I don't currently have a copy of Ball-Hog but thanks to this thread I am totally going to listen to NO CODE today
-- Al (hoteloper...), March 13th, 2005.
I just found my sister's old copy of No Code in a bag in my room today, coincidentally. I've never listened to it before but probably know a bunch of songs from the alt-rock station. I know they played a ton. I'd put it on if I wasn't at work.
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), March 13th, 2005.
dude I don't wanna hijack the thread, don't get me started on No Code!!!
Al, get started! No Code as good thing, or No Code as bad thing?
-- David R. (quoteidio...), March 13th, 2005.
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A man lies in his bed in a room with no doorHe waits hoping for a presence something anything to enterAfter spending half his life searching he still felt as blankAs the ceiling at which he staredHe is alive but feels absolutely nothingSo is he?When he was six he believed that the moon overhead followed himBy nine he had deciphered the illusion trading magic for factNo tradebacks...So this is what it's like to be an adultIf he only knew now what he knew then...I'm open... (2x)Come on in... (4x)I'm open... (2x)Come on in... (4x)I'm open...Lying sideways atop crumpled sheets and no covers he decides todream...Dream up a new self for himself...
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 22:56 (nineteen years ago) link
"token" and "moment"
― Eisbär (llamasfur), Sunday, 13 March 2005 22:57 (nineteen years ago) link
Drive down the street can't find the keys to my own fucking homeI take a walk so I can curse my ass for being dumbI make a right after the arches. . . stinking grease and boneStop at the supermarket. . . people stare like I'm a dog
I'm gone to Lukin's... I gotta spot at Lukin'sUnlock the door at Lukin's. . . open the fridgeNow I know life's worth
I find the key but I return to find an open doorSome fucking freak who claims I fathered by raping my sonI find my wife. I call the cops. This day's work's never done.The last I heard the freak was purchasing a fucking gun.
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 22:58 (nineteen years ago) link
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― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:11 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/news/images/p/Pearl_Jam/sq-vedder-free-concert-92-mtv.jpg
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:12 (nineteen years ago) link
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Oh, my baby, my baby she don't want me no moreEver since she saw his poster in that record storeShe says the way he grinds his molars is really sexyShe thinks he's so darn dysfunctional and "Generation X"yShe likes his brooding angst and his wild-eyed stareYeah, he's her very favorite slacker multi-millionaire
Well, my baby's in love with Eddie VedderShe's all crazy 'bout that Eddie VedderOnce she was mine, but now I better just forget her'Cause my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder
Now, every time I see him, well, he looks so grimI guess it really must suck to be a rock star like himWhat a pain in the butt to have so much successSpending all his time moping and avoiding the pressBut my girl can't get enough of his sullen demeanorLike he's some big tortured genious and I'm some kinda wiener
Well, my baby's in love with Eddie VedderShe's got a thing for that Eddie VedderTell me, what can he do that I can't do betterNow my baby's in love withI said I said I said my baby's in love with Eddie VedderHead over heels for that Eddie VedderI cant believe it, now she's knitting him a sweater'Cause my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder
I knew we were headin' for disasterWhen she caught me hangin' out at the TicketmasterNow she's got an unrequited adoratioonFor the frustrated, agitated, designated alienatedSpokesman for the disaffected grunge generation
Well, I don't wear Doc MArtens and I don't wear flannelAnd I don't boycott the music video channelAnd I just can't compete with all that money and fameBut I know two can play at this gameYeah, well, let's just see how jealous she'll getWhen I start stalking Alanis Morissette
Well, my baby's in love with Eddie VedderShe's all crazy 'bout that Eddie VedderOnce she was mine but now I better just forget her'Cause my baby's in love withI said I said I said my baby's in love with Eddie VedderWhy'd she have to fall for that Eddie VedderIf she wants to leave me, I guess I better let her'Cause my baby's in love with Eddie Vedder
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― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:45 (nineteen years ago) link
albums I'd consider No Code being maybe 2nd to: Vitalogy, and um...maybe Yield...maybe Vs.
― Al (sitcom), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
― Gear! (can Jung shill it, Mu?) (Gear!), Sunday, 13 March 2005 23:46 (nineteen years ago) link
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I guess hardcore fans cannot get w/ Eddie's Camaro metaphor.
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― miccio (miccio), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:04 (nineteen years ago) link
Note to local superstores: plz discount Superunknown so I can give into my urge to buy it again. This $15-16 buck crap ain't gonna cut it.
― David R. (popshots75`), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:06 (nineteen years ago) link
― miccio (miccio), Monday, 14 March 2005 20:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Marcy Playground: WTF? (187 new answers)
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-- VegemiteGrrl (sharonjo...), March 14th, 2005.
I think the b-sides were mostly live but there was also a Vs. outtake version of "Alone" (the version on Lost Dogs is a Ten outtake).
― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:25 (nineteen years ago) link
-- miccio (anthonyisrigh...), March 14th, 2005.
if I was drinking something when I read that I would have spit it all over the screen.
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― Al (sitcom), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:34 (nineteen years ago) link
Didn't "Last Kiss" go to #1?
― billstevejim, Tuesday, 15 March 2005 00:54 (nineteen years ago) link
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― j blount (papa la bas), Tuesday, 15 March 2005 03:40 (nineteen years ago) link
i don't care what anyone says, 'who you are' is godawful. you'd think they'd never picked up a guitar before, and that's probably the point - this band loves to play the self-indulgent card.
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 03:53 (sixteen years ago) link
Every time I find myself at Best Buy, I'm tempted to buy the last PJ album.
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 04:02 (sixteen years ago) link
probably don't worry about it
'red mosquito' is great, actually
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 04:14 (sixteen years ago) link
The last PJ album is actually really good, despite its terrible cover art.
― Johnny Fever, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 05:02 (sixteen years ago) link
"Lakini's Juice" - C or D? (297 new answers) -- miccio (miccio), Monday, March 14, 2005 8:13 PM (2 years ago) Bookmark Link
still hilarious
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 05:15 (sixteen years ago) link
also even though I'm obviously a big advocate for post-megastardom Pearl Jam, I have to say that Riot Act and especially the self-titled album are pretty awful records.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 05:17 (sixteen years ago) link
'in hiding' is a good pj song as far as the more (relatively) recent stuff goes.
the ballads haven't been good since vitalogy
― Charlie Howard, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 05:23 (sixteen years ago) link
No one was as shocked as I was. But it shouldn't have been, as they've improved with each album.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 11:30 (sixteen years ago) link
I love the first track on No Code, but it's all ruined by the second one which comes in with all the welcomness of an irritating alarm clock.
― the next grozart, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 12:20 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha - I actually prefer the cover art to the actual album (which has decent enough songs, but Eddie and/or the production just fucks 'em all up).
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 13:51 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah his vocal performances on that album are easily the worst of his career. beyond a couple decent singles I don't understand any of the love for s/t.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 13:57 (sixteen years ago) link
"Mankind" is the reason I once almost considered buying the Stone Gossard solo album.
:)
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i don't think i've ever seen al so excited about anything ever
― strongohulkington, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:34 (sixteen years ago) link
yeah I don't know what I was on that day.
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:39 (sixteen years ago) link
aw come on
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:41 (sixteen years ago) link
haha I meant the day I started this thread, not the day I considered buying a Stone Gossard album. is it good? should I?
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 14:49 (sixteen years ago) link
I have no idea! I don't think I've gotten within light years of any Pearl Jam side project. All my drinking money these days gets spent on keeping up with members of Veruca Salt.
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:07 (sixteen years ago) link
I saw a Brad music video on 120 Minutes once. It was a gentle AC piano ballad with Shawn Smith asking you to think what makes you laugh and think what makes you sing. Stone was putting some sparse wacka-chicka on it.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:14 (sixteen years ago) link
All I remember about the Mad Season song they'd play on the radio is jesus christ I hate Layne Stanley.
― da croupier, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:15 (sixteen years ago) link
RIVER OF DECEIT
oh fuck you miccio
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:19 (sixteen years ago) link
"the only direction to go is down"
aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaargh
― David R., Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
I remember a Brad song with lots of slap-bass.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:20 (sixteen years ago) link
haha yeah I think Stone had to get his funk jones elsewhere once Pearl Jam banished its wah wah pedal/touring with RHCP/"Dirty Frank" beginnings post-Vs..
― Alex in Baltimore, Tuesday, 24 July 2007 15:38 (sixteen years ago) link
still a great record!!
― ian, Friday, 18 December 2009 22:22 (fourteen years ago) link
they were on an episode of Austin City Limits recently, and Eddie did "Lukin" ACOUSTIC WITH A STRING SECTION and they also played "Red Mosquito" w/ Ben Harper on slide guitar, it was like the whole thing was geared toward No Code geeks like me.
― some dude, Friday, 18 December 2009 22:24 (fourteen years ago) link
weird that probably my 2 most enthusiastic threads ever (this & Philadelphia Freeway) were revived on the same day.
― some dude, Friday, 18 December 2009 22:27 (fourteen years ago) link
"Smile" sounds great.
― Rich Lolwry (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 March 2011 13:47 (thirteen years ago) link