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Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vs.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 12:07 am
A Return To Form
Joined: Tue January 29, 2013 11:24 pm Posts: 107 Location: London, UK
This is pretty flawless IMO.
WMA and Glorified G work in the context of the album, but I guess are slightly weaker on their own. But I'm nitpicking.
And what's with all the hate for Leash?! It's in my top 10 PJ songs. So what if the lyrics are a bit naive, its the songs structure and kick-ass-ness that sells it for me.
The record has the best opener and best closer of any PJ record. And everything in between is nothing less than very good. What more can you ask?!
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vs.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 7:09 am
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Tue July 09, 2013 2:13 am Posts: 318 Location: Twin Cities
I don't know that I can find a major flaw in Vs. Even the length of it is just about perfect. It's my favorite PJ album after Yield.
It's in a lot of ways the definitive classic Pearl Jam album. There's a great deal more variety in the music and the production is much cleaner and less-dated sounding than Ten. The energy on Vs. is ridiculous and the band has never been able to quite match it since.
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vs.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 7:13 am
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Tue July 09, 2013 2:13 am Posts: 318 Location: Twin Cities
Lament wrote:
The part where Stone comes in on backing vocals on Glorified G is one of the most dementedly fun moments of their career. Glorified G gets a pass in my book solely for that. It's a shame they don't utilize Stone's voice in that manner more frequently.
Glorified G is just a great groove. It's actually a really simple riff in D but Stone just milks it for all it's worth and makes it sound like so much more. Mike's outro solo is one of his best album solos in my opinion.
I never skip Glorified G or Dissident but WMA gets a pass sometimes just because of it's length (though I still like it's tribal sounding weirdness).
Post subject: Re: What is Each Album's Major Flaw?: Vs.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2014 7:22 am
Broken Tamborine
Joined: Tue July 09, 2013 2:13 am Posts: 318 Location: Twin Cities
hlniv wrote:
Vs = Dave A = PJ record that made me a fan
Nuff said
It's the record that made me a fan too. I dubbed a friend's tape in 1995 and then finally picked up the CD in 1996 so I was pretty late to the party.
I am a big Matt C. fan but Dave A. was definitely instrumental in crafting the PJ sound. He technically only got a few songwriting credits but his influence is everywhere on Vs and Vitalogy. The band would not sound the same without his influence (I'll bet you anything when Stone was writing DTE he was hearing Dave's drums in his head). Such a shame they couldn't bury the hatchet and get him involved with PJ20.
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