The Fixer (official video)... but on German website

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  • mattcozmattcoz Chicago Posts: 2,220
    Phony or not, this recording of the song sounds a lot better than the single version. It rocks!
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    long red wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    tried viewing with both Safari & Firefox. no luck.

    u can view it with either one. just follow the directions earlier in this thread.


    i did... :?
    oh well.
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  • triphobztriphobz Posts: 152
    I don't think I've ever liked any music video... except for Evolution, I loved the animation.
    I do agree that real good rock bands always look a little awkward in these productions.
    still love the song though. :)
  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    mfc2006 wrote:
    long red wrote:
    mfc2006 wrote:
    tried viewing with both Safari & Firefox. no luck.

    u can view it with either one. just follow the directions earlier in this thread.


    i did... :?
    oh well.

    after u change the settings, u have to re-open the link. did u do that?
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941

    Look, all music videos (and by all I mean 99.5%) are phony. They put bands in phony situations and have stupid things going on...music videos suck.

    That's why Pearl Jam stopped making videos unless they had an idea for a concept or "piece of art" like Do the Evolution or Life Wasted.
    long red wrote:

    some people just need to get over the whole "phony" thing. music videos ARE phony. Do u think Jeremy really shot himself in the head during that shoot?

    We PJ fans are not used to seeing the band like this and it's unsettling for some.

    My advice ... let go of the self-righteous attitude and enjoy a fun video for a good song.

    I think you're the one being "self-righteous" here. Some of us think it's a bad video for a bad song...which we're entitled to think.

    And you comparison to the Jeremy video makes no sense in your defense of the alleged "phoniness" of The Fixer video. The Jeremy video was a story...The Fixer video is five guys playing a pop song in front of fans who are told to jump up and down when the camera is on them.
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  • That video made me dizzy. I don't see the need for the screens behind them...
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  • orig_long redorig_long red Posts: 2,029
    long red wrote:

    some people just need to get over the whole "phony" thing. music videos ARE phony. Do u think Jeremy really shot himself in the head during that shoot?

    We PJ fans are not used to seeing the band like this and it's unsettling for some.

    My advice ... let go of the self-righteous attitude and enjoy a fun video for a good song.

    I think you're the one being "self-righteous" here. Some of us think it's a bad video for a bad song...which we're entitled to think.

    And you comparison to the Jeremy video makes no sense in your defense of the alleged "phoniness" of The Fixer video. The Jeremy video was a story...The Fixer video is five guys playing a pop song in front of fans who are told to jump up and down when the camera is on them.[/quote]


    i know u. ur the guy who hates everything at first. I can't argue with you.
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    long red wrote:

    after u change the settings, u have to re-open the link. did u do that?

    duh! that did it! thanks! 8-)
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    That video made me dizzy. I don't see the need for the screens behind them...

    holy crap...same here. yikes. :shock:
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Well, the video was cheesy but the song sounded GREAT! Like much better than the studio version for two main reasons... 1) mike was doing all the piano parts and fills with the guitar and it sounded great and 2) NO FADE OUT! So yeah, I thought it sounded great, but the video was very cheesy.
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  • JF256865JF256865 Posts: 19
    Pretentious douchebags, get over yourselves. That was awesome. And no fadeout was great.
  • drsluggodrsluggo Posts: 4,742
    My 2 first impressions:

    1. I felt like I should have had 3D glasses where the band in front was coming right out to me where the layering in the back would just look really far back.

    2. This looked like something that Target would want for a commercial - kind of reminded of something like U2 would do to promote an album.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    JF256865 wrote:
    Pretentious douchebags, get over yourselves.

    was that really needed?
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  • ledveddermanledvedderman Posts: 7,761
    Lets all cool down. Different strokes for different folks. What is important is how a dude on IE can view this on a firewalled work machine
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    That was pretty corny but the song sounded alot better than the studio version.
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  • drsluggodrsluggo Posts: 4,742
    over bends wrote:
    Well, the video was cheesy but the song sounded GREAT! Like much better than the studio version for two main reasons... 1) mike was doing all the piano parts and fills with the guitar and it sounded great and 2) NO FADE OUT! So yeah, I thought it sounded great, but the video was very cheesy.
    Wasn't that the studio version with crowd noise added in plus no fade?

