GONE is by far the worst song this band has EVER conceived

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  • glasshouse wrote:
    it actually infuriates me that such a talented bunch of musicians can come up with such a heap of total shit.

    why?
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  • SpunkieSpunkie i come from downtown. Posts: 6,821
    Comeback is popular. Gone was released. WTF?
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    I can't believe this ridiculous thread is still going. I shouldn't even answer it, but it bugs me to see it!!!
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    justam wrote:
    I can't believe this ridiculous thread is still going. I shouldn't even answer it, but it bugs me to see it!!!

    i'm sure you'll be ok though
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  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
    their worst songs are all on riot act, especially you are, get right and ghost. Those songs suck ass. lol
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  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,095
    I agree, and i´m not sure if we need spend time discussing about the worst song. We have a lot of best songs...sorry.

    Talking about songs we like is boring. There is nothing to say. Here are the conversations in action. Which is more exciting.

    #1
    Person A: "I love Alive! It rocks!"
    Person B: "Alive does kick ass. Especially the Philly '05 version."
    Person A: "Oh yeah? I haven't heard the Philly version."

    #2
    Person A: "Parachutes sucks ass. I always take a piss break during that song."
    Person B: "Shut the hell up. Parachutes kicks ass!"
    Person C: "They hardly ever play it live but you ALWAYS take a piss break."
    Person D: "Parachutes is awesome. What do you want, them to play Alive over and over? Go find another band asshole."
  • JD SalJD Sal Posts: 790
    Wow, I'm shocked at the contempt for Gone. I was lucky enough to be at the Borgata show where it made its debut, and I fell in love the moment I heard it. It's one of my favorite PJ songs. Granted, Ed's solo version is much better IMO than the full band version, but I don't get everyone saying it's the worst song, blah blah.

    Y'all need to get your hearing checked. :p
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  • satansbedbugssatansbedbugs On Tour Posts: 2,412
    JD Sal wrote:
    Wow, I'm shocked at the contempt for Gone. I was lucky enough to be at the Borgata show where it made its debut, and I fell in love the moment I heard it. It's one of my favorite PJ songs. Granted, Ed's solo version is much better IMO than the full band version, but I don't get everyone saying it's the worst song, blah blah.

    Y'all need to get your hearing checked. :p


    I told these fools they were crazy. BTW , Gone is sounding pretty good on the ol' 6 string. I thiunk we need to add it to our reputoir
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  • justamjustam Posts: 21,412
    glasshouse wrote:
    i'm sure you'll be ok though

    I will be, but I'll just keep rejecting this opinion about the song too. :)
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    justam wrote:
    I will be, but I'll just keep rejecting this opinion about the song too. :)


    that's my boy
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  • their worst songs are all on riot act, especially you are, get right and ghost. Those songs suck ass. lol

    You're a fool.
  • Talking about songs we like is boring. There is nothing to say. Here are the conversations in action. Which is more exciting.

    #1
    Person A: "I love Alive! It rocks!"
    Person B: "Alive does kick ass. Especially the Philly '05 version."
    Person A: "Oh yeah? I haven't heard the Philly version."

    #2
    Person A: "Parachutes sucks ass. I always take a piss break during that song."
    Person B: "Shut the hell up. Parachutes kicks ass!"
    Person C: "They hardly ever play it live but you ALWAYS take a piss break."
    Person D: "Parachutes is awesome. What do you want, them to play Alive over and over? Go find another band asshole."


    QFT over and over again.
  • glasshouse wrote:
    i accidentally stumbled upon this song shuffling through my i-pod.
    it actually infuriates me that such a talented bunch of musicians can come up with such a heap of total shit. fuck it pains my ears it's so terrible.


    thank you very much
    Why is it on your i-pod then?
  • The Waiting Trophy ManThe Waiting Trophy Man Niagara region, Ontario, Canada Posts: 12,158
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  • JWBusher wrote:
    You're a fool.

    Get off it. Pearl Jam has written some downright worthless songs, even if they are in the minority. Not everything PJ produces is silver-and-gold with a scent of jasmine and thyme.

    It's simply unrealistic.
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    Get off it. Pearl Jam has written some downright worthless songs, even if they are in the minority. Not everything PJ produces is silver-and-gold with a scent of jasmine and thyme.

    It's simply unrealistic.

    spot on. alot of fans need to realize it is just OK to admit when they put out a shit song. it doesn't make you less of a fan!
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    Get off it. Pearl Jam has written some downright worthless songs, even if they are in the minority. Not everything PJ produces is silver-and-gold with a scent of jasmine and thyme.

    It's simply unrealistic.

    agreed.
    stating the obvious: this applies to every single artist/band. it's math you know.
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  • I think Evacuation is great. I believe my work here is done.
  • I think Evacuation is great. I believe my work here is done.

    Agreed..
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  • their worst songs are all on riot act, especially you are, get right and ghost. Those songs suck ass. lol

    Seriously, people like you who continuously bag Riot Act must be so uneducated musically. I respect your opinion, but if this album was released at the height of the grunge era it would be applauded as one of the best albums of the decade.

