Force of Nature-Best song on CD

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  • Champagne Breakfast
    Champagne Breakfast Posts: 1,526
    awesome song. i kinda has a feel like.....eddie is telling an exciting story then the last line is the / the way the song closes is the very happy ending to the story & song.
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  • azwyldcats
    azwyldcats Posts: 713
    Totally agree. One of the best songs they have ever done.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    Force of Nature

    understand she's a force of nature
    contraband hiding deep inside he soul
    exorcising her will to lose control
    she lets go

    a common man, he don't stand a chance, no
    wonderland pulling alice in the hole
    no way to save someone who won't take the rope
    and just let's go

    one man stands the edge of the ocean
    a beacon on dry land
    eyes upon the horizon
    in the dark before the dawn

    hurricane has the trade winds blowing
    a gale force shaking windows in the storm
    shipwreckon the rock that he calls home
    with one light on

    somewhere there'a a siren singing
    a song only he hears
    all the strenght that you might think
    would disappear... resolving

    one man stand alone, awaiting
    for her to come home
    eyes upon the horizon
    in dark before the darkness meets the dawn

    makes me ache... makes me shake...
    is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?

    last i say, he was out there waiting
    a silhouette in the black light, full moon glow
    in the sand there he stands upon the shore
    forevermore

    somewhere there's a siren singing
    a song only he hears
    all the strength that you might think
    woul disappear, resolving

    one man stands alone, awaiting
    for her to come home
    eyes are closed... you cannot know
    but his heart don't seem to roam
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,747
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    Brisk. wrote:
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    I'm stunned. You actually all like it?!

    To me, it is, by a big margin, the worst, song on any Pearl Jam album. I've been listening to it over & over to try to find something likable about it. But I can't - it's bland, overwrought and thoroughly pedestrian. It sounds like it could be a cast-off from the Top Gun soundtrack. It's the first time that I've ever felt - in 18 years of listening to this band - that they've made a song I really never want to hear again.

    :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock: :shock:


    I know, i know... hurts me to say it, but that's how I feel... :(
    :shock: :shock: :shock: ,,someone just call the police please...
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  • velogator
    velogator Posts: 174
    LukinforPJ wrote:
    What a F*in Song!!!!!!!!!!

    After my first listen to the record, I think I might agree with you...might be my favorite song.
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  • CreedSUCKS21
    CreedSUCKS21 Posts: 26
    I absolutely love this song...to me it sounds comparable to Marker In the Sand...which I also love
  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    I'm stunned. You actually all like it?!

    To me, it is, by a big margin, the worst, song on any Pearl Jam album. I've been listening to it over & over to try to find something likable about it. But I can't - it's bland, overwrought and thoroughly pedestrian. It sounds like it could be a cast-off from the Top Gun soundtrack. It's the first time that I've ever felt - in 18 years of listening to this band - that they've made a song I really never want to hear again.

    um ok lol
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  • inhiding 1976
    inhiding 1976 NWI Posts: 580
    This is a very good opinion.

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  • Deck
    Deck Posts: 76
    2nd favorite.

    Got Some is still first.
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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    LukinforPJ wrote:
    What a F*in Song!!!!!!!!!!

    Yeah. I agree. (!) :mrgreen:
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  • IamBETEL
    IamBETEL Posts: 110
    I really wish I could feel the same way.

    This is by far my least favorite song and probably one of the only songs I can't listen to. Maybe it'll be awesome live but I just get the feeling like it's bland and there could have been more.
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  • Backspacer_Backer
    Backspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    nah, not the best. i would put it maybe 4th. really great song, but got some, supersonic, just breathe are all better in my opinion. although force of nature is probably one of the closest ones to "regular" PJ. that and amongst the waves, which is also pretty good.
  • I_GOT_no_IDea
    I_GOT_no_IDea Posts: 653
    Definitely up there, but so hard to pick a favourite on this absolute ripper of an album. Great to see some Mike McCready songwriting magic. At this stage, if I have to pick three faves, they'd be: Amongst The Waves, Unthought Known, and Force of Nature. We'll see if that changes after the next thousand listens - I can't stop! I think I need to take a cold shower or something.

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  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 32,920
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    I'm stunned. You actually all like it?!

    To me, it is, by a big margin, the worst, song on any Pearl Jam album. I've been listening to it over & over to try to find something likable about it. But I can't - it's bland, overwrought and thoroughly pedestrian. It sounds like it could be a cast-off from the Top Gun soundtrack. It's the first time that I've ever felt - in 18 years of listening to this band - that they've made a song I really never want to hear again.

    I actually feel bad for you not being able to hear the beauty of it ...
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  • intodeep
    intodeep Posts: 7,249
    Too early for me to pick a fav, but listening to it now and it is nice. :D
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,617
    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    I'm stunned. You actually all like it?!

    To me, it is, by a big margin, the worst, song on any Pearl Jam album. I've been listening to it over & over to try to find something likable about it. But I can't - it's bland, overwrought and thoroughly pedestrian. It sounds like it could be a cast-off from the Top Gun soundtrack. It's the first time that I've ever felt - in 18 years of listening to this band - that they've made a song I really never want to hear again.

    i'm curious, have you heard anything the band has put out since yield?
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  • The Juggler
    The Juggler Posts: 49,617
    this song is a BEAST!
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  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    Got Some wrote:
    I really wish I could feel the same way.

    This is by far my least favorite song and probably one of the only songs I can't listen to. Maybe it'll be awesome live but I just get the feeling like it's bland and there could have been more.

    Thank fuck someone else agrees with me. I was starting to think there was something wrong with me
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  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    Force is good, but I have to go with Unthought Known (for now).
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  • wolfamongwolves
    wolfamongwolves Posts: 2,414
    josevolution wrote:

    I actually feel bad for you not being able to hear the beauty of it ...

    I hear the beauty of something like Just Breathe, or The End, something deeply heartfelt, intricate, finespun & effortless. Force of Nature is none of those things.The melody is plain and obvious, the imagery is amateurish & overblown. When you hear those other songs & see how subtle a lyricist Ed can be, its really disappointing to hear him settle for such bombast. Same goes for the music. They're capable of much better .

    It sounds to me like a song that is trying to be great, trying too hard to be epic, but just sounding all the more ordinary and cliched because of it. It's desperately trying to soar, but it never gets off the ground.

    Kinda like an ostrich trying to be an eagle.

    ...to me.

    If you hear beauty in it, that's great for you.
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