Scared of Fear

JimFletcherPearlJam · April 21

Scared of Fear is my favorite song on a great album. I'll be humming Stone's guitar riff until the day I die. 🥑

KO176001 · April 21

Awesome song. Seems like as much as I turn it up, it could be played louder.

southernmanfan · April 21

I’m having the same issue😊
What a song!

Hankj25 · April 21

Lifted said:

pdalowsky said:

Best opening track since Go

I think it's the best opening track since whoever said. I'm kidding, but im not. I thought whoever said was the best song they had recorded in at least 18 years when it was released. Still do. Scared of fear is great too though, and might be my favorite from the new album.

Agree! I think Who Ever Said is such a great song. If I had a critique it’d be that it is probably about 45 seconds too long but absolutely love it.

Scared of Fear is damn good too by the way.

lastexitlondon · April 21

It so fucking good. Since I first heard it I loved it. I was lucky to be at the London listening event and I came away with this song already knowing I love it. And now I can listen obsessively over and over . I just can't get enough. In my car I'm in serious danger of getting arrested.

Force Of Nature · April 21

lastexitlondon said:

It so fucking good. Since I first heard it I loved it. I was lucky to be at the London listening event and I came away with this song already knowing I love it. And now I can listen obsessively over and over . I just can't get enough. In my car I'm in serious danger of getting arrested.

I think you’ll be fine, surely it would go like this.

Police officer - “excuse me sir, why were you speeding?”

lastexitlondon - “it’s not my fault, listen to this”

**plays Scared Of Fear**

Police officer - “oh shit that’s awesome, you’re free to go”

lastexitlondon · April 21

That's how I imagine it .

lastexitlondon · April 21

These lyrics are just so sad man
.I really feel them. And feel for ed.

slightofjeff · April 21

kmcmanus said:

Jcanr20 said:

Was Ed even close to Cornell? Seems like everyone wants to think that every song is about him. I don't get it.

Extremely, but not as much in the years before he died. Cornell was living in LA with his 2nd wife and it seems like maybe a lot of Seattle people were wishing they saw him more often.
I personally suspect Comes Then Goes is at least partially about him but I think that’s about the extent of it. Some people seem to see it in songs I just don’t see it in.

Comes Then Goes absolutely is about CC

UseUrIllusions · April 21

My favourite song on DM

C-Wad84911 · April 21

This is my favorite song on the album. One hell of an opener.

PJNB · April 21

C-Wad84911 said:

This is my favorite song on the album. One hell of an opener.

Going to be amazing live. I can't wait to see the crowd bouncing after the bridge.

yellowled81 · April 21

Am I the only one that gets some “Garden” when it slows down in the bridge?!

Great opening song on a great fucking album!

alexross42 · April 21

yellowled81 said:

Am I the only one that gets some “Garden” when it slows down in the bridge?!

Great opening song on a great fucking album!

Absolutely, has that vibe for sure and the frenetic strumming in the chorus reminds me of Rearviewmirror.

Every time I listen to it I find something new to love about it!

pdalowsky · April 22

I just hope this one opens up some shows.......and right into React Respond.......

Manchester would be lovely for this btw

Greyhound06 · April 22

And so much emotion in the voice. He feels this song in every word and the lyrics break my heart, but are also so powerful I can scream them out every time I listen to this song.

I think my Spotify Charts at the end of the year have a winner.

lastexitlondon · April 22

This is how I feel ^^^

wozza77 · April 22

My favourite track on the album. Hoping they play it in uk.

djjazzy276 · April 22

opsopcopolis said:

I enjoy this song. Sounds very similar to Brother the Cloud both musically and thematically. The bridge is suuuper similar to the outro of BTC

I caught this too and it gave me pause for a minute, but for me that’s more or less where any Earthling comparisons ended. Love this song.

Weston1283 · April 22

One of the best Pearl Jam songs to come out since I started following the band around 2008, and possibly THE best

MikeDigs · April 22

This song is so good and what an amazing opener. I love Stone's playing throughout, especially that guitar tone. It's uplifting and happy to hear it as the awesome album kicks in to gear.

SVRDhand13 · April 22

It was played live on Howard Stern! Wow, wasn't expecting that (especially over the song Dark Matter).

VINNY GOOMBA · April 22

SVRDhand13 said:

It was played live on Howard Stern! Wow, wasn't expecting that (especially over the song Dark Matter).

This sounded great on Howard. I'm thinking Dark Matter is going to need more of the crew to pull off-- lots of effects and layers. Also on Scared of Fear, I'm not sure if Stone screwed up the first note a bit, or it's something that I'm not picking up on the album recording, but it sounds like he slides into the first chord in the live version. Then he did it again. Might be using the old jazz adage, "do it once it's an accident, do it twice it's on purpose"

bone · April 22

yellowled81 said:

Am I the only one that gets some “Garden” when it slows down in the bridge?!

Great opening song on a great fucking album!

First time hearing it in the theatre I started humming the vocal lines to Garden. There's definitely an element in there.

PJ5a1 · April 22

djjazzy276 said:

opsopcopolis said:

I enjoy this song. Sounds very similar to Brother the Cloud both musically and thematically. The bridge is suuuper similar to the outro of BTC

I caught this too and it gave me pause for a minute, but for me that’s more or less where any Earthling comparisons ended. Love this song.

you know, when brother the cloud came out - that break was so good I thought to myself - damn i wish it were a PJ song... Then scared of fear came out and I immediately thought of brother the cloud - that break/bridge is going to be so great and intense live...

PJ5a1 · April 22

Greyhound06 said:

And so much emotion in the voice. He feels this song in every word and the lyrics break my heart, but are also so powerful I can scream them out every time I listen to this song.

I think my Spotify Charts at the end of the year have a winner.

The lyrics are phenomenal - for those that have loss of a friend - end of a relationship that went sour - we can all relate to that lyric - is this what we've become? One last setting sun?

lastexitlondon · April 22

Phenomenal indeed. The best song for many years

southernmanfan · April 22

It’s a brilliant song and then the brilliance of the album just flows from there.

southernmanfan · April 22

SVRDhand13 said:

It was played live on Howard Stern! Wow, wasn't expecting that (especially over the song Dark Matter).

Wow. Is there a link for this performance?

Indifference71 · April 23

This song fucking rocks!!! Sounded great on incredible on Howard yesterday. Can't wait to hear this one live...

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