Mamasan or Momma-Son

norm

demetrios wrote:

first cd bootleg i bought was in 93/94 when i was in high school. i was in the cassette trading @ school & at the local record stores fan communities

taz records here had them for sale at 35 bucks a pop, cash, no tax added on these. vhs tapes were 40 bucks a pop!

i can't remember if i bought it in 92 or 3....it could have been $35....i know most boots weren't less than that though....good times

Dark Star

Thorns2010 wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama-san

There, happy now?

"Mamasan (sometimes abbreviated MMS) is also used in United States to refer to the woman managing the staff of Asian massage parlors."




I'm extatic. My favorite trilogy is named after a rub and tug parlor... :?

Thorns2010

Dark Star wrote:

Thorns2010 wrote:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mama-san

There, happy now?

"Mamasan (sometimes abbreviated MMS) is also used in United States to refer to the woman managing the staff of Asian massage parlors."




I'm extatic. My favorite trilogy is named after a rub and tug parlor... :?

Or you know.....prostitutes, who you know, the dude killed in Once and was in jail because of in Footsteps.

Child Of The 90s

I've always interpreted Mamasan to be Momma-Son. I've never really found it that confusing, and to be honest, I don't think that asian massage parlour double meaning is too far fetched - It's always reminded me of how the Japanese sometimes put 'san' at the end of a name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics)

You can read about the trillogy here:

http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/dec99/index.shtml

The Zurich trillogy is also there in mp3 format.

Dark Star

Child Of The 90s wrote:

I've always interpreted Mamasan to be Momma-Son. I've never really found it that confusing, and to be honest, I don't think that asian massage parlour double meaning is too far fetched - It's always reminded me of how the Japanese sometimes put 'san' at the end of a name (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_honorifics)

You can read about the trillogy here:

http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/dec99/index.shtml

The Zurich trillogy is also there in mp3 format.

Thanks! I found this from that Cameron Crow Rolling Stone interview. PJ must of just recently changed the name for the deluxe package. Case solved. Also, I agree that the double meaning was purposely used by Ed.

Vedder raced back to the Mission Beach apartment of his longtime girlfriend, Beth Liebling. Working from yellow Post-it pads lifted from his job, Vedder taped himself singing over three of the instrumentals. Together the three songs told a story, as Vedder recalls today, "based on things that had happened, and some I imagined." The "mini opera" tape was carefully designed by Vedder, the graphics Xeroxed at work and the package entitled "Mamasan."

Sitting in his apartment in Seattle, Ament listened to the tape three times and picked up a phone. "Stone," he said, "you better get over here."

By the time Vedder arrived in Seattle, he'd already written "Black."


Now I'm more interested in knowing what other Crazy Eddie songs were on the original tape besides 'Homeless'. 'Believe You Me'? 'Just a Book' is my favorite Crazy Eddie song.

demetrios

norm wrote:

demetrios wrote:

first cd bootleg i bought was in 93/94 when i was in high school. i was in the cassette trading @ school & at the local record stores fan communities

taz records here had them for sale at 35 bucks a pop, cash, no tax added on these. vhs tapes were 40 bucks a pop!

i can't remember if i bought it in 92 or 3....it could have been $35....i know most boots weren't less than that though....good times

good time's indeed. kts (kiss the stone) & oxygen records were my favorite pressed pearl jam bootlegs those day's. their inlay booklet's, quality of artwork's & show's were sweet! are they even around today? last time i bought a silver cd unofficial bootleg was back in '98, before i got plugged into the matrix.