PEARL JAM

[Cultseeker]

Yep...it's another classic from the masters that are Pearl Jam.

Had nothing but 'No Code' on the go today...is an excellent album and criminally underrated.

'In My Tree', 'Present Tense', 'Off He Goes', 'Around The Bend', 'Habit', 'Red Mosquito', 'Lukin', 'Hail, Hail' and plenty more besides...how can that not make a fantastic album?!

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Paulaviki]

Are you sitting or standing bud?

[Cultseeker]

I booked seats, standing was sold out

I'm not keen on sitting at gigs, but I'm not bothered as I really booked it for Ollie.

[Cultseeker]

I've gone for a little bit of this:

Plaque on the wall says that no ones slept here

Its rare to come upon a bridge that has not been around

Or been stepped on

Whatever the notions, we laced in our prayers

The man upstairs is used to all of this *f**king* noise

Im through with screaming

And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes

Like echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes

Were faithful, we all believe, we all believe it

And echoes nobody hears, it goes, it goes, it goes

Were faithful, we all believe, we all believe it

So faithful, we all believe, we all believe it

M.y.t.h. is

Belief in the game controls that keeps us in a box of fear

We never listen

Voice inside so drowned out

Drowned you are, you are, you are a furry thing

And everything is you

Me you, you me, its all related

Whats a boy to do?

Just be darling and I will be too

Faithful to you

Faithful

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Olivavu]

If you wanna swap let me know.

Pretty sure me and my budski want to sit - we're getting on you know.

You hit 30 and you're a rock pensioner these days.

[Olivavu]

He lacks something vocally on that album I feel, and its a tad tense. The songs I've highlighted are great, but on listening to the album as a whole it sounds like its lost; a further exploration into some of the wacko ideas from Vitalogy, perhaps. I think 'Yield' is the antithesis of 'No Code', they dispell some demons on that album, re-focus, and get back on track - its very polished and shiney.

It's strange how the perspectives of their albums change so much from time to time. A sign of excellence if ever there was one, I reckon. 'No Code' will probably be my favourite next week. Such is Pearl Jam.

EDIT: Oh, and if 'Habit' isn't a seminal; grunge defining song then I trully don't know what grunge is. And if I don't know what grunge is, then I'll eat my hat and the hat of every man in this room.

[Cultseeker]

'Habit' certainly is a grunge-defining song. Andrew Wood, Kurt Cobain, Shannon Hoon, Layne Stayley and so on...these people died from their habit, yes...before and after that song was written. So many of Pearl Jam's peers got mixed up and messed up with drugs (heroin in particular) and this song certainly does define that facet of grunge.

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Olivavu]

And thats without mentioning the absolute no non-sense pre-90's hardcore grunge sound of the song. It's a fitting ode in every way. Pearl Jam are as about as 'convincingly' diverse a rock band as you can get.

Note: 'Convincingly', to any of you prog rock fans!

[thomasowen]

Pearl Jam have the finest back catalogue available to any band ever. It's as simple as that.

[Cultseeker]

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away

The love he receives is the love that is saved <<< When this section breaks...the finest moment in

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Olivavu]

Interestingly enough, I've pinpointed that part of this song aswell, and I sub-consciously compare it to Soundgardens 'Like Suicide. In particular, the high pitched re-interpretation and re-emphasis of the first bridge that morphes from a rather sweet sounding 'with eyes of blood and bitter blue' to a seering, painful:

'With an ounce of pain, I yield a ton of rage' - Special!

EDIT: Incidentally, my favourite solo of all time. Cornell's cry of 'I feel', setting the stage no end.

As Soundgarden were conceived so fittingly in the 80's, I will let that statement fly.

[Cultseeker]

You should do anyway...Pearl Jam are the superior of the two however you look at it..!

[Olivavu]

I refuse to enter into a Soundgarden vs Pearl Jam debate. It's like asking if you prefer your fine steak bloody or well done, both come from the same grade 'A' beast.

But Soundgarden rule!

[the_hedge]

I'm sure the boy Vedder appeared at U2 gig last year ?

Bono and Vedder are good friends I do believe.

[Cultseeker]

I'm sure the boy Vedder appeared at U2 gig last year ?

Bono and Vedder are good friends I do believe.

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[fantomas]

bono appeared with PJ in Toronto 2005 (for Rockin' in the Free World).

I know U2 were there the previous night, and Pearl Jam were in town, don't think they joined U2 though.

[Olivavu]

[Cultseeker]

[Fabrizio Hammond Jr]

And he still gives his love, he just gives it away

The love he receives is the love that is saved <<< When this section breaks...the finest moment in music for me personally...

[Olivavu]

Nah, it's the first chorus mate.

[Cultseeker]

No way...that break is fantastic and is the defining moment of the song...

Edited June 30, 2006 by Cultseeker

[Olivavu]

Squabbling, rather genuinly and passionatly, over the best part of a particular Pearl Jam song............could you see that with, say, Franz Ferdinand?

[one_one]

Probably if you went to a Franz Ferdinand forum...

[Olivavu]

Probably if you went to a Franz Ferdinand forum...

[one_one]

Dear lord...can there be anything more intellectually stimulating that discussing the finer points of such a thought-provoking band???