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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    edited December 2015
    karmadefect said:

    Man I was exited when I saw a new post in this section.
    I like the section, and wonder why it is visted so little.

    I must say I was a bit disappointed to find it was the same post yet again.

    Why do you bother so much with this song if you don't like it?
    Why not post about a song you do like?

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  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    Oh no, it's not that you can't say a song isn't to your liking.
    Don't get me wrong, their are some that I don't quite like.
    And I don't have a problem with you disliking that song.
    This thread is a good place to posted it, but you didn't post anything new.
    I think the disscussion dried out. But hey you were asking for more imput so I guess that's justafiable.
    I was just excited to see a new post on here and felt disappointed when it wasn't really anything new.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    karmadefect said:

    Oh no, it's not that you can't say a song isn't to your liking.
    Don't get me wrong, their are some that I don't quite like.
    And I don't have a problem with you disliking that song.

    This thread is a good place to posted it, but you didn't post anything new.
    I think the disscussion dried out. But hey you were asking for more imput so I guess that's justafiable.
    I was just excited to see a new post on here and felt disappointed when it wasn't really anything new.

    Understood.
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Tell you what I'll take Infallible and you can have Sirens :p Infallible is great, you find yourself moving to the music before you even realize it and the lyrics are very relevant at least to me. Also it kicks ass live, listen to the Vancouver boot :)
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  • karmadefect
    karmadefect Posts: 806
    northerndragon said:

    Tell you what I'll take Infallible and you can have Sirens :p Infallible is great, you find yourself moving to the music before you even realize it and the lyrics are very relevant at least to me. Also it kicks ass live, listen to the Vancouver boot :)

    If only it would work that way.
    That would make it so much easier to get my dreamsetlist.

    Sirens would be among the ones I'd give away.
    It's not who I am underneath, but what I do that defines me.

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  • osteoblastic
    osteoblastic St Cloud, MN Posts: 47
    I really like infallible. With all the punky up-tempo and almost saccharine songs, Infallible has a nice minor-key, subversive feel that builds to a very singable crescendo. The beat is very head-noddable, for me. I also think the lyrics are less awkward than some of the other ones. The beginning of Sirens immediately turned me off for a while and I still cringe a little at Swallowed Whole for that reason (though I really like the former and kinda like the latter).

    I actually sent it to a non-PJ fan because I thought they would really dig the lyrics. Not as strong to me as Mind Your Manners, Getaway, or Lightning Bolt, but I can get down with the message.

    Definitely didn't immediately strike me the least likeable song on the album. But I won't try to convince you otherwise :)
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
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  • JB23237
    JB23237 Posts: 1,381
    Infallible is a great song I always crank it up.....your excessive bashing of the song is god awful
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
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  • Force Of Nature
    Force Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,135
    I mentioned this in one of the setlist threads.
    Im very mixed on this song. I love the main riff, the intro/verse. That music is great and that crunching sound is beautiful to my ears. But then the chorus. This is where it just deflates me. The verse is so powerful and the chorus just sounds a bit generic after what I've just heard. The 'solo' is also just too simple.

    Im not trashing the song, I do like it, but feel like when the chorus somes in, they played it safe and it couldve been more.
  • PJinIL
    PJinIL satan's bed Posts: 435
    I didn't immediately take to Infallible when LB came out, but really loved Sirens. I went to 4 shows last fall and the tables have turned 180. Now Infallible is among my favs on the album and I can hardly listen to Sirens, especially on the boots. Timing is all over the place with the long drum fills and strumming parts.

    The message to me (part of it anyway) is life is only as busy as we allow it to be, and that keeps me from finding priorities. The Infallible message gives me inspiration to not let the important things get pushed aside. I don't remember being so damn busy when I grew up, my parents weren't this busy for some reason. Whatever it is, collectively we've lost track of something and how do we make sense of the complications of modern life.

    I do think Infallible could've been pushed a little harder on the album, but it makes the live version all the better to me. And, someone else said it's a great set up for Pendulum, that's spot on and awesome album layout. Like mac and cheese. Even on the boots, I sometimes expect for Pendulum to come on afterwards.
    It's amazing what you hear when you take time to listen.
  • deadendp
    deadendp Northeast Ohio Posts: 10,434
    I would and do take Infallible over Sirens.
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  • Jammalambo
    Jammalambo Posts: 1,321
    edited July 2014
    I like it, not my favorite on LB, but I like it.. The lyrics are great, the music is quite repetitive, and I think that's the main reason some people may dislike it.. but overall a good song.
    The OP, anyway, is plain wrong when says Eddie struggle to sing this song because of the time.. the time signature is a straight 4/4 from start to finish, and the guitar rhythm figures are very very simple, nothing weird or bizarre in this song..
    It's just a cool pop song, maybe the more "poppish" song they ever done.. Maybe this is what bothers you the most?
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Great song. I think the lyrics are brilliant and they don't seemed forced. I also think that if this song was released as a single, it could have easily reached different audiences and stayed on the charts longer than sirens.
  • cookie84
    cookie84 liverpool Posts: 91
    Not the best song or the worst of the album I'd take infallible over ltrp or swallowed whole all day It definitely sounds better live though..
  • DreamyDan
    DreamyDan netherlands/belgium Posts: 83
    it sometimes pops into my head when i'm at work, and it sits there being quite jolly and fluffy {which i've never attributed to a Pearl Jam song before...} and at one point the comparison to Robbie Williams {british pop-artist, very main stream...} appeared - and then i kept thinking about this guy, whom my former other half hated, nay: despised, and i now hate to compare his stuff to a Pearl Jam song...

    so my mind is still very much divided about Infallible... it sounds different - for Pearl Jam - and it has a nice groove to it, and i like it on the whole, but i don't like that it reminds me of an ego-tripping pop-diva...
     
  • Force Of Nature
    Force Of Nature York, England Posts: 1,135
    Love the verse, that 'dirty' riff sounds great. I just think the chorus and solo feels a little out of place compared to the verse. normally find myself skipping after the second verse to be honest, but that takes nothing away from the awesomeness of the first half of the song
  • Walking the miles
    Walking the miles Toronto Posts: 549
    I think Infallible is one of the best songs, lyrically,on the record. It's a wake up call. A quite protest song. And not just to the government of the day, but to all of us to wake up and realize we are the author of our own demise. I'm surprised that in discussing this song we are not talking about the message, rather then if the song is good or not.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,869
    I still say this song is a fucking Classic.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....

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