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Download Matt Cameron's demo of "The Fixer"

scottstappsucksscottstappsucks Posts: 991
edited February 2011 in The Porch
http://grungereport.net/?p=2874 Played today on Pearl Jam Radio.
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  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,919
    Not bad. It's a shame that Eddie had to come along and ruin it with such cheesy lyrics.
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  • elwayvedderelwayvedder South Jersey Posts: 9,135
    i really liked the drum stuff on the demo. sounded great!
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  • 12345AGNST112345AGNST1 Posts: 4,906
    Awesome!

    edit: When I click to download it just shows up as a quicktime file on firefox. How can I download it?
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  • DPrival78DPrival78 CT Posts: 2,263
    12345AGNST1 wrote:
    Awesome!

    edit: When I click to download it just shows up as a quicktime file on firefox. How can I download it?

    right click, save as
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  • Dead Man WalkingDead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    Did it sound like old, old Foo Fighters to anyone else?

    Regardless, sounds great.
  • Hub.Hub. Posts: 1,990
    Thanks, scottstappsucks. I'm gonna listen to it before going to bed. ;)
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  • scottstappsucksscottstappsucks Posts: 991
    Dead Man Walking wrote:
    Did it sound like old, old Foo Fighters to anyone else?

    Regardless, sounds great.

    That guitar sound to me is just perfect. That's why I don't think the Foo Fighters will ever top that record. I see some shades of it in the riff.

    This little demo gives me hope though when it comes to writing songs, I come up with little catchy one minute riffs and get angry that I can't build on them more, but if I can find the right band (won't be as good as Pearl Jam lol) hopefully they can help me build my songs like Pearl Jam did with Matt's Fixer demo.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    its official: crappy album version of The Fixer minus shitty lyrics, pop production, hand claps and yeah yeah yeahs = GOOD SONG!
  • Newch91Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    LOVE it!
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    Dead Man Walking wrote:
    Did it sound like old, old Foo Fighters to anyone else?

    Regardless, sounds great.

    +1
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  • Alive_and_EvolvingAlive_and_Evolving Posts: 327
    Eh honestly i'm rather unimpressed beyond the drums in the song. I love backspacer and i can understand why people may not enjoy it as much as i do (so i'm not trying to get into that debate). Just personal i'm glad ed made cut it up and made into what is on backspacer
    speaking as a child who shouldve have been a teen in the 90's
  • jdpancoastjdpancoast Posts: 34
    Before I start, I will say upfront that I am only 23 and therefore came into this Pearl Jam thing in the 00's. I however don't get all the hate towards Backspacer. I know it doesn't sound like Ten, I know its a little "pop sounding", and I get that for people a lot of older PJ songs are what they love. I also know that Backspacer lacks a song that grasps me emotionally (I lost a great friend in high school and tear up every time Life Wasted comes on...or when they played Wasted Reprised at Chicago 2 in 09 and I was too emotional to listen). I however, love Backspacer. I love the evolution of the band over a 20 year run. If the band were to continue to pound out the same music (NICKELBACK!!!!) they would eventually become uninteresting. I feel that Backspacer is the evidence that Pearl Jam will always be around, because they can still get together and have fun trying something new.
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Sorry guys, Ed definitely improved the song. Lighten up. Not everything the band writes has to have fancy lyrics. The simplicity of the song is what makes it special for me.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSunLikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

    no.
  • crazygeocrazygeo Posts: 2,380
    I wanted to like Fixer..but it is just that over played song..that I don't love
    but a change to it live in the future may be a possibility...
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  • scottstappsucksscottstappsucks Posts: 991
    MrSmith wrote:
    YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

    no.
    That "yeah yeah yeah" is incredibly catchy. It's a great fun song, and Backspacer to me has Pearl Jam's most concise and focused songs since Yield. Totally blew away Avocado to me.
  • boyo79boyo79 Warrington, UK Posts: 6,525
    This will make it onto the Backspacer re-issue...... ;)
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  • PilateOfTheStormPilateOfTheStorm Posts: 4,319
    listened to it,
    got to say I prefer the album version
    love that it's catchy and poppy, refreshing to hear from PJ


    yeah yeah yeah! :D
  • Better DanBetter Dan Posts: 5,684
    Sounds interesting, but I really enjoy The Fixer that's on Backspacer.
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  • Leezestarr313Leezestarr313 Temple of the cat Posts: 14,373
    electricxlovex wrote:
    yeah yeah yeah! :D
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