Post subject: Song of the Moment-They Don't Compare...
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:00 pm
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Rats
They don't eat, don't sleep They don't feed, they don't seethe Bare their gums when they moan and squeak Lick the dirt off a larger one's feet They don't push, don't crowd Congregate until they're much too loud Fuck to procreate till they are dead Drink the blood of their so called best friend
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs They don't compare
They don't scam, don't fight Don't oppress an equals given rights Starve the poor so they can be well fed Line their holes with the dead ones bread
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs They don't compare...
They don't scurry when something bigger comes their way Don't pack themselves together and run as one Don't shit where they're not supposed to Don't take what's not theirs
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Rats has grown on me over the years, but it wasn't one of my favorites when Vs. first came out.
I love the music--some of the most interesting stuff they had done up to that point and I wouldn't mind seeing a similar song somewhere down the line. A nice piece for Jeff and one of their first songs with a lot of swirly effects in them.
The lyrics are pretty good, but a bit over the top. A nice idea behind the song. I always wondered if the song would be more effective if it wasn't called Rats, as that gives the punchline away a little bit.
There is also some nice anticipation of some themes that would show up later in Do The Evolution--that in the end humanity, for all its high and mighty opinion of itself, is not much different from the lowliest animal.
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I'd give rats a 7.5 or 8 out of ten.
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warehouse wrote:
great song. the lyrics, to me, are pretty funny. the music is great as well, really cool groove jeff gets into.
how bout we stop with this "leash" bullshit and get the boys to play this song again
I'd rather have leash but rats would be a close second.
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warehouse wrote:
great song. the lyrics, to me, are pretty funny. the music is great as well, really cool groove jeff gets into.
how bout we stop with this "leash" bullshit and get the boys to play this song again
Yes, absolutely.
I LOVE this song, and I don't think there's any song that would give me a bigger stiffy to see played live. This just has the baddest groove, and it just makes me want to do the Snoop Bounce every time I hear it. I can just imagine a whole crowd bouncing up and down on the floor to the opening bass line, like a bunch of rodents.
With all the talk about how angry and disenchanted an album Vitalogy is, some of PJ's most dissillusioned songs came from Vs (Rats, Blood, Animal, W.M.A.), as well as their funkiest.
I don't remember which performance of Rats GH used on his comp, but my favorite is from New Orleans in 93 (11-17-93?) with the long "Ben" tag. It was the first PJ boot I ever had.
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Awesome tune. I don't listen to this song as often as most because it isn't on any of the official boots, but once in a while I'll give VS a spin, since there's a few gems on there they don't play.
I love these lyrics, very clever. I also love Jeff's bass in this song, freakin awesome.
I don't really understand why they don't play this one in concert. If it's just because they don't want to, that's fine. We get plenty of great tunes at shows. But I don't see this as another Leash, with outdated lyrics.
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Sandler wrote:
Awesome tune. I don't listen to this song as often as most because it isn't on any of the official boots, but once in a while I'll give VS a spin, since there's a few gems on there they don't play.
I love these lyrics, very clever. I also love Jeff's bass in this song, freakin awesome.
I don't really understand why they don't play this one in concert. If it's just because they don't want to, that's fine. We get plenty of great tunes at shows. But I don't see this as another Leash, with outdated lyrics.
Great song.
Honestly, I think they've just forgotten how to play it, and they don't feel like pulling a "Satan's Bed" again and completely fucking it up. The last performance, in Florida in 98, was a bit sub-standard.
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I FUCKING LOVE THIS SONG.
the performance from atlanta 94 is unreal. i'd rather hear this than any other song live. in fact, i think if they came out and played this and took off, i'd be happy.
i think vitalogy has some of pearl jam's best music, and this is one example.
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Bammer wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
i think vitalogy has some of pearl jam's best music, and this is one example.
You got some brushing up to do on your PJ history there, pally.
go on...
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Mitchell wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
Bammer wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
i think vitalogy has some of pearl jam's best music, and this is one example.
You got some brushing up to do on your PJ history there, pally.
go on...
...it's on vs.
oh. fuck. oops.
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Bammer wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
Mitchell wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
Bammer wrote:
corduroy_blazer wrote:
i think vitalogy has some of pearl jam's best music, and this is one example.
You got some brushing up to do on your PJ history there, pally.
go on...
...it's on vs.
oh. fuck. oops.
I'm not one to do this very often, but dare I say it?
you got me bammer. enjoy this.
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another great pearl jam song that has a creature in the song title.
ben the two of us need look no more.
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