people. I fuckin LOVE Binaural.
  • U R A Crazy Breed
    U R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    it's great to see so many people finally coming around! ;):D

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