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Kind of wishing these guys would pack it in. Do people seriously listen to Pearl Jam anymore? I'm astounded every time I hear a new song from them.

 
Kind of wishing these guys would pack it in. Do people seriously listen to Pearl Jam anymore? I'm astounded every time I hear a new song from them.
:confused: sirens might be the best PJ sing to date, pendulum is fantastic, studio and live and lightning bolt is pretty good as well.

Which song exactly do you take issue with

 
Kind of wishing these guys would pack it in. Do people seriously listen to Pearl Jam anymore? I'm astounded every time I hear a new song from them.
:confused: sirens might be the best PJ sing to date, pendulum is fantastic, studio and live and lightning bolt is pretty good as well.

Which song exactly do you take issue with
I don't think I've ever heard any of those songs. These albums are good? Isn't it just basically the same music from 1990?

 
Caught a clip late last night of Eddie singing "Masters of War" in 1992. I miss the rolling his eyes back in his head like he used to do.

 
Kind of wishing these guys would pack it in. Do people seriously listen to Pearl Jam anymore? I'm astounded every time I hear a new song from them.
Still the best touring band on the planet.

Over 30+ shows in my portfolio, and Id die happy if I hit 30 more.

 
Here's what Pearl Jam haven't done in the past decade: Broadway musicals, EDM remixes, VMA shucking-and-jiving. Christy, take off your robe. And more to the point, they haven't been making suck-###, faded-glory, pro-forma LPs. Unlikely though it seems, the grunge survivors are now — Bruce Springsteen excepted — America's foremost torchbearers of classic rock. Sabrina, remove your dress.

Pearl Jam have become their heroes, but, like Springsteen, clearly do not want to become fat Elvis. So on their 10th LP, they overthink, overemote and overreach — fruitfully. If the party line on 2009's Backspacer was that it was PJ having "fun," Lightning Bolt is the sound of anger and brooding depression. In Pearl Jam terms, this is reason to be happy. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little.

Take "Mind Your Manners," the first single, a throw-yourself-around-the-room mix of Seattle mosh-pit metal and Bay Area snot punk that, at this late date, surely connotes "classic rock." Eddie Vedder dives into a screed about religion that announces, "They're taking young innocents/And then they throw 'em on a burning pile!" Elsewhere, "Infallible" chides "What, me worry?" types as our collective ship sinks, with Vedder's portentously huggable baritone making preacher-speak like "the hearts and minds of men" sound like wee-hours soul-bearing at the kegger.

Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your #######. This ability — with the band's exacting musicianship, storied integrity and respect for fans — is key to Pearl Jam's longevity. And it defines the album's most remarkable song, "Sirens," an Eighties-style power ballad recalling Creed, Nickelback and other acts who have taken Xeroxes of PJ's melodic hard rock to the commercial-radio ATM.

How is this not cheesy? Because unlike so many power ballads, there's no self-impressed stink of emotional triumphalism: Vedder sounds honestly helpless in the face of his fear and gets that love salvation is at best "a fragile thing." Co-written with guitarist Mike McCready, it's simply airtight pop: modern yet retro, dramaheavy yet plain-spoken, inspiring yet haunted, with a piercing David Gilmour-flavored guitar break and a melody that sounds like an arena full of cellphones, aloft and glowing. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it.

Many of the best songs are downtempo, reflecting the vibe of Vedder's more folk-rocky solo projects. "Pendulum" is a creepy unpacking of depression that nods to Edgar Allan Poe; "Yellow Moon" covers similar ground with a nod to Nick Drake; and the acoustic "Future Days," like "Sirens," is a fraught but uplifting love song. Then again, a full-band rereading of "Sleeping by Myself," the standout on Vedder's Ukulele Songs, loses the bittersweet loneliness of the original.

The two most telling tracks invoke nostalgia for when rock albums carried more cultural weight. On the R.E.M.-Who hybrid "Swallowed Whole," Vedder declares he "could set the needle, spin it loud." And the dude in "Let the Records Play," a blues-rock romp with a touch of the Cramps, apparently cures his pain with LPs and a vaporizer — an ancient healing practice utilizing modern technology. That pretty much describes Pearl Jam, too.

