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Been listening to Binaural

WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
edited January 2008 in The Porch
Totally into it, anyone else know what I mean??
HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    Yes
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    sgossard3 wrote:
    Yes
    totally
    "Senza speme vivemo in disio"

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  • WindNoSailWindNoSail Posts: 580
    sgossard3 wrote:
    totally

    I mean it is becoming like Dark Side for me. Very weird, but loving it.
    HOB 10.05.2005, E Rutherford 06.03.2006, The Gorge 07.22.2006, Lolla 08.05.2007, West Palm 06.11.2008, Tampa 06.12.2008, Columbia 06.16.2008, EV Memphis 06.20.2009, New Orleans 05.01.2010, Kansas City 05.03.2010
  • CantKeepFukinUpCantKeepFukinUp Posts: 168
    100%
  • PureandEasyPureandEasy Posts: 5,805
    I'm wearing my binaural shirt today :)
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • YieldedYielded Posts: 839
    Binaural fucking rocks!


    That is all.
    "We get these pills to swallow... how they stick in your throat... Tastes like gold..."
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Nope. Tied with Riot Act for their worst album and some of the worst songs they have ever written.
  • TheRiotActTheRiotAct Posts: 131
    I think Binaural is probably worse than Riot Act.

    Boring songs, boring production.

    Some decent songs:
    NAIS
    Greivance
    Sleight of Hand

    At least Riot Act has:

    Save you
    Love Boat Captain
    I am Mine
    Green Disease
    You Are
    "Close but no sitar." ~ EV
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    TheRiotAct wrote:
    I think Binaural is probably worse than Riot Act.

    Agreed. I am a fan of Save You and You Are. In defense of Binaural, Parting Ways is a great song but I prefer the acoustic version over the album version.
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    At least they tried something new on both Binaural and Riot Act....


    Avacado is just watered down versions of things theyve done before.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • JamMastaEJamMastaE Posts: 444
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    Nope. Tied with Riot Act for their worst album and some of the worst songs they have ever written.


    yet another "fan" with shitty taste. :)


    this was an album that grew on me and now i love it!!!!!


    sleight of hand is one of my top 5 PJ songs.
    "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot". Mark Twain


    "I would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees."
    Emiliano Zapata
  • hopethatuchokehopethatuchoke Posts: 2,927
    Cropduster84 wrote:
    At least they tried something new on both Binaural and Riot Act....


    Avacado is just watered down versions of things theyve done before.....


    What was new on both of those albums?
  • ||Release_Me||||Release_Me|| Posts: 1,871
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    What was new on both of those albums?

    Nothing As It Seems
    Of The Girl
    Sleight of Hand
    Soon Forget

    i don't remember hearing anything like those songs before Binaural. They tried some really cool things with that album.
    "This town deserves a better class of criminal... and I'm gonna give it to them."

  • spintheblack37spintheblack37 Posts: 173
    Binaural is awesome. I also think it would be one of the better Pearl Jam records to listen to on vinyl but you have to pay like 100-200 dollars to get.

    WILL THE MADNESS END, RE-RELEASE! DO IT NOW!
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  • Tremendous UpsideTremendous Upside Posts: 118
    Light Years is stunning with headphones on
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,206
    Binaural and Riot Act are not in my top 3 PJ albums but for someone to say that these are the only decent songs on these albums:

    NAIS
    Grievance
    Sleight of Hand
    Save you
    Love Boat Captain
    I am Mine
    Green Disease
    You Are

    You Are an ass jockey and need to give up your PJ player card immediately.
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    Tremendous Upside wrote:
    Light Years is stunning with headphones on

    as is the entire album, especially of the girl.
    the best way to experience binaural in my opinion.
    Nice shirt.
  • releaselaurenreleaselauren Posts: 384
    hello?

    Where is the love for "Insignificance"?


    Binaural grew on me, I like it better than Vitalogy.





    *runs and hides*
    "you shall be released" ~ EV
  • IDgotIIDgotI Posts: 262
    The magic of the Pearl Jam albums is that they are like seasons. I'm not in a Binaural mode right now... but I think I'm sliding back to it. I was massively into that album before... I will be again. The open spaceyness of some of the songs is tremendous. I guess I've been on an Avocado kick for the last couple of months. Before that it was Riot Act big time. Riot Act and Binaural get a lot of crap on the message boards... Don't get me wrong... there are loads of people standing up for them... It's just peculiar that this is a PJ fan site... and there are often posts by people dissing half their albums ... It's not Ten all the time for the real fans.
  • QuarterToTenQuarterToTen Cincinnati, Ohio Posts: 3,642
    releaselauren wrote:
    hello?

