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Rate World Wide Suicide
5 Stars: A Masterpiece 19%  19%  [ 32 ]
4 Stars: strong song 56%  56%  [ 91 ]
3 Stars: Average for Pearl jam 17%  17%  [ 29 ]
2 Stars: Just not feeling it 4%  4%  [ 8 ]
1 Star: This song sucks 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
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lately i have been listening to this one a lot

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lately i have been listening to this one a lot


I've never stopped.

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so I was driving home the other night with my wife (who was half asleep and had a little bit to drink too, and WWS came on some random cd I had in the car. Hil doesn't know any of the words, and when it got to the bridge (the "another, another, another...) part she started singing banana, banana, banana instead. I think she may have ruined the bridge for me since now Ijust hear her doing that instead

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so I was driving home the other night with my wife (who was half asleep and had a little bit to drink too, and WWS came on some random cd I had in the car. Hil doesn't know any of the words, and when it got to the bridge (the "another, another, another...) part she started singing banana, banana, banana instead. I think she may have ruined the bridge for me since now Ijust hear her doing that instead


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so I was driving home the other night with my wife (who was half asleep and had a little bit to drink too, and WWS came on some random cd I had in the car. Hil doesn't know any of the words, and when it got to the bridge (the "another, another, another...) part she started singing banana, banana, banana instead. I think she may have ruined the bridge for me since now Ijust hear her doing that instead


sounds to me like the misses needs some more lovin'


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stip wrote:
so I was driving home the other night with my wife (who was half asleep and had a little bit to drink too, and WWS came on some random cd I had in the car. Hil doesn't know any of the words, and when it got to the bridge (the "another, another, another...) part she started singing banana, banana, banana instead. I think she may have ruined the bridge for me since now Ijust hear her doing that instead


She's not the only one!
I catch myself once, i was absent and singin'... ''banana,banana'' and then i wondered...''wtf am i saying?''...!

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so I was driving home the other night with my wife (who was half asleep and had a little bit to drink too, and WWS came on some random cd I had in the car. Hil doesn't know any of the words, and when it got to the bridge (the "another, another, another...) part she started singing banana, banana, banana instead. I think she may have ruined the bridge for me since now Ijust hear her doing that instead


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There are only four times that a pop song has knocked the wind out of me on the first listen. These weren't necessarily the respective artists greatest songs, or even the songs that would come to be my favorites, but they were the songs that made me stand up and take notice. WWS was one of those songs. By the time this song was released, Pearl Jam had been around a hell of a long time, and I hadn't had any previous interest in getting to know anything about them. WWS changed all of that.

More than any other song on S/T it shows tremendous growth on the part of Eddie Vedder as a songwriter. I didn't know anything about Pearl Jam really before I heard this song, so I couldn't have known then that this was the first time he had brought together the strong melodic gifts that make his ballads so memorable with the muscularity of his rock tunes and created a song who's melody stands alone in the midst of a complex rocker. The lyrics are some of his very best, his storytelling is impeccable, and despite being a catchy, melodic, danceable song, it conveys a series of moods, captured, partially through his vocal delivery, but more importantly with the shifting musical arrangement.

I love the dual riffing patterns in the intro, a low, powerful one, a high, frantic one. It creates ambiguity in the mood. Because the mood of the story shifts over the course of the song. The first verse is an angry one, each vocal phrase punctuated by aggressive power chords. The singer is angry about what he sees as one more unecessary death. The mood of the second verse is more sorrowful as the power chords recede and two echoing guitar figures emerge. The bridge begins as a poignant moment that becomes angry, and the frantic, buzzing guitar figure that emerges during the final chorus gives the ending an urgency that makes it feel like a call to action although the lyrics to not explicitly state this. A brilliant, masterful composition. 5 stars.


