the SINGLES OST poll

Hi this is Bridget Fonda from Seattle, Washington and I voted for Pearl Jam "State Of Love And Trust" because Pearl Jam rocks and the bands is hot!! WOOOOOOOOOO!!!!! WWWOOOO!

Anyone remember this first-person story Crowe wrote for Musician at the time? He followed Cornell, Vedder, and a miffed Paul Westerberg through the process of recording and sending their material. Crowe spent hours in a smoke-filled hotel room with Westerberg, in the hopes he'd write the hit. "I'm going to play this one more time, then I'm leaving," W said, and he left.

Sounds to me like they influenced one band... mother love bone. So yeah.. not especially influential. (Also Duff was in The Fastbacks, but I don't think that hardly matters since he left years before Sub Pop 100.)

Point kinda missed, but given what became of MLB's six-string section there's probably an argument that that one band's enough.

i can almost sense a few parallels between jane's addiction and mother love bone: charismatic and mysterious frontman, lyrics somehow steeped in the otherworldly, an epic feel to a number of the tracks, and a general feeling of glitz and glam about the whole thing. the segue into grunge from alternative or hair metal or hard rock or whatever is said to have immediately pre-dated it has always been of interest to me. while some acts seemed to have typified the grunge sound from the get-go (nirvana, mudhoney etc.), others such as alice in chains or soundgarden seemed to ease into it gradually. for instance, facelift sounds almost a little too polished and slick to wear the grunge tag and feels like more of a metal record.

I remember really digging "State of Love & Trust," but I'll have to go with "Would?" here.

"Seasons" gave me so many false hopes for Chris Cornell's post-Soundgarden career

V. true.

the westerberg tracks on this are great. i only became a replacements fan a few years back, so never gave these tracks their due back in the day. hmmm, it really is a solid and consistently strong soundtrack.

drown.
for the "i wish i wish i could fly etc.." part and the drums there

i like the westerberg songs, but for me he was already into his looking-for-a-next-act phase here, and he never really quite emerged from that. plus i always thought "dyslexic heart" was a pretty bad bit of lyrical imagery.

It is an awkward metaphor. It's probably the best solo song Westerberg did though.

Some may recall that before the movie, Pumpkins put out a single on the Sub Pop singles club. So there was a real connection with Seattle in addition to shared influences of classic rock and proto-metal.

"Drown" always struck me as a pleasant middle ground b/w the murky dream-pop of Gish and the bombast of what came later. I wish they'd explored that territory further, as I feel it really suited them. Oh well.. Drown gets my vote

Yes. Voted for this.

Some may recall that before the movie, Pumpkins put out a single on the Sub Pop singles club.

i remember reading about that...tristessa/la dolly vita, right?

Yes, on pink vinyl! That aforementioned RHCP/Pearl Jam/Pumpkins tour also featured Nirvana on some dates.

Anyone remember this first-person story Crowe wrote for Musician at the time?
Does this exist online anywhere? This sounds awesome.

strange that Screaming Trees never got more popular.

I remember the end of this more than the performance itself.

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omg that letterman clip is incredible

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this sounds about right. nice hierarchy of vote allotment, but with a nice spread for all of the contenders (well, except for Heart. I can't even remember that track).

i like the cover so its a shame it didnt get a vote.

Paul Westerberg is the only thing I'd listen to here.

No Pumpkins or Screaming Trees for you Bimble?

i liked every song on this album.

i love the Pearl Jam, Chris Cornell, and Mudhoney tracks, can't believe they go so few votes. i think i voted State of Love and Trust, but i can't remember. really i love every song on here except MLB and Heart. that Jimi track is the shit, too.

actually, the two tracks that didn't get a vote are possibly the ones that i've played least over the years. so, that's a decent reflection right there. otherwise, that soundgarden track is amazing, maybe i should have voted for it to prop it up a bit.

Although it was my pick, I'm surprised the Pumpkins snagged this; I thought the backlash would have taken it from them. Love 'Drown' though.