Red Mosquito • View topic - MM 5-4: Gonna See My Friend vs. Amongst the Waves

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39922

Gonna See My Friend vs. Amongst the Waves

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39922

Love both of these

Amongst the Waves has a wonderful vocal melody in the verse, good lyrics, and an underrated dreamscape vibe. A song doesn't need Binaural's darkness to have atmosphere. This is (for me) every bit as evocative as a sleight of hand or of the girl. But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

GSMF is a high energy blast of good will from start to finish. It's one of my favorite opening moments of any of their records - just a joyful explosion of a beginning, and I love how the bridge just about runs out of breath before that last transition.

Backspacer is such a good album

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39922

Vote for GSMF by the way

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 36300

ok, i voted for ATW because groove baby!

Strat · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:10 am

backspacer is pretty great and GSM is top notch PJ.

ATW sucks.

Birds in Hell · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 9:38 pm **Posts:** 15163

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

Strat · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:20 am

Birds in Hell wrote:

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

lol. Yea i noticed that he does that on running. Also satans bed.

He has noted Angus Young for that approach though......

wease · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:25 am

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

Mike kind of ruins GSMF but I still like it.

It's the same default beer commercial bluesy bending intro he does on nearly every fast punky number - he does it on Running too.

Is it meant to be a Social Distortion-type thing?

I don't really know, dad punk is definitely not my thing, but it's both boring and grating.

lol. Yea i noticed that he does that on running. Also satans bed.

He has noted Angus Young for that approach though......

Also Go

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:40 am

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

Strat · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:45 am

epilogue wrote:

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

epilogue · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:54 am

Strat wrote:

epilogue wrote:

ATW is such an underrated song. I don't expect it to get much love here but I genuinely love it. Easy vote for me.

Sorry friend...

Anders · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 2:57 am

blueviper · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 2:03 pm **Posts:** 3201

It’s Gonna See My Friend (singular)

I voted ATW

Anders · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 5:25 am

GSMF is one of my least favorite Pearl Jam songs.

GSMF makes Dark Matter and Running seem great.

Mike · **Posted:** Sat March 23, 2024 11:25 am

ATW is the second most unfairly hated Song of them

Fattie_Vedder · **Joined:** Wed February 26, 2020 8:43 am **Posts:** 733

stip wrote:

Love both of these

Amongst the Waves has a wonderful vocal melody in the verse, good lyrics, and an underrated dreamscape vibe. A song doesn't need Binaural's darkness to have atmosphere. This is (for me) every bit as evocative as a sleight of hand or of the girl. But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

GSMF is a high energy blast of good will from start to finish. It's one of my favorite opening moments of any of their records - just a joyful explosion of a beginning, and I love how the bridge just about runs out of breath before that last transition.

Backspacer is such a good album

This is a great description of both songs. And I like both. ATW has such feel good vibes in parts and sadly lets you down with a, not bad, but underwhelming chorus. GSMF on the other hand is a party from start to finish, and those drum fills give me life.

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 7650

stip wrote:

But the chorus swings for the fences and only gets a double.

This is such an apt description of Amongst the Waves. I still chose it over GSMF because…well…Amongst the Waves still has an album anchor vibe to it while GSMF is almost b-side in its toss away-ability.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47353

I changed the thread title. It’s friend singular.

E.H. Ruddock · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 2:48 pm **Posts:** 47353

Can’t change the poll to “friend” though, i think it would reset the votes

stip · **Joined:** Thu December 13, 2012 6:31 pm **Posts:** 39922

i like to believe eddie has picked up additional friends since the time of the recording

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