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There are only four times that a pop song has knocked the wind out of me on the first listen. These weren't necessarily the respective artists greatest songs, or even the songs that would come to be my favorites, but they were the songs that made me stand up and take notice. WWS was one of those songs. By the time this song was released, Pearl Jam had been around a hell of a long time, and I hadn't had any previous interest in getting to know anything about them. WWS changed all of that.

More than any other song on S/T it shows tremendous growth on the part of Eddie Vedder as a songwriter. I didn't know anything about Pearl Jam really before I heard this song, so I couldn't have known then that this was the first time he had brought together the strong melodic gifts that make his ballads so memorable with the muscularity of his rock tunes and created a song who's melody stands alone in the midst of a complex rocker. The lyrics are some of his very best, his storytelling is impeccable, and despite being a catchy, melodic, danceable song, it conveys a series of moods, captured, partially through his vocal delivery, but more importantly with the shifting musical arrangement.

I love the dual riffing patterns in the intro, a low, powerful one, a high, frantic one. It creates ambiguity in the mood. Because the mood of the story shifts over the course of the song. The first verse is an angry one, each vocal phrase punctuated by aggressive power chords. The singer is angry about what he sees as one more unecessary death. The mood of the second verse is more sorrowful as the power chords recede and two echoing guitar figures emerge. The bridge begins as a poignant moment that becomes angry, and the frantic, buzzing guitar figure that emerges during the final chorus gives the ending an urgency that makes it feel like a call to action although the lyrics to not explicitly state this. A brilliant, masterful composition. 5 stars.

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SLH916 wrote:
There are only four times that a pop song has knocked the wind out of me on the first listen. These weren't necessarily the respective artists greatest songs, or even the songs that would come to be my favorites, but they were the songs that made me stand up and take notice. WWS was one of those songs. By the time this song was released, Pearl Jam had been around a hell of a long time, and I hadn't had any previous interest in getting to know anything about them. WWS changed all of that.

More than any other song on S/T it shows tremendous growth on the part of Eddie Vedder as a songwriter. I didn't know anything about Pearl Jam really before I heard this song, so I couldn't have known then that this was the first time he had brought together the strong melodic gifts that make his ballads so memorable with the muscularity of his rock tunes and created a song who's melody stands alone in the midst of a complex rocker. The lyrics are some of his very best, his storytelling is impeccable, and despite being a catchy, melodic, danceable song, it conveys a series of moods, captured, partially through his vocal delivery, but more importantly with the shifting musical arrangement.

I love the dual riffing patterns in the intro, a low, powerful one, a high, frantic one. It creates ambiguity in the mood. Because the mood of the story shifts over the course of the song. The first verse is an angry one, each vocal phrase punctuated by aggressive power chords. The singer is angry about what he sees as one more unecessary death. The mood of the second verse is more sorrowful as the power chords recede and two echoing guitar figures emerge. The bridge begins as a poignant moment that becomes angry, and the frantic, buzzing guitar figure that emerges during the final chorus gives the ending an urgency that makes it feel like a call to action although the lyrics to not explicitly state this. A brilliant, masterful composition. 5 stars.


Of all the songs to be introduced to Pearl Jam to, this is definitely one of the better ones. Great post, SLH.

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lyrically and vocally, i like the bridges, but very much dislike the verses and choruses.

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"This song reminds me of cookies rolling down the street." -Owen, age 5

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"This song reminds me of cookies rolling down the street." -Owen, age 5

i think the point of shrooms is to put an adult back into this mindset

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I just adjusted my ranking from 4 to a 3.

The AOL Sessions version still :bammer:

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2 stars for me. I just don't like this one team.


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guys this is a top 10 song for me.

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It's aged well for me. Really great live too.

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stip wrote:
guys this is a top 10 song for me.


Top 10 is pushing it, but I like it a lot too.

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stip wrote:
guys this is a top 10 song for me.

as in all PJ songs? are you fucking high?

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stip wrote:
guys this is a top 10 song for me.

as in all PJ songs? are you fucking high?

No, he's stip.

I think this one's a two-star for me: never been a fan.


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