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  • ForceofNature101
    ForceofNature101 Posts: 1,295
    edited January 2020
    TroubledSoul said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    pulling69 said:
    Well looks like we have our new standard opening song to replace Pendulum. Dance into a standard opener like Of the Girl or Release or Long Road? Yes please!
    I like the way you think!

    Imagine the lights go down, and you just see Matt Cameron walk up to the stage and start playing this drum beat.  Then Stone and Jeff with bass and keys, while blue cascading lights fill the crowd.  Then Mike with the funky guitar part while Ed walks on stage and begins - cue the crowd going crazy
    I’m imagining that scenario. And it would be flat as a tack. 
    I think it would kick some serious ass, this would make a great intro, very vibey and groovy at the same time.  Not unlike Prince starting a show with "Joy In Repetition" or "Around the World In A Day", just a cool ambience with more greatness to follow
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  • jp307677
    jp307677 Boston Posts: 417
    First listen was shock.

    On repeated listens, I like it...definitely some Talking Heads in there, who I love.

    Its obviously different which I think they need to do here and there at this point in their career. I wouldn’t expect the entire album to sound like this...think the album will be a little bit of everything like Lightning Bolt
  • Tjm007
    Tjm007 Posts: 189
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    God that is dire - MOR elevator muzak.

    If  rest of the album is in this vein then it will be getting used as a coffee mug coaster.
    If the rest of the album is in this vein then please feel free to send me your copy so instead of being used as a coaster, the amazing jams in it will be cherished and enjoyed ;)

    Sorry - but sometimes the emperor is just naked.
    Well in that case, maybe the emperor is naked because he is busy showing off his abs in 2020 by dancing with the clairvoyants 

    Pearl Jam ringing in the New Year in a big and strong way, this is the most stoked I have been for a new PJ album in a long while, I am loving this single so far
    I can see why tickets went on sale before this was released ..
  • JPPJ84
    JPPJ84 Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    edited January 2020
    Tjm007 said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    God that is dire - MOR elevator muzak.

    If  rest of the album is in this vein then it will be getting used as a coffee mug coaster.
    If the rest of the album is in this vein then please feel free to send me your copy so instead of being used as a coaster, the amazing jams in it will be cherished and enjoyed ;)

    Sorry - but sometimes the emperor is just naked.
    Well in that case, maybe the emperor is naked because he is busy showing off his abs in 2020 by dancing with the clairvoyants 

    Pearl Jam ringing in the New Year in a big and strong way, this is the most stoked I have been for a new PJ album in a long while, I am loving this single so far
    I can see why tickets went on sale before this was released ..
    Because their entire back catalogue suddenly sucks now that they've released one new song? which, luckily, the majority seems to like
  • ForceofNature101
    ForceofNature101 Posts: 1,295
    Tjm007 said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    ForceofNature101 said:
    Tjm007 said:
    God that is dire - MOR elevator muzak.

    If  rest of the album is in this vein then it will be getting used as a coffee mug coaster.
    If the rest of the album is in this vein then please feel free to send me your copy so instead of being used as a coaster, the amazing jams in it will be cherished and enjoyed ;)

    Sorry - but sometimes the emperor is just naked.
    Well in that case, maybe the emperor is naked because he is busy showing off his abs in 2020 by dancing with the clairvoyants 

    Pearl Jam ringing in the New Year in a big and strong way, this is the most stoked I have been for a new PJ album in a long while, I am loving this single so far
    I can see why tickets went on sale before this was released ..
    What do you mean?  The response so far online not just on here but every forum I am on discussing this has been really positive so far

    I think you are confusing "I personally do not like this song" with "this is a bad song and everyone else besides me is wrong" - with all due respect
  • False_Belief
    False_Belief Cardiff Posts: 763
    This thing is even getting some positive replies in the comments section on Pitchfork's Facebook page.  Think about that for a second. 

