This album and Covid

Foriginal Sin
Foriginal Sin Chandler, AZ Posts: 1,897
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I may be extremely high right now but this album feels like it was written while this pandemic was happening. I mean, Who Ever Said can literally translate into right now with Covid. “It’s all in the delivery, said the messenger who is now dead” newscasters, preachers, dying after saying not to worry. It’s like they weren’t worried about it here in the states media wise and I can see that interpretation although I know it was written for something else. DotC lyrics around being “When every tomorrow is the same as before, numbers keep falling off the calendar floor, we’re stuck in our boxes, we must open no more” 

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  • Vedd Hedd
    Vedd Hedd Posts: 4,639
    yeah, this album was/is about climate change.....but some of the concepts fit well with the current pandemic. 

    That said....as climate change continues, pandemics are supposed to get worse and worse, so its almost on point anyway. 
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  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,411
    Foriginal Sin said:
    I may be extremely high right now but this album feels like it was written while this pandemic was happening. I mean, Who Ever Said can literally translate into right now with Covid. “It’s all in the delivery, said the messenger who is now dead” newscasters, preachers, dying after saying not to worry. It’s like they weren’t worried about it here in the states media wise and I can see that interpretation although I know it was written for something else. DotC lyrics around being “When every tomorrow is the same as before, numbers keep falling off the calendar floor, we’re stuck in our boxes, we must open no more” 

    crazy
    I’ve been saying this to everyone since release day. It really does feel like they wrote it as this pandemic was unfolding. The lyrics are on point and some of Ed’s best IMO. The whole band nailed this one. PJ is always ahead of the game.
  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 422
    It's truly eerie how you can pull at least a couple lyrics off each song that seem to directly comment on the COVID pandemic. It's as if it was written specifically for this time. Crazy.
    "Darkness comes in waves, tell me, why invite it to stay?"
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,496
    T-Bone 82 said:
    It's truly eerie how you can pull at least a couple lyrics off each song that seem to directly comment on the COVID pandemic. It's as if it was written specifically for this time. Crazy.
    Yes...very eerie.
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  • Travels With
    Travels With Posts: 640
    Almost as if they're a bit... clairvoyant!  Hmmm.....
    “I suppose our capacity for self-delusion is boundless.” ― John Steinbeck, Travels with Charley: In Search of America
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,978
    This piece from Sunday's L.A. Times says "It's almost as if they knew...":

    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-17/coronavirus-pearl-jam-album-gigaton-eddie-vedder

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  • T-Bone 82
    T-Bone 82 Posts: 422
    Travels With said:
    Almost as if they're a bit... clairvoyant!  Hmmm.....
    Ha! Touche!
    "Darkness comes in waves, tell me, why invite it to stay?"
  • mfc2006
    mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,496
    BF25394 said:
    This piece from Sunday's L.A. Times says "It's almost as if they knew...":

    https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-04-17/coronavirus-pearl-jam-album-gigaton-eddie-vedder

    Good read--thanks for sharing.
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  • SVRDhand13
    SVRDhand13 Posts: 27,023
    They are so much intertwined for me that I'm sure many years from now this album will bring me right back to the once unthinkable, months away from work, family, and friends.  
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  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    A very poignantly timed and written record for sure. I’ve just been devouring it since the lp arrived at my door.  

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