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  1. I can't believe , next month it will be 4 years already , since Backspacer was released.

    I have to say, I haven't listened to this disc in ages. I liked it a lot when it came out, but after maybe 6 months I grew tired of it.

    I decided to listen to it this morning on my jog in Battery Park. Backspacer has quite a few average to below average tunes on it IMO.

    That's too many when theres only 11 tunes and its only 36 min long.

    Gonna See My Friend..... Average tune

    Got Some. Average at best. why are they still playing this ?

    Fixer. Good. I like the music... But I'm so sick of it..no staying power for me and way too POP sounding for PJ ..... hey hey hey Hey. "When something's broke let me put a little fixing on it ". ?!? Ouch that's bad. Similar to Get on your Boots ,good music. Terrible lyrics

    Johnny Guitar. Not good. Actually painfully bad

    Just Breathe. A classic. Love it.

    Amongst The Waves. Good tune

    Unthought Known. Good tune. A bit overplayed in the sets though. Don't need to hear this one anymore

    Supersonic. Not good. A filler if there ever was one. I still can't believe they played this below average tune at the IOW....

    Speed of Sound. Good tune

    Force of Nature. Good tune ,like this a lot actually

    The End. Love it ,for me this is the crown jewel of Backspacer.


    I hope Lightning Bolt is better then Backspacer


    Thoughts ?
  2. I think its an average album, i dont hate it all but i dont love it.... So far we heard a rocker, a slow one, and a mid tempo from LB and I love all 3 songs so my feeling is it will be better than Backspacer.
  3. Gonna See My Friend is not average! Admittedly it wasn't that great live but the studio version rocks. Vedder's voice is heavy as is the music. Probably one of my favourite songs of the album.

    Got Some and The Fixer are played way too much live. Johnny Guitar isn't brilliant, I'll give you that.

    Just Breathe is slightly overrated in my opinion. It's a beautiful song but it's too timid for a Pearl Jam tune.

    Amongst the Waves and Unthought Known - especially the latter - make it a great middle section for the album.

    Supersonic is alright, but yeah it is a bit of a filler. The last three tracks just don't do it for me. The End is also overrated.

    Hopefully Lightning Bolt is worth the wait.
  4. FasterLouder reports that Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Crowded House’s Neil Finn will be contributing a track to a new Hunters & Collectors tribute compilation. Vedder has covered “Throw Your Arms Around Me” live before so this could be the track they’re covering, but the tracklisting has not been unveiled yet.
  5. Oh darn I after reading 'FasterLouder reports that Pearl Jam frontman Eddie Vedder and Crowded House’s Neil Finn will be'... I thought they were going to do a tour together before/after the BDO shows! That would have been great..
  6. Quite unique, second drawing for the added Worcester date.
    Might this be the benchmark for a second show in Seattle? Wondering if that is going to happen.
  7. Originally posted by EDDMB:I can't believe , next month it will be 4 years already , since Backspacer was released.

    I have to say, I haven't listened to this disc in ages. I liked it a lot when it came out, but after maybe 6 months I grew tired of it.

    I decided to listen to it this morning on my jog in Battery Park. Backspacer has quite a few average to below average tunes on it IMO.

    That's too many when theres only 11 tunes and its only 36 min long.

    Gonna See My Friend..... Average tune

    Got Some. Average at best. why are they still playing this ?

    Fixer. Good. I like the music... But I'm so sick of it..no staying power for me and way too POP sounding for PJ ..... hey hey hey Hey. "When something's broke let me put a little fixing on it ". ?!? Ouch that's bad. Similar to Get on your Boots ,good music. Terrible lyrics

    Johnny Guitar. Not good. Actually painfully bad

    Just Breathe. A classic. Love it.

    Amongst The Waves. Good tune

    Unthought Known. Good tune. A bit overplayed in the sets though. Don't need to hear this one anymore

    Supersonic. Not good. A filler if there ever was one. I still can't believe they played this below average tune at the IOW....

    Speed of Sound. Good tune

    Force of Nature. Good tune ,like this a lot actually

    The End. Love it ,for me this is the crown jewel of Backspacer.


    I hope Lightning Bolt is better then Backspacer


    Thoughts ?

    agree 110%.

    maybe PJ worst album ever. heck, it almost sounds like Into The Wild Part 2 (aka yet another Ed solo effort..... (do we need anymore???))

    Just Breathe - ok, it's simple n cute n all that, but when Ed starts humming, i get the chills (and not in a positive way!!). Sounds like that dude from Crash Test Dummies for chrissakes!!

    the new single sounds very throwaway too. is this the best they can come up with in 4 years?! well, i'm not too excited about their new release so far.

    i'm also getting a bad vibe reg U2's next album. it's not always positive when a band uses 4 years to make another record (i know, i know, they toured in-between, but still.....)

    did anyone get excited about Mercy, Glastonbury or the dreaded Stingray shite?? me neiter.

    enough of me ranting, i can go on a bit. let's meet down at the pub instead!
  8. "maybe PJ worst album ever. heck, it almost sounds like Into The WildPart 2 (aka yet another Ed solo effort..... (do we need anymore???))"

    This can be answered with a simple YES!! (Personal opinion )
  10. I hope this release is better then the title.....


    Jeez who thought that one up ??
  12. Originally posted by EDDMB:I can't believe , next month it will be 4 years already , since Backspacer was released.
    ...
    I have to say, I haven't listened to this disc in ages. I liked it a lot when it came out, but after maybe 6 months I grew tired of it.

    Thoughts ?

    I can't say that I am much of a fan of the album at all. Aside from "Unthought Known" (which I quite like) and the two slow ones (which, for me, have lost quite a bit of their initial luster over the past year), I really don't think the album is very good when compared to the rest of their catalog.

    All of this said, I think I can count on the number of times I've listen to the actual album on one hand. I have heard all of the songs many times more as live versions - and I don't need to hear "Got Some" and "The Fixer" ever again.
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