phenomonal song, along with Rival and Parting Ways one of their best songs, def in my top 10. the whole band seems to have put some effort in this song, great mellow guitars, nice bassline and haunting yet exciting vocals.
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I luv it! So atmospheric, and one said that the song doesnt go anywhere, what i think it just fit the lyrics.
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this is the absolut most underrated PJ song ever. one of the songs i wish people who don;t listen to PJ could hear, this song is too good and the lyrics are to strong for it to go un-noticed.
love it
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holierthanthou wrote:
5 stars easily.
this is the absolut most underrated PJ song ever. one of the songs i wish people who don;t listen to PJ could hear, this song is too good and the lyrics are to strong for it to go un-noticed.
love it
a few of you have really complimented the lyrics. What do you like about them? They're flat and uninteresting to me.
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this is the absolut most underrated PJ song ever. one of the songs i wish people who don;t listen to PJ could hear, this song is too good and the lyrics are to strong for it to go un-noticed.
love it
a few of you have really complimented the lyrics. What do you like about them? They're flat and uninteresting to me.
Oh he chose a path
Heavy the fall
Quarter to four
Fills his night
With the thought
Of a girl
How he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway
How he makes his getaway...
for me, i believe the lyrics make the listener think. yes, the song is about a girl. that's obvious. it's hard to explain. it's one of those real life situations that eddie seems to put the listener into. it's easy to get into the song and relate to it because, unless you are gay, there is always that one girl.
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holierthanthou wrote:
stip wrote:
holierthanthou wrote:
5 stars easily.
this is the absolut most underrated PJ song ever. one of the songs i wish people who don;t listen to PJ could hear, this song is too good and the lyrics are to strong for it to go un-noticed.
love it
a few of you have really complimented the lyrics. What do you like about them? They're flat and uninteresting to me.
Oh he chose a path Heavy the fall Quarter to four
Fills his night With the thought Of a girl
How he makes his getaway How he makes his getaway How he makes his getaway...
for me, i believe the lyrics make the listener think. yes, the song is about a girl. that's obvious. it's hard to explain. it's one of those real life situations that eddie seems to put the listener into. it's easy to get into the song and relate to it because, unless you are gay, there is always that one girl.
makes the listener think about what?
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This is, most likely, my favorite Pearl Jam song. I say 'likely' only because I have strong affections for other songs in their catalog (like Black) so it's tough to pick a single song and say 'Yes, that is my favorite PJ song', but were a gun to be put to my head when asked what my favorite song would be, I'm pretty sure I'd say Of the Girl.
I remember getting Binaural back in 2000 and hearing this song for the first time. I was immediately taken by how different it was, how much atmosphere there was, and just how damn cool it was. More often than not, when I listen to the studio version of the song, be it on Binaural or a mix CD, I almost invariably play it at least 3-4 times in a row. The song just brings me right into it and never lets go.
Lyrically it doesn't do a whole lot for me. But this doesn't really mean anything to this discussion as this is true for 95% of the songs I listen to as I don't usually pick up on lyrics or really analyze them all that much- I listen to music for the music rather than than the meaning. So I'll let you guys debate the merits of the lyrics.
Live, I'm more often than not dissapointed. I make a point of buying boots that have OtG on them, so I've heard my fair share, and to date, only Benaroya and the recent SF1 performance have received my seal of approval. For the most part, when played live, the atmosphere is gone, the feeling that you are *in* the song is gone, so they're not as easy for me to appreciate. The performances are usually good, but they just can't match the studio version. Benaroya is notable because Mike's playing on it is just fascinating and there are parts where I feel they're equaling the studio version in terms of bringing me into the song- not a small feat considering the nature of the Binaural recording process compared to a live recording. The SF1 performance is notable because it seems that they perform it with a bit more urgency, and they do it very well. There's a different feel to it, and again Mike's playing is amazing. One thing common to all the live performances is there is always some sloppiness, and it certainly feels like they haven't figured out the best way to open and close the song.
Nonetheless, I love, love, love this song and it is easily in my top 10 favorite songs by any band. This song unquestionably gets 5 stars from me.
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stip wrote:
holierthanthou wrote:
5 stars easily.
this is the absolut most underrated PJ song ever. one of the songs i wish people who don;t listen to PJ could hear, this song is too good and the lyrics are to strong for it to go un-noticed.
love it
a few of you have really complimented the lyrics. What do you like about them? They're flat and uninteresting to me.
they are pretty ordinary, not bad, but not special. I think the thing that carries the song, and the lyrics, is the atmospheric feel. and the delivery enhances the lyrics.
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i love this song... i've been dying to hear it as a opener for years but haven't got it yet...
both the live and studio versions are amazing... my only problem being the way ed sounds on the studio version... the whole song has this really great spacey feel to it and then ed comes in and he seems kind of dry almost, if that makes sense... i wish it a. would have been produced differently or b. that ed would have let loose while singing... it almost seems like he's holding back
none-the-less... i love the song and rated it a solid 4
ps... the bongos on the one bridge school version sound awesome
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On Binaural, songs like Of The Girl, Thin Air and Nothing As It Seems suffer from the density of the recording. The vocals on the album version make me cry, because so much potential flies out the window in just this one area alone. Furthermore, the few times they decide to pull it out live, I usually end up getting annoyed when Stone plays the rhythm with an electric guitar (sort of like the resonator on Black, but flipped the other way). In my opinion, I'd say that the Benaroya version is the best version there is and judging by that version, I'd give it a five. The song requires the acoustic/electric interplay to come off properly.
Another thing that I enjoy is the fractured delivery of the lyrics albeit simple, and in that way it's sort of comparable to Sleight Of Hand which is the only thing keeping Of The Girl from being the best song on the final version of Binaural.
This song is just trying to be so much more than it is, in my opinion. It's flat and uninspired. I have a theory about Ed singing someone else's lyrics and it's just that he doesn't sound the same. Now, Inside Job has sort of changed my mind about this, but I think if Ed isn't inspired to sing the lyrics, then it's just not sounding good to me. I gave it two stars.
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inthepjethers wrote:
This song is just trying to be so much more than it is, in my opinion. It's flat and uninspired. I have a theory about Ed singing someone else's lyrics and it's just that he doesn't sound the same. Now, Inside Job has sort of changed my mind about this, but I think if Ed isn't inspired to sing the lyrics, then it's just not sounding good to me. I gave it two stars.
I think there is a lot of truth to your theory.
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This song is just trying to be so much more than it is, in my opinion. It's flat and uninspired. I have a theory about Ed singing someone else's lyrics and it's just that he doesn't sound the same. Now, Inside Job has sort of changed my mind about this, but I think if Ed isn't inspired to sing the lyrics, then it's just not sounding good to me. I gave it two stars.
I think there is a lot of truth to your theory.
I agree with this theory. A good amount of Non-Ed songs are rarities too. That's probably not coincidental.
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