***ECHOES: Pearl Jam's new interviews (updated)

PJSEMPRE

PJSEMPRE wrote:

http://www.terra.com.br/musica/pearl-jam/entrevista.htm

Interview from Brazil. The band explained song by song.

My English sucks, but I wrote some notes:

Gonna see my friend
Written by Vedder in a small room.
He didn't want a loud song.
Stone said it seems inspired by Mudhoney.

Got Some:
Inspired by new wave from the 80's
It's about a drug dealer. The drug is a song.

Johnny Guitar:
It's about a man falling in love with a woman
Inspired by a Johnny Guitar's album cover.

Just Breath:
Written by Ed in a little room, all windows opened and a record player. He had a great and strong feeling and wrote the lyrics about the best moments of our lives; moments when we need to stop and just breath.

Among the waves:
Matt said it is a classic PJ song.

Supersonic:
Ed: it's about the love for music; the power of music.
Mike: Ramones+Led Zeppelin and even Black Sabbath

Speed of Sound:
Jeff: The last song recorded; it's his favourite.

The End:
Ed: Written on Saturday and recorded on Monday. He thought the other guys wouldn't want to record it.

norm

PJSEMPRE wrote:

PJSEMPRE wrote:

http://www.terra.com.br/musica/pearl-jam/entrevista.htm

Interview from Brazil. The band explained song by song.

My English sucks, but I wrote some notes:

Gonna see my friend
Written by Vedder in a small room.
He didn't want a loud song.
Stone said it seems inspired by Mudhoney.

Got Some:
Inspired by new wave from the 80's
It's about a drug dealer

Johnny Guitar:
It's about a man falling in love with a woman
Inspired by a Johnny Guitar's album cover.

Just Breath:
Written by Ed in a little room, all windows opened and a record player. He had a great and strong feeling and wrote the lyrics about the best moments of our lives; moments when we need to stop and just breath.

Among the waves:
Matt said it is a classic PJ song.

Supersonic:
Ed: it's about the love for music; the power of music.
Mike: Ramones+Led Zeppelin and even Black Sabbath

Speed of Sound:
Jeff: The last song recorded; it's his favourite.

The End:
Ed: Written on Saturday and recorded on Monday. He thought the other guys wouldn't want to record it.

thanks for the translation!!

this album just gets better and better!!

crazygeo

Among the waves:
Matt said it is a classic PJ song.

And he is correct, the ONLY classic Pearl Jam sounding song on the CD..the CD is "punky"

ledvedderman

PJSEMPRE wrote:

PJSEMPRE wrote:

http://www.terra.com.br/musica/pearl-jam/entrevista.htm

Interview from Brazil. The band explained song by song.

My English sucks, but I wrote some notes:

Gonna see my friend
Written by Vedder in a small room.
He didn't want a loud song.
Stone said it seems inspired by Mudhoney.

Got Some:
Inspired by new wave from the 80's
It's about a drug dealer

Johnny Guitar:
It's about a man falling in love with a woman
Inspired by a Johnny Guitar's album cover.

Just Breath:
Written by Ed in a little room, all windows opened and a record player. He had a great and strong feeling and wrote the lyrics about the best moments of our lives; moments when we need to stop and just breath.

Among the waves:
Matt said it is a classic PJ song.

Supersonic:
Ed: it's about the love for music; the power of music.
Mike: Ramones+Led Zeppelin and even Black Sabbath

Speed of Sound:
Jeff: The last song recorded; it's his favourite.

The End:
Ed: Written on Saturday and recorded on Monday. He thought the other guys wouldn't want to record it.

it's official...i cant be more excited to hear this album. hopefully soon

raindog80

http://www.repubblica.it/2009/08/sezion ... ref=hpspr2

Int @ Ed Vedder from 'La Repubblica', Italy, 08.30.2009

scottstappsucks

I translated some of it, mainly the political parts, which make Eddie come off like a huge asshole when it comes to politics. Very self-righteous. He wanted to dance in the street when Obama was elected. He said it stopped raining for a day after he was elected. Pretty funny stuff.

http://www.grungereport.net/2009/08/31/ ... -politics/

scottstappsucks

I apologize for anything negative I said about Eddie in that article, I really sincerely apologize. I even posted a formal apology on the site for it too, I feel very guilty for calling one my favorite musicians "condescending" and other mean words about his political opinions. I should have thought before I wrote it.

http://www.grungereport.net/2009/09/02/ ... cal-story/

DeetroitBaasketball

scottstappsucks wrote:

I apologize for anything negative I said about Eddie in that article, I really sincerely apologize. I even posted a formal apology on the site for it too, I feel very guilty for calling one my favorite musicians "condescending" and other mean words about his political opinions. I should have thought before I wrote it.

http://www.grungereport.net/2009/09/02/ ... cal-story/

Your blog - free speech is free speech brother.

meme

http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 4&t=109512

This appeared on Sunday August 30th.

