Jimmy Eat World - Classic or Dud?

About 50% of Futures is really good, I think; some of the rest is very meh.

I'll take the first couple of Get Up Kids albums for my whiny midwestern suburbanites fix.

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Classic that I never noticed they acronymize as JEW, though.

I thought 'Clarity' was excellent but the last one didn't do much for me, although I tried and tried because apparently I was missing out on something, according to some.

I bought 'Futures' cos I couldn't find anything else at the time. I played it twice and thought it was flaccid awfulness to the extreme. Something was telling me to persist, which I did, and it's becoming worthwhile with its hooks and harmonies. Yeah, so what, it's 'nice' but sometimes that suits.

Not really bothered by bad names and bad haircuts. I find it's the music that counts.

Who did the song " If Jimmy ate the world I'd be pretty pissed off" Made me laugh anyhow.

have they ever explained why they did that? is it jew by accident or was it intentional?

These guys went the same way as The Promise Ring for me. I had them on a pedestal and then they blew it. All their songs sound too similar now and they seem to have replaced their authenticity with production.

Pre Bleed American - Classic
Overall - DUD

(from one of Ryan Pitchfork's lowest moments)

I think "Praise Chorus" is the one that cites the other lyrics -- "Crimson and Clover"; The first song from "Nothing Feels Good" by The Promise Ring; "Don't Let's Start" by They Might be Giants.

-- chaki in charge (chaki.tim...), January 6th, 2005.

Mostly he just talked about how he really liked meditation, and a bit about Boston bands that were around when he first went to school. Nice enough guy, just impossible to get him to say anything really. Shy in a way that unnerves.

There's lots that I like about JEW, and Bleed American was a really good (pop) album. So was Clarity, for that matter. Futures -- I've listened to it through 3-4 times. The more attention I'm paying, the better it sounds; lots of craft there, and nice touches. But five minutes after the disc ends I can't remember a single song on it. (I probably heard Pain on the radio 5 times before I focused on what it was. And I still can't remember what it sounds like.) That's not a good thing.

These guys totally screwed themselves by waiting too long to sell something new after Bleed American finally took off.

they used to do splits with christie front drive and the like. definitely a part of that "midwestern" emo sound. shimmering arpeggiated indie rock with a boner for loud/soft dynamics.

i don't want to get into an emo thing. go to fourfa.com

new record comes out june 11

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BG8JiH4CEAEFFAX.jpg:large

Yay, but wtf is with that cover?

marry poppins themed

still better than the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover.

and here's a new song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gnjeNqrG3w

sounds pretty good imo

I agree, that sounds very promising!

clarity show this friday!!!

might need to clear out my friday

tonight!!! :D

pic.twitter.com/is1RaoKSvT

— Zach Lind (@zlind76) February 12, 2021

table for glasses... goddamn

moshed in my room to "crush," felt great

wasn't sure if this performance was gonna be better than the futures one

it is

ugh im stuck working

this is all an A+ concept way more bands oughta do

WHEN THE WORLD CAVES IN
WHATCHA GONNA DO

spottie you are in for such a treat after work, my god lmao

"goodbye sky harbor" exceeded expectations

i paid $45 for all three shows and i would've paid twice that for what i got

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQAjoqqLwCw

just wanted to post this show from last month with the best setlist i've ever seen:

what would i say to you now
clarity
for me this is heaven
get it faster
criminal energy
no sensitivity
softer
thinking, that's all
kill
blister
night drive
surviving
goodbye sky harbor

sick

that room is tiny. i'm sure some of you know.

dang! if I was there I'd be annoyed by this ding dong holding up his phone for the entire show, but sitting here now I am super appreciative...

audio from the phoenix sessions has been gradually appearing on streaming services, futures and clarity so far. listening back to clarity this morning... it sounds so good

our weakness is the same
we need poison sometimes

is tomorrow just a day
like all the rest

attn: spottie!!!! the phoenix sessions have all been uploaded to youtube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ96wkcGOpo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RAlS5m2JKCI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTBTkahIdvo

bless you, brad! will be watching these asap

"Just Watch the Fireworks", wow.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOWnhMxJMMk

yes!!!!!

so consistent these guys

4:20 smoke weed listen to "just watch the fireworks"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1SYFqlshllM

the core, the heart music

"The Middle" is a total ear worm.

The video is a bit of a headscratcher, although I suppose having bunches of young people in their underwear sounded like an easy sell.

lol yeah, huge gap between the video concept and the band's image/song subject matter. but also very 00s.

thanks for posting the warped video, ivy! enjoyed that, and the blink set too

love that concert footage