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SOTM#92: Got Me A Big Wave....
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Author:  SLH916 [ Thu May 24, 2007 6:50 am ]
Post subject:  SOTM#92: Got Me A Big Wave....
BIG WAVE

I used to be crustacean
In an underwater nation
And I surf in celebration
Of a billion adaptations
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.
I feel the need
Planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride
I scream in affirmation
Of connecting dislocations
And exceeding limitations
By achieving levitation
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.
Got me a big wave, ride me a big wave, got me a big wave.
I feel the need
Planted in me
Millions of years ago
Can't you see
The oceans size?
Defining time
And tide
Arising
Arms laid upon me
Being so kind
To let me ride
Got me a ride.
I got me a ride.


Previous Songs of the Moment
1. In My Tree
2. Red Mosquito
3. Porch
4. I Got Id
5. Release
6. Do The Evolution
7. Breath
8. Corduroy
9. Elderly Woman...
10. Leash
11. Hail Hail
12. Grievance
13. Love Boat Captain
14. Even Flow
15. Black Red Yellow
16. In Hiding
17. Can't Keep
18. Indifference
19. Insignificance
20. Whipping
21. Black
22. Smile
23. Push Me Pull Me
24. Rats
25. God's Dice
26. All or None
27. Yellow Ledbetter
28. Last Exit
29. Who You Are
30. Rearview Mirror
31. Hold On
32. Present Tense
33. Light Years
34. Alive
35. Brain of J
36. Thumbing My Way
37. Hard to Imagine
38. Tremor Christ
39. Rival
40. Animal
41. Lukin
42. You Are
43. betterman
44. Given to Fly
45. Once
46. Low Light
47. Parting Ways
48. Off He Goes
49. Go
50. get right
51. World Wide Suicide
52. Angel
53. MFC
54. Long Road
55. Why Go
56. Nothingman
57. Save You
58. Of A Girl
59. Habit
60. Satan’s Bed
61. Faithful
62. Oceans
63. Gone
64. WMA
65. State of Love and Trust
66. Spin The Black Circle
67. Life Wasted
68. Arc
69. Garden
70. All Those Yesterdays
71.Sleight of Hand
72. Other Side
73. Let Me Sleep
74. I’m Open
75. Blood
76.Nothing As It Seems
77. All Night
78. Jeremy
79. No Way
80. Around The Bend
81. Immortality
82. Comatose
83. Daughter
84. Alone
85. I am Mine
86. Down
87. Cropduster
88. Strangest Tribe
89. Inside Job
90. Drifting
91. Wishlist
Author:  SLH916 [ Thu May 24, 2007 6:52 am ]
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This is an incredibly catchy bass-driven song that suffers a great deal from its positioning on Pearl Jam, the album. Sandwiched between UNEMPLOYABLE and GONE in a very strong story arc, most listeners seem to find it, at best, intrusive, at worst, disruptive. This obscures the real charm of this piece.

It’s really too bad because this is a rare Pearl Jam song that exists solely for the fun of it. It has no deep message, it just rocks. It’s a Jeff tune, so it opens with a trademark Jeff-style bass riff and the brash, fuzzy guitars coupled with Eddie’s growled vocals give it an arena rock feel. Others have already pointed out that the lyrics fuse two of Eddie’s favorite subjects, surfing and evolution, and he uses these themes to craft lyrics that adhere to a fairly strict iambic tetrameter, thus providing a sing-song quality to the verses and making the song highly danceable. The “big wave” chorus is repeated several times in several variations reinforcing the arena readiness of the song. Mike has a good time during his solo which is followed by an outro comprised of a series of weird semi-nautical guitar sounds. It’s a very catchy little tune, and may find its ultimate recorded home on the “Surf’s Up” soundtrack where it fits very nicely with the penguins surfing theme and will be the background music to numerous toddler finger-painting parties, perhaps hosted by the band’s own children.

As an aside, this song really takes wing live. The band clearly loves playing it, and the audiences are very receptive. BIG WAVE would be the best song on a Ratt album. 3 stars.
Author:  pearljamfan80 [ Thu May 24, 2007 7:03 am ]
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I was at the premier of this song live. Studio version I'd give it 3 stars, but the live version whoops ass. Bumping it up to the 4 star range solely based on the live version.
Author:  Angus [ Thu May 24, 2007 7:15 am ]
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This song is one of the main reasons why Avocado sucks.
Author:  SLH916 [ Thu May 24, 2007 10:41 am ]
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Angus wrote:
This song is one of the main reasons why Avocado sucks.


Have you read stip's guided tour through Avocado?
Author:  adamdude [ Thu May 24, 2007 10:53 am ]
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do not like this song at all
Author:  Angus [ Thu May 24, 2007 11:28 am ]
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SLH916 wrote:
Angus wrote:
This song is one of the main reasons why Avocado sucks.


Have you read stip's guided tour through Avocado?


Yes. And actually, when Stip wrote it, I liked Avocado much more than now, but still, Big Wave never did anything for me. Big Wave-Unemployable…in the category of terrible 1-2 combo’s, only Gods’ Dice-Evacuation comes close.
Author:  Brain O' JD [ Thu May 24, 2007 12:43 pm ]
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This may be the worst song they've ever recorded. It actually belongs on the soundtrack to a forgettable, subpar animated movie, because it's a forgettable, subpar song. One of the low points in the sorry life of this song was its debut in Laird Hamilton's car during the Iconoclasts show. Watch closely and you can see Laird smiling with his mouth but not his eyes. This is a band that gave surfers Given to Fly for crying out loud, and this is the best surfing song they could come up with for Avocado? They should be ashamed of themselves. This is the most-skipped PJ song in my CD collection. Deleted from my iPod along with Sweet Lew. A perennial piss break.