Irish Al

I have to udate all my files (havent done it since Feb :oops: ) and am loving these interviews that I can just lash on and listen to while I work...thanks Kat (you hot young thing you )

i shit and i stink

For those of you who haven't caught this excellent article from Poland, which I wrote up recently, here's a link to the thread. Some interesting stuff about different songs on the new record, about the band's HQ, how the band seem to remember each gig very vividly and so on... it's a monster article, happy reading.
T

viewtopic.php?f=4&t=109511

MJ91

http://www.ro69.jp/photo/index.html
eddie vedder pictures!

Dercheef

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=14278

20 minutes long TV interview from Berlin with Ed and Matt.

i like matt.c

Dercheef wrote:

http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=14278

20 minutes long TV interview from Berlin with Ed and Matt.

Watching now. Thanks.

modernmonkey

http://www.independent.ie/entertainment ... 90278.html

q and a with ed from irish independent newspaper

YouGotRONDO-d

Kat wrote:

The focus here is the interview...what they said.

Is anything missing? I'm sorry if there is something missing but it's been very busy, as you all know! Please PM me if something is missing.

See other updates in red below....updated as the links appear online.



NPR 9.18.09 Pearl Jam Playing A Business Deal By Ear
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/stor ... 58&ps=cprs

Independent.ie 9.18.09 Q&A with Eddie Vedder
http://www.independent.ie/entertainment ... 90278.html

Seattle Times 9.18.09 Stone interview
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/m ... cation=rss

RockBand.com 9.17.09 Mike interview
http://www.rockband.com/zine/mccready_interview

The Globe and Mail 9.17.09 Ed's background on Backspacer songs
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/art ... le1290301/

Pearl Jam Examiner 9.15.09 Interview with Tom Tomorrow
http://www.examiner.com/x-16134-Pearl-J ... row-part-1

Billboard 9.8.09 - Pearl Jam: The 'Backspacer' Audio Q&As,
http://www.billboard.com/#/features/pea ... ory?page=1

3Sat video interview with Ed and Matt 9.8.09
http://www.3sat.de/mediathek/?mode=play&obj=14278

Toronto Sun 8.24.09
http://www.torontosun.com/entertainment ... 1-sun.html

Pearl Jam Tour TV, new videos added on Sundays
http://www.youtube.com/user/pearljamtourtv

Alan Cross and Eddie chat 8.21.09
http://www.exploremusic.com/exclusives/ ... die-Vedder

Dave Bookman with Eddie, 102.1FM The Edge 8.21.09
http://www.edge.ca/DJsandShows/DaveBookman.aspx

Pearl Jam: 'People get that this means something' 8.13.09
http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2009/aug/13/pearl-jam

Mike McCready interview on Milwaukee's 102.1, 8.11.09
http://www.fm1021milwaukee.com/includes ... mccrea.mp3

Audience with Eddie Vedder; Uncut; 8.6.09
http://www.uncut.co.uk/music/pearl_jam/interviews/13443

Folha de São Paulo, 8.3.09
Original in Portugese: http://www1.folha.uol.com.br/folha/ilus ... 4008.shtml
Translation: http://community.pearljam.com/viewtopic ... 1#p2421496

Stone on NOVA Radio - Australia, 8.3.09
Left hand side of page - Latest Podcasts; 15:35 into the podcast
http://www.nova969.com.au/site/shows/me ... _kate.aspx

Courier Mail 8.1.09: Grunge legends Pearl Jam back with new album, tour
http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/stor ... 21,00.html

Pearl Jam Back To The Future 7.31.09
http://www.billboard.com/features/pearl ... 9243.story

Stone on 92.3 Cleveland 7.29.09
http://www.radio923fm.com/pages/4860658.php

Stone on 93.3 WMMR in Philadelphia 7.22.09 (longer, detailed)
http://mmarchives.libsyn.com/index.php?post_id=507005#

Stone on 104.5 in Philadelphia
http://www.radio1045.com/cc-common/ondemand/

Stone on 103.9 Phoenix 7.22.09
http://www.fm1039online.com/Blog/robin/ ... D=10043239

Stone on Q101 in Chicago, 7.22.09
http://www.q101.com/blogs/manno/blogent ... D=10043392

Eddie on BBC - Radio 1 - Zane Lowe (UK), 7.21.09
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... 0_07_2009/
28 mins in, fixer - ed interview - fixer again

Mike on WXRP in NY, 7.21.09
Part One: http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10042996
Part Two: http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10043304
Part Three: http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10043318
Part Four: http://www.1019rxp.com/Blog/Matt/blogen ... D=10043464

