He’s written some of the very best, and some of the very worst, material of their career. There’s oddly very little middle ground.

I’ll go along with this

agreed. the ones that i really love are ones that are also pretty long in the tooth.

i hate that saying by the way

I’ll be the voice of dissent — there are a few all-timers on that list (“Corduroy,” “RVM,” “Insignificance”), and a few dung piles (“Future Days,” “Gone,”), but a lot of that stuff is pretty middle-of-the-pack.

I like Gone. Always have. Sorry folks.

Not For You slaps. But RVM is likely his best.

Same here.

Same.

But you don't want me on your team because I also adore Future Days.

We don’t have to agree on everything. We can still be teammates.

God bless us, everyone

Aside from the lame piano and the fact it caps off an unsatisfying record, I can take Future Days for what it is.

Leave Eddie out of the guitar tone-setting process.

Finally listening to the half speed remaster today. It’s well done in most respects — great instrument separation, L-R sound stage, and surprisingly dynamic and not vocal-forward — my hat’s off to them in all these respects.

It does tend to favor Jeff’s bass, and sometimes that muddies up what the guitars are doing a little bit.

I’ll have to A/B at some point with my OP to see which I prefer. All things considered it’s a very fine pressing, though not quite as impactful as the Yield half-speed, which is the best that album will probably ever sound.

another good interview with Dave A

https://www.songfacts.com/blog/intervie ... ic3zO97an4

nice interview

love Dave

interesting to hear the full story about Glorified G

and also interesting to hear how PJ management fked him for money

not surprising

gotta pay for all those collectible cars somehow

This really pisses me off:

songfacts:Are you still in touch with any of your former Pearl Jam band mates?

Abbruzzese: It’s strange. I’m actually in contact with Dave Krusen, Jack Irons, and Matt Cameron, but I haven’t spoken to or heard from any of the other band members since I got fired. Not one thing.

the 'cattiness' comment i totally get and just see that as an extension of it

at the end of the day for all of Pearl Jam's themes of moral superiority they are actually very weak people (see: their last half-dozen shitty albums)