YES/NO: Do you like "Dance of the Clairvoyants" ?

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  • Posts: 4,631
    YES, I DO
    I didnt like Do The Evolution until I heard it live. It sounded like a throwaway speedy punk riff. Then it became one of my favorites.

    But I know people who revolted when they first heard "Who You Are".  I remember a friend saying "what is this hippy shit?"

    I really liked this from the start. So different. Great choice for the first single. Kinda like when Nothing As It Seems was the first single off Binaural.

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  • KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    YES, I DO
    This single makes me excited to hear the rest of the record.  I get a lot of Bowie, especially in the second half of the song.  Any song that has a lot of Jeff Ament bass in it, is something I'm a proponent of.
    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Posts: 26,997
    YES, I DO
    It’s evolution baby 
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  • Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    YES, I DO
    cdthomas1981 said:
    This single makes me excited to hear the rest of the record.  I get a lot of Bowie, especially in the second half of the song.  Any song that has a lot of Jeff Ament bass in it, is something I'm a proponent of.
    Except it’s Stone on bass ;)
  • KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    YES, I DO
    JPPJ84 said:
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    Except it’s Stone on bass ;)
    OHHH!  I like it even more now!!

    I wish I was a sacrifice, but somehow still lived on.
  • Posts: 34
    Synapses Flashing said:
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    I totally heard a Talking Heads sound in it as well. 
    Very Talking Heads
  • KCMO Native Posts: 2,814
    YES, I DO
    cdthomas1981 said:
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    OHHH!  I like it even more now!!

    I should have read this first, before making my earlier comment:

    Jeff Ament had this to say about the single:

    "I can’t tell you how proud I am about this group of songs. As you know, we took our time and that benefited us taking more chances. 'Dance' was a perfect storm of experimentation and real collaboration, mixing up the instrumentation and building a great song, and Ed writing some of my favorite words yet, around Matt’s killer drum pattern. Did I mention Mike’s insane guitar part and that Stone is playing bass on this one? We’ve opened some new doors creatively and that’s exciting."



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  • Hamburg, Germany Posts: 3,464
    YES, I DO
    cdthomas1981 said:
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    OHHH!  I like it even more now!!

    There‘s a video around here with his radio introduction and explanations how the song came to be. Check it out, it’s really cool.
    found it: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=SI6hVmekhSc
  • Ireland Posts: 3,035
    Just listened to it with the video, works very well together. Still not sure overall 
    Kearnsy
  • TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,459
    YES, I DO
    Let me upgrade my vote, I LOVE it.
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  • Posts: 5,379
    YES, I DO
    I LOVE THE VIDEO
  • Posts: 3
    edited January 2020
    YES, I DO
    philzonereddy said:
    Has anyone made a Talking Heads reference yet?  Trying to remain positive on the song or let it grow on me. Not big on the dance beat drum machine sound. But this band often teamed journeys I’m not ready for musically from them. Sometimes they are hindsight hits for me. Some stay misses...but let the tune digest and set for awhile. Peace. 
    Came here to say I immediately thought Talking Heads. 

    Beginning/baseline reminds me of Dangerous by Big Data ft. Joywave.

    Most of my current playlists have music that sounds very similar to this.

    I haven't had this unique feeling since Riot Act.

    I love it.
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  • Posts: 888
    YES, I DO
    I love it. It has a deep 80's Cure vibe to it. Can't wait to hear the rest of the album. I feel like they were stuck in a rut with their last few releases. This sounds different and awesome! Congrats on the new material PJ!!!!
    The less you know, the more you believe.
  • Posts: 5,379
    YES, I DO
    The mostly positive response to this is awesome. And I am so happy we are all discussing new Pearl Jam again!!!
  • Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,924
    NO, I DON'T
    When did they become Coldplay?
  • Posts: 31,444
    YES, I DO
    hrd2imgn said:
    When did they become Coldplay?
    When they made a song called Speed of Sound.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Posts: 31,444
    YES, I DO
    PJNB said:
    I am pretty surprised that right now 92% like it. 
    Thought it would be a 65 to 35 split
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • Brookline, MA Posts: 979
    YES, I DO
    hrd2imgn said:
    When did they become Coldplay?
    Doesn't sound a thing like Coldplay. For starters, its pretty damn pessimistic whereas Coldplay makes the most inaccessibly optimistic music known to mankind. Like the kind of happiness one can only have if they had infinite amounts of 'fuck you' money from playing football stadiums night after night.
  • Rochester Hills, MI Posts: 1,005
    YES, I DO
    I like parts of it, not all.  I do want to see the lyrics. 
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  • Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    YES, I DO
    Such a great song. If I had one qualm, only one, I feel like the song should have faded out at the end instead of the hard stop, the final minute and a half is so entrancing and hypnotizing, a fade out would be really cool. However, perhaps the hard stop makes more sense in the context of the entire album, specifically the next song. It's hard to judge the ending in a vacuum.
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