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

brandon10

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.

muppet

walkthamile wrote:

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.

glasshouse

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.

glasshouse

Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:

I think Evacuation is great. I believe my work here is done.

on that we agree my brother.

walkthamile

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.

MasterFramer

Evacuation < Gone by a long shot people...

SnurpyMooks

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.

Anon

Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:

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.

Anon

Lostdogsinthegarden wrote:

I think Evacuation is great.

+1
wicked cool song

Niko80

walkthamile wrote:

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!

"You can speculate all you want but unless you check it out for yourself, you never know"- Ace Ventura

Sloth2

I personally love Gone.

I work in a Borders Store and used it during our recovery hour to tell my friends I was leaving the business!!!

But nah ever since I heard the Borgota vrsion I've loved it.

Clearly I'm musically stupid or something because I LOOOOOOOOOOOVE Whale Song as well

JamMastaE

Gone is a fucking great song!!!

you are just a tasteless asshole!:)

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Gone is brilliant

We all have our own opinions... human nature is a fab thing...


Gone Rocks.. No question!

UKpearljammer

I quite like Gone myself. As for worst PJ song Goat takes that mantle easily for me...bah!!

Katzenjammer

walkthamile wrote:

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.

"Uneducated musically?" What a load of bull come.

"I have a bachelor's degree in rhythmic syncopation and a minor in eating dog shit."

Same goes for Binaural.

Well that's just silly. everyone loves Binaural. If anybody says otherwise I'll start posting with exclamation marks again.

over bends

http://www.soundclick.com/bands/default.cfm?bandID=573884&content=songinfo&songID=6083835

You can hit hi-fi and it just plays!

Since this song rags on Gone so much, please listen to my cover of it! It's actually a solo synthesizer take of the song in a pschycodelic, ambient perspective. Ummm... yea. Don't know at all how this will be perceived. It's all in one take and I don't start it until 50 seconds in so please be patient while listening. Ummm... yes. I'm going to overlay it with multiple tracks later or even redo the whole thing, but here it is raw. I should stop talking I guess.

fanch75

hopethatuchoke wrote:

How is sharing an opinion and asking what others think bitching????? Is there a prerequisite when you sign up on this board that says you have to love the bands entire catalog? This is the kind of shit that makes me ashamed to be a fan sometimes and also why some people outside of this board think the fan base are insane.

No shit. It's actually entertaining to post you don't like a song, b/c people react like you insulted their mother or something and take it all personally and shit. glasshouse isn't a "real fan" and needs to quit the 10c b/c he doesn't like the song "Gone." Biiiiiiiiiitch, pleaze.

I love KISS; they are my favorite band and many on here hate them. I don't give a damn; I put KISS on and I'm instantly in a great mood and couldn't care less if someone in Amsterdam doesn't like them - doesn't affect my listening enjoyment one bit. So why are people so upset with glasshouse for not liking "Gone"?

fanch75

walkthamile wrote:

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.

Good Lord. Here's the default "You aren't smart enough to like riot act" reaction.

I listen to quite a bit of prog metal and lemme tell ya, and that stuff is crazy musically, both in its technical nature and its complexity.

Disliking riot act has nothing to do with being a simpleton, a dumbass, or not "evolving." People who point to liking riot act b/c they are so much smarter than everyone else needs to get over themselves and realize that different folks have different opinions and just maybe some people just don't like the songs on some albums.

Pearl Street Brewery

Niko80 wrote:

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!

"You can speculate all you want but unless you check it out for yourself, you never know"- Ace Ventura

I couldn't have said it better. You are 100% right!

randaldoesjersey

fanch75 wrote:

I love KISS; they are my favorite band

LOL