Little love for "Parachutes"?

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  • CharlieP
    CharlieP Copenhagen, Denmark Posts: 1,035
    Leezestarr313 wrote:
    CharlieP wrote:
    Always loved it. And here's why: it's Beatles-esque, quite different sounding for a PJ song. It has an odd time signature during the verses. It actually has a rather complex chord progression even though the melody flows easily. The melody is strong.
    I find there's a lot of songwriting quality to it and I think it's one of their most underrated songs

    :thumbup:

    And the lyrics are great too :)

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  • shetellsherself
    shetellsherself New Jersey Posts: 8,835
    I love parachutes and was also so happy to hear it in Philly. I think it's beautiful how the lyrics play with the phrasing on the melody.
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  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    I love all of ST. Parachutes being one of them. I love how the acoustic guitar notes emphasize the up beats. It creates a bit of a shuffle groove even though matts note playing one.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,008
    EV read the lyrics off a sheet at Philly 1 ( :lol:) and I'm happy he did because the boot sounds great
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  • CM189191
    CM189191 Posts: 6,927
    Had to come back to this thread to comment again.

    Parachutes strikes a sentimental chord with me much in the same way Sirens does. Just without the overthetopcheesiness.

    Parachute into Target Field 2014!!!
  • LF55358
    LF55358 Minnesota Posts: 71
    Love the song and hopefully it is played at target field in 2014.
  • KateA
    KateA Posts: 182
    Loved Parachutes from the first listen, still do. Actually I can not imagine how anyone can hate it. :shock:
    Well I guess we are all different. The beauty of it is we all managed to find the common denominator - PJ ;)
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  • CrookedTom
    CrookedTom Posts: 252
    Not a great one - and I had high hopes, being a rare (at least these days) Vedder/Gossard combination.
    The early verse is great, but it goes nowhere and Eddie is straining his voice over all the high notes. His
    voice is far too high in the mix...Actually thought it sounded a little better live (Paris 06 is a good one)
  • given2fly23
    given2fly23 Evanston, IL Posts: 6,042
    The whole album has aged VERY well. I get pretty excited when WWS or SH come up on my iPod these days, and every song on the album (other than Comatose, IMO) is pretty awesome.
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  • Caelum
    Caelum Illinois Posts: 25
    I completely ignored this song at first, but its subtle melodies really dug into me over repeated listens and I soon came to love it. I can imagine it being a song that inspires more bathroom breaks than anything else in the set live though. Not sure how well it would come across there, but I haven't seen it live yet.
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  • Caelum
    Caelum Illinois Posts: 25
    So after I posted on this, I went for a run and what was the first song that came up when I hit shuffle? "Parachutes," of course. One in about 1,800 chance.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,713
    Caelum wrote:
    So after I posted on this, I went for a run and what was the first song that came up when I hit shuffle? "Parachutes," of course. One in about 1,800 chance.
    I love it when that happens. :)
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  • Mad Mohab
    Mad Mohab Posts: 310
    One of my favourites.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,505
    One of my favorites of S/T since the first time I heard that album.

    The problem with it is that is a bit lacking in "hook" and Eddie really has to nail it to make it work live. But it's great lyrically and cool. But musically, a strong chorus or a little bit of hook could have been nice.
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  • grazman
    grazman Posts: 198
    Little love here - For me the worst song PJ has put out. HATE IT when I first heard it, HATE IT now.
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