Sirens sounds like (PJ or other band's song)

Veddernarian
Veddernarian Posts: 1,924
edited September 2013 in The Porch
Does it remind you of another song by the band or someone else?

To me, a little like a slowed down version of Robert Plant's "I believe". A little. What about your impressions?
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  • grazman
    grazman Posts: 198
    I'm hearing U2 Walk On, Pink Floyd.
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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    I've heard lots of people say Pink Floyd and I just don't hear it at all. Maybe some of the chording is similar to the few Floyd strummers but that stuff can be compared to any band.

    If I had pick anything that it sounds like, I think parts of it sound like modern country power ballads. Not dismissing the tune, but it does sound similar to the crap that comes blaring out of my mom's iPod dock.

    I think there might be some people looking back on their initial reaction to Sirens with a bit of shame.
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Coldplay riffage - cant't place the vocal styling they are trying to emulate.
  • Shawshank
    Shawshank Posts: 1,018
    Nickelback? :think:

    I kid...I kid. :lol:
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,540
    In all honesty it reminds me of a stock song that would play during a slide show in iPhoto......
  • MK13579
    MK13579 Posts: 217
    From the first listen yesterday to today, I still think "Counting Crows" ala Saturday Nights & Sunday Mornings. BTW, I love Counting Crows, and I love Sirens... so it's a win-win for me!
  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    I don't hear anything... maybe I'm deaf or I've been listening to something else or not paying attention... Sirens doesn't remind me of any PJ song, or any other song by other band...
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    My first thought was it would fit on a Bon Jovi record.
  • Edrock78
    Edrock78 Posts: 167
    DewieCox wrote:
    I've heard lots of people say Pink Floyd and I just don't hear it at all. Maybe some of the chording is similar to the few Floyd strummers but that stuff can be compared to any band.

    If I had pick anything that it sounds like, I think parts of it sound like modern country power ballads. Not dismissing the tune, but it does sound similar to the crap that comes blaring out of my mom's iPod dock.

    I think there might be some people looking back on their initial reaction to Sirens with a bit of shame.
    I have to agree with the "country ballad" statement you made. To me it even sounds like it could be a country duet that seems to be big in the country scene. Also, I don't hate the song, don't love it either though. Still can't wait for the album!
  • elvistheking44
    elvistheking44 Posts: 4,540
    iphoto all the way.....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_8zFnKDt1s
  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,631
    javis el errante wrote:
    I don't hear anything... maybe I'm deaf or I've been listening to something else or not paying attention... Sirens doesn't remind me of any PJ song, or any other song by other band...


    Yeah, this might be accurate. I cant really place it in anywhere yet.
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  • PJinIL
    PJinIL satan's bed Posts: 435
    I hear a little country in there, classic rock, there are sections in there where I get a little Pink Floyd vibe. But I think the country strum is similar to the way Glen Hansard sounds country, but not. I love the song....and Matt has a bit of a looser feel. WIN!!!

    and no, I don't want to start the Matt/Dave A/Jack debate here, it was just a comment on Matt's drumming and this song in particular :)
    It's amazing what you hear when you take time to listen.
  • bchagnon
    bchagnon Posts: 164
    I don't know why, but after i listened to this the first time, i suddenly had Collective Soul - "The World I Know" stuck in my head.

    And I hadn't heard that song in about 15 years.

    :eh:
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  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    It is completely different than anything they've done before... and quite unexpected. For what it's worth, I do like the song but I like it with a bit of hesitation. There is something to the song that feels strange... the more I listen, the more I like it though... that is good. Ed absolutely nails this song.

    As far as what I can compare this to... I barely hear Pink Floyd... I do hear Counting Crows and that seems to be the closest thing I can come up with. Not sure though... def. a grower.
  • slobberdog68
    slobberdog68 Posts: 692
    grazman wrote:
    I'm hearing U2 Walk On, Pink Floyd.

    Yes,I was trying to figure out which U2 song it reminded me of..... Walk On is it...
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  • javis el errante
    javis el errante Buenos Aires Posts: 6,144
    PJinIL wrote:
    I hear a little country in there, classic rock, there are sections in there where I get a little Pink Floyd vibe. But I think the country strum is similar to the way Glen Hansard sounds country, but not. I love the song....and Matt has a bit of a looser feel. WIN!!!

    and no, I don't want to start the Matt/Dave A/Jack debate here, it was just a comment on Matt's drumming and this song in particular :)

    Somebody said U2, somebody stated Walk on, was it the same person? I don't remember, I respect that opinion, but I don't agree. In other thread somebody said Hold On, but I don't see it, not even close to Other Side either... let alone, Pink Floyd...
    ... I am not in the business of being liked anymore ...

  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Parts of Vedder's vocals, the way he sings it reminds me of Pink Floyd's Mother. In fact there is tinges throughout. To be honest I just find the whole song very cheesy. Not keen on it.
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    DewieCox wrote:
    I've heard lots of people say Pink Floyd and I just don't hear it at all. Maybe some of the chording is similar to the few Floyd strummers but that stuff can be compared to any band.

    I think it very much has a Division Bell feel. So it's a fair forgery of a fair forgery.
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  • slobberdog68
    slobberdog68 Posts: 692
    When Ed Sings the part "Want you to know, that should I go, I always loved you, held you high above too" that's when it sounds like Walk On....to me
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  • primussucks
    primussucks Posts: 2,365
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    My first thought was it would fit on a Bon Jovi record.
    No jovi couldn't write a song this good. Comeback however would fit on a jovi record. Still their worst and cheeziest song in my book. Sirens sounds more like pink Floyd or even pinball wizard just a bit slower.
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