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Mike interview in Portugese, can someone translate?

VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,918
edited August 2009 in The Porch
This appears to be an interview with Mike. Please don't post the results of an on-line translation program as the results aren't really useful. Could someone who speaks Portugese please translate or provide the highlights? Thanks much!

Saudosista, Pearl Jam busca leveza
3 August 2009
Folha de São Paulo
FOLHA

Em "Backspacer", grupo deixa política de lado e investe em músicas curtas que refletem olhar para o passado, diz guitarrista

"É um disco otimista, energético e agressivo", afirma o integrante Stone Gossard; grupo completa 20 anos de existência em 2010

BRUNO YUTAKA SAITO

ENVIADO ESPECIAL A SEATTLE

As paredes estão repletas de quadros com certificados de disco de ouro, ainda dos tempos em que a indústria fonográfica vivia dias menos tensos.

"Ten" (1991), "Vs." (1993) e "Vitalogy" (1994) são apenas alguns dos álbuns do Pearl Jam que estão lá, pendurados como se fossem troféus, em sala do escritório da banda, em Seattle. Um grupo de jornalistas do mundo inteiro, incluindo a Folha, ouviu, em primeira mão, o novo trabalho da banda, "Backspacer", que chega às lojas em 21 de setembro.

Esses nobres enfeites de parede são também o retrato de uma era que teve seu apogeu e declínio, os dias do grunge, no começo dos anos 1990.

Principal remanescente dessa cena musical, que teve o Nirvana como outro grande expoente, o Pearl Jam não quer, no entanto, virar relíquia de museu. Eles completam duas décadas de existência em 2010 e os integrantes estão na faixa dos 40 anos. Talvez nem se lembrem mais de seus primórdios, de banda underground, quando o vocalista, Eddie Vedder, era apenas um ex-frentista de posto de gasolina.

Hoje eles são uma grande corporação do rock com status de veteranos: lotam estádios no mundo inteiro e se envolvem em causas humanitárias, à moda do U2. No bairro de Georgetown, em Seattle, está o espaçoso escritório do grupo, que também serve de local de ensaios. O Pearl Jam não disfarça que é grande empresa.

"O que me motiva hoje? Por um lado, sou músico, artista e quero sempre criar coisas novas e ir para a frente", diz o guitarrista Mike McCready, 43. "Mas também tenho que me lembrar de que a banda é um negócio. Há a motivação para eu manter casa e família não apenas minhas, mas as dos funcionários que trabalham aqui." Mesmo assim, eles tentam não fazer música burocrática.

"Backspacer" é um disco curto e grosso, com pouco mais de 30 minutos de duração e 11 músicas. O tom urgente, roqueiro, guia o disco. "Gonna See My Friend" e "Supersonic" nos fazem lembrar que não apenas o rock "clássico" de Neil Young, mas também o punk do Ramones, é fonte de inspiração. "Quisemos ir direto ao ponto", explica o também guitarrista Stone Gossard, 43. "Tivemos uma tendência, no passado, de fazer músicas longas. É divertido ir na direção oposta agora, fazer canções concisas, pop." Gossard diz que a urgência sonora pode ser relacionada com a euforia da eleição de Barack Obama -o Pearl Jam não cansou de atacar a administração George W. Bush. "Mas este não é um disco político. As letras são sobre histórias pessoais, o planeta e a existência", afirma Gossard.

McCready explica o título do disco. ""Backspacer" é uma referência à tecla das antigas máquinas de escrever. Tem a ver com voltar, olhar para trás e ver a sua vida em retrospectiva." Os dois guitarristas dizem que é inevitável não relembrar o passado. "Qualquer pessoa, aos 40, começa a pensar mais sobre a família, a infância e os velhos amigos", diz Gossard. "Mas continuamos no mesmo estado de espírito de antes, de não pensar muito sobre o que estamos fazendo."