Mike on The Mountain, Seattle, 7.21.09
http://siteadmin.1037themountain.com/li ... mccready-0
(or at) http://www2.1037themountain.com/listen/mike-mccready-0

Mike on The End, Seattle, 7.21.09
http://blogs.1077theend.com/aharms/2009 ... nt-page-1/

Audio not found for Mike's interview on FM94/9 on 7.21.09 but here
is the link to the list of the songs he requested.
http://www.fm949sd.com/blogs/halloran/b ... D=10043081


PM me or Sea any updates if you wish...and thank you, everyone. Together we can keep it up-to-date (like the set list threads) and everyone can hear what's on their minds. Oh, and the Backspacer release date is September 20.

x

My eyes are hurting from trying to read all of these. I need to take a break, but thanks this will keep me busy for a while.

Kat

:::My eyes are hurting from trying to read all of these. I need to take a break, but thanks this will keep me busy for a while.::::


There's a lot of audio in the list and that should help.

dimitrispearljam

Kat wrote:

:::My eyes are hurting from trying to read all of these. I need to take a break, but thanks this will keep me busy for a while.::::


There's a lot of audio in the list and that should help.

i thought exactly the same..the audio once is a brake of reading..

Lizardjam

Thank you for this thread. I love reading these things.

pleatherman

Here is an interview/live review from the 9-17-09 edition of Rolling Stone with Steve Colbert on the cover. I don't believe this has been available online so I cannot provide a link.

Backstage with Vedder and Co. in Chicago. Plus: Supercharged new tunes
By: Brian Hiatt
AS EDDIE VEDDER SITS backstage in a Chicago arena, puzzling over the set list for tonight's Pearl Jam show, he's wearing a stage outfit that even the Dude would reject as a touch too casual: knee-length surfing shorts; a T-shirt decorated with a picture of Felix the Cat holding a bomb; suede half-boots; and a pair of long white socks from his band's merchandise collection. "We make things we can use," Vedder says, smiling underneath his thick beard. "I mean, I've never had to buy socks again."
More than ever, Pearl Jam is a self-contained, self-sustaining entity. Their new album, September 20th's Backspacer, will be the first that the band will release on its own, with no U.S. record label. Until the album comes out, Pearl Jam are performing only a couple of the disc's tautly arranged, hypermelodic tunes, but their enthusiasm for the material is obvious: Midway through the show, as Stone Gossard kicks into the Stones-y riff of the first single, "The Fixer," Vedder leaps straight up in the air as if it's still 1991.
"Fight to get it back again," he howls over and over as the song concludes. The new tunes are as punchy and fast as anything they've ever written: "Normally, as you get older, things start to settle down a little bit," says Vedder. "And you play more like, you know, porch songs, at that porch tempo — the tempo of your rocking chair," Vedder says. "But what feels like lightning in a bottle to us is still the stuff that has momentum."
Although the band is fascinated by the lavish production of U2's 360° Tour — Vedder even had a vivid dream about it recently — Pearl Jam's own approach is as minimal as arena rock gets. "We haven't had a discussion about what we're going to do about the stage setup," Gossard says with a laugh after the show, between sips of red wine. "Maybe we should have a mirror ball this time." Adds Vedder, "Our approach is, we just keep playing."
Along the way, Pearl Jam shake up their set lists, night after night — this evening's show includes 21 songs they didn't play the previous night in Chicago, including "Nothingman" and the recently revived rarity "Brother" — plus covers (the Who's "The Real Me," Neil Young's "Fuckin' Up," and chunks of Pink Floyd and Sleater-Kinney).
Vedder is in charge of the set lists: "We give him a lot of control," says Gossard, "because he's shown himself to be good at using that control." The singer walks a delicate balance between hits and obscurities. "It's a big room, so you try to put in enough things people know," Vedder says. "And then there's a whole other faction that's very unhappy unless we play something we've only played twice before."
Tonight, one member of that faction — wearing a homemade T-shirt emblazoned with the words "No 'Even Flow'" — elicits Vedder's only grumpy moment: "We take requests, not orders, sir," he says after the band finishes that very song, with lead guitarist Mike McCready and drummer Matt Cameron stretching out on wild solos. "You should know that by now."
Before the show, Vedder met with his friend Tomas Young, an Iraq War vet paralyzed from the chest down after taking a bullet to the spine, who was featured in the documentary Body of War. Young brought his brother Nathan, who just returned safely from his own latest tour of duty. Nathan asked Vedder to play the stark anti-war ballad "No More" — and that was one request Vedder treated as an order. "If a soldier asks you to play this song," he says, "you play it."