Board index » Watched from the Window, with a Red Mosquito... » Pearl Jam




Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 88 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Rate Glorified G
5 Stars: A Classic 7%  7%  [ 8 ]
4 Stars: Really Good 38%  38%  [ 39 ]
3 Stars: Average 35%  35%  [ 36 ]
2 Stars: Bland 10%  10%  [ 11 ]
1 Star: Ugh 3%  3%  [ 4 ]
0 Stars: The world would be a better place if this song did not exist 2%  2%  [ 3 ]
Total votes : 101
Author Message
 Post subject: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:02 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Global Moderator
 Profile

Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am
Posts: 44183
Location: New York
Gender: Male
Glorifed G

Got a gun, fact I got two
That's ok man, cuz I love god
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Feels so manly, when armed

Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a pellet gun

Don't think, dumb is strength
Never shot at a living thing
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Feels so manly, when armed

Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a pellet gun
Glorified version of a...

Always keep it loaded
Always keep it loaded
Always keep it loaded

Kindred to be an American...

Life comes...I can feel your heart...
Life comes...I can feel your heart through your neck...
Life comes...I can feel your heart through your neck...
Like some...I can steal your heart from your neck...

Glorified...glorified...






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
92. Big Wave
93. Sad
94. Stupid Mop
95. Come Back

_________________
"Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR

The perfect gift for certain occasions


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:02 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Global Moderator
 Profile

Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am
Posts: 44183
Location: New York
Gender: Male
Glorified G was Pearl Jam’s first on album attempt to write a loose, fun song (dirty frank was a b-side so I won’t count it). Musically it was quite successful. It has a great main riff and it just sounds like band is having a blast playing the song. It’s a bar band kinda song and you’d expect the lyrics to be about women, partying, or something like that based on the casual groove of the song

But it’s a pearl jam song, and Eddie has always had trouble writing casual songs. Just like he doesn’t do humor that well he can only really write effectively when he’s being serious. So you’ve got serious lyrics trying to sound casual over carefree music and the end result is not as strong as it could be. If the lyrics were stronger it might work a bit better, but Eddie has a tendency to lose the nuance he brings to songs about identity and love to social critiques, and this is one of those instances. GG is a bit too heavy handed to really work. Part of it may be the bushleaguer problem—the target is so massive and so easy to hit that it is easy to be sloppy about it.

So GG is really the first pearl jam song where I felt Eddie let the band down. His vocals are great (Vs is probably Eddie’s best overall vocal performance), and the music is top notch, if unspectacular (a band having fun, not a band making a statement), but what Eddie’s singing just isn’t worth listening to. The song never quite knows what it wants to be. Eddie can’t do sarcastic social commentary very well, can’t do casual very well, and that’s what this music really called for.

It works much better these days live though, where the overall atmosphere is infectious enough that it doesn’t much matter what he is singing


3 stars

_________________
"Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR

The perfect gift for certain occasions


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:03 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Global Moderator
 Profile

Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am
Posts: 44183
Location: New York
Gender: Male
Can't sticky and do polls for some reason in the RM skin. Hopefully that'll be fixed soon

_________________
"Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR

The perfect gift for certain occasions


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:08 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Supersonic
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 3:09 pm
Posts: 10839
Location: metro west, mass
Gender: Male
When I first got Vs, my sisters friends would come over, put this song on, and dance away. Even back then, I couldn't help but think there was something "goodie two shoes" about this song that separated it from the rest. I feel that the whole fun vibe behind the song is now lost, and the band always looks bored when they play it.

_________________
"There are two ways to enslave and conquer a nation. One is by the sword. The other is by debt." -John Adams


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:30 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Force of Nature
 Profile

Joined: Mon Jul 03, 2006 2:40 am
Posts: 399
Location: WI
I absolutely love Glorified G. I feel that even though it is a serious topic, it can still be done in a light way. I would compare it to The Daily Show or the Colbert Report. They handle extremely serious topics in a light/fun manner to rave reviews. I also think the song does a great job of adding variety to Vs., which helps make it a great album. 5 stars.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 1:32 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Team Binaural
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Wed May 24, 2006 5:23 pm
Posts: 12793
Location: Tours, FR
Gender: Male
jcfrank2 wrote:
I absolutely love Glorified G.

_________________
There has never been a silence like this before


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:10 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Got Some
 Profile

Joined: Sun May 01, 2005 2:06 pm
Posts: 2539
Location: France
BadMusic wrote:
jcfrank2 wrote:
I absolutely love Glorified G.