E agora, prestes a completar 20 anos de banda, o que pensam sobre o "grunge"? Seattle, enfim, não é mais o epicentro da música pop do planeta, e é raro encontrar alguém nas ruas da cidade vestindo camisas de flanela ou ouvir o Alice in Chains tocando em bares. ""Grunge" é uma palavra boa. Não sabíamos que o que fazíamos era grunge. É o termo exato para descrever o som do Mudhoney [banda de Seattle] e ajudou as pessoas a entenderem o que era essa música suja, fedorenta, que prestava tributo ao amadorismo. Mas tudo foi apenas uma manifestação do espírito punk", diz Gossard. No espírito ligeiro do disco, McCready resume: "Não importa a definição, é tudo rock".
Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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    KatKat There's a lot to be said for nowhere. Posts: 4,772
    Here's hoping that our wonderful volunteers from the last Euro tour, or any new volunteers, will do a little translating on any articles that are found. It really helps a lot.

    Veddernarian: This doesn't do it for you? :D

    Babelfish:
    "and helped the people to understand what it was this dirty music, stinking, that it gave tribute to the amadorismo. But"

    xo
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    Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    Kat wrote:
    Here's hoping that our wonderful volunteers from the last Euro tour, or any new volunteers, will do a little translating on any articles that are found. It really helps a lot.

    Veddernarian: This doesn't do it for you? :D

    Babelfish:
    "and helped the people to understand what it was this dirty music, stinking, that it gave tribute to the amadorismo. But"

    xo


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    einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה
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    decides2dreamdecides2dream Posts: 14,976
    DS114969 wrote:
    Kat wrote:
    Here's hoping that our wonderful volunteers from the last Euro tour, or any new volunteers, will do a little translating on any articles that are found. It really helps a lot.

    Veddernarian: This doesn't do it for you? :D

    Babelfish:
    "and helped the people to understand what it was this dirty music, stinking, that it gave tribute to the amadorismo. But"

    xo


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    benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 8,940
    einatshaul wrote:
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה
    Ah, I love Hebrew. Such a simple language to use.. learned it for all of middle school (junior high), went to Israel two weeks later and was still able to be mildly conversational.
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    benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 8,940
    Kat wrote:
    Here's hoping that our wonderful volunteers from the last Euro tour, or any new volunteers, will do a little translating on any articles that are found. It really helps a lot.

    Veddernarian: This doesn't do it for you? :D

    Babelfish:
    "and helped the people to understand what it was this dirty music, stinking, that it gave tribute to the amadorismo. But"

    xo
    :lol:
    Thanks for the help, Kat!
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    einatshaul wrote:
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה
    if ever in Greek...count on me.. ;)
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    NewJPageNewJPage Posts: 3,302
    einatshaul wrote:
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה
    if ever in Greek...count on me.. ;)

    I'll help out with any interviews in Khmer, although for some reason I doubt we'll be seeing any... ;)
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    einatshaul wrote:
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה

    גם אני, אינת
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    According to Google Translate, the English version looks like this

    Nostalgic, Pearl Jam search light
    3 August 2009
    Folha de São Paulo
    SHEET

    In "Backspace", group policy leaves aside and invests in music that reflect short look at the past, says guitarist

    "It's a disc optimistic, energetic and aggressive," said Stone Gossard of; group completes 20 years of existence in 2010

    BRUNO Yutaka SAITO

    Special Envoy for SEATTLE

    The walls are full of tables with certificates of disk of gold, yet the times in which the music industry lived days less tense.

    "Ten" (1991), "Vs" (1993) and "Vitalogy" (1994) are just some of Pearl Jam's albums are there, hanging like a trophy in the band room office in Seattle. A group of journalists from around the world, including Film, heard at first hand the work of the new band, "Backspace" which arrives in stores on Sept. 21.

    These fine wall decorations are also a portrait of an era that had its heyday and decline, the days of grunge in the early 1990s.

