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Post by pattentank24 on May 2, 2006 11:43:19 GMT -5
I've been listening to the new one for about a week( that and the new TOOL as well love the magic eye mag glass endelss fun for artwork)
LOOK I think the masses need to embrace this one,I feel the tracks are much more memorable than say "Cropduster"/"MFC"/"Sleight of Hand"
I love how most uninformed reviews I've read like Entertainment Weekly/Atlanta Journal/etc
point out how they haven't mattered since Vitalogy
WTF have you been to a PJ show since NO Code?
Sad to say It's a GREAT Album but the only reason the press has been so positive is the new LABEL is doing what Epic didn't
PROMOTE PROMOTE PROMOTE
Granted any of your insightful music critics such as The previous Pop Matters review.
Pointed out this band has just refined what makes them so valued as to earn their fan base consistent loyality
They sound tighter/More focused than ever the rage comes balanced with a patience not heard since Yield.
I'm 27 now and still remember listening to Ten on the school bus everyday.
my first concert was @ The Fox Theater on the second leg of the Ten tour in 92-93(can't remember exactly)/Hell I'm wearing my Alive tour shirt today at the station
I'll always follow this band evolution
The Main difference between this album and everything since Vitalogy is simple.
Listen to How much Louder the production on Eddie's vocals was bumped up much more clearer than the rockers on Riot Act(same producer I realize)/Binaurral this never has affected the vocals on the mid-tempo numbers or slow jams
It's a noticable different
I've been listening to all PJ albums for the last week and this seemed to stick out the most to me about the new stuff.
Funny thing is you can tend to take the greats for granted till even they outdo theirselves
Pearl Jam is that the difference between their consistent solid/good work and those moments you appreciate GREATNESS
But Don't Call It a Comeback
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Post by pattentank24 on May 2, 2006 11:54:49 GMT -5
pj Lists
Ten- Release(brings me back to sleeping in a car late at night with a crush)
VS- "RVM"- Still the best let's get the hell out of here song the 90's version of Born To Run
Vitalogy- "Last Exit"- the best Vedder howl of them all
No Code- "Mankind"- It's silly and shows why they are having more fun making music than we know
Yield- "Lowlight"- The best slow song of them all a true crossroads in life anthem
Binaural- "Sleight of Hand"- the slow burner that defines the sound of the same album
Riot Act- "You Are"- The wildest experimental PJ SONG SO FAR
Pearl Jam- "Gone"- Too early but this is the song I hear in my head when I think of this album right now
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Post by Thorngrub on May 2, 2006 12:28:18 GMT -5
But Don't Call It a Comeback RIght on brutha, and Amen ~ ! Pearl Jam never freakin left. . . that much is clear to me. I'm 40 right now, and I can tell you straight-faced that the one band responsible for me personally breaking free of my 70's-obsessed musical moorings (I grew up spoonfed on all the classics, from ZEp to Floyd to Tull, Yes, K Crimson, p gabriel, n young and on down the line) was PEARL JAM. (i.e, 'twas PJ who paved the way for me to get into Alice In Chains, Tool, rage, korn, and all the rest fell into place from there. Look at me! I"m a rockin' freakazoid!  That was14 years ago, when I was a tender & bright eyed 26 yr old. I had just moved from Boston to Portland Maine - - all my friends were hippies & dead heads. I caught PJ on Sat Nite Live - - and my gf & I looked at each other w/this look on our faces that said "who the hell is THAT singing??" the next day I bought TEN (on cassette). I recall being the only one of my friends who bothered to do this thing, *listen to the pearl jam album, TEN*. I cranked it out of my car everywhere I drove. I fell in love with it! Some of my old stoner pals would ask who that was. I'd excitedly explain it was "pearl jam", and that they should really do themselves a favor and check em out. The music had a distinctly *alternative* feel. . . it was too new for some of my old crusty friends. I became obsessed with it. Since that day, I have never failed to buy a studio PJ release on the day it came out. It's been a ritual of mine ever since TEN. I've seen far too many concerts to list here. . . nearly all of my favorite, legendary musicians, I've seen at least once if not multiple times. The glaring holes in my catalogue of live shows: lou reed . . . tom waits . . . rage against the machine . . . & pearl jamNow, here we are, fourteen years later, and I'm a tender & bright eyed 40 yr old. And my favorite american rock band has released their self -titled. And I lucked into 2 tickets to see em July 6th, in Vegas, w/Sonic Youth. And their new album was delivered to my doorstep 3 days ago, on a bright and promising Saturday morning. Man, I feel so damn lucky to be ALIVE ! |
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2006 12:55:22 GMT -5
Whoa! Great post there thorns! That's exactly the kind of reading I like to do, and what you wrote really gave me some cool insight to your love for PJ; thanks. I'm excited for you to see 'em live, it's been 14 years in the making. Hopefully when you see them they'll hit up a lot of Ten songs for you....you can pretty much bank on an 8 minute jam to 'Even Flow'....
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2006 13:01:31 GMT -5
One song from each album I'm really feeling right now:
Ten - Alive (the jam at the end is bone tingling; great, great song)
Vs. - WMA (great funky beat, hope to hear a full version live)
Vitalogy - Immortality (Pearl Jam goes a bit alt. country, the acoustic guitars are phenominal)
No Code - Smile (makes me think of my special lady)
Yield - All Those Yesterday's (begging a friend to stop before it's too late, should've been played for Lane Staley)
Binaural - Sleight Of Hand (this song has taken longer than any other PJ song to grow on me, but after 6 years I can finally say I love it!)
