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Army & NavyArmy & Navy Posts: 120
edited June 2008 in The Porch
Has anyone ever thought these 2 songs sound really similar?
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  • zootownzootown Posts: 666
    They both certainly have the rock anthem sound. People I know who dont really like PJ usually cite this as their main reason of not liking the band- that alot of their tunes are very similar-I for one, just happen to like that sound so it works for me.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    i dont think they sound that much alike. the tempos are different, the opening riffs, i guess could be heard as similar but thats it. i dont consider dissident anthemic at all.


    escape is never, the safest bet.
    i love when ed speaks that at the end live,
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    I too will go on record saying I don't see/hear the similarites.
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  • jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,641
    They are not that similar - unlike Undone and World Wide Suicide!!! - These songs are pretty similar - Same chord progression, same time signature - EXACTLY the same intro! whenever Undone starts playing on my playlist i always think its WWS!!

    Have a listen to both
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  • BinFrogBinFrog MA Posts: 7,309
    jonbond1779 wrote:
    They are not that similar - unlike Undone and World Wide Suicide!!! - These songs are pretty similar - Same chord progression, same time signature - EXACTLY the same intro! whenever Undone starts playing on my playlist i always think its WWS!!

    Have a listen to both



    Now that I agree with.

    Or Porch/Severed Hand.
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  • restlesssoulrestlesssoul Posts: 6,951
    BinFrog wrote:
    Now that I agree with.

    Or Porch/Severed Hand.


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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    i think life wasted is very similar to alive if anything. they dont sound alike at all really, but I always thought life wasted was todays "alive"
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  • Army & NavyArmy & Navy Posts: 120
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    i think life wasted is very similar to alive if anything. they dont sound alike at all really, but I always thought life wasted was todays "alive"

    Life Wasted & Alive? Can't see the link. Life Wasted is an annoying song
  • NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,311
    i don't see it either. and life wasted is probably my least favorite on the new album.
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  • jonbond1779jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,641
    NewJPage wrote:
    i don't see it either. and life wasted is probably my least favorite on the new album.

    Dude - I use to think that, trust me, it grows on u big time! (especially if u played it on guitar hero.)
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  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Alive is awesome, Dissident kinda sucks
  • pearljamgirl07pearljamgirl07 Posts: 792
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i dont think they sound that much alike. the tempos are different, the opening riffs, i guess could be heard as similar but thats it. i dont consider dissident anthemic at all.


    escape is never, the safest bet.
    i love when ed speaks that at the end live,
    Agree :)!
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  • drummerboy_73drummerboy_73 Las Vegas, NV Posts: 2,011
    I always thought that "Wasted Reprise" sounds like a slow, soft snippet of "Life Wasted"...

    I also think "Footsteps" is very similar to Temple of the Dog's "Times of Trouble"...
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  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    drummerboy_73 wrote:
    I always thought that "Wasted Reprise" sounds like a slow, soft snippet of "Life Wasted"...

    I also think "Footsteps" is very similar to Temple of the Dog's "Times of Trouble"...

    You may have something there
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  • slightofjeffslightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    restlesssoul wrote:
    i dont think they sound that much alike. the tempos are different, the opening riffs, i guess could be heard as similar but thats it. i dont consider dissident anthemic at all.


    escape is never, the safest bet.
    i love when ed speaks that at the end live,

    safest path. the word you're looking for is path.
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • PJamGrunge10PJamGrunge10 California Posts: 596
    Them-Bones wrote:
    You may have something there

    Oh ya right! He's just making stuff up...
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