i have to listen to Push Me Pull Me at least once every few days.

I don't know. I'm usually fucking your mom pretty hard by that point and stopped paying attention to the volume of te guitars.

STFU or I'll send Skunkie after you!

And of course, I meant final verse.

Threatening me with the wrath of skunk will only encourage me to continue.

I think so

i'm taking a break from Backspacer for a few days so I'm listening to Yield when I get the chance to listen to music. it's been a while. I listened to the first four songs tonight.

Brain of J--great opening riff and this is probably the only song of Jack's where I really dig the drumming. The sloppiness fits the openness of the song. Pretty good paranoid lyric. The screaming is almost too unhinged--I think he does a better job on a song like GSMF where he manages to scream the lines out without sacrificing the melody. This is a bit too close to habit still. The solo is good too.

it's a 4 star song. Certainly one of the highlights on Yield.

Faithful--I'm sorry, but this song just kinda bores me. it's not a bad song, but I just can't make myself care about it. Mike's riff is kind of interesting but it feels unfinished or something. Like I'm listening to a demo. even the moments that are supposed to be musical high spots leave me wondering when something really cool is gonna happen. I don't particularly like how Eddie sounds on it (to be honest, I don't particularly like how Eddie sounds on yield, with some exceptions). The chorus is pretty uninteresting. the outro verse would be better without that guy talking underneath it, which is a pointless affectation.

I do really like the lyrics in the first verse though. I was actually suprised by my reaction. I thought I liked faithful a little more than i did. This one might have gone the way of garden. maybe a 2.5 now instead of a 3


No Way--the primary riff is great, but the chorus and the lyric bridge is borderline insipid and again I'm not a big fan of how Eddie sounds on this one. I feel like All Those Yesterdays is going for the same feel (thematically, anyway) as no way and doing it much much better. i do kinda dig that creaking guitar in the chorus, and the whispering vocals would be cooler if I cared what they were saying. Another 2.5. Really good music held back by the sub par song constructed around it

Given To Fly--this is a top 25 song for me, and has been from pretty much the moment I heard it. Eddie's subdued, almost whispering vocals are a great contrast with the dynamic chorus, the music is great, the lyrics are strong. The only thing I'm not a fan of here is Jack's drumming, which dont' give the song the lift it asks for (the rest is good enough that it gets by without it). I prefer matt here. 4.5 or 5

I listened to Yield a couple of days ago and skipped DTE but let Red Dot play.

Of all the songs Matt's played on, of the ones he's played better and the ones he has played worse, I don't think any have taken the hit that GTF has. There is absolutely no room for subtlety in the way they play it, and the song demands it.

I didn't see this thread had popped up...but to copy what I just said somewhere else...

..the guitar tones are perfect on every song in every place in this album.

There is nothing wrong with this album. Nothing.

The only problem is when I pulled the price tag off, it left a small bit of sticky crap. But I can't blame the band for that.

Small amount of rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball should take care of that.

But I've grown to like it. Like Red Dot.

Then what's the problem?

You're right. There isn't one!

Thank you for your assistance.

This guy gets it.

You surely mean top-25 greatest songs since the dinosaurs started singing, right?

Poll!

Can I have 7 picks?

When I see the songs in a list in a poll...it makes me feel bad for Backspacer.