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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,489
    2-feign-reluctance said:

    Whole record is great!

    Word

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  • BrianEngel
    BrianEngel Posts: 183
    Just Breathe grabbed me right away when BS was released. I've not been gripped by Sirens quite yet, but I have had other PJ music grow on me when at first I wasn;t fond of it.
    I'm just fuckin happy these dudes keep making music. LB is totally great, and I am a die hard PJ fan since 92.

    One thing I've been thinking a lot about is that I keep getting fuckin; older. And the shit I find interesting, disgusting, tasty, not tasty has changed over and over...has developed and lessened...gotten simpler, more complex...weirder and plainer. One constant love in my life is Pearl Jam. And I can keep in mind that the dudes in the Band keep getting older and surely are experiencing tons of personal change and revolution always, like all of us. I love every PJ record. I skip songs on all the records. I cry when I hear and sing along with several songs on every record. I'm pretty sure that one day i'll love the Yellow Moons and Sirens. I fuckin dig on By Myself with both Yuke and with the full band. I can relate to the song totally. I can't relate to Sirens like that...maybe one day.
    Time for bed, friends! Peace to you.

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  • PJForceofNature
    PJForceofNature Posts: 3,087
    Sirens is one of my favorites from LB, along with Yellow Moon-enjoyed hearing both live too.
    "A beacon on dry land"
  • Prawnstar
    Prawnstar Posts: 37
    I didn't think much of Sirens until I fully deciphered the lyrics, which I think transform it from a Bon Jovi-like pop rock song to something with much more meaning.

    As for the theory that fans of bands don't like songs which get huge radio rotation, I agree. I skipped Better Man for years because of it.
    Why do I love Pearl Jam? The answer is here
  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,595
    Yellow Moon was my favorite song on the new album after my first listen. Other songs have grown on me, but I still like it a lot. Sirens is a beautiful piece of music.
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  • know1
    know1 Posts: 6,800
    Sirens is just OK for me. I skip it when it comes on a lot. But I really like Yellow Moon.
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  • jmuscatello
    jmuscatello Colorado Posts: 332
    To me, Yellow Moon is an entirely different animal than Sirens or Just Breathe. Totally different kind of "mellow" song. Darker, broodier, not sentimental or sappy in any way. It stands out, for me.
  • Peasant Tents
    Peasant Tents UK Posts: 863
    jmuscatello said:

    To me, Yellow Moon is an entirely different animal than Sirens or Just Breathe. Totally different kind of "mellow" song. Darker, broodier, not sentimental or sappy in any way. It stands out, for me.

    This
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    know1 said:

    Sirens is just OK for me. I skip it when it comes on a lot. But I really like Yellow Moon.

    This!
    jmuscatello said:

    To me, Yellow Moon is an entirely different animal than Sirens or Just Breathe. Totally different kind of "mellow" song. Darker, broodier, not sentimental or sappy in any way. It stands out, for me.

    And this.
    Anything you lose from being honest
    You never really had to begin with.


    Sometimes it's not the song that makes you emotional it's the people and things that come to your mind when you hear it.
  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    I truly wonder why Sirens is so unwelcome from the fans.

    Yellow Moon is not receiving a great response from the fans either.

    Both are such tremendously talented artwork (besides the double eyed poster) that these songs need to played.

    I don't get this impression at all about Sirens. Hasn't it been a huge hit?? There will always be some fans who don't like something (I personally don't love Sirens at all, but don't hate it either - it is saved by a really amazing message in the lyrics). I agree that Yellow Moon deserves more attention that it's got maybe... but on the other hand, I've seen a lot of people specifically say that they love it.
    How are you gauging response?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,642
    Kearn5y said:

    buck502000 said:

    Yellow moon should open shows.........

    Yellow Moon is one of my favourite songs from LB, would make a great opener (do it in Leeds). Would rather heat it than Pendulum, still cannot get the big deal with that song.

    Pendulum is awesome because it's creative and seems like something different for PJ. IMO. That song surprised me when I listened to it, and that is a good thing. :)
    With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata
  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited January 2014

    PJ Soul said

    I don't get this impression at all about Sirens. Hasn't it been a huge hit?? I agree that Yellow Moon deserves more attention that it's got.
    How are you gauging response?

    I said

    I am gauging from the response in the forum. Actually having the nuts/nipples to post in the old forum that you like Sirens you would draw a lot of ire. In the new forum everything is open.



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  • mustbechris
    mustbechris Posts: 228
    Given a few months for the album to digest, Yellow Moon is actually my favorite song on it.
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • mustbechris
    mustbechris Posts: 228
    Prawnstar said:

    I didn't think much of Sirens until I fully deciphered the lyrics, which I think transform it from a Bon Jovi-like pop rock song to something with much more meaning.

    As for the theory that fans of bands don't like songs which get huge radio rotation, I agree. I skipped Better Man for years because of it.

    It's funny, I was always the same way with Better Man, but I've really come to appreciate just how great of a song it is. Very recently too. I think it's one of those songs that you have to see in concert to learn to appreciate again after having it shoved down your throat for 20 years.

    With that said...I skip Black and Jeremy 100% of the time.
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • october22
    october22 Posts: 2,533
    Two pages in and I still don't understand what the title of this thread actually means.
  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    cp3iverson said:

    It's not cool to like Sirens just like its uncool to say Ten is their best record.

    Good music is good music.

    Bingo. The thing that always gets me about the Ten thing is if people like some of the others better, fine personal preference, but for crying out loud show it some respect because without it most of what came after probably doesn't exist. It's hilarious to see some folks rank it like 8th.... Cred Baby!

    /hijack

  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    f*ck it, I will say yellow moon is the best song PJ has put out in years. Mike's scathing solo, man do not disparage this song. Could be the next great opener.
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,211
    october22 said:

    Two pages in and I still don't understand what the title of this thread actually means.

    you and me both,

    Imo both songs are excellent. and I couldn't give a damn what anyone says about Sirens, for me its a beauty. Never get tired of it.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Sirens hit me in a way that no song has since Black. That's not to say it's an equal song to Black. But in Sirens, Ed perfectly captures what it means to be a 30 (or 40 or 50) something married father of two, the same way Black captured what it was like to be a lovelorn teenager or young adult.

    But hit me right where I lived in the moment I was living it. The goosebumps were identical, 20 some odd years later.
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  • TribeintoBreath
    TribeintoBreath Posts: 883
    Oceans-->Yellow Moon was stellar at Brooklyn 1

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