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  • facepollution
    facepollution Posts: 6,834
    Having listened to it on repeat for the last hour or so, I think I can safely say I'm loving it.  To my ears, this is the most inspired they've sounded in a decade or so.  It's been a long time since they've put out a really cohesive album where the songs sound like they fit together, as opposed to just cobbling together random songs - I can't wait to hear how this fits on the album.
  • jonbond1779
    jonbond1779 London, UK Posts: 1,642
    IMO - as with ALL PJ albums - they are just blue prints of the songs which are then perfected over yrs of playing them live.. 
    "Bring it back, to the clean form. To the pure form"

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,675
    jp307677 said:

    Its obviously different which I think they need to do here and there at this point in their career. I wouldn’t expect the entire album to sound like this...think the album will be a little bit of everything like Lightning Bolt
    I hope not. I hope it has a distinct identity. And is not a hodgepodge of "whatever we can scrape together throw it in" like LB was.
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,726
     Uneed to have huge balls as band to go and put this as first single out there with they type of music u play all those years.. Brilliant muthafuckas
    The song has everything. Epic... Live will blow out minds

    I adore it.. 
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  • lmckenney24
    lmckenney24 Posts: 2,103
    Upon first listen, I dig it. Its something different, and as most have said, I can see this being bad ass live.
  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    Heads, Bowie, Devo, A/Amnesiac era Radiohead, Spoon...

    I am envisioning the two gentlemen in front of me who came to Fenay 2 in 2018 only to hear Jeremy, Animal and Yellow Ledbetter softly weeping as they head to the exits in 2020 and I MUTHAFUCKINGLOVEIT
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  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    edited January 2020
    cp3iverson said:
    In the 21st century—-Experimental PJ is the best PJ. 
    Speaking of 21st century - there is a touch of cousin here and it is not surprising why Stone is digging this new track.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mhJRpI4sscc
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  • JimmyV
    JimmyV Boston's MetroWest Posts: 19,620
    I love that it didn't sound at all like I expected, that it isn't a 3 minute punk song, and that it sounds finished in a way Can't Deny Me never did.

    Looking forward to hearing this one live. I'm betting Mike's guitar could be a lot of fun.
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  • PB11041
    PB11041 Earth Posts: 2,845
    JimmyV said:
    I love that it didn't sound at all like I expected, that it isn't a 3 minute punk song, and that it sounds finished in a way Can't Deny Me never did.

    Looking forward to hearing this one live. I'm betting Mike's guitar could be a lot of fun.
    Yes, yes, yes and also yes.
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  • fortyshades
    fortyshades Posts: 1,835
    My opinion is just like that; a voice like a grain of sand among the voices of many. We always, since, PJ became Independet wanted to have an experimental album. Well, here it is. I love it. I think we are in for a dark rode. (Buckle up - I had to write this in here.) Trying to figure put  who the clairvoyants are: climate deniers?  Believing in a fiuture. Even though science felle us otherwise? There is sarcasm in the voice, anger even. 
  • crober72
    crober72 Bartlett, IL Posts: 86
    edited January 2020
    I like it. I might love it in time -- not sure yet. This feels like the ”new wave” people were bracing for with Backspacer. 

    Really curious for the rest of the new album now. I don't expect a whole album like this, but hope it's a bit more unified than Lightning Bolt. I'll want to love Gigaton up front so I probably will.

    I wish I had something more original to add to the conversation....
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  • Kurt Brutus Bacon
    Kurt Brutus Bacon Posts: 81
    edited January 2020
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  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,276
    mace1229 said:
    I like it. Don’t love it.
    Didnt care for the last minute and half or so, too repetitive. 
    Overall has me intrigued for the new album.
    Im kinda here too. want to love it but the last minute or so is preventing this. Not my favourite track so far but its by no means one I dont like. It seems rare today to find many people in the 'middle', there is a whole host of love and hate on the internet today

  • Kearn5y
    Kearn5y Ireland Posts: 3,070
    Have only listened to it once on crappy speakers. To be honest, I dont really like it (yet). Not a fan of the drums at all but there are some cool sounds in there. 
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