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  • HughFreakingDillon
    HughFreakingDillon Winnipeg Posts: 39,449
    Vedd Hedd said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I had friends who stopped being pearl jam fans when "Who You Are" was released. 
    Ha, yeah, well, there's no accounting for taste obviously. But still.... objectively, what they're doing now isn't on the same level as what they were doing in the 90s or early 2000s. I mean, come on. 
    Late 90s, no. I agree there.

    But I like Lightning Bolt better than Backspacer, Avocado and Riot Act.

    lb is better than avocado and riot act????
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,724
    17.CAN'T DENY ME /  DEDICATED TO FLORIDA STUDENTS
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  • THEBIBLEISTEN
    THEBIBLEISTEN Posts: 2,002
    I listened to this song for the first time in my car and I like it. It’s catchy, sounds good loud. 
  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    I think the events going on in our country these days make most of us angry. We need a song like this one.  I like it.
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  • moemoe6434
    moemoe6434 Posts: 468
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I had friends who stopped being pearl jam fans when "Who You Are" was released. 
    Ha, yeah, well, there's no accounting for taste obviously. But still.... objectively, what they're doing now isn't on the same level as what they were doing in the 90s or early 2000s. I mean, come on. 
    Late 90s, no. I agree there.

    But I like Lightning Bolt better than Backspacer, Avocado and Riot Act.

    lb is better than avocado and riot act????
    Certainly better than avocado and Backspacer, not Riot Act.  Avocado and backspacer are forgettable.
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  • just_one
    just_one Lisbon Posts: 2,286
    moemoe6434 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I had friends who stopped being pearl jam fans when "Who You Are" was released. 
    Ha, yeah, well, there's no accounting for taste obviously. But still.... objectively, what they're doing now isn't on the same level as what they were doing in the 90s or early 2000s. I mean, come on. 
    Late 90s, no. I agree there.

    But I like Lightning Bolt better than Backspacer, Avocado and Riot Act.

    lb is better than avocado and riot act????
    Certainly better than avocado and Backspacer, not Riot Act.  Avocado and backspacer are forgettable.

    Avocado is better than backspacer and Lightning Bolt.

    Avocado is the last great PJ album. Backspacer has 3 maybe 4 good songs in it. Lightning Bolt is better than backspacer but not as good as Avocado.
  • pledgeagrievance
    pledgeagrievance Posts: 2,874
    just_one said:
    moemoe6434 said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    Vedd Hedd said:
    I had friends who stopped being pearl jam fans when "Who You Are" was released. 
    Ha, yeah, well, there's no accounting for taste obviously. But still.... objectively, what they're doing now isn't on the same level as what they were doing in the 90s or early 2000s. I mean, come on. 
    Late 90s, no. I agree there.

    But I like Lightning Bolt better than Backspacer, Avocado and Riot Act.

    lb is better than avocado and riot act????
    Certainly better than avocado and Backspacer, not Riot Act.  Avocado and backspacer are forgettable.

    Avocado is better than backspacer and Lightning Bolt.

    Avocado is the last great PJ album. Backspacer has 3 maybe 4 good songs in it. Lightning Bolt is better than backspacer but not as good as Avocado.
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  • Who I Am
    Who I Am Posts: 661
    just_one said
    Avocado is the last great PJ album.

    Setting the bar low here, some good songs for sure. 
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  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    As someone who's been critical of this song I will say it sounded great live. Just gotta tune out the "you may be rich" line which is the main negative of the song imo
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • kramer73
    kramer73 Posts: 2,628
    StuffnJunk said:
    As someone who's been critical of this song I will say it sounded great live. Just gotta tune out the "you may be rich" line which is the main negative of the song imo
    And that's negative because.....????
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    I guess it's just his personal preference. I laugh at a lot of the stuff on here because we're all so passionate about the band that we get a bit crazy.
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  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    If you have to ask, you'll never know. Also, do you know what imo stands for?
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    Eddie is rich so he isn’t allowed to sing about other people being rich, mention money or anything like that.

    I think people viewing this as Ed protesting or the song being about Trump are limiting not just the bands world view but also Ed’s ability to write songs from the point of view of others.
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  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    There would be cooler, more artful ways to say it. Hey, check out my sick lyrics:

    I am sad
    hate my dad
    i am mad
    im not glad
    ive been had

    pretty sweet, huh?

    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • StuffnJunk
    StuffnJunk Posts: 897
    edited March 2018
    Also notice I was complimenting the song, I just dont like one line. Gotta shut harmful opinions like this down around here I guess
    "I'll tell you what: If all I had was Pearl Jam, and I didn't have another band in the world, I would not be worried. Because in there is the essence of making great music. You don't have to use it all at once, but it's there." - Neil Young
  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    Hmmm, whats the beat like?
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  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    People were saying it reminded them of Sleep Now In The Fire. I can see that. But you can trace that song back to something else. That's evolution.
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  • Spags
    Spags Leigh-on-Sea, UK Posts: 3,057
    Dude, your opinion isnt harmful we are all just chattin shit. No shutting anything down. I can see that there is hypocrisy in a wealthy person making a punk song with a line against rich people. Should Neil Young not have written Southern Man because he’s white? 
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  • just_one
    just_one Lisbon Posts: 2,286
    ConorKavanagh said:
    People were saying it reminded them of Sleep Now In The Fire. I can see that. But you can trace that song back to something else. That's evolution.

    LOL people saying that must be drunk for sure...


    Song sounds so weak live...first seconds are good but then it falls apart badly
  • ConorKavanagh
    ConorKavanagh Ireland Posts: 1,148
    I'm interested to hear it live. However, I know that often songs take a while to get to a certain level in a live setting. It's a different ball game entirely. The only place I heard the similarity with Sleep Now In The Fire was in some of Eddie's pacing in one section. I can't remember the lyrics.
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