_________________
Owl_Farmer wrote:
this thread is the dumbest idea in the history of the internte


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 2:38 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Yeah Yeah Yeah
 Profile

Joined: Tue Nov 23, 2004 1:36 am
Posts: 5458
Location: Left field
I like to look at GG as Do the Evolution in a prepubescent stage. It’s a bit immature, doesn’t know what it wants to, but there’s plenty of promise and potential.

_________________
seen it all, not at all
can't defend fucked up man
take me a for a ride before we leave...

Rise. Life is in motion...

don't it make you smile?
don't it make you smile?
when the sun don't shine? (shine at all)
don't it make you smile?

RIP


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 3:42 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Yeah Yeah Yeah
 Profile

Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 2:48 pm
Posts: 3115
Location: Edinburgh/Lincoln, UK
I actually think that this song is pretty good fun. From a song writing perspective it's FULL of hooks and catchy music and vocal parts. It makes it's point, and in fairness to Ed, i think the 'casual' nature works kinda well - it almost reflects the American attitude towards gun crime.

The cheesyness of that intro drum fill, and Stone's guitar all go hand in hand in helping to convey that false sense of security 'everything is totally fine!' attitude. I guess that wasn't what the band were thinking when they wrote the music, but i do like the way Eddie steered it that way.

The lyrics are a bit dodgy, and it hasn't stayed as strong over time...but it's still a good upbeat song, and waaay too fun to sing along with to give it anything less than 4 stars.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 4:36 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Epitome of cool
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:47 am
Posts: 27904
Location: Philadelphia
Gender: Male
I have 2 memories of this song:

1. In April of '94, after the Phillies went to the World Series the previous fall, Channel 17 in Philly had a one hour special about the Phils and the new season, and if they could repeat the magic. They played this song during one segment, in which Lenny Dykstra (my favorite baseball player) was prominent. I thought that was awesome.

2. In the summer of 1999, I went to Atlantic City for the first time. On the way back, I popped Vs. into my buddy's CD deck, and he was telling me how much he loves Glorified G as the song played. While talking about it, I realized that he had been mishearing the "I love God" lyric as "I love guns."

"Got a gun,
Fact I got two
But that's okay, man
'Cause I love guns"

:? :lol:

I haven't heard this one in years, and don't really care if I ever hear it again. I don't dislike the song, but it's really nothing special at all. Plus, I'm a gun-owner, so I'm much more biased nowadays than I was as a teenager. The music is great but the lyrics are immature, high school English 101 bullshit.

And Stip, I'm curious - why didn't you choose the "Kindred to be an American" lyric for the thread title? I've always thought that was the best lyric of the song, especially the way Ed delivers it.

_________________
It's always the fallen ones who think they're always gonna save me.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 5:58 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Global Moderator
 Profile

Joined: Tue Nov 30, 2004 4:02 am
Posts: 44183
Location: New York
Gender: Male
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
And Stip, I'm curious - why didn't you choose the "Kindred to be an American" lyric for the thread title? I've always thought that was the best lyric of the song, especially the way Ed delivers it.


in part cuz I'm not quite sure what it means. it's kinda like the 'nothing for to say' lyric in WWS where the sentiment is clear but I don't like how the line is delivered.

At any rate I can change it if you'd like. I'm not invested in the choice that is there

_________________
"Better the occasional faults of a Government that lives in a spirit of charity than the consistent omissions of a Government frozen in the ice of its own indifference."--FDR

The perfect gift for certain occasions


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:11 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Of Counsel
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 1:14 am
Posts: 37778
Location: OmaGOD!!!
Gender: Male
Worst song on Vs. Does nothing for me.

Like someone else said, it's like an immature DTE. I'd say it's like an immature Big Wave. Ed's attempt to work a serious subject into a throwaway riff (which I don't even find to be that much fun, unlike Leash, which I also don't like all that much, but the riff is super) is ham-handed and awkward.

I much prefer W.M.A.

2 stars.

_________________
Unfortunately, at the Dawning of the Age of Aquarius, the Flower Children jerked off and went back to sleep.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:13 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Epitome of cool
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Sun Dec 05, 2004 5:47 am
Posts: 27904
Location: Philadelphia
Gender: Male
stip wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
And Stip, I'm curious - why didn't you choose the "Kindred to be an American" lyric for the thread title? I've always thought that was the best lyric of the song, especially the way Ed delivers it.


in part cuz I'm not quite sure what it means. it's kinda like the 'nothing for to say' lyric in WWS where the sentiment is clear but I don't like how the line is delivered.

