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SAD - Influneced by early REM stuff

Lovett-or-LeavettLovett-or-Leavett Posts: 174
edited December 2007 in The Porch
I hardly ever start threads, but I was listening to Lost Dogs this morning and I thought to myself that Sad really sounds like some of REM's early vibe.

Agree/Disagree

C
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    Yeild2PearlJamYeild2PearlJam Posts: 342
    I think you definitely are not wrong for hearing that similarity, but
    i think at the Portland show Ed said that the first few notes of Sad
    sounded to him like a cool Sleater Kinney riff and thats how he
    knew the song was going to be cool (i completely paraphrased there,
    its much more clear on the boot).
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    rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,549
    Musically, I agree. Especially in the opening riffs.

    But once the vocals kick in, I can't hear any similarity. Maybe it's because I'm so trained to expect Ed's voice rather than Stipe's.

    Nice comparison, though. Parts of the music hearken to Murmur or Document.

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    MasterFramerMasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    Yeild2PearlJam wrote:
    I think you definitely are not wrong for hearing that similarity, but
    i think at the Portland show Ed said that the first few notes of Sad
    sounded to him like a cool Sleater Kinney riff and thats how he
    knew the song was going to be cool (i completely paraphrased there,
    its much more clear on the boot).

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    hrd2imgnhrd2imgn Southwest Burbs of Chicago Posts: 4,869
    this needs a little bump action
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    rhinomagicrhinomagic Charlottesville, VA Posts: 2,549
    I was listening to Green, Out of Time, and Eponymous earlier this week. And I still think the brilliance of REM is an apparent influence on the occasional Pearl Jam composition. Sad is certainly one of those.

    An even clearer connection is the fact that Ed inducted REM into the RRHOF. He's a student of their work.

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    IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    I don't really see it...do you have a specific example?
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    ii44ii44 Posts: 430
    As mentioned at the Portland show, if you slow down the main riff for Sad it sounds like something Eddie borrowed from Sleater-Kinney's Hot Rock.
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    FitzFitz Posts: 169
    Lovett-or-Leavett wrote:
    I hardly ever start threads, but I was listening to Lost Dogs this morning and I thought to myself that Sad really sounds like some of REM's early vibe.

    Agree/Disagree

    C

    Its a very good point and yes I do get the same vibe, however I get a stronger one listening to Down and it always reminds me of Eponymous from REM.
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    2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,149
    Igottago said:
    I don't really see it...do you have a specific example?
    I don't either - that's the fun thing about music and how people hear different things!
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    ryan_kellettryan_kellett Posts: 28
    I absolutely agree that it sounds like an early Peter Buck riff.  In regards to Ed's quote on Sleater Kinney above, Sleater Kinney (and many others) were heavily influenced by REM.
    Members of Sleater Kinney also play in a side project currently with members of REM.
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    DosimetricPJFanDosimetricPJFan Posts: 76
    edited February 2018
    rhinomagic said:
    I was listening to Green, Out of Time, and Eponymous earlier this week. And I still think the brilliance of REM is an apparent influence on the occasional Pearl Jam composition. Sad is certainly one of those.

    An even clearer connection is the fact that Ed inducted REM into the RRHOF. He's a student of their work.

    .Wasn't that for some VH1 honors show and not R&R HoF?
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    bootlegger10bootlegger10 Posts: 15,552
    It was for the hall of fame. 
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    ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,755
    I definitely hear it. I can already hear Peter Buck composing it on a Rick. If ever there was a PJ song begging to be played on a Rick, Sad is probably the one.
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