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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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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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.
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.
Setting the bar low here, some good songs for sure.
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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
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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 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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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
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.
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
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
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?
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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Just watched the video of "Can't Deny Me" and I think this is going to turn out to be a really good song live. I can just imagine the audience yelling out the "You can't deny me" lines at the end of the song.
I escaped it...a life wasted...I'm never going back again
Whoa, just got my first full listen. There’s not much redeeming about this song. It’s a bunch of CNN taglines sang over a boring riff and then a desperate plea for audience singalong to close out the song. Bu$hleaguer was less hamfisted lyrically, for Pete’s sake.
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.
Part of the challenge for me is they only write or comment about the events in our country if one party is in office. Is this a political rally or comment on society? If societal I'd like a more consistent message as weve had gun violence, wars, corruption...consistently over the last 15 years.
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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.
Setting the bar low here, some good songs for sure.
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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.
I am sad
hate my dad
i am mad
im not glad
ive been had
pretty sweet, huh?
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LOL people saying that must be drunk for sure...
Song sounds so weak live...first seconds are good but then it falls apart badly
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"...I changed by not changing at all..."
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
So can we all just talk about how awesome the fucking cow bell chair is!!!!!
Ed being rich "by accident" doesn't negate him from criticizing someone else who is rich by design/greed.