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Pearl Jam like Rolling Stones??????

PilatesBettermanPilatesBetterman Posts: 306
edited September 2008 in The Porch
Call me crazy, as I'm sure you will(maybe even worse), but Pearl Jam seems to have followed in the Stones footsteps of releasing progressively worse albums (since No Code) while maintaining a great live show. Don;t get me wrong I'm not saying that PJ's albums since have sucked but none have been able to achieve the mastery of their predecessor. And certainly none have topped what No Code is was and will be.
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  • SVRDhand13SVRDhand13 Posts: 26,467
    I bet most here would say PJ topped No Code two years later... with the very next album they released. I certainly think they did.
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  • PilatesBettermanPilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    SVRDhand13 wrote:
    I bet most here would say PJ topped No Code two years later... with the very next album they released. I certainly think they did.
    And for thousands of years mankind thought the Earth was flat. Popular opinion doesn't change the truth.
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  • opsopcopolisopsopcopolis Posts: 1,206
    Nope
    PJ is great
    always
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  • dunkmandunkman Posts: 19,646
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    And for thousands of years mankind thought the Earth was flat. Popular opinion doesn't change the truth.


    but its not the truth... its your opinion..

    but Yield is as good if not better than No Code... after Yield your argument might hold water.
    oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
  • PilatesBettermanPilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    dunkman wrote:
    but its not the truth... its your opinion..

    but Yield is as good if not better than No Code... after Yield your argument might hold water.
    I think that Yield is a great album and only falls short of No Code by the narrowest of margins. Can;t really say what where when or why but listening to the whole albums No Code has never been topped. I challenge anyone to listen to them back to back , lol
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  • NewDamageNewDamage Posts: 1,913
    Yield > No Code
    Avocado > Riot Act
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  • JammalamboJammalambo Posts: 1,321
    Well, for me Binaural is as good as No Code, indeed they're my favorite pj albums.. Riot Act is a great album too, I honestly think that only avocado is a step behind all others.. Too many generic songs on it, though the second half of the album is really good. The Rolling Stones are dead many years ago, but they still go on because of $$$$$$..
  • InMyTree4InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    yeah i disagree with that statement
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  • smile05smile05 Posts: 600
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  • goldrushgoldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,606
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    And for thousands of years mankind thought the Earth was flat. Popular opinion doesn't change the truth.

    Without wishing to be a dick about it, there is absolutely no record anywhere that people ever thought the world was flat. They didn't know it was round exactly but it was thought to oval or with many sides, but never flat.




    Oh, and Yield is better than No Code by the way
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  • SoonForgotten2SoonForgotten2 Posts: 2,245
    Yield is easily better than No Code.
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    NewDamage wrote:
    Yield > No Code
    Avocado > Riot Act

    Straight to the point. Agreed.

    Yield is considered PJ's best by many, more so then No Code I believe.

    Avocado is a love/hate album. But I'm sure many agree it is certainly better than Riot Act.
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  • gfrasergfraser Posts: 686
    robcascie wrote:
    I honestly think that only avocado is a step behind all others

    qft
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  • CahootsCahoots Posts: 140
    Since when did the Stones put out progressively worse albums?

    They set the bar with 25 records through 3 decades. Blues, Rock, Country, Reggae, Funk ,Disco.

    I dont think you know what you're talking about. When PJ comes close to Beggars Banquet then we can talk.

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  • gfrasergfraser Posts: 686
    Cahoots wrote:
    Since when did the Stones put out progressively worse albums?

    They set the bar with 25 records through 3 decades. Blues, Rock, Counrty, Feggae, Funk ,Disco.

    I dont think you know what you're talking about. When PJ comes close to Beggars Banquet then we can talk.