Riot Act - 1/2 Full (took 3 years for me to like, the last two minutes are freakin' great - see Alive).
Pearl Jam - Marker In The Sand (damn near one of the best riffs I've ever heard in a PJ song, and Matt has finally loosened up and actually grooves a bit -- Jack who?)
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Post by JesusLooksLikeMe on May 2, 2006 13:54:02 GMT -5
The enthusiasm you chaps are showing has me reconsidering my apathetic stance. I might just have to buy this thing after all. I'd sort of given up after Riot Act, figuring they would continue to be worth a download when I had some spare time, but that they were just about washed up.
Perhaps that's not the case and now I'm curious.
Thorny - enjoy that show mate. Saw 'em live at Wembley in '96 promoting No Code and it remains in my top 3 gigs of all time. They opened with "Oceans", played "Smile" live for the first time, and played the arse off every classic from the first 4 albums, before finishing with a adrenaline-fuelled version of "Baba O'Reilly". Fuck me, but Eddie put his soul into "Porch" back in those days. That song really brought something emotional out of him live. He was the consummate frontman back then.
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Post by Galactus on May 2, 2006 14:21:33 GMT -5
I almost never listen to the studio albums, none of them hold a candle to the live stuff. This is the first album since No Code that I liked out of the box. Yield, Binaural and Riot Act all came after the offcial bootlegs. Binuaral has worked it's way to one of my favorite albums (though I confess listening to mainly the live albums it's hard sometimes to put the songs from those albums in the context of which album it's from).
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2006 14:59:08 GMT -5
The enthusiasm you chaps are showing has me reconsidering my apathetic stance. I might just have to buy this thing after all. I'd sort of given up after Riot Act, figuring they would continue to be worth a download when I had some spare time, but that they were just about washed up. Perhaps that's not the case and now I'm curious. Get it, you won't be dissapointed; it's a great listen! |
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Post by kmc on May 2, 2006 15:06:52 GMT -5
I like Pearl Jam almost as much as I liked No Code when it first came out.
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Post by Thorngrub on May 2, 2006 15:27:44 GMT -5
Whoa! Great post there thorns! That's exactly the kind of reading I like to do, and what you wrote really gave me some cool insight to your love for PJ; thanks. I'm excited for you to see 'em live, it's been 14 years in the making. Hopefully when you see them they'll hit up a lot of Ten songs for you....you can pretty much bank on an 8 minute jam to 'Even Flow'.... Man. . . . I'll be on the verge of orgasm when I hear Even Flow live for the first time. I hope they play "Tremor Christ" and "Immortality". . . I imagine they've done "black" into the dirt so many times they might skip it . . . *God I hope not* . . . Shiiiiiiiiiit, I'm even dying to hear "jeremy" ~ ! And "Off He Goes" and "In My Tree" . . . It would be extra special to me if they play "rearviewmirror", and I'd dig a good angry "blood"... |
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Post by rockysigman on May 2, 2006 15:30:13 GMT -5
When I saw them a couple years ago, they played a really long show that covered I think every single one of the radio hits, plus a ton of other stuff.
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2006 15:43:30 GMT -5
Their average set is between 25 to 30 songs; so odds are you'll get a lot of songs you like, plus a few from the vault....
Tremor Christ was only played twice last tour.
RVM is a staple as are: Animal, Corduroy, Even Flow, Given To Fly, Betterman, State Of Love & Trust, Alive, Daughter, EWBTCIAST, Last Exit
If you're lucky you'll get: Smile, Sad, In My Tree, Oceans, Low Light, Whippin', Immortality, Off He Goes, or Faithfull. (these songs are played but not as often)
Common openers include:
Release, Of The Girl, Sometimes, Can't Keep, Long Road, Intersteller Overdrive/Corduroy
Common Closers:
Rockin' In The Free World, Yellow Ledbetter, Fuckin' Up, Leaving Here, Baba O' Riley, Sonic Reducer
Rarities:
Black Red Yellow, Rats, Who You Are, No Way, Leash, Hard To Imagine, Around The Bend, Fatal, Breath (some of these songs haven't been played in almost a decade)
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Post by Paul on May 2, 2006 15:45:50 GMT -5
I like Pearl Jam almost as much as I liked No Code when it first came out. did/do you like it a little bit or a lot? |
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Post by Paul on May 3, 2006 8:20:53 GMT -5
OK, so I'm geeked out on some PJ right now...haven't been this excited since I heard Yield back in 1998...anywho, anyone give "Marker In The Sand" some listens? If so, thoughts?
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Post by luke on May 3, 2006 8:31:43 GMT -5
I haven't listened all the way through yet, but I'm extremely impressed here. I can't remember the first time I listened to Ten or Vs., but I can say that so far, I like this better than I have first listen of any PJ album.
That said...I bought No Code the day it came out in '96 and fucking HATED it. Wasn't until about six years later a roommate broke it out of my collection and I fell in love with the thing. Yield I liked but was sorta neutral toward...the same with Binaural and Riot Act.
This self-titled, though, is just fucking fantastic. Goddamn shame to put that great art on a shitty carboard casing, though, but that's what we gotta expect from these guys forever, I guess.
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