PJ's Current Sound

tragibigzanda

I think the bigger "problem" is that the band plays a lot of songs too hard now. Matt can't seem to play gently. He could never pull off Who You Are, Given To Fly, In My Tree, Pilate, Wishlist, etc with the same dynamics as Jack did; when your drummer's playing too hard, it's difficult for the band to relax into a more gentle vibe. He's great for all the new stuff he helped write, but I think that, for the most part, he really weakens most of the Jack-period stuff. Hail, Hail is almost boring with his playing! I think a lot of it has to do with the drums & heads he's using, too...

pouch15

alexmac11 wrote:

I think the bigger "problem" is that the band plays a lot of songs too hard now. Matt can't seem to play gently. He could never pull off Who You Are, Given To Fly, In My Tree, Pilate, Wishlist, etc with the same dynamics as Jack did; when your drummer's playing too hard, it's difficult for the band to relax into a more gentle vibe. He's great for all the new stuff he helped write, but I think that, for the most part, he really weakens most of the Jack-period stuff. Hail, Hail is almost boring with his playing! I think a lot of it has to do with the drums & heads he's using, too...

Remember the Hail Hail version of Late night with DL??? I love that version, I miss jack in no code songs!!!

thunderDAN

LastExitBJP wrote:

Does anyone else think that Pearl Jam's music has just "brightened" in the last few years? Listening to bootlegs prior 2003, it seems that their live sound is so much happier, and less, for lack of a better word, grungier (only using this word to describe the guitar sound). Even Eddie's voice seems to have lost a lot of angst. I for one love this. Even though they may not possess all the energy they did back in the early days, there's something about their current sound that I think is better than anything I've ever heard from them. Anyone else feel the same?

I have noticed that. I think the 2006 shows are the best because Ed's voice is less grungier.

TEEJAM11

ummm

Drew263

bigbadbill wrote:

It's Stone's fault.

Actually I think there's something to that. (Fault not being the right word) but if you look back at old videos and say Touring Band 2000, Stone was mainly playing his Les Pauls. Now he's mainly playing his Strats.

Watch Corduroy from TB2000 and compare it to Pic in a Frame...for example.

eduardo

i think its matts influence.

pls PLAY more no code songs:

who you are, around the bend, im open, hail hail, red mosquito, sometimes,

InMyTree4

ed also sings SOLAT differently now...he will go for the long notes instead of the high ones...i wish he would sing it like the mtv unplugged version every time!