    Principal balance of the music scene, which was another great exponent as Nirvana, Pearl Jam did not want to, however, turn the relic museum. They complete two decades of existence in 2010 and the members are in their 40s. Maybe not remember most of their early days of underground band, when the singer, Eddie Vedder, was a former gas station in frentista.

    Today they are a rock outfit with the status of veterans: fill stadiums around the world and are involved in humanitarian causes, the fashion of U2. In the Georgetown neighborhood in Seattle, is the spacious office of the group, which also serves as a place of testing. The Pearl Jam is no disguising that large company.

    "What motivates me now? First, I am musician, artist and I always create new things and move forward," says guitarist Mike McCready, 43. "But we also have to remember that the band is a business. There is a motivation for me to keep house and not just my family, but the officials who work here." Still, they try to do music bureaucratic.

    "Backspace" is a short and thick disk, with just over 30 minutes and 11 songs. The urgent tone, rock, the disc guide. "Gonna See My Friend" and "Supersonic" to remind us that not only the rock "classic" by Neil Young, but also of the Ramones punk, is a source of inspiration. "We wanted to go straight to the point," explains the guitarist Stone Gossard also, 43. "We had a tendency in the past to make music long. It's fun to go in the opposite direction now, to make concise songs, pop." Gossard says the noise may be emergency related to the euphoria of the election of Barack Obama, the Pearl Jam did not attack the administration tired of George W. Bush. "But this is not a political disk. The letters are personal stories about the world and existence," says Gossard.

    McCready says the title of the disc. "Backspace" key is a reference to the old typewriter. It is about coming back, look back and see your life in retrospect. " The two guitarists say it is inevitable not remember the past. "Any person, at 40, begins to think more on family, childhood and old friends," says Gossard. "We are still in the same state of mind before, not thinking much about what we're doing."

    And now, about to turn 20 years of band, what they think about the "grunge"? Seattle, finally, is no longer the epicenter of pop music on the planet, and it is rare to find someone on the streets of the city wearing flannel shirts and listening to Alice in Chains playing in bars. "Grunge" is a good word. We did not know who did what grunge was. This is the exact word to describe the sound of Mudhoney [banda de Seattle] and helped people to understand what this music was dirty, smelly, which supplied tribute to amateurism. But it was only a manifestation of the spirit punk, "says Gossard. In the spirit of mild disc, McCready summarizes: "No matter the definition, is all rock."
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    brandon10brandon10 Posts: 1,114
    According to Google Translate, the English version looks like this

    Nostalgic, Pearl Jam search light
    3 August 2009
    Folha de São Paulo
    SHEET

    In "Backspace", group policy leaves aside and invests in music that reflect short look at the past, says guitarist

    "It's a disc optimistic, energetic and aggressive," said Stone Gossard of; group completes 20 years of existence in 2010

    BRUNO Yutaka SAITO

    Special Envoy for SEATTLE

    The walls are full of tables with certificates of disk of gold, yet the times in which the music industry lived days less tense.

    "Ten" (1991), "Vs" (1993) and "Vitalogy" (1994) are just some of Pearl Jam's albums are there, hanging like a trophy in the band room office in Seattle. A group of journalists from around the world, including Film, heard at first hand the work of the new band, "Backspace" which arrives in stores on Sept. 21.

    These fine wall decorations are also a portrait of an era that had its heyday and decline, the days of grunge in the early 1990s.

    Principal balance of the music scene, which was another great exponent as Nirvana, Pearl Jam did not want to, however, turn the relic museum. They complete two decades of existence in 2010 and the members are in their 40s. Maybe not remember most of their early days of underground band, when the singer, Eddie Vedder, was a former gas station in frentista.

    Today they are a rock outfit with the status of veterans: fill stadiums around the world and are involved in humanitarian causes, the fashion of U2. In the Georgetown neighborhood in Seattle, is the spacious office of the group, which also serves as a place of testing. The Pearl Jam is no disguising that large company.