    Where is the love for "Insignificance"?

    right here :)
    i absolutely love the way it builds.
    Nice shirt.
  • JamMastaEJamMastaE Posts: 444
    releaselauren wrote:
    hello?

    Where is the love for "Insignificance"?


    Binaural grew on me, I like it better than Vitalogy.

    Insignificance is one of my top 5!

    ditto!
    "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot". Mark Twain


    "I would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees."
    Emiliano Zapata
  • gobrowns19gobrowns19 Posts: 1,447
    I like Binaural. I've always thought Binaural was an album that's great in the winter, but like for right now when you're so sick of it and want warm weather.

    Light Years is it right now for me.

    :(
    Happiness is only real when shared
  • Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    hopethatuchoke wrote:
    What was new on both of those albums?

    Just the overall sound....the things people diss these two albums for are to me their strenghts.....New production techniques.....more political.....different sounds.....the whole package....I just think they are far superior records to Avacado, that record doesnt effect me emotionally, even the 'soft one' 'Parachutes' leaves me cold, only Come Back touches me.....
    'The more I studied religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.' - Sir Richard Francis Burton
  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    100%
  • UnkeptUnkept Posts: 65
    I think to myself, 'Self..we can't possibly post another response defending the most underrated Disc of all time can we??"

    And then I think..'Hell F*ck*n Yeah I can!!!!"

    Back in the day, I rolled one up and had the first listen of Binaural with a friend of mine. After about four songs she declared she wasn't impressed...But she liked Hair Metal.

    Being a big fan of Los Lobos, I was familiar with Tchad Blake and a big fan already...so when I heard PJ had teamed up with him, I was delirious with anticipation...and I wasn't disappointed. The texture, the ambience, the detail..check out the tinkling of bouncing coins on 'Of a Girl' (hands down the best ,mellow ,show opener)...just the whole thing is so deep and layered, that I still hear new things in it...

    I think the emotional depth they plunge are just brutal, and the rockers sound raw like an open wound...If you don't dig 'Breakerfall' you don't like rock and roll, and you have to turn in your card...

    I knew a lot of fans wouldn't get it, but I'm also pretty sure those are the fans who also love 311, and think Lincoln Park is an important band...

    Hey everyone is entitled to their opinion...

    My opinion is Binuaral is one of the best albums ever made, and it is second only to Yield in my heirarchy of PJ discs...but that's just me.

    But the fact that fans blast it reiterates how hard it is for a band of PJ's size to keep such a huge fanbase happy...

    They go outside their box and half the folks don't get it...but if they revisit their box and play it straight they sound uninspired, ie: Riot Act -Not that I think that at all, but that's a different thread...

    If they revamp some tricks they've pulled out before, people say it's rehashing..sure Unemployable steals it's groove from Porch, but hey, it was their groove to nic...

    For my money though, they contiue to put out interesting work, which always finds a way into my soul and heart, and mind...and after 8 albums, what more do people want...it's only a band,...they can't actually save anyones wretched life...

    And the next time things don't go your way...go listen to 'Nothing As It Seems' and see if you don't feel better...

    If you haven't already...you don't know what your missing...

    And I still say 'Evacuation' is the jam...
  • Kermit O'LearyKermit O'Leary Posts: 240
    ALL MY RIVALS WE SEE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE.....

    Binural = fabulous!! My third fav album after Ten and Yield!

    Chin of Stone, Heart of Clay!

    Organised his few things, coat and keys, any new realisations would have to wait, until he had more time, more time.........

    Love this ALBUM!!
    'Life comes from within your heart and desire'

    ~~Wembley 2000, Reading 2006, Paris 2006, Wembley 2007~~
  • JamMastaEJamMastaE Posts: 444
    Kermit O'Leary wrote:
    ALL MY RIVALS WE SEE WHAT I HAVE IN STORE.....

    Binural = fabulous!! My third fav album after Ten and Yield!

    Chin of Stone, Heart of Clay!

