Taking a musical stroll down memory lane.

Good aren’t they?

Good aren’t they?

No, apart from the record they made with Neil Young.

I got a mention on Mark and Lard when as a kid, a friend bought me ‘Alive’ on limited edition blood red vinyl for my birthday.

Starry bra etc

I liked Jeremy and the other one..

Thought they were really raw and talented, then vedder got all.. scawly..

Been done!

You’re becoming a self fulfilling profecy 🙂

No, apart from the record they made with Neil Young.

They only covered it, albeit with his blessing.

Although I think I prefer them doing it together rather than either on thier own..

[video]https://youtu.be/hvtdbfI1sqQ[/video]

Ten is still a brilliant album

Matty I think he’s talking about Mirror Ball where they are basically Shakeys backing band.

They only covered it, albeit with his blessing.

I think they meant Mirrorball.

I love them. One of the best live bands I’ve ever seen and I admire them for attempting to take down ticketmaster and doing their own thing rather than just redoing ten ad infinitum. I really like versus, vitology and the avocado album. One of my friends isn’t a massive fan, but always goes to see them. He says it’s more like a gathering than a gig and really enjoys it.

They only covered it, albeit with his blessing.

I meant Mirrorball.

I wonder if he meant mirror ball?

I like a lot of Neil young stuff but thought that was a bit dull personally.

That said I really like pearl jams first couple of albums.

I got stick earlier in the week for appreciating them – albeit I made a hash of the context I expressed that appreciation in.

Haters are going to hate but yes they are very good and most impressive when I saw them live.

I’ll give the hardcore grunge/metal fans that they aren’t as “edgy” or “loud” as some of the other Seattle stuff but sometimes it’s nice to have something that’s a bit less in your face, intelligent in terms of lyrics and some lovely bass-playing (esp. on Ten). If you like variety in your listening they sit well in the music library.

I also liked the Temple of the Dog thing a lot.

Well I like em, quit alot actually.

Not liking them is fair enough, different strokes for different folks; but they’re a very talented bunch of songwriters and musicians, virtually peerless, who played a soundtrack to the lives of millions. Ten and Vs are epic works, then they really grew up between Vitalogy and Binaural. It all sounds a little muted since then, in my opinion, but they’ve still come up with some great tracks. Live, they’re just fantastic. They made at least seven superb studio albums with a huge diversity of tone and tempo – how many bands have managed that? How many bands have managed half of that? Like I said: taste is taste; but you sound like a nob when you pour scorn on Pearl Jam.

No, apart from the record they made with Neil Young.

Yeah, Mirrorball, I’ve got the tour teeshirt. Saw Shakey with Pearl Jam at Reading. Bloody good they were, too.

Infinitely better than Nirvana too. Great band.

I love Pearl Jam. A lot of great stuff, with the odd bit of weirdness thrown in.l

Remember seeing them on No Nirvana on the BBC. They did a live version of Alive. Mike McCready great Strat player.

Love them. Anyone seen pearljamuk the tribute act? ?They are on tour in November

I was never the biggest fan of the Seattle bands, I liked bits and pieces, but I always had a soft spot for Pearl Jam.

Ten is still the album of a generation, although the masses will tell you that Nevermind is, and Pearl Jam have matured in to one of the best live bands doing the rounds.

Their last album, Lightening Bolt, is stunningly good.

I was once in a bar with a decent musician on doing requests. I asked him for rearviewmirror, he said **** me do you think if I could play that I’d be touring Irish bars full of drunk squaddies in Germany

And the song black is fantastic

Infinitely better than Nirvana too.

LoLz.
Pearl Jam bloke’s voice always sounds strained, like he’s putting on some affectation. Can’t listen to it. Whereas Kurt was such a naturally amazing vocalist. Though blah, it’s all old shite anyway.

Glad to see some appreciation for them on here other than the usual ‘ten was good’ always rated PJ, Soundgarden and Screaming Trees (mainly Dust) over Nirvana.

