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Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Mon February 25, 2013 4:08 am
Jeff's Infallible Pendulum
Joined: Fri January 04, 2013 2:06 am Posts: 1919 Location: Australia
I put this on again today. Ed's voice sounds like he has a bit of a cold. This album is growing on me a little but it's still only a 5 or 6 out of 10 album.
Good Amongst the Waves Just Breathe
Okay Unthought Known Gonna See my Friend Got Some The End Johnny Guitar The Fixer
No good Speed of Sound Supersonic Force of Nature
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Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed March 06, 2013 1:38 am
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 11:15 pm Posts: 20772 Location: the bathroom
This is probably a stretch, but was listening to NIN The Fragile just now, and it struck me how "The Great Below" seems (to me) so similar to "Force of Nature" in terms of imagery and theme.
Just found it interesting to see how a topic so similar can be expounded so differently.
The Great Below
Staring at the sea Will she come? Is there hope for me After all is said and done?
Anything at any price All of this for you All the spoils of a wasted life All of this for you
All the world has closed her eyes Tired faith all worn and thin For all we could have done And all that could have been
Ocean pulls me close And whispers in my ear The destiny I've chose All becoming clear
The currents have their say The time is drawing near Washes me away Makes me disappear
And I descend from grace In arms of undertow I will take my place In the great below
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Wed March 06, 2013 2:04 am
NYUCK NYUCK NYUCK
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:35 pm Posts: 32274 Location: Buenos Aires
The sea is commonly used as a metaphor for loneliness, nostalgia and romantic longing. See "I Cover the Waterfront":
Away from the city that hurts and knocks, I'm standing alone by the desolate docks, in the still and the chill of the night I see the horizon, the great unknown, my heart has an ache, it's as heavy as stone With the dawn coming on, make it last
I cover the waterfront, I'm watching the sea Will the one I love be coming back to me? I cover the waterfront in search of my love And I'm covered by a starlit sky above
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 09, 2013 4:06 pm
jeeeesus relax already
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm Posts: 36224
Listened again for the first time in a long time, maybe a year...and i liked it very much. Its a really uplifting record, the mood through the whole album is positive...GSMF is a great start and gotta say the first tracks are strong...great work from Jeff and Matt.
its true that some songs could have been better, maybe heavier...ATW specially...but overall i really like this album.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sat March 09, 2013 10:34 pm
AnalLog
Joined: Fri January 04, 2013 1:05 am Posts: 1180
VinylGuy wrote:
stip wrote:
GSMF is one of my favorite PJ openers period. There's so much life in that song.
yeah, its really uplifting, and even if the song theme is about an adict the main goal for the guy is get the fuck off a bad moment.
Special kudos to Matt. His amazing there.
right now, it's probably my favorite song off Backspacer and it suffers from the Backspacer plague: keeping everything short and not letting the band follow its collective instinct. this one works though - i always picture a 45rpm spinning when it plays. nice Who feel too from Ament and Cameron.
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sun March 10, 2013 1:08 am
10Club Complaint Department
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm Posts: 15135
Gonna See My Friend is the only song on Backspacer I enjoy a lot, but it's crying out for rawer production. The guitars sound so tame and piecemeal; like most of the record, it doesn't sound like an organic performance (and I think that approach works best for these guys.)
Post subject: Re: Backspacer: Official Album Thread
Posted: Sun March 10, 2013 2:04 am
AnalLog
Joined: Fri January 04, 2013 1:05 am Posts: 1180
VinylGuy wrote:
Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:
mastaflatch wrote:
funny thing, guys, is that i think that The Fixer is a lot better than i thought.
I don't know why it gets a bad rap, its good
i love The Fixer. I think most of PJ fans are pretty uptight.
i know why i had a bad reaction to it initailly; the 80s overtones, the easy ''yeah yeah yeah'''s and, in fact, jsut the way it sounds atypical to PJ's way of building songs but now i take it as a successful experiment in the pop-rock area. making a whole album with that goal in mind is another thing though. this is why Backspacer mostly sucks.
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