Thoughts?

norm

Pappas wrote:

cmon guys get it uploaded to youtube for us folks overseas who don't get that show!

youtube is allowing uploads right now..at least for me

DaytimeDilemma

Uh...people...I'm pretty sure the song was "The Fixer." I mean with lyrics like "I got some if you need it...I got some...get it now, get it all before it's gone!"

Sure sounds like a song sung by someone who is a "Fixer" to someone needing a "Fix."

Also, I didn't find it very complex...don't know where everyone is getting that. It seemed very power-chord based.

And I know what Curtis said in the billboard interview, but seems like he was probably confused about which song he was talking about (Target commercial or Conan) or maybe the editor at billboard F'ed up the article.

Lastly, the song was OKay. Nothing to write home about at all.

DonJon

Pappas wrote:

cmon guys get it uploaded to youtube for us folks overseas who don't get that show!

Pappas PM

UpSideDown

LoveBoatAdmiral wrote:

I kinda thought it was, as the French say, le suck. I'm sure it will grow on me, but i don't think it will ever be a favorite. At most it will be a fun live song with no real substance.

how are you saying that already? I couldn't understand much of the lyrics, largely in part to the sound quality of the tv.

rhinomagic

Conan's show wasn't really as funny as I'd expected. I'm more loyal to Dave (and his techs would've had much better sound quality), but I was excited for Conan's debut. Kinda fizzled, in my opinion.

PJ brought lots of energy and the musical direction was/is intriguing. I caught myself wondering if Ed's contribution was a bit off because he looked a bit out-of-shape. Or perhaps it was just different to my ears. I'll have to re-view and think on that.

We have an album title, but no new info on release date or launch of the Target campaign (though Rolling Stone and Billboard are saying "early autumn"). I kinda wondered if there was going to be an explosion of album/tour info on pearljam.com just as soon as the performance ended.

This is going to some good places, I think. There's much forthcoming, and it would appear to be full of surprises and not the same-old, same-old.

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mfc2006

stone's guitar was too loud...
and ed's vocals were too quiet..

aside from that, i loved it.
a NEW sound. cool changes within the song.
need to hear it again. soon, please.

the art looked interesting. probably a mock-up.
i'm wondering what happened to them playing 2 songs?
awesome. can't wait to hear it @ ACL!

soulsinging

12345AGNST1 wrote:

1. Surprised/happy they didnt play "the fixer". It seems they layed the "kings of leon" matt cameron/stone groove song quoted from RS.
2. It sounded like a KOL song.
3. Matt has a different kit, its still yamaha, but it looks almost exactly like his old Ayotte. His toms sound better though it seems
4. Matts drumming was finally fucking complex for Pearl Jam!!!!! fucking finally.
5. Overall the song was good, i was just sort of like "what the fuck?" listening to it. It was so KOL/modern sounding. I actually prefer the leaked "the fixer" better. the ending with mike was awesome, but they sure as fuck better extend that shit for their shows.
6. Eds vocals were struggling, shame shame shame.
7. I think the younger audience will like it.
8. Lastly, I was really fuckin surprised they had the album art and title out already.

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

DiRtyFranK38

i watched like 8 times back! i thought it was amazing! holy shit! the sound quality sucked .. eds vocals were a bit off .. however, once they get in their groove and stuff this will be killer! the song structure was phenomenal! and i think the studio version of this will absolutely kick ass.! i'm waaaaay too pumped for this album now!

Jam10

Great song. I love it!

BlackThirteen

The sound quality was awful. I totally was not feeling it. But now that I've gotten an mp3 which weirdly enough sounds a lot cleaner I'm starting to enjoy the song. Thanks to whoever uploaded that btw

Hawk123

soulsinging wrote:

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

captain bringdown

vedder_soup

i like it, nice and rocky and punky

DaytimeDilemma

soulsinging wrote:

12345AGNST1 wrote:

1. Surprised/happy they didnt play "the fixer". It seems they layed the "kings of leon" matt cameron/stone groove song quoted from RS.
2. It sounded like a KOL song.
3. Matt has a different kit, its still yamaha, but it looks almost exactly like his old Ayotte. His toms sound better though it seems
4. Matts drumming was finally fucking complex for Pearl Jam!!!!! fucking finally.
5. Overall the song was good, i was just sort of like "what the fuck?" listening to it. It was so KOL/modern sounding. I actually prefer the leaked "the fixer" better. the ending with mike was awesome, but they sure as fuck better extend that shit for their shows.
6. Eds vocals were struggling, shame shame shame.
7. I think the younger audience will like it.
8. Lastly, I was really fuckin surprised they had the album art and title out already.

