love clarity. can somewhat get into the other stuff. been digging most of the tracks on 'chase this light' pretty extensively. any other fans?

PS the beginning to "dizzy" on the new album sounds exactly like "high and dry" by radiohead (the vocal melody that is)

2/8/2008 6:39:22 PM

AND HOW LONG WOULD IT TAKE ME

TO WALK ACROSS THE UNITED STATES

ALL ALONE


it doesnt get any better than that

2/8/2008 6:42:25 PM

Road Fools 3!!!! Woooooooooooo

2/8/2008 6:45:14 PM

^^ so true

2/8/2008 6:45:38 PM

just had bleed american in the cd player today...i can enjoy every thing they have ever released

2/8/2008 7:27:49 PM

love

saw them a few months ago here in raleigh, great great show

clarity is my favorite (how couldnt it be), but chase this light is a great album too

2/8/2008 8:15:05 PM

Clarity is an all time favorite. I just happened to see Chase the Light in Best Buy one day. I hadn't heard anything about it's release. I think I like it more than their self titled album.

2/8/2008 9:54:18 PM

been with you since lucky denver mint

now if anyone can give me the mp3 of sweetness without the bastard studio cutting out the guitar solo that MADE the song, I'd be mighty grateful.

(and, edit...get it faster is my "fuck you" song. and fwiw, praise chorus should have been played in the radio in 2002... so yeah, I guess I like jimmy eat world a lot)



[Edited on February 9, 2008 at 12:54 AM. Reason : .]

2/9/2008 12:51:51 AM

Well, "Sweetness," of course, but I like these songs, too:

"Bleed American"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yud6TmNJWhY

"A Praise Chorus"

http://youtube.com/watch?v=CkQAdAaEB38

Hell, that whole album is good. I know less about their other stuff, though.

2/9/2008 2:25:48 AM

ok, i'm bored...top 15 time...feel free to follow suit

1. (splash) turn twist (bleed american)
2. claire (static prevails)
3. cautioners (bleed american)
4. goodbye sky harbor (clarity)
5. closer (stay on my side tonight ep)
6. kill (futures)
7. for me this is heaven (clarity)
8. dizzy (chase this light)
9. lucky denver mint (clarity)
10. roller queen (jimmy eat world ep)
11. firestarter (firestarter ep)
12. no sensitivity (split)
13. polaris (futures)
14. ten (clarity)
15. a sunday (clarity)

firestarter is such a good cover! find it if you have not heard it...

2/9/2008 3:20:25 AM

i saw them... five years ago?

they were a good show.

2/9/2008 6:52:53 AM

they are 1 of my favs, used to cover Blister at a lot of shows years ago haha.

2/9/2008 4:57:20 PM

met them in seattle back when i was in high school. good guys. anyone interested in buying an autographed mini LP of bleed american i got when i met them? right now it's on my wall but i figure i need to "grow up" and a little pocket change wouldn't hurt. if not, i may just put it in my scrapbook.

2/9/2008 9:57:37 PM

what part of "growing up" involves selling your records?

i mean, if you need cash, just say so, but life is pretty much based on food, sex, and music

2/9/2008 10:01:20 PM

^
just not having autographed posters all over my wall. maybe buy some nice prints and have a "grown up" looking apartment rather than one that resembles a 14 year old teenybopper's room. so..i have more posters if anyone is interested.

2/9/2008 10:24:58 PM

fair enough

my house is covered in records, guitar parts, and hockey sticks, so i might not be the best example

2/9/2008 10:30:39 PM

^ Also Transformers.

2/9/2008 11:02:40 PM

o snap

pwnt

2/9/2008 11:12:21 PM

you can always just compromise like i did. my entire place looks pretty clean cut and 'grown up' like..except for the one room where all my fun stuff is. its where my computer is, my guitars and guitar amps are there, my nc state futon for friends who need a place to crash, etc. and im working on covering the walls in movie posters and signed band posters etc. like i had in college.

[Edited on February 10, 2008 at 12:16 PM. Reason : ]

2/10/2008 12:15:53 PM

clarity is one of my all time favorite cds.

top 3 are
lucky denver mint
believe in what you want
for me this is heaven

i had to get a second copy of this cd because i played my first one so much in high school.

[edit]
i also love bleed american for the most part. hear you me, authority song and get it faster are awesome tunes.


[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 8:36 AM. Reason : bleed american]

2/11/2008 8:32:27 AM

i've enjoyed every LP since Clarity. i didn't hate Static Prevails, but i can't listen to it straight through like Clarity or Bleed American. Futures was solid too even though it sounds like they stuck with the Bleed American formula. Chase This Light i've only listened through once and thought it was ok.

my point is, yes i'm a fan of Clarity JEW, and a Bleed American/Futures are kind of guilty pleasures of mine.

2/11/2008 11:38:38 AM

you in florida preston? i forget

2/11/2008 11:48:20 AM

dancing in plastic shake up snow

2/11/2008 11:52:11 AM

Do you believe in what you want?

Quote :

"used to cover Blister at a lot of shows years ago haha."

was this with fliptrick? i forget

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 12:01 PM. Reason : ]

2/11/2008 11:57:30 AM

i used to like this band a lot in HS, but i can't listen to them anymore

i still contend that the last 13 minutes of "Goodbye Sky Harbor" are a huge waste of time

2/11/2008 12:38:51 PM

^^^^ correct jamie. i am in florida...life's end zone. you still kicking it in raleigh?

2/11/2008 12:48:04 PM

Quote :

"you can always just compromise like i did. my entire place looks pretty clean cut and 'grown up' like..except for the one room where all my fun stuff is."

Same here. I have the "Drum Room" with my drums, a half stack, some guitars, and misc stuff like that. Most of the stuff on the walls is framed now though. I don't just staple up flyers like I used to. I did save all the flyers I have and I'm working on putting them online.

