Is Come Back the worst song in the PJ catalog?

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  • Wilds
    Wilds Posts: 4,329
    http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4045544112915890459&q=come+back+pearl+jam&total=43&start=0&num=10&so=0&type=search&plindex=4
  • 12345AGNST1
    12345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    hippiemom wrote:
    Anyone who thinks that their latest album is their worst is not worth being taken seriously.

    i agree with the hippie mom!
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  • 5882300
    5882300 Posts: 813
    5882300 wrote:
    Because he is a meatball with no soul.


    Yes, yes......a SOULESS MEATBALL! Those are the absolute worst kind.
  • Ricsard
    Ricsard Posts: 1,943
    I disagree


    Come Back = brilliant, beautiful song

    Avocado = a fantastic record, not their worst at all (if there is one at all, I truly love them all!)
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  • Kevin Davis
    Kevin Davis Posts: 70
    >>>>those of you who like every single PJ song are most likely, not being objective

    Could you explain how it's possible to be objective when discussing which songs you do and do not like?

    I would say I like 99% of Pearl Jam's songs, some more than others of course, and I could promptly give a rabbit's fuck if I'm being objective. Why do people put such a high price on this arbitrary "objectivity?"

    And no, "Come Back" is most assuredly not Pearl Jam's worst song. That honor would go to "Sweet Lew," maybe one of the songs in that elusive 1%.
  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Kevin Davis wrote:
    >>>>those of you who like every single PJ song are most likely, not being objective

    Could you explain how it's possible to be objective when discussing which songs you do and do not like?

    I would say I like 99% of Pearl Jam's songs, some more than others of course, and I could promptly give a rabbit's fuck if I'm being objective. Why do people put such a high price on this arbitrary "objectivity?"

    And no, "Come Back" is most assuredly not Pearl Jam's worst song. That honor would go to "Sweet Lew," maybe one of the songs in that elusive 1%.

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  • Kevin Davis
    Kevin Davis Posts: 70
    Don't worry, I like bunnies.

    But not as much as I like squirrels. Those damn things are so adorable. I was watching one eat a nut on campus the other day, and I was thinking, man, those damn things really are adorable.

    Plus, I was really hungry and I think watching him eat the nut was some kind of cathartic release. That or I was just subconsiously plotting a way to steal it from him.
  • shershockley
    shershockley Posts: 11
    one of my favorites. Ed sings with alot of emotion and to me that's what music is all about....
  • pdalowsky
    pdalowsky Doncaster,UK Posts: 15,235
    I think the poster was looking for the reply he's got, call it a bit of sport.

    Its a classic song, a real beauty - enough said, cant wait to see it on the new dvd!!
  • guitar_davey
    guitar_davey Posts: 111
    Get_Right wrote:
    I can handle it.

    I also find sleight of hand and nothing as it seems to be boring and I skip those to
    beer/bathroom songs at shows


    Personally, Sleight of Hand's lyrics (combined with a whole bunch of other personal details) may have influenced my life more than those of any other song I have ever heard. I think it's a very powerful song!

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Kevin Davis wrote:
    Don't worry, I like bunnies.

    But not as much as I like squirrels. Those damn things are so adorable. I was watching one eat a nut on campus the other day, and I was thinking, man, those damn things really are adorable.

    Plus, I was really hungry and I think watching him eat the nut was some kind of cathartic release. That or I was just subconsiously plotting a way to steal it from him.

    :D I think I like you! You like Come Back, (well you don't think it's the worse song in the catalogue), you don't hurt bunnies and you like other small critters! :D

    Plus I like the way your brain works! ;)
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  • pearljammerbeck
    pearljammerbeck Posts: 70
    Worst song? Worst album? "Come Back" is an amazing song. It's one of the best songs on the album, and this last album is better than both Binaural and Riot Act. Can anyone honestly say that "Heyfoxymophandlemama that's me" and "Bugs" are better than "Come Back?" If so, I've got a killer recording of myself banging some pots and pans while playing a kazoo that you'll love.
  • JP2026766
    JP2026766 Posts: 1,125
    Wow...the original poster is crazy. This song is absolutely amazing. When I first got the album, this was the song I kept repeating...It's so powerful, and when Mike rips into the solo, it almost brings tears to your eyes. One of the best songs, and sounds great live too.