At any rate I can change it if you'd like. I'm not invested in the choice that is there


No, no. I was just curious.

_________________
It's always the fallen ones who think they're always gonna save me.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:15 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Former PJ Drummer
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Mon Oct 18, 2004 9:10 am
Posts: 17256
Location: Chichen to the Thing
my friend always says "glorified version of appelate court," effectively ruining the song for me every time i hear it... great song though

_________________
I'm like, OK, God, if there is an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray, I'm like, don't let me miss the open door


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:56 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Stone's Bitch
 WWW  Profile

Joined: Thu Dec 02, 2004 12:28 am
Posts: 964
Location: Pittsburgh, PA
I love this song, this was the first PJ song I listened to and REALLY got them and felt a kindred spirit with them. I have always stood with bands like REM and U2 politically- but they were too wimpy or something musically....I need to identify with a hardass band, who musically sings on issues I can really relate to. PJ was the first band who fit this bill perfectly and this song was the embodiment of what I was looking for. I am an educated liberal from a long line of educated democrats and we have always been strangers in a strange world here in rural western Pa- where 50% are redneck gun toting republicans and 50% are SERIOUS religious right republicans. I always felt this song was me singing out to all my ridiculous neighbors who have their gun collection in the basement and have their confederate flag in their garage window, toting off their kids to the presbyterian church every Sunday to stand next to the professors of Grove City College and hear about how the godless Clinton administration was coming to get their 'guunnzz.' This song was and has always been very empowering to me in my situation. And unlike stip, I actually think Eddie does biting sarcasm well, as long as its infused with enough anger. Since I was always anger about having to listen to people around here, this song is fun, but at its heart is (my) anger.

_________________
My pages are from #101 to #115: http://books.google.com/books?id=v8r__p ... ry_s&cad=0


Last edited by chris2414 on Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 6:57 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Got Some
 Profile

Joined: Sat Jul 29, 2006 7:04 pm
Posts: 1875
Location: Atlanta, SE of Disorder
Gender: Male
Ugh. Way too heavy handed lyrically. Musically it's only okay at best; I do like the opening though. But then starts to sound 80s hair band-ish. It would have made a tolerable B side but that's the best I can say of it. Of the songs they've brought back into the rotation this is one I have to ask "Why?".
To me it's legacy is when ever I hear someone sound too full of themselves in a preachy neo-con way I think "that's okay man because I love God"
I like the comparison to an immature Evolution.
*

_________________
From under my lone palm i can look out on the day


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 7:13 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Yeah Yeah Yeah
 Profile

Joined: Tue May 30, 2006 2:48 pm
Posts: 3115
Location: Edinburgh/Lincoln, UK
bondcfh007 wrote:
my friend always says "glorified version of appelate court," effectively ruining the song for me every time i hear it... great song though


Haha. "of a pellican" is the classic misheard one i think. My friend thought it was "45 virgins and a pelican". Hmm.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 8:38 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Former PJ Drummer
 Profile

Joined: Thu Nov 25, 2004 3:00 pm
Posts: 19826
Location: Alone in a corridor
In my bottom 10 PJ songs. I gave it 1 star because it's a Pearl Jam song.


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:24 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Stone's Bitch
 Profile

Joined: Sat Nov 27, 2004 5:38 am
Posts: 999
Location: Argentina
Worst song on the record. Just because it's a little funny i'll give it 2 stars.

_________________
I'm in hiding


Top
 
 Post subject: Re: SOTM 96: Always Keep it Loaded
PostPosted: Wed Jun 27, 2007 10:15 pm 
Offline
User avatar
Supersonic
 Profile

Joined: Sun Oct 17, 2004 3:07 pm
Posts: 12393
I agree with Stip 100% on this one. It is a lot of fun on boots these days, though not really as much at the actual concert.


Top
 
Display posts from previous:  Sort by  
Post new topic Reply to topic  [ 88 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3, 4, 5  Next

Board index » Watched from the Window, with a Red Mosquito... » Pearl Jam


Who is online

Users browsing this forum: No registered users and 23 guests


You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot post attachments in this forum

Search for:
Jump to:  
It is currently Fri Mar 29, 2024 6:27 am