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Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Fri May 23, 2014 2:39 am
NEVER STOP JAMMING!
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i'm gonna go out on a limb here and say that last exit isn't really that impressive of a song
and now I'll do a transcribed acapella re-enactment waaah waaaahh waaahh wahhh waaah waaahhh wahh wahhh waaaahhh waahhh wahh wahh wahhh wahhh wahhh wahhh flapsodeven care lookmywatcbinglare no time to question why nothing blaaaa claspandhold on tiredandfaast sooonbeeoooover andiwillbeblaaaaaaa aaaa lendme sunclimbah vertwaymybass fourdaysaletterlonguuuh spreadlykindlyglaaaaah
actually maybe it is a pretty great song
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Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Sun January 25, 2015 10:04 pm
The Master
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Been having fun retracking PJ albums lately. Vitalogy becomes one hell of a tight album if the experimental filler is removed:
1. Last Exit 2. Spin the Black Circle 3. Not for You 4. Tremor Christ 5. Nothingman 6. Whipping 7. Corduroy 8. Satan's Bed 9. Better Man 10. Immortality
I think the other tracks are necessary as part of the album's aesthetic statement, but for the practical purposes of regular, repeated listens, this works much better for me. I acknowledge the existence and relevance of the other songs, but I don't need to listen to them regularly.
"Better Man" and "Immortality" work surprisingly well as a closing 1-2 punch.
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Sun January 25, 2015 10:43 pm
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LoathedVermin72 wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Why does experimental and filler have to go hand in hand? Aye Davanita is worth listening to on its own.
I don't dislike it, but it's just a jam with two words repeated over and over.
I take exception to the term "just". As if a song needs to meet a certain standard of structure, or a certain sophistication of lyrics, in order to be a "real" song.
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Sun January 25, 2015 10:45 pm
The Master
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cutuphalfdead wrote:
LoathedVermin72 wrote:
cutuphalfdead wrote:
Why does experimental and filler have to go hand in hand? Aye Davanita is worth listening to on its own.
I don't dislike it, but it's just a jam with two words repeated over and over.
I take exception to the term "just". As if a song needs to meet a certain standard of structure, or a certain sophistication of lyrics, in order to be a "real" song.
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Sun January 25, 2015 10:50 pm
The Master
Joined: Sun May 25, 2014 9:32 pm Posts: 31614 Location: Garbage Dump
I'm not saying a song needs to meet any qualifications to be a real song; saying it wasn't a "song" was an unfortunate way of wording what I meant. What I meant was that it's an experimental, atmospheric piece that is necessary for Vitalogy's aesthetic statement, but, in my opinion, not a particularly memorable or remarkable piece of music that stacks up against "Tremor Christ" or "Last Exit" or "Better Man". It's fine, it's listenable, it's mildly enjoyable, but the album plays better without it for the sake of replayability.
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vitalogy
Posted: Sun January 25, 2015 11:03 pm
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Out of the "experimental" tracks I think only Stupid Mop actually harms the album (though I might make an argument that Bugs does too if I'm in the right mood) but if I had to keep only one of them it would definitely be Pry, To. It's a great lead-in to Corduroy.
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