Nirvana were always not quite Tad or Mudhoney for me.

Though blah, it’s all old shite anyway.

Nowt wrong with appreciation of older music. It’s mainly what drives people to make new music. Nobody starts a band without being influenced by somebody else.

I remember getting all a bit gooey when ‘Once’ and ‘Alive’ came out, but it all went a bit downhill after that!!

Yep, Eddie Vedder still looks amazing here:

[video]https://youtu.be/qM0zINtulhM[/video]

I love them but I have just deleted all the ‘live’ albums off Apple Music because when in shuffle mode I get more Eddie Waffle than actual music.
Jeez, we’ve heard it all before, just play us a song!

For me they are brilliant, love the way they have grown from seattle grunge band to huge stadium filling rock band. Live they never fail to put on an amazing show.

Another fan here, I’m hoping to see them live at some point as it’s something I’ve just never got around to.

They made at least seven superb studio albums with a huge diversity of tone and tempo – how many bands have managed that? How many bands have managed half of that?

None? None bands?

Nowt wrong with appreciation of older music

Yeah, true. I just didn’t want to get into an argument about something I no longer really cared about!

(yeah, don’t post then 😆 )

Screaming Trees (mainly Dust)

Dust is a work of genius.

I love a lot of the seattle late 80’s early 90’s. But Soundgarden and Pearl Jam stand out for me. Also Temple of the dog album has been on repeat in my car for about 4 months, it’s a special album.

Vedders soundtrack to into the wild is also a great piece of music.

I’ve always thought the comparison against Nirvana is unnecessary, they’re all good. What’s wrong with having more good things.

Nowt wrong with appreciation of older music

Many ‘music-lovers’ (no reference to anyone here) purchase music in a way that fashion-lovers buy clothes. New is essential. Old is meh. Unless it’s old-new -‘ie a new artist doing old’ stuff, no matter how poorly and devoid of context/sincerity. A little like the popular fiction vs classical literature thing. ‘Old music’ (in the eyes of the young or of those trying to hold on to this particular quality of youth) is compartmentalised away with ‘old people’. So while (say) Nina Simone’s words and sentiment about ‘Mississippi’ are still glaringly relevant today, and even if her musical talent far and away outstrips any handful of whining, self-conscious, vapid millennial mannikins …. she’s ‘old music’. For old people. See also any recording artist up until last Thursday. Some will only measure talent and sentiment by the clothes it wears.

It’s a tragedy of the age. IMO. But then again, I’m old.

I’ve always thought the comparison against Nirvana is unnecessary, they’re all good. What’s wrong with having more good things

Because tribalism amd identity politics.

Oasis vs Blur
Marmite vs Bovril

It’s a tragedy of the age. IMO. But then again, I’m old.

Don’t think you’re particularly right. There has always been mainstream popular music. I grew up listening to Led Zep, Pink Floyd, The doors etc in the 90’s. I now listen to a lot of old blues from the 30’s/40’s.

Good music is and will always be good, whether it’s a week old or 300 years old. I think most people appreciate that.

Hence, the massive variety from all eras on this thread 😉

I’m a fan, and a fan of more than just Ten. Nirvana never really clicked with me but I’ve been a fairly steady fan of Pearl Jam for quite a while. Not really managed to gel with Lightning Bolt, though.

I really like their live albums but weirdly the one time I saw them live, in Hyde Park in 2010, left me thinking something was missing. They were really good, they’re obviously very practised and experienced at playing live, but that meant it lacked the feeling of uniqueness that for me is part of the magic of seeing live music. Some bands manage this by being a little bit shambolic but others are obviously knowing exactly what they’re doing but still manage to make it seem like you’re experiencing a one-off event. In some ways Pearl Jam live are just a little bit too much like listening to one of their live albums.

I urge all Eddie fans to check out his soundtrack to “Into the Wild”, its amazing!

And ukulele songs