Glad people are as excited about this one as I am about others. Didn't grab me at the cinema at all really. Subsequent listens are making it more enjoyable and I hope it's just a slower burner that lets me find the treats you guys have in it in due course. Because if this many fellow fans are raving about it there's something there.
Stars are suns to other people.
Wellington 1998 London 2007 Brisbane 2009 Stockholm 2012
Amsterdam 1 & 2 2014 EV Dublin 2017 Milan 2018 Padova 2018 Boston 2 2018
They haven’t made a song like this in a long time. This song alone is why they should still be making music. Some of the songs on the album are subpar but this song is outstanding.
I’m late to the discussion of the new album. I think this is the best lyrical and musical album PJ has ever released. Upper Hand might be the best PJ song ever. Criticize if you like but that song is fantastic.
Love the song, the only snag on it was the transition from the intro to the first verse is clunky. Has kind of a Where the Streets Have No Name buildup in the intro where you get ready for some uplifting moment to come, but then moves into a Black/Yellow Ledbetter type verse. Love both parts, just feel like they don't fit together.
The transition to the first verse is really jarring. The intro is interesting, then the song dies on its ass for the verse. The chorus is good, but the outro solo sounds like it belongs in another song. It’s like 3 different songs; they’re all good, but I’m not sure about it as a whole.
“Do not postpone happiness”
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
i said it before but this song is going to kick so many ass live , that final part with ed playing guitar and the whole band jamming (like in the end of betterman during the save it for later tag) is gonna be A M A Z I N G !!! just imagine that gives me chills
The intro sounds like they wrote walk-on music for themselves.
The whole world will be different soon... - EV
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
I love the song. One thing that is interesting is how they speed the tempo up at the end. Similar to how Pink Floyd speeds the tempo at the end of "On the turning away".
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
i see all the love for upper hand and I like the song but im not connecting with it the way i am with other tracks, or how a lot on here are. Hopefully it will come. Love the intro and outro though. Song reminds me of Infallible a bit and I like Infallible
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Wellington 1998
London 2007
Brisbane 2009
Stockholm 2012
EV Dublin 2017
Milan 2018
Padova 2018
Boston 2 2018
(Jeff Tweedy, Sydney 2007)
“Put yer good money on the sunrise”
(Tim Rogers)
The last time PJ wrote such an atmospheric song was with Pendulum.
Then go right into Stevie.
The intro sounds like they wrote walk-on music for themselves.
RED ROCKS 6-19-95
AUGUSTA 9-26-96
MANSFIELD 9-15-98
BOSTON 9-29-04
BOSTON 5-25-06
MANSFIELD 6-30-08
EV SOLO BOSTON 8-01-08
BOSTON 5-17-10
EV SOLO BOSTON 6-16-11
PJ20 9-3-11
PJ20 9-4-11
WRIGLEY 7-19-13
WORCESTER 10-15-13
WORCESTER 10-16-13
HARTFORD 10-25-13
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
But not as good as Upper Hand.
astoria 06
albany 06
hartford 06
reading 06
barcelona 06
paris 06
wembley 07
dusseldorf 07
nijmegen 07
this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
Lyrics seem foreboding to me...