    Organised his few things, coat and keys, any new realisations would have to wait, until he had more time, more time.........

    Love this ALBUM!!

    Time to dream,...... to himself..... he waves goodbye,
    To himself..... I'll see you on the other side

    How the fuck can anyone NOT like this song????!!!!!!!!
    "In the beginning of a change the patriot is a scarce man, and brave, and hated and scorned. When his cause succeeds, the timid join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot". Mark Twain


    "I would rather die on my feet than to live on my knees."
    Emiliano Zapata
  • Kermit O'LearyKermit O'Leary Posts: 240
    JamMastaE wrote:
    Time to dream,...... to himself..... he waves goodbye,
    To himself..... I'll see you on the other side

    How the fuck can anyone NOT like this song????!!!!!!!!

    Ha! I know, its up there as a top ten PJ track for me!! Just amazing!
    'Life comes from within your heart and desire'

    ~~Wembley 2000, Reading 2006, Paris 2006, Wembley 2007~~
  • TheRiotActTheRiotAct Posts: 131
    IDgotI wrote:
    The magic of the Pearl Jam albums is that they are like seasons. I'm not in a Binaural mode right now... but I think I'm sliding back to it. I was massively into that album before... I will be again. The open spaceyness of some of the songs is tremendous. I guess I've been on an Avocado kick for the last couple of months. Before that it was Riot Act big time. Riot Act and Binaural get a lot of crap on the message boards... Don't get me wrong... there are loads of people standing up for them... It's just peculiar that this is a PJ fan site... and there are often posts by people dissing half their albums ... It's not Ten all the time for the real fans.

    Christ, we are all huge PJ fans. I love every song byt hte band, no matter what album. Each of my PJ Cd's must be dizzy after all the times ive spun them. But its all relative, relative to all the other albums, Binaural and Riot Act are the worst PJ albums. But I would much rather go to a desert island with Riot Act or Binaural than In Rainbows or Elephant, which btw are 2 albums I adore. Its all about perspective.
    "Close but no sitar." ~ EV
  • shadowcastshadowcast Posts: 2,206
    Unkept wrote:
    I think to myself, 'Self..we can't possibly post another response defending the most underrated Disc of all time can we??"

    And then I think..'Hell F*ck*n Yeah I can!!!!"

    Back in the day, I rolled one up and had the first listen of Binaural with a friend of mine. After about four songs she declared she wasn't impressed...But she liked Hair Metal.

    Being a big fan of Los Lobos, I was familiar with Tchad Blake and a big fan already...so when I heard PJ had teamed up with him, I was delirious with anticipation...and I wasn't disappointed. The texture, the ambience, the detail..check out the tinkling of bouncing coins on 'Of a Girl' (hands down the best ,mellow ,show opener)...just the whole thing is so deep and layered, that I still hear new things in it...

    I think the emotional depth they plunge are just brutal, and the rockers sound raw like an open wound...If you don't dig 'Breakerfall' you don't like rock and roll, and you have to turn in your card...

    I knew a lot of fans wouldn't get it, but I'm also pretty sure those are the fans who also love 311, and think Lincoln Park is an important band...

    Hey everyone is entitled to their opinion...

    My opinion is Binuaral is one of the best albums ever made, and it is second only to Yield in my heirarchy of PJ discs...but that's just me.

    But the fact that fans blast it reiterates how hard it is for a band of PJ's size to keep such a huge fanbase happy...

    They go outside their box and half the folks don't get it...but if they revisit their box and play it straight they sound uninspired, ie: Riot Act -Not that I think that at all, but that's a different thread...

    If they revamp some tricks they've pulled out before, people say it's rehashing..sure Unemployable steals it's groove from Porch, but hey, it was their groove to nic...

    For my money though, they contiue to put out interesting work, which always finds a way into my soul and heart, and mind...and after 8 albums, what more do people want...it's only a band,...they can't actually save anyones wretched life...

    And the next time things don't go your way...go listen to 'Nothing As It Seems' and see if you don't feel better...

    If you haven't already...you don't know what your missing...

    And I still say 'Evacuation' is the jam...


    You nailed it my friend. The sound of that disk is just magical. I really would advise anyone who has not listened to this CD with headphones on to go out and buy some. Also, "Of the Girl" is my second favorite concert opener to "Release".
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