    "What motivates me now? First, I am musician, artist and I always create new things and move forward," says guitarist Mike McCready, 43. "But we also have to remember that the band is a business. There is a motivation for me to keep house and not just my family, but the officials who work here." Still, they try to do music bureaucratic.

    "Backspace" is a short and thick disk, with just over 30 minutes and 11 songs. The urgent tone, rock, the disc guide. "Gonna See My Friend" and "Supersonic" to remind us that not only the rock "classic" by Neil Young, but also of the Ramones punk, is a source of inspiration. "We wanted to go straight to the point," explains the guitarist Stone Gossard also, 43. "We had a tendency in the past to make music long. It's fun to go in the opposite direction now, to make concise songs, pop." Gossard says the noise may be emergency related to the euphoria of the election of Barack Obama, the Pearl Jam did not attack the administration tired of George W. Bush. "But this is not a political disk. The letters are personal stories about the world and existence," says Gossard.

    McCready says the title of the disc. "Backspace" key is a reference to the old typewriter. It is about coming back, look back and see your life in retrospect. " The two guitarists say it is inevitable not remember the past. "Any person, at 40, begins to think more on family, childhood and old friends," says Gossard. "We are still in the same state of mind before, not thinking much about what we're doing."

    And now, about to turn 20 years of band, what they think about the "grunge"? Seattle, finally, is no longer the epicenter of pop music on the planet, and it is rare to find someone on the streets of the city wearing flannel shirts and listening to Alice in Chains playing in bars. "Grunge" is a good word. We did not know who did what grunge was. This is the exact word to describe the sound of Mudhoney [banda de Seattle] and helped people to understand what this music was dirty, smelly, which supplied tribute to amateurism. But it was only a manifestation of the spirit punk, "says Gossard. In the spirit of mild disc, McCready summarizes: "No matter the definition, is all rock."

    That reads like an article from Sarah Palin.
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    Marie CurieMarie Curie Posts: 1,250
    Here's my translation. Do I get a prize? Can I get a free copy of backspacer? Thanks ;)


    Nostalgic, Pearl Jam seeks lightness

    On Backspace, the group leaves politics aside and invest on short songs that reflect looking at the past, says guitarrist

    "It's an optimistic, energetic and agressive album", says Stone Gossard; group completes 20 years of existence in 2010

    BRUNO YUTAKA SAITO

    ENVIADO ESPECIAL A SEATTLE

    The walls are filled with gold records, from a time when the recording industry lived less tense days.

    "Ten" (1991), "Vs." (1993) and "Vitalogy" (1994) are just a few of Pearl Jam albuns that are there, hanging like trophies, on a room of the band's headquarters in Seattle. A group of journalists from around the world, including Folha [name of the newspaper], listened. first hand, the new album, Backspacer, that arrives in stores on Sept 21st.

    These noble decorations on the wall are also a portrait of an era that had its apex and decline, on the days of the grunge, in the early 1990's.

    The main remaining group of this musical scene, that had Nirvana as another main exponent, Pearl Jam doesn't want, however, to become museum relic. They'll complete 2 decades of existence in 2010 and the band members are in their 40's. Maybe they don't even remember the band's underground beginnings, when singer Eddie Vedder, was just a gas stattion attendant.

    Today they are a big rock corporation with veteran status: selling out stadiuns around the world and getting involved in humanitarian causes, like U2. On the Gerogetow neighborhood, in Seattle, it's the spacious band headquarters, that also serves as rehearsal space. Pearl Jam doesn't try to disguise that it's a big company.

    "What motivates me today? On one hand, I'm a musician, an artist and and always want to create new things and go ahead", says guitarrist Mike McCready, 43. "But I have also to remember that the band is a business. There's a motivation for me to keep my house and family, and not just mine, mas also the people who work here." Still, they don't try to make bureacratic music.

