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How Badass is "My Father's Son"!!!???!!!

CG49089CG49089 Posts: 110
edited November 2013 in The Porch
This song friggin rocks!!! It is very reminiscent of early pearl jam intensity to me. .. it reminds me of "Why Go" in some ways. .. though obviously a very different track. I really enjoy the way the song rides Jeff's bass line. .. and I think this is Eddie firing on all cylinders. .. vocal delivery is so dynamic and intense.

To me... "Mind Your Manners", "My Father's Son", and "Yellow Moon" are the most pure Pearl Jam songs on the album. .. if the album were more full of songs as intense as"Mind Your Manners" and "My Father's Son"... I think we would have another classic on our hands. .. (Some of the other slower tracks are a bit underwhelming to me, but hey. .. asking for perfection all the time is a pretty tall order)

Good work boys. .. thanks for blowing my mind once again. .. keep up the good work. .. I'm confident you will.

* Someone below mentioned the bridge of the song being one of the best in memory. .. I concur. .. I find the bridge to be a very clever and interesting choice. .. I love the way Eddie says "UN-HEEEAALED!!!"..

*Someone else below mentioned that they expected the song to be deeper given the title. . I actually had a similar initial reaction... it seemed like just the voice of a bitter unforgiving son at first. .. but then I started to just think about how deep the scars from a missing parent can be and Ed's angst seems more and more appropriate.
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  • BrainofBGABrainofBGA Australia Posts: 4,515
    I share your enthusiasm for this song! It is one of my favourites on the album, at first I wasn't sure what to make of it!?

    I've heard mixed feelings about this song around these traps though!
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  • Neil BruceNeil Bruce Posts: 132
    I agree! My Father's Son is one of my favourites too...The bass riff is awesome!

    However I disagree with you on Yellow Moon - that's definitely my least favourite on the album!
  • buck502000buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    Pass - MFS - LTRP and SBM are my least favorite on the album.
  • Bu$chlagerBu$chlager Posts: 500
    I have to say, I often skip this one. Just can't seem to get into it.

    Personally, I was expecting something deeper given the title, and after seeing the ESPN spot with Ed and Steve Gleason. I guess I was hoping for something more like a "Release 2" whereas the song tends to remind me of Johnny Guitar instead.

    Perhaps I am a victim of my own expectations.
  • Chad GrattanChad Grattan Posts: 73
    I am shocked at how anyone can skip this track! It is one of my favorites on the record... SO INTENSE and the weird chord progression in the chorus is fantastic! I LOVE MFS!!!!
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  • rawpixelsrawpixels Posts: 912
    Definitely my favorite on LB
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  • Gern BlanstenGern Blansten Mar-A-Lago Posts: 21,641
    Great song...

    My top six are Swallowed/Yellow Moon/My Fathers/Getaway/Infallible/Pendulum.
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  • sparky_frysparky_fry Posts: 760
    Meh, hasn't grown on me yet, But jeff kills it on this song
  • gettingrightgettingright Posts: 550
    i had a dream last night i was riding in a car with friends and mfs came on. now in the dream it sounded nothing like the actual song, but it was absolutely horrible sounding in the dream and everyone in the car was disgusted by it. :lol:

    i appreciate your enthusiasm and i'm glad you love the song; but it has yet to make a real impact for me (consciously and subconsciously). but you talking it up will surely make me revisit the song frequently to keep giving it a shot.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Musically it is amazing,
    lyrically it is 100% pure, mature, pearl jam,
    and the vocal delivery is ... well ...
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  • FoxyRedLaFoxyRedLa Lauren / MI Posts: 4,810
    This song has such a bare mood to it - excellent. I prefer a longer jam at the end...feels like it's cut short. I love PJ songs that sound like they're over then change and just keep on going. But obviously PJ knows best.
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  • GmoneyGmoney Posts: 1,618
    Said it before, but, imo, best, most interesting bridge in ANY pj song.
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  • jumbojetjumbojet Posts: 1,484
    Ed's vocal delivery and Jeff's bass riff build such an intensity together. It has this tone which reminds the anger in the early records. And guitars add this weirdness to on top of all of it, which makes it perfect.
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  • dannydanny Posts: 2,283
    awesome!
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  • pjsteelerfanpjsteelerfan Maryland Posts: 9,904
    Surprised it only got played twice

    I hope to hear it in Vancouver or Seattle
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  • TJ25487TJ25487 Posts: 1,497
    I want on this crazy train that is "My Fathers Son". If I had to skip this song this cd would be ruined as I look at it like a baseball team manager. You put your lead off man and next guy up first as they are consistent hitters and get on base then 3rd you bring up your big hitter (MFS) and then 4th your clean up man (sirens).

    MFS is to LB what DTE is to Yield. My wife never liked DTE until she heard it live and now its her fav. Point is: Sometimes a song can be too raw and powerful to fully appreciate at first.
  • Mad MohabMad Mohab Posts: 310
    Im just going to come right out and admit I was wrong to knock the lyrics of this one in an earlier post, I misjudged. I still wish Ed would throw some extra colour on them but the music track is freaking badass indeed. Jeff Ament is all over LB, a King.
  • bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 16,186
    Gmoney wrote:
    Said it before, but, imo, best, most interesting bridge in ANY pj song.

    I have always thought Pilate's bridge was the best bridge.
  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    Jeff Ament is all over LB, a King.

    ill say it in this thread as i said it before, since no one seems to comment on it:
    the liners credit MIKE MCCREADY with SIX STRING BASS on this track.

    ???WTF MCCREADY 4 THE WIN???


    also:
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    Im just going to come right out and admit I was wrong to knock the lyrics of this one in an earlier post, I misjudged. I still wish Ed would throw some extra colour on them
    Huh? Coming out of the bridge and in to the last verse & chorus, that is like some of the most chillingly brain-wrecking vocals eddie has delivered, at least since Comatose or something. ??? TURN THE VOLUME UP ON THIS SONG, guys. or you are missing out & misjudging. ???
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  • JonnyPistachioJonnyPistachio Florida Posts: 10,219
    Gmoney wrote:
    Said it before, but, imo, best, most interesting bridge in ANY pj song.

    I agree! Initially, I really disliked this song, then the bridge hit me and I have a new respect for the whole thing suddenly! I love it.
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    Jeff Ament is all over LB, a King.

    ill say it in this thread as i said it before, since no one seems to comment on it:
    the liners credit MIKE MCCREADY with SIX STRING BASS on this track.

    ???WTF MCCREADY 4 THE WIN???

    :clap: :thumbup: I thought that was awesome too.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,109
    I love the lyrics to this one.
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  • Mad MohabMad Mohab Posts: 310
    DriftingByTheStorm wrote:
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    Jeff Ament is all over LB, a King.

    ill say it in this thread as i said it before, since no one seems to comment on it:
    the liners credit MIKE MCCREADY with SIX STRING BASS on this track.

    ???WTF MCCREADY 4 THE WIN???


    also:
    Mad Mohab wrote:
    Im just going to come right out and admit I was wrong to knock the lyrics of this one in an earlier post, I misjudged. I still wish Ed would throw some extra colour on them
    Huh? Coming out of the bridge and in to the last verse & chorus, that is like some of the most chillingly brain-wrecking vocals eddie has delivered, at least since Comatose or something. ??? TURN THE VOLUME UP ON THIS SONG, guys. or you are missing out & misjudging. ???

    Never going to compare to 150 other PJ tunes in my books lyric wise but not bad. The music is >>>

    McCready on bass? Now I've seen it all, I used to love Jeff's work on I got ID, then had a similar revelation. Ament is all over LB just the same, 2:10 of Pendulum is incredible, also he takes Swallowed WHole up to a whole different level!
  • thefixer9thefixer9 Posts: 9,376
    Love the song...but from the videos, I doesn't seem to work live all that much.
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    thefixer9 wrote:
    Love the song...but from the videos, I doesn't seem to work live all that much.

    fortunately for our ears on record, but unfortunately for the live experience, i think some of the newer material is more musically complicated than anything before it. Particularly (imho), My Fathers Son, Infallible, and Let The Records Play seem to really push what the band is capable of successfully pulling off live.
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    rawpixels wrote:
    Definitely my favorite on LB

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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,938
    I love this song and thats why I'm pissed it was not played at the 5 shows I attended this year

    Hopefully next US East Coast tour
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  • DriftingByTheStormDriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    SO BAD ASS IT NEEDS TWO THREADS!
    DUH!
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  • FrankieGFrankieG Abingdon MD Posts: 9,100
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I love this song and thats why I'm pissed it was not played at the 5 shows I attended this year

    Hopefully next US East Coast tour

    this Same Feeling for me.

    The 3rd verse is just so perfect
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  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,620
    Love this song. Hope to hear it live.
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