The Aging of Avocado

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  • BEnglish017
    BEnglish017 Posts: 455
    I think I must be the only person that doesn't like Inside Job. Not a fan studio or live. I do like Avocado as a whole though....it just doesn't age for me. I do dig Life Wasted, Severed Hand, Marker, and WWS live.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    Music to my ears.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M0g1KWgsjz4
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,112
    marker is a song that needs to be played more live, I freaking love that song. awesome video bud ^^^^^^^^
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    mcgruff10 said:

    marker is a song that needs to be played more live, I freaking love that song. awesome video bud ^^^^^^^^

    Very underrated song. Love it.
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  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,790
    I love Marker as well. I think "What went wrong? Walking tightrope high, over moral ground" is one of my all time favourite Ed lines.

    And I love this too:

    "Those undecided, needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, there was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides, claiming killing in God's name
    But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently"
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  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,491
    goldrush said:

    I love Marker as well. I think "What went wrong? Walking tightrope high, over moral ground" is one of my all time favourite Ed lines.

    And I love this too:

    "Those undecided, needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, there was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides, claiming killing in God's name
    But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently"

    Yes. Awesome lyrics.

    Love the back & forth between Mike & Stone as well. Plus, it may be one of my favorite drum tracks from Matt with PJ.
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,401
    mfc2006 said:

    goldrush said:

    I love Marker as well. I think "What went wrong? Walking tightrope high, over moral ground" is one of my all time favourite Ed lines.

    And I love this too:

    "Those undecided, needn't have faith to be free
    And those misguided, there was a plan for them to be
    Now you got both sides, claiming killing in God's name
    But God is nowhere to be found, conveniently"

    Yes. Awesome lyrics.

    Love the back & forth between Mike & Stone as well. Plus, it may be one of my favorite drum tracks from Matt with PJ.
    Yes, this. First thing I thought. Great drumming and guitar work.
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  • Nami
    Nami Newfoundland Posts: 5,999
    always found severed hand the hardest to like on this album. the rest no issues.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
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    Nami said:

    always found severed hand the hardest to like on this album. the rest no issues.

    Give it another go!
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  • eeriepadave
    eeriepadave West Chester, PA Posts: 43,179
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  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,942
    My birthday cake for 2016:

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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ^^^
    Wow!
    That's too awesome to eat.
    Did you?
  • Pap
    Pap Serres, Greece Posts: 29,942
    Yep!... :smiley: It was delicious! The outside was chocolate and the inside praline. I kept the avocado (sugarpaste) as a souvenir. :wink:
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  • ledvedderman
    ledvedderman Posts: 7,762
    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Nami said:

    always found severed hand the hardest to like on this album. the rest no issues.

    Give it another go!
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    Gave it another go...still think it's the most over-rated Pearl Jam song in the entire catalog.
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  • PJfanwillneverleave1
    PJfanwillneverleave1 Posts: 12,885
    ^^^
    When they opened w/ it at the Gorge oh my.
    Beautiful.
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,956
    ledvedderman said:

    PJfanwillneverleave1 said:

    Nami said:

    always found severed hand the hardest to like on this album. the rest no issues.

    Give it another go!
    2006 Wow
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOPj46gXKf8
    Gave it another go...still think it's the most over-rated Pearl Jam song in the entire catalog.
    One of their best songs..
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  • jxchamb1
    jxchamb1 Posts: 82
    Freaking love me some Avocado. The album, not the food which is just disgusting.
  • Tremorman
    Tremorman Posts: 390
    I always though Gone would have fit on the Into the Wild soundtrack thematically and with the right stripped down arrangement.
  • AceCool
    AceCool Texas Posts: 455
    ledvedderman said:

    mcgruff10 said:

    AceCool said:

    I'm pretty dumbfounded that so many people say that the whole album is one of their least (if not complete least) favorite PJ albums. I also cannot fathom the dislike for Big Wave. That is a bad ass rock and roll song. I've always been drawn to the loud and fast rockers. In my opinion the Avocado album is a killer rock and roll record. There is little to no experimentation or weirdness but rather it seems like they jsut went in the studio and said "Fuck it! Let's rock!"

    Oh, one last thing, anybody who doesn't like Inside Job needs to have their music fan credentials reexamined. That song is EPIC! It is easily one of my favorite PJ songs to see performed live.

    porch is epic. go is epic. corduroy is epic. inside job is a bore live. ever look around and watch the crowd during this song? yeah about 95% of the crowd is bored as hell. sorry but this song never translated well live.
    Right on, man. I like you. Great examples of what are epic live songs. I'll add Present Tense, Given To Fly and maybe even Life Wasted. Inside Job and Gone....zzzzzzzz. Like you said, Inside Job kills the crowd. Same with Gone. I think Gone is the most frustrating because it actually has potential but it got rushed.

    And to the dude who said that credentials should be reexamined if a fan doesn't like Inside Job...very original. Never heard that before. Saying that shortly after defending Big Wave is brilliant. It's like the band was thinking, "We've got this politically charged record, but what it needs is a generic power chord crunchy tune about surfing" while tracking the record together.
    Oh wow. You must be so deep and heavy and politically brooding. You should definitely make your case to the band for subjecting you to their "generic" rock. How dare they stray away from tortured political angst for even one song.
  • brianwilson
    brianwilson Posts: 406
    I like the record - great songs (sans Gone - super weak for EV, I believe), but it was very poorly mixed. I'd listen to it more if it weren't for the mix/production/whatever it is.

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