So... 9 million views of "Sirens"...

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  • mr bungle
    mr bungle Posts: 1,423
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Did any song survive Avocado like "Just Breathe" and this did? World Wide Suicide maybe?

    This is an instant classic. Cheese-filled but just great.

    Marker is a masterpiece imo.
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    mr bungle said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Did any song survive Avocado like "Just Breathe" and this did? World Wide Suicide maybe?

    This is an instant classic. Cheese-filled but just great.

    Marker is a masterpiece imo.
    Might be. But it hasn't reached out to the mainstream and wasn't released as a single (?) so it's sort of beside the point :)

    (Gone is a masterpiece btw :))
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,657
    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Did any song survive Avocado like "Just Breathe" and this did? World Wide Suicide maybe?

    This is an instant classic. Cheese-filled but just great.

    Has Sirens "survived"?? I haven't seen or heard a thing about it since the initial swell after its release. Not a peep.
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  • evsgjamm
    evsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    MAY I PLEASE SHOUT and redirect you all to my insightful and amazing thread about Pearl Jam and Youtube views!!!!!!! SHOUT AT THE DEVIL! SHOUT AT MY COFFEE!! REFILL AND SHOUT AT MY COFFEEEEEEEEEE!

    http://community.pearljam.com/discussion/217742/by-the-numbers-pearl-jam-views-on-youtube-interesting

    The golden thread. Eat your heart out champs. I am not DJ Jazzy Jeff, but hey.... maybe someday.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,620
    PJ_Soul said:

    Spiritual_Chaos said:

    Did any song survive Avocado like "Just Breathe" and this did? World Wide Suicide maybe?

    This is an instant classic. Cheese-filled but just great.

    Has Sirens "survived"?? I haven't seen or heard a thing about it since the initial swell after its release. Not a peep.
    Didn't become as big as Just Breathe. But at least got some airplay. I believe was #1 on the Triple A chart like JB.
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  • Sarah
    Sarah Toronto Posts: 736
    A good song, but IMHO, Pearl Jam has done much better. I prefer it to "Just Breathe", also.

    Have never taken the time to watch the video! Perhaps I shall do that this weekend.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,620
    20 million
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    igotid88 said:

    20 million

    Great!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • buck502000
    buck502000 Birthplace of GIBSON guitar Posts: 8,951
    They actually played sirens pretty well the last 2 shows
  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,620
    3 years ago today. And now 21 million. We need to make this go viral again
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  • camel1206
    camel1206 Chicago Posts: 65
    When they played it at Garden, I couldn't help but look around to see any reactions, seemed to me to be no reaction one way or the other. I don't mind the song, I believe it was stated before, had YouTube existed 20 years ago, can only imagine the views those early songs would have.
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    camel1206 said:

    When they played it at Garden, I couldn't help but look around to see any reactions, seemed to me to be no reaction one way or the other. I don't mind the song, I believe it was stated before, had YouTube existed 20 years ago, can only imagine the views those early songs would have.

    Hmm. Weird. I thought this song was in the public consciousness. 20 million is a lot of views. Especially for Pearl Jam.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • camel1206
    camel1206 Chicago Posts: 65
    I agree 20 million is nothing to sneeze at, but how many of those are someone listening to it for 30 seconds and moving on.

    For those just discovering the band, that's great, maybe they will take the time to discover everything they have done. I think many of us can agree that the band has probably done 2 dozen better songs than this. Doesn't make Sirens any less of a song, just shows how great this band is.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,620
    camel1206 said:

    When they played it at Garden, I couldn't help but look around to see any reactions, seemed to me to be no reaction one way or the other. I don't mind the song, I believe it was stated before, had YouTube existed 20 years ago, can only imagine the views those early songs would have.

    A lot of those people are there mostly for the Ten through Vitalogy songs.
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  • camel1206
    camel1206 Chicago Posts: 65
    I know, but after following setlist threads on here, collective groan by a few when Sirens was posted, I was curious if there would be any reaction.

    I know when they didn't play it Wrigley 1, I figured it might get thrown in night 2.
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  • igotid88
    igotid88 Posts: 28,620
    edited June 2017
    24 million, 3 million since last September
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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,450
    igotid88 said:
    24 million, 3 million since last September
    You can't deny Sirens was a hit!
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • northerndragon
    northerndragon Posts: 9,851
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    igotid88 said:
    24 million, 3 million since last September
    You can't deny Sirens was a hit!
    Bad music is a hit all the time. Have you listened to the radio lately.?
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    You never really had to begin with.


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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,597
    Beautiful song when it was released, beautiful song today.
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  • wall232
    wall232 New York Posts: 1,346
    The best part of this song is the extended outro, which doesn't really happen in the U.S.. I like it because I can run to the bathroom, grab a beer and make it back in time for the next song. 
    NYPJ

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