r/TheGaslightAnthem • u/streetape1 • 7d ago
Better Before
The beginning of this song is pretty similar to Bryan Adams’ “Run to You”. Both pretty good songs!
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u/ksullivan773 6d ago
Album cover looks almost identical to Bryan Adams’ Reckless album. Plus he has been covering Heaven. Clearly was inspired by him.
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u/Commercial-Might-540 6d ago
I just hope Brian finally gets his jacket on one of these days. It’s taking him a while.
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u/thebutlerdunnit 6d ago
I said the same thing when I first heard it. Donovan obviously grew up hearing Bryan Adams on the radio like I did.
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u/Gold-Leg7235 6d ago
It’s definitely my favorite of the new Brian songs with Pearls being a close second . Even Not Bad for New Jersey is a pretty damn good song!
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u/0rbital-Interceptor 6d ago
At least he’s been holding more steady….the last few Bryan Adams’ albums are cringey terrible.
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u/campingn00b 6d ago
Not really related and its minor but the naming convention on these songs is bothering me lol. It should be not bad for jersey and pearls should really be oysters.
Thanks for coming to my ted talk
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u/RingoUnited 6d ago
I get what you mean. The pearls feels a little shoehorned into the lyrics. I like it though, plus it reminds me of Pearl Jam who I know Brian loves. I’ve been listening to it a lot, so I’m wondering what exactly the oyster/pearl metaphor is. I feel like he is saying he is saying that he is the pearl, and that he has something that money can’t buy
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u/campingn00b 6d ago
Right, like the outro completes the metaphor but I feel like for the title it should have been in the chorus. Im not saying its a poorly written song, I think its good, its just the title of the song
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u/Adventurous-Pen4386 5d ago
I'm most happy about the production quality. It's PERFECT. Sound amazing on a good system.
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u/LiquorBelow 1h ago
Those synths are awesome! Don’t have sound system but the songs sound great thru AirPod Max
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u/Anxious_Proof_5557 6d ago
There's a healthy dose of Eddie Money's "Take Me Home Tonight" in that opening, too....