    From start to finish, Riot Act is intelligent both lyrically and musically. The three songs that you have have mentioned are on a par with just about everything off the first three albums and they are probably considered the weaker songs off the album.

    Songs like Can't Keep, Save You, Cropduster, Green Disease, I am Mine, 1/2 full and All or None (one of Pearl Jam's top ten imo) are high quality songs.

    You people need evolve your musical tastes a little, on Riot Act Pearl Jam are band pushing the boundaries and being creative...if only they released an album like this earlier on, they would be considered "innovators" today, instead of "Godfathers of Grunge!"

    Same goes for Binaural.
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  • brandon10brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    I hope some of these fans can Evacuate and be Gone at the next Ten shows I Go to!!!! P.S. Binaural and Riot Act are amazing.
  • muppetmuppet Posts: 980
    Seriously, people like you who continuously bag Riot Act must be so uneducated musically. I respect your opinion, but if this album was released at the height of the grunge era it would be applauded as one of the best albums of the decade.

    From start to finish, Riot Act is intelligent both lyrically and musically. The three songs that you have have mentioned are on a par with just about everything off the first three albums and they are probably considered the weaker songs off the album.

    Songs like Can't Keep, Save You, Cropduster, Green Disease, I am Mine, 1/2 full and All or None (one of Pearl Jam's top ten imo) are high quality songs.

    You people need evolve your musical tastes a little, on Riot Act Pearl Jam are band pushing the boundaries and being creative...if only they released an album like this earlier on, they would be considered "innovators" today, instead of "Godfathers of Grunge!"

    Same goes for Binaural.

    It's all different tastes. Don't just dismiss people as having uneducated 'musical tastes' because they don't like an album that you like. Personally I find Riot Act boring. Yes, it's got good songs but there's a lot of mediocre stuff on there too, IMO.

    I find that No Code is a much more interesting/experimental album than Riot Act. And that was released during the height of Pearl Jams popularity yet I don't see people calling that the best album of the decade.
  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    muppet wrote:
    I find that No Code is a much more interesting/experimental album than Riot Act.

    i prefer no code to riot act, but i think riot act and (especially) binaural are without a doubt pj's most experimental offerings. and that is the reason why those two albums polarise opoinions to a greater extend than any other of pj's albums amongst the hard core fans.

    btw this thread is not intended as a riot act bashing. it is a gone bashing.
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  • glasshouseglasshouse Posts: 1,762
    I think Evacuation is great. I believe my work here is done.

    on that we agree my brother.
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  • muppet wrote:
    It's all different tastes. Don't just dismiss people as having uneducated 'musical tastes' because they don't like an album that you like. Personally I find Riot Act boring. Yes, it's got good songs but there's a lot of mediocre stuff on there too, IMO.

    hey I realise that people have different tastes, but when somebody says all the songs on Riot Act are "terrible and suck ass", well in my opinion they are musically uneducated.
    muppet wrote:
    I find that No Code is a much more interesting/experimental album than Riot Act. And that was released during the height of Pearl Jams popularity yet I don't see people calling that the best album of the decade.

    Well in my opinion, No Code and Vitalogy are the best albums of the decade. There I said it.
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  • Evacuation < Gone by a long shot people...
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  • glasshouse wrote:
    i accidentally stumbled upon this song shuffling through my i-pod.
    it actually infuriates me that such a talented bunch of musicians can come up with such a heap of total shit. fuck it pains my ears it's so terrible.


    thank you very much

    You have got to be joking!!! Far from their worst song. Far from the worst song on that album. Far from the worst song made with the word Gone in the title.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    If the song is THAT irritating to you... you should probably listen to another band.
    I like gone. I remember watching it on AOL sessions and rushing off straight away to learn to play it on guitar, it's a cool song to play.

    And to Lostdogsinthegarden and anyone else who feels that way. C'mon now, you really can be suggesting that anyone who doesn't like a pearl jam song, then that autmoatically makes them not worthy and they should listen to another band. That's just silly.

    I'm a fan, not a disciple, it's a very personal choice of what we do and don't like and we are never all gonna agree on best songs/albums/concerts etc, and that's ok. Just don't mouth off on a fellow fan because you have a different song liking to him/her. That's lame.
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    I think Evacuation is great.
    +1
    wicked cool song :)
  • Niko80Niko80 Posts: 1,610
    Seriously, people like you who continuously bag Riot Act must be so uneducated musically. I respect your opinion, but if this album was released at the height of the grunge era it would be applauded as one of the best albums of the decade.

    That I highly doubt. The reason pearl jam became popular was for their hard hitting and emotional sound. Also their intense live shows contributed to their fame. When they stepped away from this formula, 90% of their fan base left, while the remaining 10% became disiples.

    I have a very very very hard time seing Riot Act making huge impact during the grunge era. No Code failed and Riot Act would have failed even harder! It lacks everything that made the band in the early days.

    but what do we know, its always gonna be a mystery anyway!

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