    And I agree - no fadeout is WAY better.
  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    it wasn't my favorite video of theirs, but it wasn't terrible either. the sound was great & the no fade out made it worth it. now if the room would just stop spinning.... 8-)
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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    i wanna see some of the raw footage that went into that... without the silly target-riffic layering effects... i thought the quality and some of the shots were actually pretty good... maybe the other songs they played at that shoot will make it onto the CC documentary out next year
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    drsluggo wrote:
    over bends wrote:
    Well, the video was cheesy but the song sounded GREAT! Like much better than the studio version for two main reasons... 1) mike was doing all the piano parts and fills with the guitar and it sounded great and 2) NO FADE OUT! So yeah, I thought it sounded great, but the video was very cheesy.
    Wasn't that the studio version with crowd noise added in plus no fade?

    And I agree - no fadeout is WAY better.

    I don't think so. From what I heard a few parts were different, a little slower, etc, and there was definitely no piano if I could hear right.
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  • urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    JF256865 wrote:
    Pretentious douchebags, get over yourselves. That was awesome. And no fadeout was great.
    I'm not pretentious. I love the song, but that video is awful.
    The crowd noise is distracting and the video doesn't 'feel' right. The 'no-fade' is better though.

    It's called having an opinion.
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  • clockistotimeclockistotime Los Angeles, CA Posts: 249
    What is important is how a dude on IE can view this on a firewalled work machine

    it's called downloading a browser that isn't IE... sorry i'm not a fan of IE. i know that probably doesn't help your cause so i apologize. as for the firewall situation, bribe your IT guy att work. who knows, if he's a nerd he may just like pearl jam ;)


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  • Kilgore_TroutKilgore_Trout Posts: 7,334
    over bends wrote:
    drsluggo wrote:
    over bends wrote:
    Well, the video was cheesy but the song sounded GREAT! Like much better than the studio version for two main reasons... 1) mike was doing all the piano parts and fills with the guitar and it sounded great and 2) NO FADE OUT! So yeah, I thought it sounded great, but the video was very cheesy.
    Wasn't that the studio version with crowd noise added in plus no fade?

    And I agree - no fadeout is WAY better.

    I don't think so. From what I heard a few parts were different, a little slower, etc, and there was definitely no piano if I could hear right.
    well whatever it was... there was a few parts when eds mouth didnt even seem to be in time with the music :|
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  • gndcd402gndcd402 Posts: 2,567
    JF256865 wrote:
    Pretentious douchebags, get over yourselves. That was awesome. And no fadeout was great.
    im pretentious AND im a douchebag :D
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,941
    long red wrote:

    i know u. ur the guy who hates everything at first. I can't argue with you.

    Well that's sure not true. Though that I do completely hate The Fixer...and dislike the accompanying video, I can't think of any other Pearl Jam related thing that I've hated since the commercial release of Last Kiss to radio. Well, the quality of the 2008 bootlegs had me annoyed too but that's it. So what are you talking about?
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  • over bendsover bends Posts: 1,568
    Having the Even Flow video stream on that site right afterwards, what ever happened to the "turn the lights off, this isn't a tv studio, it's a rock concert"...? I found it really funny. It's pretty much the same type of video yet completely different.
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  • arthurdentarthurdent Posts: 969
    Anybody remember the promo vids for I Am Mine, LBC and Half Full? Reminds me alot of those.
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  • benjsbenjs Toronto, ON Posts: 9,226
    drsluggo wrote:
    My 2 first impressions:

    1. I felt like I should have had 3D glasses where the band in front was coming right out to me where the layering in the back would just look really far back.

    2. This looked like something that Target would want for a commercial - kind of reminded of something like U2 would do to promote an album.
    Maybe a 3D version of this will be included for Target CD-buyers! :shock:
    It does look unusual - not quite like a normally produced video.
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  • I love that version of the song. Sounds really good.

    Crowd noise was awkward. Those screens behind them looked really cheesy and out of place. You have to think that if they saw this in 1992 they would have cringed. I will say it beats the Life Wasted video but not by much. At least the song sounded badass.

    Thanks for those proxy tips! Worked like a charm.
  • JordyWordyJordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    thanks to the poster with the proxy info!!

    Someone said its like a U2 advert.... I was an extra in a U2 advert....simulating a gig similar to this. i can say that these guys finished it off and made it look great. it came out far better than the U2 one did (they used 150 people in tons of combinations to simulate a crowd of thousands- it just looks digital and shite), whereas here it looks like a hundred or two hundred people got to watch PJ perform in a small place, get some cash for it, and they look like theyre enjoying it...sure, theyre not crushed against the barriers or sweating, but that shoot probably took a whole day, its never gona be 100% realistic.

    Thats exactly how it sounded last week, good performance.

    Its more interesting than the Chop Suey videos, but Good Grief, im actually dizzy after watching it.
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