Pearl Jam

Devil Ledbetter · Jan 31, 2013, 11:17 AM

Quote from: e_wind on Jan 31, 2013, 11:03 AM
I'm definitely still gonna try to be there

I'm one of those Yield fans who likes to joke around about Riot Act sucking, but it's far from their worst album. I have all of PJ's albums and videos, and a zillion bootlegs, even a Y1ELD personalized license plate, yet I don't own Riot Act. My Yield pals thinking I am exaggerating when I say don't have Riot Act, but it's true. That said, I do like about half the songs on it, particularly Can't Keep because you just can't beat a no-bridge song for incredible tension. It's genius, really.

Not owning RI has become a matter of principal that I don't except anyone to understand. (And yeah, you'll find the Fanch on my FB friends list ....)

My favorite PJ studio albums are Yield and No Code. I also love Benaroya, on which RI was respectfully represented.

lucylew · Feb 02, 2013, 12:25 PM

Lower level tix!

I don't think there are any bad PJ albums. I love them all, for different reasons. Yield is mosdef my favorite.

he.who.forgets · Feb 02, 2013, 12:45 PM

Quote from: APR on Jan 31, 2013, 09:43 AM
I just think No Code works well as an album and all fits together. Some albums (by any band not just PJ) seem to be a bunch of 10 or 12 songs to make up 45 minutes. With good headphones and the volume up you can hear incredible texture in every song on No Code. If they released Hail, Hail instead of Who You Are as the first single, then I think the mainstream would have fell for the album. I like when PJ is defiant and does something less predictable.

Throw in the fact that No Code has probably my two favorite all time songs PJ songs (Present Tense and In My Tree), that it gets the nod as #1. I love the rockers, espcially Lukin and Hail, Hail at a live show. Sometimes is a great opening song to set the mood and I don't think there is a clunker on the entire album.

I agree with this. I think that Sometimes is a great opener for the album and Around the Bend makes a great closer too. The albums has it's ups and downs and I think overall its very cohesive. Add habit as another great rocker, and Smile is a great mid-tempo song as well. Red Mosquito is another favorite of mine (especially with Mr. Harper on slide). I dont think that PJ gets much better lyrically than Present Tense. Add to that the killer album artwork and you've got yourself one of PJ's best! I'm also a little biased b/c my first PJ gig was in 96 on the No Code tour.
EDIT: And to comment on Riot Act, Save You may be one of their best rockers, and All or None if just fucking awesome.

dmooney99 · Feb 03, 2013, 03:00 PM

PJ fan here. I'm more on their boards than this one though, LOL.

Scored standing GA/pit for Wrigley!

listening to Yield now, 15 years ago today!

e_wind · Feb 03, 2013, 10:03 PM

I agree with most everything here. Yield, No Code, and Vitalogy are definitely my top 3, in that order.

bartel · Feb 09, 2013, 01:19 PM

got tickets..... fastest wrigley sell out ever.. they have still got it.

Tired Eyes · Feb 09, 2013, 04:05 PM

I was completely shut out for both London and Chicago.
Hopefully I'll have better luck with the fall tour that will allegedly happen.

e_wind · Feb 09, 2013, 07:03 PM

I got shut out as well

Come Closer · Feb 26, 2013, 08:05 PM

I really hope a fall tour happens, it's been way too long since I've seen them (3 yrs). Would they ever play MPP again?

Shug · Feb 27, 2013, 10:29 AM

I heard the tail end of a Pearl Jam song on the radio the other day and it sounded pretty good, but I don't know what song it was. The last words were something about "I can't stay" or "don't want to stay" or something like that. Anybody know what song that is?

he.who.forgets · Feb 27, 2013, 11:10 AM

Quote from: Shug on Feb 27, 2013, 10:29 AM
I heard the tail end of a Pearl Jam song on the radio the other day and it sounded pretty good, but I don't know what song it was. The last words were something about "I can't stay" or "don't want to stay" or something like that. Anybody know what song that is?

Yellow Ledbetter?

