Inside Job

AH129339
AH129339 Posts: 25
edited July 2010 in The Porch
I know everyone gets caught up with Led Zep, Beatles, Stones, Floyd and so on..... But i sincerely believe that Inside Job is the best song ever written. I agree its one that you have to relate to to really feel it but in my eyes it is perfect.

Am I crazy ?
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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    One of the bands best. True masterpiece.
  • SCMike10
    SCMike10 Posts: 195
    You are not crazy. I was never a fan of the song, until I saw it live on night 4 of the Philly shows. I kinda dug it, but there were so many other great things happening that night, I lost focus. Fast forward to early spring 2010- I heard the studio version on PJ Radio and I was floored! I too think it is a masterpiece.
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    While it may not be the best song ever written, it is a perfect example of how musical and lyrical genius can be fused together to create something magical.
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  • Newch91
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    Thank you Mike McCready for writing this incredible piece of music...and lyrics!
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  • CantKeepMeHere
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    Even though there is no DIRECT connection to it - when I heard it the first time (being the last song the album I heard it after all the others) halfway though and especially at the songs finish I thought that Inside Job was their Stairway
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  • thefin190
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    I heard it for the first time in Seattle last year. I was amazed at how beautiful the song was. I think the Seattle live version is better than the album or Philly live version.

    But you are not crazy. It's amazing song that could be right up there with Stairway to Heaven if Pearl Jam wasn't so damn underrated.
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  • En La Clandestinidad
    En La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,694
    I absolutely LOVE Severed Hand, but this beats it out. Beautiful song, with amazing, but eerie music, I have heard it live twice and can't get enough of it.

    Can't wait to get it on vinyl someday.
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    En La Clandestinidad Telford, PA by way of Kansas City, MO and Milwaukee, WI, Phoenix, AZ and East Greenbush, NY Posts: 3,694
    INside HIDING Job wrote:
    I absolutely LOVE Severed Hand, but this beats it out. Beautiful song, with amazing, but eerie music, I have heard it live twice and can't get enough of it.

    Can't wait to get it on vinyl someday.

    BTW I love the fact that it gets its own album side on the vinyl, fitting nothing else deserves to be with it.
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  • wsoltis
    wsoltis Posts: 31
    I love PJ. PJ is my # 1 favorite band of all time and I listen to PJ and EV solo constantly (I sometimes wonder why I bother including the other 5,000 songs on my IPOD) and I have always thought that Inside Job is a great song, but come on.....

    I think you should drop the comparisons to Stairway.

    I don't know why we all get so caught up in comparing musicians, athletes, etc. I know it makes for some interesting conversation, but let Pearl Jam and their greatness stand by themselves!
  • pjhawks
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    SCMike10 wrote:
    You are not crazy. I was never a fan of the song, until I saw it live on night 4 of the Philly shows. I kinda dug it, but there were so many other great things happening that night, I lost focus. Fast forward to early spring 2010- I heard the studio version on PJ Radio and I was floored! I too think it is a masterpiece.

    was never a big fan of it on the studio and the few previous times i've heard it live but something about he Philly night 4 version i love. I have been repeating that one over and over.
  • Grandmas Jam
    Grandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    AH129339 wrote:
    I know everyone gets caught up with Led Zep, Beatles, Stones, Floyd and so on..... But i sincerely believe that Inside Job is the best song ever written. I agree its one that you have to relate to to really feel it but in my eyes it is perfect.

    Am I crazy ?
    not the best...but certainly one of the best. its the best song on avacado....not my favorite song on avi....but the best. my favorite song off of avi is gone, but everyone hates that song
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  • FrankieG
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    Inside Job is a masterpiece! Sooo good. Love the studio version, love the live version. Definitely pearl jam's Stairway..

    Mike needs to play this more!
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  • tremors
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    Like many here I would have openly laughed at that suggestion when the album came out.

    When they opened with it in Dublin 06 though, even before the vocals came in (I instantly knew what was coming), I was entirely won over. I was melting from head to foot, sparks coursing through my entire body!

    So yeah, it's alright

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  • jimc3
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    To answer your question - yes, you are crazy.

    You can certainly argue that it is a very good / great PJ song (I would disagree with that though, I think it's a flawed PJ song that had the potentional to be great).

    And does hearing the live version of it elevate it? sure.

    But the BEST SONG EVER WRITTEN??? Forget about hyperbole, that is still an outrageous statement.

    Sympathy for the Devil?

    Like a Rolling Stone?

    All Along the Watchtower?

    Won't Get Fooled Again?

    Hotel California?

    Freebird?

    and dozens, arguably hundreds of others?

    INCLUDING Alive?

    I mean, come on. For a song to be the "best ever" it has to actually be known beyond the fanbase of the band that plays it.

    Inside Job is creative and emotional, for sure. I get why PJ fans like this song. But personally, I could do without the clumsy piano in the intro, and some of the most inane PJ lyrics ever ("how I choose to feel...is how I am". O - K then, your cousin in 10th grade could've wrote that)

    If you had said all the same about Unthought Known in your original post I would have sided with you.
  • edibervan
    edibervan Posts: 243
    Oh, I definetly LOVE it too!
    Named my blog after it (insidejobtoday.blogspot.com) and wait with great anticipation for it in the shows... The blue and green atmosphere is amazing!
    The "how I choose to feel,... Is how I am" line is oriental wisdom in the fullest, I love it!

    If you thing of a "song" as a perfect mix of music and lyrics, this could be candidate to the "best song ever written" indeed. I'm not sure about giving it the trophy, though, but it trully is a perfect mix for me!
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  • PearlJamPatriot
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    This was the 1st song I loved when i bought the self titled album. It really is a great song.
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  • DewieCox
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    Inside Job is cool, but it coulda been so much more, imo. It's just a standard song that's long and drawn out. It's middle of the road for PJ, and it doesn't compare to any tune that anybody would mention in such an argument by the bands mentioned in the op.
  • inlet13
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    I've always thought of Present Tense as Pearl Jam's "Stairway to Heaven"....

    That said, Inside Job's a nice song, but not stairway. I think the music is spectacular. And the lyrics are decent. Let me put it this way, Mike wrote better lyrics in this song then Stone or Jeff ever did (in all their PJ compositions).... that said, I wish Ed wrote the lyrics to this song. It would've been that much better.

    All in all, I just think Mike was trying to make a stairway style song. So, it's not surprising so many here compare it to Stairway. The magic of Stairway was the lyrics/musical combo. I'd say Inside Job is closer on the musical end then the lyrics.
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  • mca47
    mca47 Posts: 13,352
    I'm a big fan of Inside Job.

    The music and progression are awesome.
    I will say though...the lyrics are pretty weak IMO.
  • Newch91
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    When I bought the CD when it came out and saw the titles, I thought this was going to be about how 9/11 was an inside job.
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