The board's server will undergo upgrade maintenance tonight, Nov 5, 2014, beginning approximately around 10 PM ET. Prepare for some possible down time during this process.
I caught a tiny bit of that Jeff and Stone track by track commentary today. Hopefully someone shares it because I'd love to hear the whole thing.
It was interesting to hear them talk about "Push Me, Pull Me". Jeff had a full demo worked up that sounded like an upbeat Police song, and at first Eddie had a cool vocal melody over the verses that Jeff got excited about. Then everyone else got involved and "turned it into an art project" and Jeff was kind of bummed. He even walked out of the sessions over it. He says he grew to like it, though.
I caught a tiny bit of that Jeff and Stone track by track commentary today. Hopefully someone shares it because I'd love to hear the whole thing.
It was interesting to hear them talk about "Push Me, Pull Me". Jeff had a full demo worked up that sounded like an upbeat Police song, and at first Eddie had a cool vocal melody over the verses that Jeff got excited about. Then everyone else got involved and "turned it into an art project" and Jeff was kind of bummed. He even walked out of the sessions over it. He says he grew to like it, though.
i love how he says an ¨art project¨
Also somewhat surprising considering he seems like the one who is the most into "art projects".
Joined: Thu February 02, 2017 10:39 am Posts: 5561 Location: Most likely at the office...
Got Some wrote:
I brought this album when i was working in the city.
I Went down to a CD store(remember those) on my lunch break and played the album on my discman(remember those)
Whilst I had lunch in a crowded food mall I was in my own little world.
Do The Evolution has always been my fav
It's 4:30pm on Friday as I read that post. I am in my first week back at work after a long break and I have a shit ton to do. But fuck it if I'm not shutting down the laptop right now and fucking off home for a beer and a run through of Yield.
I'm given to fly the fuck out of here, in hiding from any Friday afternoon clients, no way am I hanging around so anyone can push me, pull me. Best believe in about 15 mins I'll have my very own brain of J you MFC.
It made me smile to go back through the first few pages of this thread -- started almost exactly ten years ago, shortly after the rollout of the current iteration of RM -- and read the acknowledgments of this album's 15-year anniversary, which was commemorated then not dissimilar to how it is being commemorated now: by a SiriusXM radio special, somewhat tepidly anticipated by Spenno as a potential opportunity to unearth some previously unheard 1998 live material, but unsurprisingly ending up as a showcase for some then-recent live tracks and some apparently less-than-articulate fan phone calls. To that end, somewhat soberingly, I'm struck by (a) how the last 10 years really have felt like one extended lost weekend in the life of the band, and (b) how ridiculous it still seems that this album could be even 15 years old, never mind 25. Quarter-century anniversary hoo-hah is nothing new in PJ world at this point, but Yield is a special one for me.
I'm sure I've written somewhere between one and two million words elsewhere on RM about this album, so I'll spare you my sentimental stories. I just wanted to pop in here and wish happy birthday to my all-time favorite album, its wonderful songs, its immaculate sonics, its clumsy but heartfelt and occasionally astute philosophizing, its too-soon-gone Jack-Irons-ness, and its lifetime of companionship. Thanks Yield
You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum
