Vitalogy > No Code > Ten > Yield > Vs. > Binaural > Backspacer > Riot Act > s/t
― some dude, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:49 (ten years ago) link
"In My Tree" is such a jam, if we polled these guys my #1 easy, & the drumming is the main reason why: he doesn't ride the cymbals so they hit harder, and I make a rock face every time they pop
― Euler, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:51 (ten years ago) link
Riot Act just has kind of a bad vibe feel. Love Boat Captain is the only reprieve for me
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:53 (ten years ago) link
yeah 'in my tree' is rad
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
Can anything really challenge "Bushleaguer" as their worst song ever?
― Simon H., Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:54 (ten years ago) link
why so beleaguered?
― some dude, Sunday, 7 July 2013 17:58 (ten years ago) link
ugh Bushleaguer :(
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:01 (ten years ago) link
Dudes, I never said they should have kept Dave. Just that I think they do better with a more expressive drummer.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:03 (ten years ago) link
I also never said they should have made an album like "Automatic." I just think they might have made more interesting albums if they weren't always in rock mode. Though of course there are plenty of cool non-rock things scattered throughout the catalog.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:04 (ten years ago) link
Like, I am at best a casual fan, but I have always been intrigued enough by the band and its potential - and actual accomplishments - to follow along.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:05 (ten years ago) link
I never saw Dave as expressive so much as he liked to hit things hard
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:55 (ten years ago) link
some patches of his playing had soul
― some dude, Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:57 (ten years ago) link
he had soul but he wasn't a soldier
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 July 2013 18:58 (ten years ago) link
i've probably yelled about this here before but they left the best songs off of binaural. "sad" is probably my favorite pj song
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:08 (ten years ago) link
i love riot act bc it's so dark and weird and cameron seems more fused to the band but yeah it's waaaay too long
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:09 (ten years ago) link
a great song from the back half of riot act
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp48rFR92W8
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:10 (ten years ago) link
how do you leave this off a record and not feel regret about it literally all the time
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V-DHL9xzfI
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:13 (ten years ago) link
I like "Green Disease." I'd like it more were it not for "G...R..EED" etc
― Simon H., Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:19 (ten years ago) link
haha i think it's cute
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:28 (ten years ago) link
I'm Riot Act fan. I think it was a "cleaner" album in that some of the normally rough edges were smoothed out (and Eddie didn't yell) but despite that, I thought the songs were tightly written.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 7 July 2013 19:56 (ten years ago) link
I'm listening to "Backspacer" for the first time. Solid!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:00 (ten years ago) link
"The Fixer" is fun to sing in the car.
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:02 (ten years ago) link
yeah it's a pretty good rocker. a few bung notes here and there (Johnny Guitar's not a favorite).
i think 'just breathe' is one of their lovelier songs, it always makes me bawl
Supersonic is my favorite
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
"Just Breathe" sounds like a cousin of "Man of the Hour."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
it does! I never thought of that
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
lol they changed the lyrics of Supersonic for one of their Seattle shows <3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q90VmGGzxTY
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:12 (ten years ago) link
i love the concept and much of the execution of backspacer, i just miss mike's solos
― Puff Daddy, whoever the fuck you are. I am dissapoint. (stevie), Sunday, 7 July 2013 20:53 (ten years ago) link
Why am I enjoying this thread so much?
― MikoMcha, Sunday, 7 July 2013 21:16 (ten years ago) link
we cool
― A deeper shade of lol (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 7 July 2013 21:18 (ten years ago) link
There's a nice detente to the Pearl Jam debate, or lack thereof. The band pretty smartly ceded the center to others early on, which by default left it just enough left of center, straddling the totally palatable place between "alternative" and "mainstream." Which is to say, there's nothing not-mainstream about the band, particularly, save the fact that it is not (at all) distant bastard relative Nickelback, but that's a pretty huge difference. People might not like Pearl Jam, but I don't think many truly hate them anymore, which is total counter the animus engendered by the, well, alternative.
REM, Radiohead and yes, even U2 did much the same thing. There were enough pale imitators and opportunistic copycats that even at their most insufferable they became totally defensible by dint of not being ... Coldplay, I guess.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 7 July 2013 22:12 (ten years ago) link
So I watched the documentary PJ20 and actually really enjoyed it. They do seem to have dignity to them as a band. Stone Gossard seems like a nice guy.
― MikoMcha, Monday, 8 July 2013 07:26 (ten years ago) link
Yeah, I mean it's basically a love letter to them from Cameron Crowe, but even with that knowledge they still seem like grounded and dignified fellas.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 8 July 2013 07:36 (ten years ago) link
http://pearljam.com/countdown
― Shock G Mo Collier (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Monday, 8 July 2013 16:49 (ten years ago) link
Tour + a new 3-day countdown clock.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:00 (ten years ago) link
North American tour. But still another countdown clock set for three days from now, maybe that'll be the new album or single.
(xpost - beat me to it)
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:01 (ten years ago) link
But of course no other Chicago stop, since they completely fucked up the pre-sales for the Wrigley shows and fucked a lot of people over.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:02 (ten years ago) link
Did they? It's the same weekend as the Pitchfork Fest. And Phish. Lots of committed fans scattered in different directions that weekend.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 8 July 2013 17:11 (ten years ago) link
OAKLAND WOOOOOOOO
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:13 (ten years ago) link
mr veg already called me this morning to give me the good news <3
Well, I guess they didn't really fuck it up, but I guess the Wrigleyville area has been really bitching about all the big concerts lately so apparently the residents asked for some exclusive first rights to tickets or something. Anyway, there was a special pre-pre-sale for Wrigleyville residents which ended up eating up way, way, way more than the band expected. Almost all of the residents bought the max allowed to flip. So even Ten Club members ended up being completely shut out of even getting a shot at tickets at face price. Last time I checked, tickets were going for upwards of $500 a pop on StubHub. I like Pearl Jam a lot and I'd have loved to have seen a show at Wrigley, but not for that much.
― JACK SQUAT about these Charlie Nobodies (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:15 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK1njeQdAVk
At just after 1:00, is that a snippet of something new? It may not be, but it doesn't immediately sound familiar either.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Monday, 8 July 2013 17:16 (ten years ago) link
pumped that there's a Baltimore date, hopefully I'll get to see it.
started making playlists of fav songs from each drummer/era, goddamn i love these Jack Irons songs.
― some dude, Monday, 8 July 2013 22:25 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DhODYyZVL6Y
spin spin spin the black circle
― emo canon in twee major (BradNelson), Thursday, 11 July 2013 19:39 (ten years ago) link
It's so cute when they write punk tunes
Production's got a dispiriting digital sheen to it, moreso than usual?
― Simon H., Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:04 (ten years ago) link
Backspacer was produced extremely "clear" too.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:06 (ten years ago) link
True, but things like the many Vedder vocal overdubs and too-clean starts and stops feel like another step further.
― Simon H., Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:08 (ten years ago) link
Eew. I like this song, and I'm sure I'll like many of the other songs on the album, but it's an album called Lightning Bolt and its cover looks like clipart.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:10 (ten years ago) link
Really? Lightning Bolt?
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:11 (ten years ago) link
http://cdn.antiquiet.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/lb_cover.jpg
super meh
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Thursday, 11 July 2013 20:14 (ten years ago) link
Sounds a little like Clutch w out the fury. I like it, good hook.
― caek da killa (Spottie_Ottie_Dope), Thursday, 11 July 2013 21:03 (ten years ago) link