'Get Hurt' song discussion (Premiered on Rolling Stone )

I find this song very intimate and sad... I kinda almost feel like I'm hearing something I'm not supposed to. It's so weird, he's pouring his heart out and it's so sad. Makes me think of him in a totally different way somehow...

Just wow.

JimmyB wrote:

I am not listening to anything else from it now.  Not even if they are officially released-I want to be surprised.

I'm with ya Jimmy. I don't want to know half of the songs before the record is out like I did with Handwritten. I hope nothing else gets out though because I honestly have no self control.

steady now steady now wrote:

I haven't heard it yet, but I am fascinated by the enthusiasm this song generates, compared to the slightly more forced appreciation that RnT got. Makes one wonder who picks the singles.

Couldn't agree more about the "forced appreciation". Just because it's new doesn't mean it's good. However, I don't mind them having to release a "single". 45 isn't a great song but they needed to get something onto the radio. I guess the same thought goes for RnT.

What's really fascinating is the decision about what song gets to be a single and what song doesn't. I feel like "Get Hurt" would do very well, much better than RnT. Thats just my opinion. I just kind of feel like the songs that may have been written to be released as singles are often the ones that come off as trying too hard. 45 as I mentioned before, and I suspect Howl might have been included on the album for that reason. Two years later and Howl is basically just remembered as filler. I just wouldn't want that to happen to any other songs on this album.

StitchesOnTheRadio wrote:

JimmyB wrote:

I am not listening to anything else from it now.  Not even if they are officially released-I want to be surprised.

I'm with ya Jimmy. I don't want to know half of the songs before the record is out like I did with Handwritten. I hope nothing else gets out though because I honestly have no self control.

Gaslight Anthem, it's a hell of a drug!

It's literally, phenomenal.

The bass line has caught my attention - really like it.

Love it, better than R&T. Think both will grow with repeated listens. Given me hope for the album after the teaser music.

Another great Gaslight song liked it straight away.

I guess the other thread wasn't the right place to post the comment regarding this song so I'll repeat my opinion here.

GH completely obliterates RnT in terms of...well, everything. What a great song. If RnT gave me doubts that I'll like the album, GH reinforces my belief that TGA may very well accomplish something good.

Harbortown wrote:

I guess the other thread wasn't the right place to post the comment regarding this song so I'll repeat my opinion here.

GH completely obliterates RnT in terms of...well, everything. What a great song. If RnT gave me doubts that I'll like the album, GH reinforces my belief that TGA may very well accomplish something good.

A little bit of hyperbole eh buddy? Obliterates??

RnT is great.... These two song are apples and oranges apart from lyrical content, which is ace on both..

I love both songs and can't choose a favorite because they both bring such different elements to the table yet both rip the heart to shreds.

rkirkpatrick25 wrote:

A little bit of hyperbole eh buddy? Obliterates??

RnT is great.... These two song are apples and oranges apart from lyrical content, which is ace on both..

I love both songs and can't choose a favorite because they both bring such different elements to the table yet both rip the heart to shreds.

Exactly how I feel as well. I like them both a lot but they're too hard to compare barring the lyricism.

Loving this song. It reminds me a little of Brian's Damien Rice cover if 9 crimes.

rkirkpatrick25 wrote:

Harbortown wrote:

I guess the other thread wasn't the right place to post the comment regarding this song so I'll repeat my opinion here.

GH completely obliterates RnT in terms of...well, everything. What a great song. If RnT gave me doubts that I'll like the album, GH reinforces my belief that TGA may very well accomplish something good.

A little bit of hyperbole eh buddy? Obliterates??

RnT is great.... These two song are apples and oranges apart from lyrical content, which is ace on both..

I love both songs and can't choose a favorite because they both bring such different elements to the table yet both rip the heart to shreds.

Naw man. To me, RnT is as cookie cutter and uninspired as Desire, whereas GH is more along the lines of heartbreak epics like We did it when we were young.

I think this is where to put this.
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-the-gaslight-anthems-dramatic-single-get-hurt-premiere-20140702

'2010's Handwritten' very good Rolling Stone   

Please do share this with any and everyone you know. Giving this song a big push before it gets to radio could help it on radio and give our boys a boost!

I'm not as scared anymore for this record, this song is actually great.

No longer a leak. But of course no links to rips/request for rips since this can be purchased on the main album.

First pass.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
Sometimes I dream some more
I keep my wounds without a bandage, baby
As I come stumblin' through the door

Spend my nights in this location
Talkin' to spirits on the floor
I think I came to find a feeling, baby
Between what was mine and what was yours

And I came to get hurt
Might as well do your worst to me, yeah yeah
Have you come here to get her?
Have you come to take her away from me, from me, from me?
Might as well do your worst to me

I think I'm gonna move to California
Mama, can you say a prayer for me?
I heard they don't get so lowdown
I heard they never bleed, not like we bleed

I came to get hurt
Might as well do your worst to me, yeah yeah
Have you come here to get her?
Have you come to take her away from me, from me, from me?
Might as well do your worst to me

And it gets pretty late and the stations will change
And the things once in order now seem so strange
One side could tell all the hurt apart from myself
Now all I can see is the need, the need

That I came to get hurt
Might as well do your worst to me, yeah yeah
Have you come here to get her?
Have you come to take her away from me, from me, from me?
Might as well do your worst to me

And maybe you needed a change, and maybe I was in the way
Maybe some things they stay, and some things go away
And maybe I was me, and maybe you were not the same

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:

First pass.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
Sometimes I dream some more
I keep my wounds without a bandage, baby
As I come stumblin' through the door

.....

ahem, why not just check the lyrics thread at https://thegaslightanthem.forumotion.com/t5490-get-hurt-song-lyrics

steady now steady now wrote:

JacksSmirkingRevenge wrote:

First pass.

Sometimes I wake up in the morning
Sometimes I dream some more
I keep my wounds without a bandage, baby
As I come stumblin' through the door

.....

ahem, why not just check the lyrics thread at https://thegaslightanthem.forumotion.com/t5490-get-hurt-song-lyrics

Oops, sorry! Didn't see it, my bad.

Christophe wrote:

'2010's Handwritten' very good Rolling Stone   

hahaha. It's really sad how frequently stupid mistakes like this pop up in articles on this band. I'm pretty sure that when Handwritten came out, some article called it the band's THIRD LP. Have writers gotten THAT lazy, that they can't even do a simple google search to fact check their own articles?

I just listened and I love it. It's great complement next to Rollin' and Tumblin' because they sound so different from each other.  
This just made the start of the holiday weekend even better.

I was really hoping it would be higher quality than it is. I want to hear this song in the best way possible.

zerb012345 wrote:

I was really hoping it would be higher quality than it is. I want to hear this song in the best way possible.

I found at least two different links when this leaked, and both sounded better than this. I'm not sure what to make of that?