Pendulum is the best song since _____

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  • boyo79
    boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    Easily beats anything on Backspacer and probably Avocado too. Possibly the best song they have released in 10 years (along with Infallible).
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  • Given2Fly2012
    Given2Fly2012 Posts: 659
    since Pendulum...!
    She holds the hand that holds her down...
    She will... rise above...
  • troysp1
    troysp1 Posts: 412
    First of all gotta say it is great to see love for Pendulum, IMO, the best song on the album. It is the best song since:

    Unthought Known

    The whole LB album is great!
  • Dr. Delight
    Dr. Delight Posts: 11,210
    Pendulum needs another minute of substance to it, otherwise its not even in the top 3.

    MFS, Yellow Moon, Infallible.
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    All that I once held as true
    I stand alone without beliefs
    The only truth I know is you.
  • StoneGarden
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    ... the wheel? :D
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  • Porchaholic
    Porchaholic Posts: 159
    MG79478 wrote:
    I've heard it live twice now, and I think it is in the running for the worst song on the album with "my father's son".

    I agree with half your statement as 'My Father's Son' is hands down the worst song on the album...
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,009
    Sirens
    severed hand thirteen
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Pendulum is the best song since .... Infallible. One track before. :D
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Porchaholic wrote:
    MG79478 wrote:
    I've heard it live twice now, and I think it is in the running for the worst song on the album with "my father's son".

    I agree with half your statement as 'My Father's Son' is hands down the worst song on the album...

    Then it's a hell of an album. My Father's Son is pretty great to me.

    That slower bridge ----> that Jeff bass lick ----> that classic Ed scream = auditory boner
    everybody wants the most they can possibly get
    for the least they could possibly do
  • DS107374
    DS107374 Posts: 92
    I like Swallowed Whole a little more than Pendulum and I am a big fan of Yellow Moon which I also like more than Pendulum. Which isn't a criticism because I like Pendulum a lot.

    To those talking about My Father's Son, I think it's an okay song. I definitely love the second half of it while I like the first.
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  • MG79478
    MG79478 Posts: 1,726
    slightofjeff wrote:
    Porchaholic wrote:
    MG79478 wrote:
    I've heard it live twice now, and I think it is in the running for the worst song on the album with "my father's son".

    I agree with half your statement as 'My Father's Son' is hands down the worst song on the album...

    Then it's a hell of an album. My Father's Son is pretty great to me.

    That slower bridge ----> that Jeff bass lick ----> that classic Ed scream = auditory boner

    It's still a decent song, just the worst on the album. As for "Pendulum", the ending is just awful, where ed sings "Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah, Ah. I'm also not a big fan of "Yellow Moon", it sounds too much like "Low Light", it just doesn't stand out. I wished that they would have played "Getaway" and "Sleeping By Myself" at Buffalo instead of repeating the weaker songs like "Pendulum" and "Yellow Moon".
  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    Sirens
    THIS
    and Sirens is the best song since Nothing as it Seems
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  • BeerBaron
    BeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,100
    buck502000 wrote:
    All or none
    Wow, you got the right answer with the first reply! Why is this thread still open?
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  • YLed2
    YLed2 Posts: 5,534
    All Or None.

    I think Infallible is the better song of the two, but they both are the best two songs on the album and are the best songs PJ has put out since All Or None.
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  • Given2Fly2012
    Given2Fly2012 Posts: 659
    YLed2 wrote:
    All Or None.

    I think Infallible is the better song of the two, but they both are the best two songs on the album and are the best songs PJ has put out since All Or None.

    No, no, please!!! All Or None is an amazing song and Eddie vocals just cosmic there... I'm so sorry, I don't get it, I can't appreciate LB, but I'm glad for all of you who love this album, enjoy!! :-)
    She holds the hand that holds her down...
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  • Lifted
    Lifted Posts: 1,836
    lightning bolt. assuming lightning bolt was recorded first. if you mean relating to previous albums. I'd say it's the best song since inside job.
  • bradylynn
    bradylynn Posts: 21
    I love the album in its entirety. With that said, Pendulum is at the bottom for me. I have seen where lots of posters are all about Pendulum after seeing it live. I watched it on youtube and admit that it does give a cool vibe. But if it isn't played as an opener, I don't see it fitting into a show all that well. To be honest, it takes a while for me to gravitate to these "different" songs. I had a hard time falling for much of the Binaural album due to the "different" sound. It's funny how songs I used to skip are now ones I love. So in time, I'm sure this too will grow on me.

    I have nothing against those who love Pendulum and MFS, but I just don't dig them. Future Days was something special from the first time I heard it at Wrigley. This album is challenging me as a person, making me want to be better (I take FD, Infallible, MYM, and Getaway as Ed's challenge to the world...especially that of religion...to be better). I have thought this about certain songs since 2000 (I have no hate for Avacado and Backspacer-some of my all time fav's there). It's so cool to me how PJ can be interpreted by all so differently, yet we can find lyrics that inspire us.

    Here's my "fav list" for Lightning Bolt.

    1 Future Days
    2 Lightning Bolt
    3 Infallible
    4 Sirens
    5 Mind Your Manners
    6 Getaway
    7 Let the Records Play
    8 Sleeping By Myself
    9 Yellow Moon
    10 Swallowed Whole
    11 My Father's Son
    12 Pendulum
  • Driftin'Along
    Driftin'Along Posts: 1,403
    I understand what you're saying about the "different" sounding songs but I am completely opposite of you. Those are the ones that I gravitate towards. That's what made me fall in love with this band. The diversity. And you may be right about it not fitting in live unless as an opener but only time and bootleg listening will tell. I like all of the songs but my fav list is as follows:
    Pendulum
    Infallible
    Sirens
    MYM
    Yellow Moon
    Swallowed Whole
    LTRP
    Getaway
    My Father's Son
    Future Days (would be higher without the tinkling Casio)
    Lightning Bolt
    Sleeping By Myself
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