Sun December 22, 2013 3:51 pm
Mon December 23, 2013 12:48 am
dimejinky99 wrote:Just checking in. This is where I'm at.
LB is their most challenging since No Code. And their best since Yield.
Wed December 25, 2013 7:07 am
stip wrote:Strat wrote:Tuolumne wrote:I've said this before, but it's jsut a whole other deal artistically when it's a band, and not a solo act. There's pros and cons to each. To get a band to agree on a specific direction or sound or approach is difficult/next to impossible. But, the pros are that you have this collaborative interaction which yeilds results that would never exist by any one band member. Apples and oranges.
They all seem to gush over Neil and how he does shit. Thus, they could all easily be on the same page when it comes to throwing caution to the wind and forgetting what pearl jam is apparently and supposed to be about.
They need to man up.
I think his point is that if you have 5 people throwing caution to the wind in 5 different directions you may not be able to produce anything. That's different than the 5 of them having a radically different vision that they share and feeling unable to pursue it because it's not what pearl jam is.
We think of pearl jam as a singular entity, and the creation process as similarly singular, but it's not.
This isn't to say they couldn't all get on the same page about doing something different and then have the pearl jam ideal hold them back, of course. I'm just expanding on what I think Toul means
Wed December 25, 2013 7:42 am
Wed December 25, 2013 8:20 am
Vindicator wrote:Checking in, it's been a while since I've posted.
I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.
Getaway, MYM, MFS, Sirens, Infallible, Swallowed Whole, Pendulum are all 5 star songs for me. They all grew on me in huge ways. I absolutely hated Infallible's chorus at first, and I hated Swallowed Whole too. Now they are top tier.
And the rest are at least 4 star songs. I love LTRP, Lightning Bolt, Yellow Moon, Sleeping By Myself. Just a consistently great album, song after song.
I rarely even listen to Future Days, and yes it's the rotten egg of the album, but only because it feels like it doesn't belong. Feels like an Ed solo song. But even FD I find myself singing along sometimes. It's not horrible. I kind of like it.
My only complaint for the album is that it doesn't give me enough rock. Mostly slow and mid tempo, but what is there is great. I really hope they can finally rock out hard on the next album.
Wed December 25, 2013 9:43 am
Vindicator wrote:Checking in, it's been a while since I've posted.
I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.
Getaway, MYM, MFS, Sirens, Infallible, Swallowed Whole, Pendulum are all 5 star songs for me. They all grew on me in huge ways. I absolutely hated Infallible's chorus at first, and I hated Swallowed Whole too. Now they are top tier.
And the rest are at least 4 star songs. I love LTRP, Lightning Bolt, Yellow Moon, Sleeping By Myself. Just a consistently great album, song after song.
I rarely even listen to Future Days, and yes it's the rotten egg of the album, but only because it feels like it doesn't belong. Feels like an Ed solo song. But even FD I find myself singing along sometimes. It's not horrible. I kind of like it.
My only complaint for the album is that it doesn't give me enough rock. Mostly slow and mid tempo, but what is there is great. I really hope they can finally rock out hard on the next album.
Wed December 25, 2013 11:58 am
Wed December 25, 2013 11:59 am
Wed December 25, 2013 12:09 pm
Wed December 25, 2013 12:18 pm
Wed December 25, 2013 1:29 pm
Got Some wrote:Which means pj just let BOB record/produce but when it comes to final track listing suggestions. Maybe leave him out of it.
Wed December 25, 2013 2:51 pm
Kevin Davis wrote:Got Some wrote:Which means pj just let BOB record/produce but when it comes to final track listing suggestions. Maybe leave him out of it.
Too risky. We should just leave him out altogether to be safe.
Wed December 25, 2013 3:06 pm
Wed December 25, 2013 3:37 pm
harmless wrote:Also, I need to thank Jorge here because the headphones he bought me for Christmas (!) really enhance the album.
Wed December 25, 2013 4:04 pm
Strat wrote:harmless wrote:Also, I need to thank Jorge here because the headphones he bought me for Christmas (!) really enhance the album.
Thats awesome! What kind di he get ya??
Merry xmas!
Wed December 25, 2013 4:13 pm
Thu December 26, 2013 2:12 am
Vindicator wrote:I've gotta say, tonight on Christmas eve, I had my brother in law and cousin over who are hardcore Pearl Jam fans like me, and we all got in the car, got drunk in the driveway and blasted the whole album. We were all drunk singing along. I absolutely love every single song on the album, with maybe the exception of FD.
Thu December 26, 2013 3:23 am
Thu December 26, 2013 3:31 am
Thu December 26, 2013 4:04 am