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PJ Unlpugged vs Nirvana's

poncabareponcabare Posts: 10
edited February 2008 in The Porch
Hello All,

Just curious to get some feedback on the above topic. I have always wondered what PJ would've been w/ Cobain as a front man instead of Vedder, but that another discussion in itself. I personally have always felt Nirvana's unplugged set T bagged PJ's , anyone else felt the same? Thoughts...
I've seen enough shows to know I like them...
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  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    Alice in Chains......
  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 28,994
    well, their unplugged is an official release, so as I see it:

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  • AiCPearlJamWeenAiCPearlJamWeen Posts: 785
    poncabare wrote:
    Hello All,

    I have always wondered what PJ would've been w/ Cobain as a front man instead of Vedder, but that another discussion in itself.

    PJ would be non existent because Cobain's repetitive lyrics and dull sound would kill the band quicker than he killed himself.
  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAnDiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    PJ's (though officially unreleased), AIC's and Nirvana are all special in their own right!
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  • LostdogsinthegardenLostdogsinthegarden Posts: 844
    Nirvana is ok at best.
  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,633
    Nirvana's is best......it might be one of my favorite "albums" ever.

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  • PearlJamaholicPearlJamaholic Posts: 2,013
    should have made a poll. but i think nirvana's was better.
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I don't recall offhand, but weren't the majority of Nirvana's songs on that show merely cover songs?
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  • InThinAirInThinAir Posts: 81
    Are you all crazy!?!?!? Isn't this a PJ board? PJ lines their birdcages with copies of Nirvana Unplugged.
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  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,633
    FiveB247x wrote:
    I don't recall offhand, but weren't the majority of Nirvana's songs on that show merely cover songs?

    6 of 14 - kind of like your typically PJ encores.

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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    Pearl Jam's was good, Alice In Chains' was better, Nirvana's is the best of the three.
  • poncabareponcabare Posts: 10
    Are you all crazy!?!?!? Isn't this a PJ board? PJ lines their birdcages with copies of Nirvana Unplugged


    I dunno man, binaural was pretty awful in itself
    I've seen enough shows to know I like them...
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    AiCPearlJamWeen wrote:
    PJ would be non existent because Cobain's repetitive lyrics and dull sound would kill the band quicker than he killed himself.
    Kurt would have been a better songwriter if he was in PJ.
    With veterans like Ament and Gossard, who been in multiple bands and behind the scenes for many many years, I think it gave Vedder a better/easier ruote as a lyricist/songwriter. Cobain had too much pressure and too much control with Nirvana.
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  • IgottagoIgottago Posts: 483
    Nirvana's was clearly better. One of the best recordings of all time.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    BTW, Nirvana's unplugged was best by far.
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  • BrezBrez Posts: 570
    I think Nirvana's is only more popular in the public eye because it has that mystique of being only months away from his suicide.
    And before his first step... He's off again...
  • IndifferenceIndifference Posts: 2,633
    Brez wrote:
    I think Nirvana's is only more popular in the public eye because it has that mystique of being only months away from his suicide.

    perhaps it more popular in the public eye because it was actually released as a CD awhile back and a DVD last year. And as I added earlier I think it is indeed better.

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  • QballQball Posts: 283
    Nirvana's unplugged is better by a landslide.
  • rudiger10rudiger10 Posts: 129
    It's an unfair fight, Pearl Jam only had Ten at the time, not much to work with. Nirvana had 3 albums behind them when they performed. They were also at totally different times, Pearl Jams was when they were rising to total fame. Whereas Nirvanas was when Kurt had gotten to the point of hatred towards the World. The more fair idea would be Benaroya vs. Nirvana's Unplugged in which case they almost tie to me. Nirvana's has a lot of emotion and feeling behind the songs, Pearl Jam at Benaroya has a lot, but not as much. But song wise, Benaroya is a rocking, kick ass album.


    On an unrelated note, AIC's beats both Nirvana's and Pearl Jam's. That Nutshell opener is just, God like. I changed as a person the moment my brother put it on and told me I might like better than Nirvana's. He was right.
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  • FiveB247xFiveB247x Posts: 2,330
    I wasn't taking a cheap shot at Nirvana for this, but it should be in the conversation.

    In my opinion, Alice In Chains had the best Unplugged because it was all their music and all done extremely well. PJ's was good mostly because it was their own music done to a different style and still came out good. Nirvana's was good mostly cause it was a different style of music, but in my opinion, playing 6 of 14 songs as covers, it's not the same caliber as doing your own work.

    As for PJ doing covers, I don't think it's so bad if they do like 4 covers of like 30 songs in a given show. What other bands tour to their level, constantly change their setlist and have such diverse albums to work from? The answer is hardly any.
    Indifference wrote:
    6 of 14 - kind of like your typically PJ encores.
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  • Mike GossardMike Gossard Posts: 344
    Well PJ did the show rather early when it was still trying to define itself, the show that is. Later shows were more about going places the artist had never been, which is why you get such a cool and different Nirvana show rather than their over the top distortion and screaming show.

    I think Alice and Nirvana used their time on the show better than PJ but that may just be because they did the show earliest.

    Alice used the show best to showcase their own songs. You also got to see how talented Jerry was in his own right.

    Nirvana did a really great show, with lots of great moments that were probably never duplicated. Lots of covers that fit the bands sound that night.

    I'd have to say Alice wins though, Nirvana a close second and I do love PJ's barn burner of a performance.
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  • Mike GossardMike Gossard Posts: 344
    Nutshell
    Let's see those 2013 dates in the southern states.
  • mohomoho Posts: 540
    Nirvana, definitely. All their tunes were reworked contrary to PJ. Plus the massive emoton was obviously a defining factor in the great felling off that set.
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  • deadhead321deadhead321 Posts: 66
    i vote NIRVANA
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    AiCPearlJamWeen wrote:
    PJ would be non existent because Cobain's repetitive lyrics and dull sound would kill the band quicker than he killed himself.

    Harsh but fair.
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  • Jesika537Jesika537 Posts: 301
    rudiger10 wrote:
    Nirvana had 3 albums behind them when they performed.

    Bleach, Nevermind, Incesticide, and In-Utero...
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  • TheGossmanTheGossman Posts: 1,120
    Nirvana is probobly my all time favorite unplugged show, Pearl Jam 2nd, and Alice in Chains 3rd, I wish AIC would have done Don't Follow and Stay Away
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  • TheGossmanTheGossman Posts: 1,120
    Jesika537 wrote:
    Bleach, Nevermind, Incesticide, and In-Utero...

    had In Utero came out yet?
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  • kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    TheGossman wrote:
    had In Utero came out yet?
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  • kenshuntkenshunt London, Ontario, Canada Posts: 2,863
    I choose Pearl Jam as my Fav
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