Negative ten stars.
Author:  stip [ Thu May 24, 2007 12:53 pm ]
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Ahhh Big Wave

This should be fun to watch

The live versions of this song really helped it. It is a nice addition to the 'fun' side of the pearl jam catalgoue and has great energy when they do it live (and even on the record). I'd much prefer this over a song like leatherman any day of the week

The problem is that this song is undoubtadly a b-side. It has no real place on Avocado and messes up what would have been a really nice transition from unemployable to gone. The brain trust that tracked binaural and left down and undone off of riot act rears its ugly head again

the song gets 3 stars. The crappy placement bumps it down to two but the live versions moves it back up to 3. What an exciting journey.
Author:  LostDog1079 [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:14 pm ]
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stip wrote:
Ahhh Big Wave

I'd much prefer this over a song like leatherman any day of the week


Or "U" or "Sweet Lew" or "I'm Open" or "Push Me, Pull Me"....

I could go on.

3.5 stars, closer to 4 due to the live versions.
Author:  Angus [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:20 pm ]
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LostDog1079 wrote:
stip wrote:
Ahhh Big Wave

I'd much prefer this over a song like leatherman any day of the week


Or "U" or "Sweet Lew" or "I'm Open" or "Push Me, Pull Me"....


Sweet Lew is a joke. The other 3 are easily a 1000 times better than Big Wave.
Author:  stip [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:22 pm ]
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Angus wrote:
LostDog1079 wrote:
stip wrote:
Ahhh Big Wave

I'd much prefer this over a song like leatherman any day of the week


Or "U" or "Sweet Lew" or "I'm Open" or "Push Me, Pull Me"....


Sweet Lew is a joke. The other 3 are easily a 1000 times better than Big Wave.


it is hard to compare big wave to push/pull or I'm open. very different types of songs

U is also a fun throw away type song except it isn't very fun and mostly sucks

I have and will always enjoy sweet lew :)
Author:  SLH916 [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:49 pm ]
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stip wrote:
Ahhh Big Wave

This should be fun to watch

the song gets 3 stars. The crappy placement bumps it down to two but the live versions moves it back up to 3. What an exciting journey.


Do you think the voters are going to place this song down in GET RIGHT territory? Who are all those people having fun and rocking out to this song on the videos?
Author:  dissident27 [ Thu May 24, 2007 2:58 pm ]
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I love PJ's throwaway songs: Whipping, Habit, Lukin, Brain of J, MFC, Green Disease, U ect., and this song is no exception. Along with Unemployable and Parachutes, this was one of the songs from the new album I really liked instantly. I do agree that sequencing-wise, putting it between Unemployable and Gone was a bad decision. Still, I think the song is really fun and I like it.
Author:  62strat [ Thu May 24, 2007 3:12 pm ]
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The first 6-7 tracks are so fucking heavy handed on avacado, big wave was necessary at this point.

I love this song and i think ed did a really fucking cool job of word play and phrasing. Its catchy, fun,and AMAZING gutiar interplay. Mike and stone really shine on this fucking track, the way they play off eachother is just fantstic, along with the textbook jeff ament time changes and pauses, just fun. good to see the band doing what they love to do, playing their instruments.

And aside from surfing, this song can easily be applied to any other activity that one might feel connected with themselves and the world around them by being outside etc...the natural elements.

i think its great. 3.5 stars.
Author:  BadMusic [ Thu May 24, 2007 3:18 pm ]
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this song might have the best lyrics off the whole record
Author:  dirtyfrank0705 [ Thu May 24, 2007 4:02 pm ]
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3 stars. As a stand-alone song, it would have gotten 3.5. But as said by others, it's placement on S/T just ruins it for me. Best heard on a mix CD and not an album.
Author:  conoalias [ Thu May 24, 2007 4:05 pm ]
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BadMusic wrote:
this song might have the best lyrics off the whole record


this is funny, 'cause its true. 3 stars. 2 for the lyrics and 1 for it's live presence. -2 for placing (or being on avocade in general)
Author:  warehouse [ Thu May 24, 2007 4:05 pm ]
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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
3 stars. As a stand-alone song, it would have gotten 3.5. But as said by others, it's placement on S/T just ruins it for me. Best heard on a LIVE BOOT and not an album.

*fixed

i like this song alot. its not the greatest, but i like those fun rockers pj bust out once in a while. SLH's post was spot on. 3 stars
Author:  mray10 [ Thu May 24, 2007 4:21 pm ]
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Spot on, SLH.

I would actually give this song 4 stars, because it's so fun live (granted, I saw it debut in San Diego, so it was especially well received), but it's place on Avocado is so bad that it comes down to 3. It has the feel of a B-side, but actually could have fit somewhere on the album, I think, just not where it is after Unemployable. Someone above said that it's a needed bright spot for the album and I think that's true - it's just jarring where it is. Switch it with unemployable and it might work a lot better. You'd have a little break with Parachutes and Big Wave, the two songs that are probably least in-step with the theme of the record as a whole, and then be ready to dive back in after BW. Either way, terrible track placement, but a fun song that's really fun live.
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