 
Here's what Pearl Jam haven't done in the past decade: Broadway musicals, EDM remixes, VMA shucking-and-jiving. Christy, take off your robe. And more to the point, they haven't been making suck-###, faded-glory, pro-forma LPs. Unlikely though it seems, the grunge survivors are now Bruce Springsteen excepted America's foremost torchbearers of classic rock. Sabrina, remove your dress.

Pearl Jam have become their heroes, but, like Springsteen, clearly do not want to become fat Elvis. So on their 10th LP, they overthink, overemote and overreach fruitfully. If the party line on 2009's Backspacer was that it was PJ having "fun," Lightning Bolt is the sound of anger and brooding depression. In Pearl Jam terms, this is reason to be happy. Sabrina, why don't you, uh, dance a little.

Take "Mind Your Manners," the first single, a throw-yourself-around-the-room mix of Seattle mosh-pit metal and Bay Area snot punk that, at this late date, surely connotes "classic rock." Eddie Vedder dives into a screed about religion that announces, "They're taking young innocents/And then they throw 'em on a burning pile!" Elsewhere, "Infallible" chides "What, me worry?" types as our collective ship sinks, with Vedder's portentously huggable baritone making preacher-speak like "the hearts and minds of men" sound like wee-hours soul-bearing at the kegger.

Christy, get down on your knees so Sabrina can see your #######. This ability with the band's exacting musicianship, storied integrity and respect for fans is key to Pearl Jam's longevity. And it defines the album's most remarkable song, "Sirens," an Eighties-style power ballad recalling Creed, Nickelback and other acts who have taken Xeroxes of PJ's melodic hard rock to the commercial-radio ATM.

How is this not cheesy? Because unlike so many power ballads, there's no self-impressed stink of emotional triumphalism: Vedder sounds honestly helpless in the face of his fear and gets that love salvation is at best "a fragile thing." Co-written with guitarist Mike McCready, it's simply airtight pop: modern yet retro, dramaheavy yet plain-spoken, inspiring yet haunted, with a piercing David Gilmour-flavored guitar break and a melody that sounds like an arena full of cellphones, aloft and glowing. Sabrina, don't just stare at it, eat it.

Many of the best songs are downtempo, reflecting the vibe of Vedder's more folk-rocky solo projects. "Pendulum" is a creepy unpacking of depression that nods to Edgar Allan Poe; "Yellow Moon" covers similar ground with a nod to Nick Drake; and the acoustic "Future Days," like "Sirens," is a fraught but uplifting love song. Then again, a full-band rereading of "Sleeping by Myself," the standout on Vedder's Ukulele Songs, loses the bittersweet loneliness of the original.

The two most telling tracks invoke nostalgia for when rock albums carried more cultural weight. On the R.E.M.-Who hybrid "Swallowed Whole," Vedder declares he "could set the needle, spin it loud." And the dude in "Let the Records Play," a blues-rock romp with a touch of the Cramps, apparently cures his pain with LPs and a vaporizer an ancient healing practice utilizing modern technology. That pretty much describes Pearl Jam, too.
:applause:

 
Add that I've seen Pearl Jam several times, and thought they were great. Except that they always stopped their set and had some political bull#### for 10 minutes or so.

I'm all for trying to energize the youth vote and inform the uninformed, but when I'm shroomin', don't drop liberal propaganda on me.
oh bull####. they never stop sets for 10 minutes. sure there might be a few sentences on some political topic, but never 10 minutes.
I was at the Charlotte show with Steinem. Broke her out during the middle of the set, major booing after 15 minutes and you could not here what she was saying. Total buzzkill.

 
Add that I've seen Pearl Jam several times, and thought they were great. Except that they always stopped their set and had some political bull#### for 10 minutes or so.

I'm all for trying to energize the youth vote and inform the uninformed, but when I'm shroomin', don't drop liberal propaganda on me.
oh bull####. they never stop sets for 10 minutes. sure there might be a few sentences on some political topic, but never 10 minutes.
I was at the Charlotte show with Steinem. Broke her out during the middle of the set, major booing after 15 minutes and you could not here what she was saying. Total buzzkill.
keep reading the thread

 

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