    Ask Mike, he knows.

    im guessing the op doesnt really like the country/funk/disco records? therefore his opinion would be that they are lesser records. just the way i read it...
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  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    This is just how I view it and I know it's not the truth, but to me, No Code and Yield are like a double album. Kinda like SOAD's Mezmerise/Hypnotize. I feel like they are different but extentions of each other, kinda like a Yin Yang. One is not better/worse than the other, they are equal.
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  • youngsteryoungster Boston Posts: 6,576
    I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I think that Riot Act is actually better than No Code.
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  • JackieboyJackieboy Posts: 78
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    Call me crazy, as I'm sure you will(maybe even worse), but Pearl Jam seems to have followed in the Stones footsteps of releasing progressively worse albums (since No Code) while maintaining a great live show. Don;t get me wrong I'm not saying that PJ's albums since have sucked but none have been able to achieve the mastery of their predecessor. And certainly none have topped what No Code is was and will be.

    I dunno what kind of drugs you're on but to me pre-vitalogy-Pearl Jam is boring and uninspired.
  • vedder_soupvedder_soup Posts: 5,861
    No Code is great, Yield is even better!
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  • Them-BonesThem-Bones Posts: 518
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    Call me crazy, as I'm sure you will(maybe even worse), but Pearl Jam seems to have followed in the Stones footsteps of releasing progressively worse albums (since No Code) while maintaining a great live show. Don;t get me wrong I'm not saying that PJ's albums since have sucked but none have been able to achieve the mastery of their predecessor. And certainly none have topped what No Code is was and will be.

    Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man.
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  • Evacuation RulesEvacuation Rules Posts: 2,162
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Avocado is a love/hate album. But I'm sure many agree it is certainly better than Riot Act.

    Not me. Riot Act is 100% better.
  • HailRoad24HailRoad24 Posts: 133
    Yield is better than No Code, but not by much. To me, if they had stuck with the original, leaked tracklisting of Binaural, then we would all be singing a different tune. To me, they reached for something on Binaural, and came oh so close to achieving it. They just killed it with poor tracklisting, a problem which has really plagued them on most albums.
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    cropduster82 wrote:
    I know I'm in the minority on this one, but I think that Riot Act is actually better than No Code.
    hells yes!!!! do you know how much i cried during cropduster this past june?? 10,000% THE best moment of the '08 tours. riot act is an amazing album, as well as binaural and yield
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  • washedinblack91washedinblack91 Posts: 3,078
    JWBusher wrote:
    Not me. Riot Act is 100% better.
    marry me? :)
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  • UpSideDownUpSideDown Posts: 1,966
    i listen to riot act way more than no code.............
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    Call me crazy, as I'm sure you will(maybe even worse), but Pearl Jam seems to have followed in the Stones footsteps of releasing progressively worse albums (since No Code) while maintaining a great live show. Don;t get me wrong I'm not saying that PJ's albums since have sucked but none have been able to achieve the mastery of their predecessor. And certainly none have topped what No Code is was and will be.

    i'd agree with you on that. i see no code as their 'exile on main street.' their best overall album and most cohesive artistic statement, but one that is difficult and something of a grower.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • catch22catch22 Posts: 1,081
    HailRoad24 wrote:
    Yield is better than No Code, but not by much. To me, if they had stuck with the original, leaked tracklisting of Binaural, then we would all be singing a different tune. To me, they reached for something on Binaural, and came oh so close to achieving it. They just killed it with poor tracklisting, a problem which has really plagued them on most albums.

    they did it even more so with riot act. down, other side, and undone... all far better than anything on riot act, none on the album.
    and like that... he's gone.
  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    JWBusher wrote:
    Not me. Riot Act is 100% better.

    Well your username also has the word BUSH in it, so thats expected.... ;)
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  • CitizenRickCitizenRick Posts: 1,079
    Jackieboy wrote:
    I dunno what kind of drugs you're on but to me pre-vitalogy-Pearl Jam is boring and uninspired.

    What!!!!!!

    I've never heard this angle before. Uninspired?
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  • Thorns2010Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    PilatesBetterman wrote:
    And for thousands of years mankind thought the Earth was flat. Popular opinion doesn't change the truth.

    Actually as far back as the Greeks it was known that the world was round.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Myth_of_the_Flat_Earth

    More info than you probably need to know about that.

    Anyway, carry on!
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