Gigaton revisited

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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Happy Birthday Gigaton. Released on my birthday, wife’s birthday, Uncle Steve, my friend Stephen, and apparently Flea’s wife’s birthday. What a weird, scary,  fucked up time that was. 
    www.cluthelee.com
  • jimjam1982
    jimjam1982 AZ Posts: 1,471
    Looking back, i enjoy the music more then the words. While Ed has some good lines throughout the album it's far to complex and wordy. It's a shame because instrumentally it's some of their best work in a long time. 
  • rey
    rey Monmouth County, NJ Posts: 307
    Seven O'Clock exhausts me with all the words squeezed in there.  It also feels like several different songs patched together.
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    edited March 2024
    I can't believe this was 4 years ago today. happy "birthday" Gigaton.  :o
    Post edited by bobasfeet on
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,871
    7??? 4 man
  • kramerica4
    kramerica4 Posts: 284
    I loved Gigaton when it was released and still love it the same 4 years later.
    A fantastic record!
  • dwjmu84
    dwjmu84 Posts: 408
    lastexitlondon said:
    It totally  is my soundtrack  to lockdown.  It is almost clairvoyant 
    100% agree.  Unfortunately, I think the association is so strong for me that the songs actually have not stood the test of time because of it, now that covid seems like a thing of the distant past (thank god). I find myself only having a few songs on the reg rotation:

    Dance
    WES
    7
    Alright

    The rest are honestly forgettable to me (save maybe the last 2 mins of Retrograde). I am shocked at how poorly River Cross evolved for me.  Outside of the final chorus, I could never listen to the rest of that track and be perfectly content.

    Do I think it's a special album? Yes, but it only ranks above the lowly LB and barely better BS in my view.  
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    edited March 2024
    River Cross is def the one that dropped off the most for me especially live. 7oclock as well just keeps going and going and is pretty boring imo. 

    Whoever Said 
    Quick Escape
    Retrograde

    Are really the only songs I care to hear live again if at all.  


  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    CROJAM95 said:
    7??? 4 man
    Typo. Fixed. My bad.
  • RatherStarved
    RatherStarved Posts: 5,780
    mfc2006 said:
    "Stuck in our boxes, windows open no more." 

    That line still gives me chills in some way. Great album.
    These lyrics, as well as those within In Hiding, were creepily prophetic.  
    PJ: 2013: London (ON); Buffalo; 2014: Cincinnati; 2016: Sunrise, Miami, Toronto 1-2, Wrigley 2; 2018: London (UK) 1, Milan, Padova, Sea 2, Wrigley 1-2, Fenway 1-2; 2021: SHN, Ohana, Ohana Encore 1-2; 2022: LA 1-2, Phx, Oak 1-2, Fresno, Copenhagen, Hyde Park 1-2; Quebec, Ottawa, Hamilton, Toronto; MSG, Camden, Nashville, Louisville, St. Louis, OKC; 2023: St. Paul 1-2, Chicago 1-2; Fort Worth 2; Austin 1-2; 2024:  Vancouver 1-2, LV 1-2, LA 1-2, Napa, Barcelona 1-2; Indy; Chicago 1-2; MSG 1-2; Philly 2; Boston 2; Ohana 1-2; 2025: FL 1-2, ATL 1-2, Nash 1-2, Pit 1-2.
     
    EV Solo: 2017 Louisville and Franklin, 2018 Ohana, 2019 Innings Fest, Berlin, Düsseldorf, Dublin and Ohana; 2021 Ohana Friday (from beach) and Saturday; 2022 Earthlings Newark; 2023 Innings Fest and Benoraya 1-2.

    Gutted:  London 2 2018, Sacramento 2022, Noblesville 2023
  • CROJAM95
    CROJAM95 Posts: 10,871
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    7??? 4 man
    Typo. Fixed. My bad.
    all good, i thought i bumped my head and ended up in 2027, was nervous I missed Dark Matter & all the shows 
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    CROJAM95 said:
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    7??? 4 man
    Typo. Fixed. My bad.
    all good, i thought i bumped my head and ended up in 2027, was nervous I missed Dark Matter & all the shows 
    lol. that would suck.
  • deb1211
    deb1211 Posts: 2,055

  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    PJNB said:
    River Cross is def the one that dropped off the most for me especially live. 7oclock as well just keeps going and going and is pretty boring imo. 

    Whoever Said 
    Quick Escape
    Retrograde

    Are really the only songs I care to hear live again if at all.  


    Agree with you bud.  I feel like retrograde could really go places if they continue to play it live.  Quick escape is definitely good live but for me it sounds a little thin at times (if that makes sense).  
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    PJNB said:
    River Cross is def the one that dropped off the most for me especially live. 7oclock as well just keeps going and going and is pretty boring imo. 

    Whoever Said 
    Quick Escape
    Retrograde

    Are really the only songs I care to hear live again if at all.  


    I actually love how "Seven O'Clock" builds and builds, finally reaching an emotional crescendo with the "much to be done" refrain. I thought it was very powerful live as well.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • BF25394
    BF25394 Posts: 4,940
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    7??? 4 man
    Typo. Fixed. My bad.
    all good, i thought i bumped my head and ended up in 2027, was nervous I missed Dark Matter & all the shows 
    lol. that would suck.
    It's a tradeoff. There could be some things yet to come in 2024 that will be worth missing.
    I gather speed from you fucking with me.
  • bobasfeet
    bobasfeet Posts: 1,195
    BF25394 said:
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    bobasfeet said:
    CROJAM95 said:
    7??? 4 man
    Typo. Fixed. My bad.
    all good, i thought i bumped my head and ended up in 2027, was nervous I missed Dark Matter & all the shows 
    lol. that would suck.
    It's a tradeoff. There could be some things yet to come in 2024 that will be worth missing.
    Covid and renovations kept me from Baltimore show and I am pumped for this tour.
  • We All Believe
    We All Believe Eastchester, NY - Proud South Canadian. Posts: 802
    I still listen to at least part of it daily.

    Seven O'clock and Retrograde have moved into my Top 15 PJ songs.

    When it's all said and done, I will have listed to Gigaton more than anything, at minimum proportionally to how long it's existed, at maximum actual listens.
    May your days be long, til kingdom come.
  • Abe Froman
    Abe Froman Posts: 5,381
    4 years later I feel like it’s a solid PJ effort but I don’t love it as much as I initially thought I did. 

    These are outstanding tracks for me:
    Retrograde
    Quick Escape
    Dance
    River Cross

    I like:
    Alright
    Who Ever Said
    SBWM

    These are fine in the context of the album but I definitely don’t seek them out and don’t really care to see them live:
    7:00
    Take the Long Way
    Never Destination 
    Comes and Goes

    One of the worst PJ songs ever (maybe the worst for me)
    Buckle Up
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    BF25394 said:
    PJNB said:
    River Cross is def the one that dropped off the most for me especially live. 7oclock as well just keeps going and going and is pretty boring imo. 

    Whoever Said 
    Quick Escape
    Retrograde

    Are really the only songs I care to hear live again if at all.  


    I actually love how "Seven O'Clock" builds and builds, finally reaching an emotional crescendo with the "much to be done" refrain. I thought it was very powerful live as well.
    Songs that build and have a great payoff at the end are some of my favourites.

    Present Tense, Inside Job, Parting Ways and Immortality for example. I am not expecting it to be that good just saying what I enjoy 


    This song just comes off as too much of a word salad and a verse too long for me.  When it finally does kick in mostly everyone in the crowd has lost interest and it just falls flat.  

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