    Backspacer is a short and straight to the point album, a little over 30 min and with 11 songs. The urgent, rocker tone guides the record. Gonna See My Friend and Supersonic makes us remember that not only Neil Young's "classic" rock is an inspiration, but also the punk of the Ramones. "We wanted to go straight to the point", explain guitarrist Stone Gossard, 43. "We've had a tendency, in the past, of making long songs. It's fun to go on the apposite direction now, making concise, pop songs." Gossard says that the urgency of the sound might be related to the euphoria of Barack Obama's election - Pearl Jam never got tired of attacking George W. Bush's admnistration. "But this is not a political record. The lyrics are about personal stories, the planet and the existence", says Gossard.

    McCready explains the album title, Backspacer, is a reference to an old typewriter key. It has to do with going back, looking back and seeing your life in retrospective." Both guitarrists say that is unavoidable to not remember the past. "Any person, at 40, start to think more about their family, their childhood, their old friends," says Gossard. "But we still are in the same state of spirit as before, of not thinking much about what we are doing."

    And now, about to complete 20 years of existence, what do they think about the "grunge"? Seattle, after all, is not the planet's epicenter of pop music anymore, and it's rare to find anyone on the city streets wearing flannel shirts or listen to Alice in Chains being played at bars. "Grunge is a good word, we didn't know that what we did was grunge. It's the exact word to describe Mudhoney's music and helped people to understand this dirty, stinky music, that paid homage to amateurism. But it was all just a manifestation of the punk spirit," says Gossard. In the concise spirit of the album, McCready summarizes: "It doesn't matter the definition, it's all rock."
    “Life is life everywhere. Life is in ourselves and not outside us. There will be men beside me, and the important thing is to be a man among men and to remain a man always, whatever the misfortunes, not to despair and not to fall - that is the aim of life, that is its purpose.”
    Fyodor Dostoyevsky
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    PlanktonPlankton Posts: 692
    The lyrics are about personal stories, the planet and the existence", says Gossard

    Can't wait. Thanks so much for the translation.
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    Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    props to troubledsouls and MC... the google translation is a little rough but makes enough sense... and the second one does a good job of cleaning up the mistakes

    i love seeing the international love! id be happy to help with my minimal italian proficiency when we get some italian interviews :D
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    dimitrispearljamdimitrispearljam NINUNINOPRO Posts: 139,158
    thanks Maria
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    "..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
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    T C HT C H Posts: 85
    Fantastic effort with the translation. Thanks so much!
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    IGotShit76IGotShit76 Posts: 768
    Mike is the man :D"It doesn't matter the definition, it's all rock". It can't be more simple than that.
    Thanks for the translation.
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    Thank you much for the translation, Marie Curie! Soooo glad to hear this is not a political album.
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    flywallyflyflywallyfly Posts: 1,453
    It says that pearl Jam should play more Texas dates.
    ;):lol:
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    PJSEMPREPJSEMPRE Posts: 687
    Folha de São Paulo is the newspaper that I read and this interview was the best way to begin the week.
    There is a new picture that you can see here http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilus ... 4008.shtml
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    lugnutlugnut Asheville Posts: 67
    little help: i am trying to find any articles or wrtie-ups that have more complete song by song descriptions like the german article did a few weeks back - has anyone seen any more - this article was a bit thin in song descriptions....any links? yes - tried keyword search - but good still to read and thanks bigtime for translating!!!!
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    VeddernarianVeddernarian Posts: 1,918
    Kat wrote:
    Here's hoping that our wonderful volunteers from the last Euro tour, or any new volunteers, will do a little translating on any articles that are found. It really helps a lot.

    Veddernarian: This doesn't do it for you? :D

    Babelfish:
    "and helped the people to understand what it was this dirty music, stinking, that it gave tribute to the amadorismo. But"

    xo

    Kat, That's funny. It is amazing how well these web translators do when you think about it. But still, it left me with no clue.

