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Army Reserve: The song that COULD have been....

fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
edited July 2010 in The Porch
ever since i first listened to "self titled", i always think that army reserve could have been its best song if it weren't for the chorus. don't get me wrong, i really enjoy the song, especially the guitar work.
if it would have been written like "the wreck of the edmund fitzgerald" ... just one long story... it would have been amazing. every time i listen to it i hope that the chorus will magically disappear lol

anyone agree?
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  • theserialthrillatheserialthrilla Posts: 15,760
    no... :D
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  • edoconedocon Posts: 334
    I agree...the chorus is not as good as it could have been. Sometimes I wish that the second time it's sung that the words are slightly different. But I guess it's not as bad as Pilate for me - now that song has good music, nice bridge, and a chorus I just can't listen to.

    I also wish Army Reserve had another verse.
  • Jeremys SpokenJeremys Spoken Posts: 7,578
    I absolutely love Army Reserve. The guitar and Ed's raspy voice make for one great song.
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  • foriginalsinforiginalsin Posts: 713
    edited June 2010
    Actually, I think the chorus is fantastic. Its a such a wonderful harmony/melody mix. You have eds vocals, which are not that melodic combined with the beautiful harmonies provided by Jeff and (stone or matt?). Anyway one of my favorites off of Self Titled, in fact any album.

    On another note, I think life wasted is my least favorite on that album. Such an easy chord progression, every guitar player has come across or played that main riff.

    But anyway army reserve rules and should be played more. Peace!
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  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    I love Army Reserve, but I see what you're saying. The song almost sounds like a Ten-era song in the beginning, but then the chorus is a little abrasive, not as smooth and melodic as you expect upon first listen. I didn't much like it when I first heard it, but it grew on me, like all Pearl Jam songs.
  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    well the chorus is no "EVACUATION" but it's pretty good...
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  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    I've always liked it, did that Damien Echols write the chorus? Is that maybe why it doesn't go well with the rest of the song for some people since Ed didn't write it?
  • Come Back in BlackCome Back in Black Posts: 659
    DH62179 wrote:
    Damien Echols

    Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!
  • DeadmanDeadman Posts: 795
    Fave Avocado song... hands down
  • dasvidanadasvidana Grand Junction CO Posts: 1,356
    Come Back in Black wrote:
    DH62179 wrote:
    Damien Echols

    Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!
    No, they deserve a fair trial.
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  • CJMST3KCJMST3K Posts: 9,722
    I think the chorus works well with the song.

    ...however, the chorus for Hold On could have been SO much better than it is.
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  • Come Back in BlackCome Back in Black Posts: 659
    dasvidana wrote:
    Come Back in Black wrote:
    DH62179 wrote:
    Damien Echols

    Yes they deserve to die and I hope they burn in hell!
    No, they deserve a fair trial.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbB_HVcXpPk
  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    Of course they're innocent. There is not a single shred of evidence that proves they're guilty. But there is a ton of evidence that proves they were either diliberately set up to take the fall, or that at the very least their trial was a witchhunt.

    How can 3 teenage boys who do not drive kill 3 children and transport their bodies to a forest and leave zero DNA evidence behind? Meanwhile, 100 yards away on the same night a bloody and disheveled man comes stumbling into Bojangles restaurant. The police are called, they come the next day and take blood samples, which they later claim to have "lost".
  • Come Back in BlackCome Back in Black Posts: 659
    chris32482 wrote:
    Of course they're innocent. There is not a single shred of evidence that proves they're guilty. But there is a ton of evidence that proves they were either diliberately set up to take the fall, or that at the very least their trial was a witchhunt.

    How can 3 teenage boys who do not drive kill 3 children and transport their bodies to a forest and leave zero DNA evidence behind? Meanwhile, 100 yards away on the same night a bloody and disheveled man comes stumbling into Bojangles restaurant. The police are called, they come the next day and take blood samples, which they later claim to have "lost".

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SI_ZgjcmPY
  • MayDay10MayDay10 Posts: 11,810
    Count me in as an Army Reserve fan. Best song off of Self-Titled IMO.
  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    Come Back in Black wrote:
    chris32482 wrote:
    Of course they're innocent. There is not a single shred of evidence that proves they're guilty. But there is a ton of evidence that proves they were either diliberately set up to take the fall, or that at the very least their trial was a witchhunt.

    How can 3 teenage boys who do not drive kill 3 children and transport their bodies to a forest and leave zero DNA evidence behind? Meanwhile, 100 yards away on the same night a bloody and disheveled man comes stumbling into Bojangles restaurant. The police are called, they come the next day and take blood samples, which they later claim to have "lost".

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SI_ZgjcmPY

    Sorry dude, can't watch that right now, i'm at work. I can't imagine it's something I've never seen before though, I studied this case very carefully for a long time.
  • PhillyCrownOfThornsPhillyCrownOfThorns Posts: 690
    Big fan of Army Reserve. Interesting how it got very little love at MSG1-2010... turned into a piss song for many. C'mon people... Army Reserve is not Cropduster!
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  • fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    PhillyCrownOfThorns wrote:
    Big fan of Army Reserve. Interesting how it got very little love at MSG1-2010... turned into a piss song for many. C'mon people... Army Reserve is not Cropduster!

    i love the guitars too much to take a piss when it's played live. cropduster... pffff...
  • chris32482chris32482 Posts: 213
    Cropduster is awesome.
  • foriginalsinforiginalsin Posts: 713
    Cropduster is awesome. Great fucking lyrics.
  • DH62179DH62179 Posts: 312
    Too bad Ed was half asleep when he did the vocals :(
  • jwagnerjwagner Posts: 435
    "Army Reserve" is such a great song, major highlight of that album. I dig the chorus, although I can see how it throws people off, as the verse is a hypnotic, slower 4/4, then it turns into 3/4 time for the chorus with some quirky accents from Cameron. Wish they would've played it at MSG2 2010 and not MSG1, I would've gone bonkers for it!
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  • DiRtyFranK38DiRtyFranK38 Posts: 3,131
    army reserve is perfect the way it is
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    FUCK THIZZ-AT!!! I LOVE IT JUST THE WAY IT IS!!

    .....and it IS the best song on ST IMO!! :mrgreen:
  • fox_mulderXfox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    chris32482 wrote:
    Cropduster is awesome.

    how fitting that the song is called cropduster because it STINKS
    jk
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