Shug · Feb 27, 2013, 11:21 AM

Yep, that was it. Thanks, dude. I was impressed with the guitar sound. One of my complaints about Pearl Jam is that I usually find their sound a big wash of guitars without space, clarity or distinction between them. I know McCready can solo, but he gets buried in the mushy sound. For comparison, check out the killer production and his guitar sound on the Mad Season studio album. I LOVE that record far more than any Pearl Jam record, probably because it sounds more like the 70s rock I love and less like the 90s grunge that just doesn't float my boat.

e_wind · Feb 27, 2013, 12:29 PM

One of the worst wraps that PJ gets is that their sound is too grungy or too heavy or whatever. But after their 2nd record i don't really get how anyone can say that

bigloop · Mar 03, 2013, 12:14 PM

Thanks for the heads-up on the Mad Season album. Really good stuff. Having never heard it, it's like brand new music straight from the nineties. Ahhh, Lanye Stayley.. I wonder if the grunge sound would have been as popular without the powerhouse vocals of Staley, Vedder, and Cornell?

Just picked up tix for the Soundgarden Worcester Palladium show in May! Never saw them in the day, so pretty psyched. Great new album and all reports are that they're putting on a great show.

zanjam · Mar 03, 2013, 02:43 PM

I love love love that mad season record. I also got to see them in a tiny club in Seattle, two feet away from layne staley. One of the most memorable concert experiences of my life, even tho the show was only 40 mins long!!

Shug · Mar 03, 2013, 03:15 PM

Quote from: e_wind on Feb 27, 2013, 12:29 PM
One of the worst wraps that PJ gets is that their sound is too grungy or too heavy or whatever. But after their 2nd record i don't really get how anyone can say that

Eric, I'm not saying their sound is too heavy or too grungy, I'm saying its too mushy and dense with not enough space and distinction between the instruments, which is kinda characteristic of 90s rock record making. I think you can be heavy and have distinction between instruments. I know, its vague words to describe hard-to-describe stuff ("...I want the sound of heavy air..."), but for example, Black Sabbath was way heavy on their first few albums, but there was also a lot of space between the instruments. You can clearly hear what is guitar, what is bass, drums, etc. Its just how rock records were made in the 70s, I think. I don't really hear that clarity on Pearl Jam records nor in their live sound, but I do hear it on that Mad Season record. I wish that the PJ albums sounded like the Mad Season record, I'd like 'em better. I basically want all rock to sound like the 70s, its just a stylistic preference for me. Glad to turn you on to Mad Season, bigloop. Yeah its a great album.

APR · Mar 03, 2013, 03:19 PM

Just in case you weren't aware, they just released the Deluxe version of Above.

I think it's remastered or remixed. It does contain two cds and one dvd. The first CD has extra songs which were they were working on for Mad Season's second album (Mark Lanegan sings on those). The second CD is live from Seattle. The DVD is a live show from Seattle.

Tired Eyes · Mar 03, 2013, 08:01 PM

Quote from: APR on Mar 03, 2013, 03:19 PM
Just in case you weren't aware, they just released the Deluxe version of Above.

I think it's remastered or remixed. It does contain two cds and one dvd. The first CD has extra songs which were they were working on for Mad Season's second album (Mark Lanegan sings on those). The second CD is live from Seattle. The DVD is a live show from Seattle.

It's not out yet. It comes out on April 2.
I'm definitely picking this up. I've been a big fan of the Mad Season album for many years. I'm also a big Pearl Jam fan and disagree with Shug about their sound...but to each their own.

Shug · Mar 04, 2013, 03:37 PM

http://www1.rollingstone.com/hearitnow/player/madseason.html

Sounds damn good to me!

APR · Apr 04, 2013, 09:32 PM

Pro shot footage and top notch sound from their Apr. 4, 2013 Argentina festival gig. Check out the crowd at around the 12 minute mark and the last 10 seconds.... sick.

PEARL JAM RELEASE EVEN FLOW ARGENTINA 2013 PEPSI MUSIC LIVE