Pearl Jam Twenty - Film Book Soundtrack

paulomax

The film was (is) great!!
I saw it in a sold out cinema, with near 20 pearljammerspt!

Some emotional parts, some funny ones, some nostalgic moments, some stories!

I love this band, this is a part of my life!

Thanks

awilkins

Wow, that was great. It was really neat to hear people singing along, laughing, and the moments where you could hear a pin drop. So representative of the band, the experience and the fans. And we got to finally see Eddie's fire pole! (don't twist that around) :oops:

Jam.Head

I loved the Singles footage. It was great to see the band freak like that.

KH453

Just gave disc two of the soundtrack a spin - the track listing seemed more intriguing than disc one. Gotta say that this compilation does not disappoint. As someone else pointed out in an earlier post, Acoustic #2, Jeff's NCIS demo, acoustic Given To Fly - wow. Just... wow. And, the NCIS demo flowing right into a full-band live take kinda takes the track from birth to full-grown...

As for the film screenings- it's a little frustrating that there was no venue in NC. Especially when there's a screening in a small town in Finland where only 15 people attended. Any of a number of theaters in Raleigh (the Rialto), Durham (Carolina Theater) or Chapel Hill (Varsity) would have been packed - there would have been pre-parties, etc., etc. Nothing against the folks at who enjoyed that Finnish showing or against their town or those making the decisions on where to screen the film. But, I have to say that we in the Southeast are feeling a little on the outside these days. I love traveling for shows, but it would be nice to have something - even just a screening of the film - close to home at some point.

With that said, I'll always stand by this band. This PJ20 project has been an awesome experience, and the festival was unforgettable. All of it - a worthy benchmark. Congratulations.

** Amendment: I decided to double check on the no-NC venue thing... turns out there was a screening in Winston-Salem... pretty tough for anyone from the Triangle or Charlotte to make it to W-S on a school night... however, I was wrong - there was an NC venue after all **

dmaradona10

Drove from Albuquerque to Santa Fe, NM to see the PJ20 film. Was definetly worth the little road trip. The part of the film when they become a band 'til Vitalogy is pretty intense. Some funny parts as well. Stone's Grammy in the basement was hilarious. Felt like Crow captures the personality of each band member. (Not much Boom though). Overall, a great film.

Sonja_S

groovyf wrote:

Soundtrack should be with me in a couple of days... looking forward to it now I've seen the movie.
Just like Sonja_S, it really struck me it's 19-20 years since I first heard them, and I also had goosebumps at many points during the movie.

Bizarre coincidence I've also just renewed my sub with Analog!

Hehe, we're PJ20 twins

I'm pretty anal about membership renewal since I effed it up royally before it was so easy to renew via internet and dropped to a 400xxx number

groovyf

Hah, I did the same too... dropped into 44xxxx territory!

Sonja_S

groovyf wrote:

Hah, I did the same too... dropped into 44xxxx territory!

marcos

If you can only afford to buy either the book or the soundtrack at this time, what would people suggest thus far?

William Wallace

marcos wrote:

If you can only afford to buy either the book or the soundtrack at this time, what would people suggest thus far?

Definitely the book!
It's a fantastic, could not be any better.

janvanderdam

I asked for a poster of PJ20 at the theatre last week. They put my name down. Yesterday they told me they didn't receive any posters. But the theatre called today and told me they received the soundtrack and said I could pick it up for free.

It is awesome.

marcos

William Wallace wrote:

marcos wrote:

If you can only afford to buy either the book or the soundtrack at this time, what would people suggest thus far?

Definitely the book!
It's a fantastic, could not be any better.

Yeah, I just went to Target to look at it, and it's completely irresistible. Though I came home and ordered it from amazon as it was only 22.00 and I was ordering something else from them anyway, thus qualified for the free shipping. It's a monster, like an encyclopedia, can't wait to read & carry it around like my bible

zendon71

I inteded on logging in to ask if the book was in any retail stores yet... and I see someone saw it in Target... any others??

demetrios

marcos wrote:

If you can only afford to buy either the book or the soundtrack at this time, what would people suggest thus far?

The book.

PJSEMPRE

Can't wait for the DVD! The movie is great.

polaris_x

reading the book slowly ... what's been cool so far is finding out the meaning of some usernames on here! ... haha

Jerome230

polaris_x wrote:

reading the book slowly ... what's been cool so far is finding out the meaning of some usernames on here! ... haha

:wave:

WashMyLove

I really like the goodies in the soundtrack...I can't stop listening to "Acoustic #1 Demo" song. Eddie and stone creating music is simply amazing! Jeff's Demo of NAIS is dark and pink floyd-ish...really like it. Experincing NAIS live is always a favorite of mine. Awesome job Cameron Crowe!

Jerome230

I want to watch the movie NOW. I've pre-ordered the 3-DVD set, just wish there were somewhere to watch it now. I feel as if I'm the only person here who hasn't seen it.

81

Found the book at barnes and noble....read the stuff on the albums, skimmed the rest....just seemed like one big time line. For free it wasnt a bad coffee read....i may flip thru it again on my next coffee sunday. Dont think i will purchase.