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The amount of love this song is getting is baffling to me. It's not a good song at all. I skip it every single time. But that's just me, no one has to agree.
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I think cringe is one of the words in the English language I hate the most, and it's mostly RM's fault from the 'cringe-worthy' era of posting.
Other than not really knowing what to make of the central image in the song (superblood wolfmoon) and the stunner line these are pretty great lyrics. It's an exploration of feeling like the world (or your ability to understand and control it) is rapidly spiraling away from you (it seems to be framed through a death, but it's bigger than that), feeling righteously indignant about it, and committing to holding on and pushing through. It's the central message of Gigaton, and most of Pearl Jam's catalog.
And there are some killer moments
"I don't know anything, I question everything. This life I love is going way too fast."
"But the world kept on spinning, always felt like it was ending. And love notwithstanding we are each of us fucked."
Quite possibly my second and third favorite lyrics on Gigaton.
And as a great lyric (not necessarily poetry, but in the ramshackle rush of the song and delivery)
"Focus on your focusness, don't allow for hopelessness. I've been hoping that our hope does last." Yes, focusness is not an OED word, but it absolutely works in the song.
Eddie sings a lot of words. Words are not to be feared, people. This song has a lot to say. Its superficial simplicity is misleading. And it's a catchy, tumbling melody, with a killer bridge and the feeling of free fall in the outro. Great stuff.
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stip wrote:
I think cringe is one of the words in the English language I hate the most, and it's mostly RM's fault from the 'cringe-worthy' era of posting.
Other than not really knowing what to make of the central image in the song (superblood wolfmoon) and the stunner line these are pretty great lyrics. It's an exploration of feeling like the world (or your ability to understand and control it) is rapidly spiraling away from you (it seems to be framed through a death, but it's bigger than that), feeling righteously indignant about it, and committing to holding on and pushing through. It's the central message of Gigaton, and most of Pearl Jam's catalog.
And there are some killer moments
"I don't know anything, I question everything. This life I love is going way too fast."
"But the world kept on spinning, always felt like it was ending. And love notwithstanding we are each of us fucked."
Quite possibly my second and third favorite lyrics on Gigaton.
And as a great lyric (not necessarily poetry, but in the ramshackle rush of the song and delivery)
"Focus on your focusness, don't allow for hopelessness. I've been hoping that our hope does last." Yes, focusness is not an OED word, but it absolutely works in the song.
Eddie sings a lot of words. Words are not to be feared, people. This song has a lot to say. Its superficial simplicity is misleading. And it's a catchy, tumbling melody, with a killer bridge and the feeling of free fall in the outro. Great stuff.
the Superblood Wolf Moon (like lunar cycles in general) is meant to have certain magical effects on people, and on magical workings; I can't remember what in particular those are, but at least in the context of this song, I'd imagine that they're negative and this superblood wolf moon destroyed a relationship; so think of it as Mercury Retrograde in Astrology... all bad news, stirred anger, chaotic relationships etc.
I can't find the right way to word it but I feel like Eddie's focus on naming songs things like Superblood Wolfmoon and Dark Matter is one of the biggest elements of them seeming kinda like aging slightly less than cool rock stars, or maybe it just somehow underlines it, I honestly don't know!
In any case this song may have good lyrics (I will trust Stip on this) but I think this is a rare moment in their catalog where the song itself, the melody, the performance actually detracts from the lyrics. Usually its a good performance and delivery elevating decent lyrics, but this one the song really brings it down. It just sounds kind of corny whether it is or not.
I do love the solo and especially the part coming out of the solo though, and I think the song works really well in the context of the album
this song is great. The structure is great. It just kind of storms around the racetrack over and over again. The guitar interplay is nice and they cant capture it live because it seems that Ed played all the rhythm parts and he has a particular right hand.
I can't find the right way to word it but I feel like Eddie's focus on naming songs things like Superblood Wolfmoon and Dark Matter is one of the biggest elements of them seeming kinda like aging slightly less than cool rock stars, or maybe it just somehow underlines it, I honestly don't know!
In any case this song may have good lyrics (I will trust Stip on this) but I think this is a rare moment in their catalog where the song itself, the melody, the performance actually detracts from the lyrics. Usually its a good performance and delivery elevating decent lyrics, but this one the song really brings it down. It just sounds kind of corny whether it is or not.
I do love the solo and especially the part coming out of the solo though, and I think the song works really well in the context of the album
I think I agree with all of this.
The music is just too clean. If it had like 10% of comatose’s energy or dissonance it would elevate a lot more. It still reminds me of a backing track for some shenanigans happening in a 2000’s teen movie.
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Joined: Sat August 24, 2013 2:33 pm Posts: 3083 Location: Baltic Sea, Germany
McParadigm wrote:
DotC is the better song, but I listen to this one more often.
Maybe SBWM is actually the better song... I also listen to this one more and most of the time enjoy it more
I love the playfulness and ramshackle quality of this one. I think Pearl Jam should lean into this side way more. It suits them well in their current era.
I like coming back to this song. One of my faves from Gigaton. After listening to it many since its release I have gotten used to how Ed sings the word “distance”.
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