Why did I underestimated My Father's Son?

Falling Down
Falling Down Posts: 845
edited November 2013 in The Porch
Had a tendancy to skip this song during the first 50 times or so I listened to LB. But why? Simply great track. Just wish one day I will hear a combo of My Father's Son into Green Disease.

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  • iOnlyownMymind
    iOnlyownMymind Posts: 2,986
    I still can't get into that song.
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    iOnlyownMymind wrote:
    I still can't get into that song.

    yeah it's a tough one for me as well. ends very, very strong. it's just a matter of getting through the first three minutes.
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 30,362
    It grows on me.
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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    Probably because the change between the bridge and the rest of the song makes it some of the most musically challenging stuff the band has recorded. Also, the vocals start slow and don't "heat up" until nearly the last verse. But when it does, it is a SCREAMER.

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  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 538
    My absolute fav on LB. Incredible lyrics, vocals, riffs. Love the crazy bridge. I think it's the most interesting lyric Ed has ever written. I'm surprised everyone doesn't love it. Man, Ed's vocals toward the end... amazing.
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796
    It's my favorite off LB also, hands down since I started to get a handle on the album.
  • tcadd94
    tcadd94 North Jersey Posts: 611
    I did the same, man. But after 50 listens of not skipping it, it grew on me and I do like it now. Still not my favorite, but it's bearable. This was the one song I think I actually had to try to like.
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  • se7v7en
    se7v7en Philadelphia, PA Posts: 329
    Took a little while to sink in for me, but I love it now, especially the lyrics through the bridge
  • retropony
    retropony Myrtle Beach SC Posts: 352
    it grew on me as well, read the lyrics one day while it was playing and the light went on :idea:
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  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    It's grown on me a lot as well. The bridge is great.
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    TheGhost wrote:
    My absolute fav on LB. Incredible lyrics, vocals, riffs. Love the crazy bridge. I think it's the most interesting lyric Ed has ever written. I'm surprised everyone doesn't love it. Man, Ed's vocals toward the end... amazing.

    feel the exact same way. shocked not everyone loves this song.
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    my second favorite track (after Pendulum) on the album. great fucking song!
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  • EdsonNascimento
    EdsonNascimento Posts: 5,531
    edited November 2013
    And at this point it's as rare live as Getaway. :shock:
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  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    And at this point it's as rare live as Getaway. :shock:

    Your post inspired me to look at my stat-tracker app. . . . you're not kidding. . . . I consider myself fortunate to have seen it live @ Worcester 2.
  • Merkin Baller
    Merkin Baller Posts: 12,796
    Off the subject. . . . Hey OP, love your avatar, I have the same shirt. . . . what an awesome show!

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  • Ukuleddie Vegger
    Ukuleddie Vegger Posts: 528
    Favorite track off the album then followed closely by Getaway. Love title track too.
  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    I remember when I first listened to Lightning Bolt on the iTunes stream, My Father's Son was a track that I thought, "I'm gonna have to come back to this one; something about it stands out."
    It's probably my favourite song on the album. Jeff's bass is so strong. I enjoy how Stone and Mike's guitars don't over take the song, either. It's clearly a song that Jeff owns. Great lyrics, too. I love it.
  • NWOntario
    NWOntario Toronto Posts: 831
    Because it's terrible? ;)

    Seriously, it's grown on me somewhat...but man, those lyrics.
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  • Leezestarr313
    Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,457
    I love it. Right away. I cannot get into Sirens. I get the sentiment, but it doesn't touch anything. I love that My Father's Son is not cheesy. And I dig the bass and the 80-ish guitars. It's very un-Pearl Jam, but cool!
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  • PRL1JAM
    PRL1JAM Posts: 787
    MFS kicks ass

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