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Jimmy Eat World: The Middle
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titusandronicus
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It's a fun pop song, but it is just that. There are a lot better Jimmy Eat World songs, especially from Clarity.
Goodbye Sky Harbor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3PoJ4VIUI
EDIT: Most people's (like mine's) exposure to Jimmy Eat World was Bleed American, and it sort of a spiritual debut album for them, like how Dookie is Greenday's first even though they had two albums before that. Though I recommend people listen to Clarity, as it is by far their best record and hugely influence to the emo sound. Their style of twinkly guitars in Clarity can be heard 15 years later in releases by modern emo bands like TWIABP.
Goodbye Sky Harbor:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dH3PoJ4VIUI
EDIT: Most people's (like mine's) exposure to Jimmy Eat World was Bleed American, and it sort of a spiritual debut album for them, like how Dookie is Greenday's first even though they had two albums before that. Though I recommend people listen to Clarity, as it is by far their best record and hugely influence to the emo sound. Their style of twinkly guitars in Clarity can be heard 15 years later in releases by modern emo bands like TWIABP.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
This song is the soundtrack to when I left home. I bought the album a month or so later and it just summed up that time so well. Changing from one thing to another, slightly wistful, progressive, full of hope. A special song.
I was really happy when I saw them and they played this live. They shortened it down though obviously.
Maybe when we're both not so emotional.
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
YES PIEBALD. Need more Jawbreaker and Mineral and Texas Is The Reason though.
I'm gonna blast some Piebald now. Haven't listened in ages.
HEY! YOU'RE PART OF IT!
The best Jimmy Eat World album.
I do love Static Prevails as well. Thinking That's All and Claire are my favourites. Also love the B side What Would I Say To You Now. Has anyone listened to their first album before Static Prevails? Is it any good?
chaobreaker
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It's pretty bad tbh.
I walk these streets, of a Carolina (?), watching people pushing shopping carts. And there's a guy above me, and he's washing windows, making 10 bucks a pop, and he says HEY, YOU'RE PART OF IT!
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
Listening to Bleed American thanks to this thread. I forgot how Forever Alone If You Don't You Don't is. "One time I almost touched your hand" lol. If this song was made today it would have a fedora and watch MLP.
That was my favorite song for several months. I was of course forever alone then though.
Oh that sucks.
EYEL1NER
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I can't say I remember the video at all but the fact that I hated the song might play into that a bit. It's possible I never saw it.
I did like "Bleed American" and "Sweetness" off of that album though. "The Middle" was garbage and so over-played. Those other two songs should have had much more airtime (or airtime at all even; Wiki says they were singles but I never heard them played at all).
I did like "Bleed American" and "Sweetness" off of that album though. "The Middle" was garbage and so over-played. Those other two songs should have had much more airtime (or airtime at all even; Wiki says they were singles but I never heard them played at all).
True story: me and 2 of my friends had tickets to see Weezer (fresh off their comeback with the green album) and Jimmy Eat World in Seattle. They showed up to go on the 4 hour roadtrip to see the concert, and a few blocks away from my house I freaked out for some reason (this used to happen about once a week) and threw the tickets out the window of the car. All of us were way too detached and disinterested to care about finding the tickets to I think we like went to the store first or something, then came back like 10 minutes later to try and find the tickets and couldn't find them. Then we just went to my house and played Sega Saturn.
When my friend Derrick heard about what happened he got so mad at us for missing the concert and playing Saturn that he ended up blocking us on AIM for at least a year.
When my friend Derrick heard about what happened he got so mad at us for missing the concert and playing Saturn that he ended up blocking us on AIM for at least a year.
Mattlikewhoa
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I haven't heard anyone mention this band in forever...
...the one standout song for me was "What would I say to you now?"
It was a track used in a old Props BMX video...
...the one standout song for me was "What would I say to you now?"
It was a track used in a old Props BMX video...
Such a good song.
SafeinSound
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Band is still awesome.
anarckitty
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lol. That song's lyrics (especially that part) always makes me cringe inside.
Pretty much the same with me. I loved Clarity and then liked this one a lot less.
DavionStriker
Member
When I was in college, I watched an AOL sessions video with them playing an acoustic version of The Middle. It was fantastic. Cant find a recording anywhere.
Bleed American was fantastic (I really liked Futures too - not much since) but Clarity really was the pinnacle of Jimmy's sound.
The live version was amazing too. My ex bought it for me after we went to see them play Clarity followed by Bleed American, both in full, in London.
That was an amazing weekend.
Goodbye Sky Harbour... goddamn
I would have loved to have gone to those shows when they played Clarity and Bleed American back to back.
CitizenCope
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Love the song. Thread will be about "better" songs.
Stumpokapow
listen to the mad man
Saw them in concert last year at an outdoor festival, they were on pretty early in the day, and the crowd was pretty dead and uninterested, waiitng for bands they cared more about to come on later in the day... but everyone perked up and sang along when they played this song, so it obviously has pretty enduring popularity.
I remember cuz it was called Bleed American and it came out a few months before 9/11. They changed the name of it afterward.
Sweetness was their best song imo
RobotNinjaHornets
Banned
Can we turn this into the emo thread?
Mainly 'cause I want to talk about how The Power Of Failing by Mineral has the best 3 opening songs of an album ever. Seriously, Five, Eight and Ten - Gloria - Slower is a trifecta of fucking awesome
Mainly 'cause I want to talk about how The Power Of Failing by Mineral has the best 3 opening songs of an album ever. Seriously, Five, Eight and Ten - Gloria - Slower is a trifecta of fucking awesome
PigSpeakers
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Yeah, that's me. Anything else I've heard from them has been very blah. But Bleed American had an insane amount of singles. I think almost the whole album had radio play at one point or another. I bought the album about a year or two ago and was surprised at how much I already knew without realizing it.
johnny_park
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Throw in some Something Corporate, Say Anything, Early November & The Ataris and you'll be talking my language.
anarckitty
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I love that song. It always makes me cry because for some reason it makes me think of my dad.
Jedeye Sniv
Banned
I liked it especially at the time because of the Weezer song Mykel and Carli. The two songs together made me look them up, such a sad story.
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