Jimmy Eat World - Integrity Blues (October 21, 2016) Album • Page 135

Closers ranking:

1. 23
2. Mixtape
3. Dizzy
4. Pol Roger
5. My Sundown
6. Anderson Mesa
7. You Were Good
8. Goodbye Sky Harbor
9. Cars

"Pol Roger" might reach #2 with time...

 

I love the chorus and everything. The only thing I struggle with is the verses. They aren't bad at all, and the lyrics are great, but there's something atypical about the number of measures per phrase, or number of phrases per verses or something. Like usually on the fourth line of a verse I'd expect some melodic resolution but instead there's an upwards inflection on his voice and it leads into fifth line, for example. It's not bad it's just different to your average song, so my mind gets confused as to where I am in the verse, how many measures it is til the chorus etc. Everything resolves and hits home when it gets to the chorus though which is great it's just the verses I get a little confused and lost in. Props to them for trying something different though, structurally. You With Me does this too, but it's in the intro before the verse starts so it isn't as dizzying, for want of a better term; like when a new melody or rhythm is introduced in the intro, it last for 3 phrases, instead of 2 or 4 like you'd usually expect.

 

Anderson Mesa is so great, but its dated production kind of holds it back from being at the top of any list.

 

1. 23
2. Dizzy
3. You Were Good
4. Mixtape
5. My Sundown
6. Goodbye Sky Harbor
7. Anderson Mesa

 

1. 23
2. Dizzy
(both are top 3 discog songs)
3. Pol Roger
4. Goodbye Sky Harbor
5. Mixtape
6. Ny Sundown
7. You Were Good
8. Anderson Mesa
9. Cars

 

I actually think the production of Static is very crisp and polished (much moreso than Damage for example), but it's the performances themselves that are more raw, if that makes sense.

 

23
Dizzy
My Sundown
Pol Roger
You Were Good
Mixtape
Goodbye Sky Harbor
Anderson Mesa

Could definitely see Pol Roger getting to number 3.

 

Musically I feel like You Were Good could go near the bottom, but the lyrics compel me to put it fairly high up.

 

Dig in deep with those lyrics, they are quite literally some of the top 5 verses Jim has ever written. Stunningly, breathtakingly beautiful stuff in there.

 

Dizzy
Sundown
23
Pol
Mixtape
You were good
Goodbye
Anderson
Cars

 

I haven't dug in, but I can already tell the lyrics are so good. I just hope I can latch onto the flow of the verse a little more so I can relax and enjoy the lyrics as much as they deserve.

 

Yep, the lyrics elevate it for me. It's also just a song that means a lot to me personally.

 

It just sounds like the 90s to me. Especially "Anderson Mesa." It just sounds like Mineral, which is not a bad thing whatsoever. It's definitely a raw performance though.

 

We have a brand new album out and people are already back to ranking shit? For shame

 

23 is still a top 10 JEW song for me, but at one point it was my number one, now it probably sits somewhere in the 5-8 range.

 

but now we can add Pol Roger lol

 

i didn't really care for "you were good" until early this year. something about it clicked for me (musically that is, i always did adore the lyrics). the bridge is really great in that song (like most of their songs ha)

 

i haven't been able to listen yet so ranking is all i got yo

 

still my number one, probably always will be

 

I hear you loud and clear... we should rank the openers:

Table for Glasses
Futures
You With Me
Heart Is Hard to Find
Big Casino
Bleed American
Appreciation
Chachi
Thinking, That's All

Well shit, I never, ever expected You With Me to grow on me as much as it has.

 

heart is hard to find
big casino
you with me
futures
bleed american
appreciation
table for glasses

 

jim loves mitski!

 

Interesting T4G placement! Are you a fan of Clarity in general?

 

heart is hard to find
you with me
futures
big casino
bleed american
table for glasses
appreciation


they are all phenomenal songs.

 

now as far as closers go

Dizzy
My Sundown
23
Pol Roger
Mixtape
You Were Good
Goodbye Sky Harbor