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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    pearljammerbeck wrote:
    Worst song? Worst album? "Come Back" is an amazing song. It's one of the best songs on the album, and this last album is better than both Binaural and Riot Act. Can anyone honestly say that "Heyfoxymophandlemama that's me" and "Bugs" are better than "Come Back?" If so, I've got a killer recording of myself banging some pots and pans while playing a kazoo that you'll love.

    Can you post a link? :D I'd like to hear that! :p ESPECIALLY because there's kazoo! ;)
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    JWBusher wrote:
    Boring, generic, lame, unimaginative...the worst song on Pearl Jam's worst album. It's not even worthy of being a Bon Jovi song.

    They should have included another Matt Cameron song instead...to give the album some merit, and to piss off Message Pit members with bad taste in music.

    Discuss.

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  • justam
    justam Posts: 21,415
    JWBusher wrote:
    Boring, generic, lame, unimaginative...the worst song on Pearl Jam's worst album. It's not even worthy of being a Bon Jovi song.

    They should have included another Matt Cameron song instead...to give the album some merit, and to piss off Message Pit members with bad taste in music.

    Discuss.

    It is not a bad song simply because you don't like it.
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  • Same Old Friend
    Same Old Friend Hamilton, ON Posts: 76
    Come on man...Comeback is amazing.
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  • Jeanie
    Jeanie Posts: 9,446
    Can it be the stadium singing along with Ed to COME BACK???? :p

    And wait.......NO?......that can't be cheering and clapping can it?? ;)


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzYh2-BD0C8

    If I keep holding out,... will the light shine through?
    Under this broken roof,... it's only rain that I feel
    I've been wishing out the days,... come back

    I have been planning out,... all that I'd say to you
    Since you slipped away,... know that I still remain true
    I've been wishing out the days,...

    Please say, that if you hadn't of gone now
    I wouldn't have lost you another way
    From wherever you are,... come back

    And these days, they linger on
    And in the night, as I'm waiting on
    The real possibility I may meet you in my dream
    I go to sleep

    If I don't fall apart,.... will the memories stay clear?
    So you had to go,..... and I had to remain here

    But the strangest thing to date
    So far away
    And yet you feel so close
    And I'm not gonna question it any other way

    There must be an open door
    For you to
    Come back

    And the days, they linger on
    And every night, what I'm waiting for
    Is the real possibility I may meet you in my dream

    And sometimes you're there
    And you're talking back to me
    Come the morning I could swear you're next to me

    And it's okay.

    It's okay.
    It's okay.

    I'll be here
    Come back
    Come back

    I'll be here
    Come back
    Come back

    I'll be here
    Come back
    Come back

    Seriously dude, I just don't get it. What's not to like? Perhaps you can skip it on the cd and push the earplugs further into your ears at a concert, or go to the loo or get a beer or something, coz there won't be any queues! :p Everybody else will be inside listening and singing along!!! :D
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  • hiding103006
    hiding103006 Posts: 452
    JWBusher wrote:
    My hatred of "Come Back" has nothing to do with the tempo of the song. It's a generic and boring piece of shit, regardless of how fast it's played, and I'm sick of people talking about how great it is, and then bashing PJ's more inventive and interesting songs such as those written by Matt Cameron. Apparantly, if a song has interesting chords and tempo changes, it's a "shitty song", but crap like "Come Back" is worshipped by the masses. People compare it to "Black", talk about how it was in "Friday Night Lights", how it should be their prom song, how it touches them in a special way and makes them cry, etc...you people are fucking LAME! "Black" and "Come Back" shouldn't even be mentioned in the same breath.

    well first, you seem to be a bit in the minority. you're entitled to your opinion, but when you start putting words into peoples mouths such as "bashing PJ's more inventive and interesting songs such as those written by Matt Cameron" and "Apparantly, if a song has interesting chords and tempo changes, it's a "shitty song", " neither of which i've read that anyone here has said.

    and if we're talking in technical terms, no pearl jam song should be compared to any other.
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  • danny
    danny Posts: 2,283
    JWBusher wrote:
    Boring, generic, lame, unimaginative...the worst song on Pearl Jam's worst album. It's not even worthy of being a Bon Jovi song.

    They should have included another Matt Cameron song instead...to give the album some merit, and to piss off Message Pit members with bad taste in music.

    Discuss.


    to mention cock bon jovi is an insult ,personally i think its a excellent song
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