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 12:56 PM. Reason : l]

2/11/2008 12:55:21 PM

^^on weekends heh. im living in greenville, sc working full time. (about 4 hours south of raleigh). its nice minus the drive to raleigh

[Edited on February 11, 2008 at 1:01 PM. Reason : ]

2/11/2008 1:00:48 PM

i saw them play in a waterpark in tucson, az w/ goldfinger like 9-10 years ago.

all the fans were in a huge wave pool on tubes and rafts...pretty fun/bizzare concert.

2/11/2008 1:06:02 PM

I love JEW! I own their last 4 albums. I think Chase this Light as a whole is pretty good, but not as great as Futures or Bleed American. Big Casino is actually my ringtone on my cell at the moment, haha.

I saw them up here in NYC back in November, small venue on the west side, pretty intimate. It was awesome, but I was pretty pissed that they didn't play Lucky Denver Mint. I mean WTF mate.

nobody's mentioned it so I will, but is 23 anyone else's favorite song by them? Its one of their best IMO.

2/11/2008 1:14:23 PM

the ep they put out on fueled by ramen records was the heat.

i still dig clarity occasionally, but can't admidt to having listened to them in several years.

oddly enough, one of my prized 7"s from high school is an original pressing of the split with Jejune..

2/11/2008 2:37:18 PM

I saw them down here in Miami a few weeks ago. They opened for the Foo Fighters. I honestly didn't give a shit about seeing them... cause I was about to see the freakin Foo Fighters. Kinda hard to get excited about seeing the opening act when you're about to see the Foo Fighters.

[Edited on February 12, 2008 at 1:03 AM. Reason : .]

2/12/2008 1:02:35 AM

^well to each his own but I'd rather see Jimmy Eat World than Foo.

First time I saw JEW was when they opened for Green Day and Blink 182. Damn good show.

2/12/2008 1:11:41 AM

^ i went to that show

srsly, the ep's need more press...that firestarter cover is

http://youtube.com/watch?v=fup2sDOx-QE

[Edited on February 12, 2008 at 3:51 AM. Reason : sweet "a sunday" vid]

2/12/2008 3:43:04 AM

as much as i've listened to JEW, i've never seen them live. sucks.

2/12/2008 9:30:57 AM

^its because they only tour on the east coast once in a blue moon. Before this year's tour I'm pretty sure the last time they came through was in 2002 after the release of Bleed American.

I constantly get emails from their website telling me about West Coast and European Tours, WTF lol.

2/12/2008 1:35:11 PM

yes and i missed them in atlanta when i was less than 2 hours away from the venue that night with nothing to do about 2 months ago but i hadnt checked their show dates in forever (they played 6 songs from clarity that night too...)

and i just gave up tickets to see them and the foo figthers a couple weeks ago cuz we had a show

[Edited on February 12, 2008 at 1:37 PM. Reason : ]

2/12/2008 1:36:58 PM

Picking between Futures and Clarity is really difficult. I also really enjoy the "Stay on my side Tonight" EP. Chase this light was a little underwhelming for me.

Song that's been stuck in my head recently:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TxBUUAZuc7I

(Ignore the anime.)

2/12/2008 3:31:42 PM

i just stumbled upon this thread while listening to "for me this is heaven". great stuff.

bleed american was alright, i like several tracks, but it's nowhere near Clarity IMO.

2/12/2008 11:15:09 PM

Started listening to them after Bleed American, bought most of their albums since. I occasionally feel guilty listening to them, but I'm OK with that.

"Disintegration" is my favorite lately, but it varies. I listened to "Chase This Light" pretty much exclusively for about a month there.

2/19/2008 4:23:03 AM

no need to feel guilty

2/19/2008 7:50:36 AM

New U.S. Tour Dates with Paramore:

April 19th - DeKalb, IL - NIU Convocation Center

April 26th - Washington, DC - American University Bender Arena

"Always Be" - single out next Monday (7" vinyl available).

2/28/2008 4:12:38 AM

Quote :

"Jimmy Eat World will be playing a special gig in Charlotte, NC on Sunday, March 30th."

3/27/2008 1:06:49 AM

thanks for the heads up. had i not completely randomly run across this yesterday I wouldnt have known before your post. i REAALLY want to go. dont think ill get in though

3/27/2008 7:01:26 AM

Uh, more info on the Charlotte date plz?

edit: http://www.samsungsoundcheck.com/charlotte/access.html

bummer, not a charlotte native, def. ain't going up there and "waiting on standby"

[Edited on March 27, 2008 at 8:32 AM. Reason : .]

3/27/2008 8:28:58 AM

so it sounds like tickets for this guarantee you admission if youre there early (does not guarantee admission if you get there late). IE when the door opens everyone with a ticket gets in, then the rest is filled in with stand-by people who signed up. so if you get there late with a ticket you dont get in.

this would be an awesome venue to see them at.

3/27/2008 8:35:34 AM

PS

2 tickets Going with another fan from SC.

Another band ive been wanting to see for yeearrs and it never worked out.

[Edited on March 27, 2008 at 9:10 AM. Reason : ]

3/27/2008 8:52:13 AM

^^^^ No problem--I get the band's newsletter. In addition, because I'm on the e-mail list and entered the drawing, I'm in the running for free tickets to the Charlotte show.

3/27/2008 11:29:30 AM

They're playing in Atlantic City in May with Paramore, but its on a Friday and I'm about to have knee surgery so I can't make it Sucks b/c I'd like to see how Paramore is live, dammit.

3/27/2008 11:35:21 AM

HOLY SHIT!!!1 I won free tickets to the Charlotte show!

3/28/2008 12:36:02 PM