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

Wow. Didn't want to be that harsh, but well said. I remember when the band wrote songs that weren't powerchord-based riffs...oh those were the days.

Sonic Youth's "The Eternal," I am sure, will be about 10 times the album the "Backspacer" will be.

Yellow Bedwetter

LikeAnOcean wrote:

I LOVED the style and direction.. very modern..

It's going to take some time to digest though. It seemed like a complex song, and DIFFERENT, which is GOOD!

I don't want to hear something that sounds like other stuff they've done.. people bitchin here want Yield 2.. I DON'T. I already have that album..

I want something new, and this sounded like it!

i think this is a very accurate review. I too felt like it was something completely different and modern..yes the sound was shit but i was still able to make out the chorus and lyrical purpose of the song

The sound was raw like the Ramones, had some punk riffs that reminded me of early Green Day, and some Severed Hand/DTE/Present Tense-esque grooves to it...this will def be a crowd pleaser and sick middle-of-the-set jam to hopefully take the place of Even Flow and save that hit for the Encore (I personally like the 'Flow played towards the end of the 1st encore like at Hartford 08)

And for the record, Pearl Jam is Pearl Jam - never refer to them as Kings of Leon if you're a fan of Pearl Jam. KOL can open for PJ but PJ does not sound like KOL - they created their own sound and the fans harness that

YB

UpSideDown

soulsinging wrote:

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

hmmm..........it had a chorus, which i liked..........a groove, which was even better........tons of energy......

soulsinging

Hawk123 wrote:

soulsinging wrote:

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

captain bringdown

The thread asks for thoughts.And mine wouldn't bother you if you all weren't trying to fake enthusiasm you wished you felt while it nags in your mind that you know I'm right

norm

soulsinging wrote:

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

man i knew this would be your reaction....

PlantPage55

Actually "The Eternal" is not very good at all. PJ could fart into a recording booth and top it.

Murderers.

soulsinging wrote:

12345AGNST1 wrote:

1. Surprised/happy they didnt play "the fixer". It seems they layed the "kings of leon" matt cameron/stone groove song quoted from RS.
2. It sounded like a KOL song.
3. Matt has a different kit, its still yamaha, but it looks almost exactly like his old Ayotte. His toms sound better though it seems
4. Matts drumming was finally fucking complex for Pearl Jam!!!!! fucking finally.
5. Overall the song was good, i was just sort of like "what the fuck?" listening to it. It was so KOL/modern sounding. I actually prefer the leaked "the fixer" better. the ending with mike was awesome, but they sure as fuck better extend that shit for their shows.
6. Eds vocals were struggling, shame shame shame.
7. I think the younger audience will like it.
8. Lastly, I was really fuckin surprised they had the album art and title out already.

You can't be serious. That song didn't have 1/1000th of the groove and soul KoL's weakest moments have. A younger audience hearing that is going to think "what the hell was that?" Yeah, the sound sucked, but that's not enough to obscure the fact that the song was weaker than hell. Ladies and gents... welcome to the latest in a long line (starting with gods' dice up through big wave) of half assed riff rockers that won't be played ever again after the album tour. No groove, no hook, no chorus, no decipherable lyrics, not even a verse as far as I could tell. This is everything I had hoped the new album would not be and feared it would be :( PJ... you're not teenagers anymore, quit trying to write lame punk songs that even teenagers would have the good sense to recognize as weak.

And who the hell thinks this is new? It sounds exactly like Comatose, take 2. Nothing modern about it. It's a half baked punk song with fancier drum fills.

Sounds 'exactly' like Comatose? Are you fucking kidding?

Karts

EV's voice was shot, he was struggling. You could tell by the expressions on his face that he was having a hard time hitting the notes and couldn't remember the lyrics. I'm sure he had just lost his voice for the day and it was unfortunate.

But holy shit the music absolutely rocked, very fast paced and different sounding to anything in their catalog, yet unmistakably Pearl Jam. Didn't expect that at all. Finally some complicated drumming from MC.