    I really appreciate those of you to take the time to translate the article.
    Up here so high I start to shake, Up here so high the sky I scrape, I've no fear but for falling down, So look out below I am falling now, Falling down,...not staying down, Could’ve held me up, rather tear me down, Drown in the river
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    aklobo29aklobo29 Posts: 36
    NewJPage wrote:
    einatshaul wrote:
    Well, if there will ever be a Mike interview in hebrew:

    A. I'll be happy as hell
    B. I'll be happy as hell to translate
    C. בבקשה
    if ever in Greek...count on me.. ;)

    I'll help out with any interviews in Khmer, although for some reason I doubt we'll be seeing any... ;)
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    aklobo29aklobo29 Posts: 36
    brandon10 wrote:
    According to Google Translate, the English version looks like this

    Nostalgic, Pearl Jam search light
    3 August 2009
    Folha de São Paulo
    SHEET

    In "Backspace", group policy leaves aside and invests in music that reflect short look at the past, says guitarist

    "It's a disc optimistic, energetic and aggressive," said Stone Gossard of; group completes 20 years of existence in 2010

    BRUNO Yutaka SAITO

    Special Envoy for SEATTLE

    The walls are full of tables with certificates of disk of gold, yet the times in which the music industry lived days less tense.

    "Ten" (1991), "Vs" (1993) and "Vitalogy" (1994) are just some of Pearl Jam's albums are there, hanging like a trophy in the band room office in Seattle. A group of journalists from around the world, including Film, heard at first hand the work of the new band, "Backspace" which arrives in stores on Sept. 21.

    These fine wall decorations are also a portrait of an era that had its heyday and decline, the days of grunge in the early 1990s.

    Principal balance of the music scene, which was another great exponent as Nirvana, Pearl Jam did not want to, however, turn the relic museum. They complete two decades of existence in 2010 and the members are in their 40s. Maybe not remember most of their early days of underground band, when the singer, Eddie Vedder, was a former gas station in frentista.

    Today they are a rock outfit with the status of veterans: fill stadiums around the world and are involved in humanitarian causes, the fashion of U2. In the Georgetown neighborhood in Seattle, is the spacious office of the group, which also serves as a place of testing. The Pearl Jam is no disguising that large company.

    "What motivates me now? First, I am musician, artist and I always create new things and move forward," says guitarist Mike McCready, 43. "But we also have to remember that the band is a business. There is a motivation for me to keep house and not just my family, but the officials who work here." Still, they try to do music bureaucratic.

    "Backspace" is a short and thick disk, with just over 30 minutes and 11 songs. The urgent tone, rock, the disc guide. "Gonna See My Friend" and "Supersonic" to remind us that not only the rock "classic" by Neil Young, but also of the Ramones punk, is a source of inspiration. "We wanted to go straight to the point," explains the guitarist Stone Gossard also, 43. "We had a tendency in the past to make music long. It's fun to go in the opposite direction now, to make concise songs, pop." Gossard says the noise may be emergency related to the euphoria of the election of Barack Obama, the Pearl Jam did not attack the administration tired of George W. Bush. "But this is not a political disk. The letters are personal stories about the world and existence," says Gossard.

    McCready says the title of the disc. "Backspace" key is a reference to the old typewriter. It is about coming back, look back and see your life in retrospect. " The two guitarists say it is inevitable not remember the past. "Any person, at 40, begins to think more on family, childhood and old friends," says Gossard. "We are still in the same state of mind before, not thinking much about what we're doing."

    And now, about to turn 20 years of band, what they think about the "grunge"? Seattle, finally, is no longer the epicenter of pop music on the planet, and it is rare to find someone on the streets of the city wearing flannel shirts and listening to Alice in Chains playing in bars. "Grunge" is a good word. We did not know who did what grunge was. This is the exact word to describe the sound of Mudhoney [banda de Seattle] and helped people to understand what this music was dirty, smelly, which supplied tribute to amateurism. But it was only a manifestation of the spirit punk, "says Gossard. In the spirit of mild disc, McCready summarizes: "No matter the definition, is all rock."

    That reads like an article from Sarah Palin.

    HAHA!!
    "Because gold is honest money, it is disliked by dishonest men" - Ron Paul
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