How About a Pearl Jam Obscure Fact Repository

pleatherman

Although never actually played live, Aye Davanita replaced The Color Red as the entrance music for the latter part of the Yield tour, perhaps foreshadowing Jack Irons more than "temporary" leave in the band.

Vejas

pleatherman wrote:

Shortly after 'Parting Ways' was soundchecked by Pearl Jam in Barcelona during the No Code tour, EV recorded that song along with MFC among other songs in Rome. He formed a trio in the studio (and played a couple shows) with 2 Italians by the names of Fausto and Francesco. This also sets a pattern for Eddie's later 3-piece bands with C-Average, and Flea + Jack Irons.

http://www.pearljamonline.it/PJ20/Faust ... staeng.htm Is this what you were talking about? It's a pretty interesting read

pleatherman

Vejas wrote:

pleatherman wrote:

Shortly after 'Parting Ways' was soundchecked by Pearl Jam in Barcelona during the No Code tour, EV recorded that song along with MFC among other songs in Rome. He formed a trio in the studio (and played a couple shows) with 2 Italians by the names of Fausto and Francesco. This also sets a pattern for Eddie's later 3-piece bands with C-Average, and Flea + Jack Irons.

http://www.pearljamonline.it/PJ20/Faust ... staeng.htm Is this what you were talking about? It's a pretty interesting read

Yeah, that's it. I really dig the "punk rock" arrangement on Corduroy.

majleap3

Great thread!

The first time Habit was played live Dave Grohl was on drums. It was during the tour with Mike Watt, Pat Smear, and Dave G. Apr-May 95.

pleatherman

majleap3 wrote:

Great thread!

The first time Habit was played live Dave Grohl was on drums. It was during the tour with Mike Watt, Pat Smear, and Dave G. Apr-May 95.

My first concert was a show from that tour! Habit certainly reflects the punk ethos of that van tour. And just like Eddie confessed to writing in a style with Matt's interest in mind when he joined the band, I wonder if he was thinking of a song that would sound great with Grohl on drums.
Because it does http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h-5ux77gm8U

pleatherman

Here is a nice summary from Eddie about the meaning behind Yellow Ledbetter:
"The song was originally written about the first Gulf War, and I’d created this image of a young guy with long hair and funny clothes, who had just got a yellow telegram telling him his brother has been killed in action. He’s walking by these conservative-looking, older folks on a porch, flying an American flag, and he waves to them in a show of solidarity, and they brush him off and give him the finger. So, you know, what did his brother die for?"

*Interestingly enough, Eddie would return to the theme of 2 brothers caught up in a (different) Gulf War for his initial outline of the concept record that eventually morphed into an avocado.

hrd2imgn

some easy ones:

Rodman left a voice mail for ed that appeared on Black Red and Yellow (based on Denis's hair colors)

The Vs. Iron mask cD case is unofficial, but fucking cool (yes I have it!)

right before Soldier Field set started the Otis Rush band was playing pretty much The Color Red/red dot, so technically it was played live.

Stupid Mop edit- sorry meant Pry to---played backwards says something about Pete T saving Ed's life (yeah it really is a stretch)

There was a Pearl Jam condom

nothing Earth shattering I know

pleatherman

hrd2imgn wrote:

some easy ones:

Rodman left a voice mail for ed that appeared on Black Red and Yellow (based on Denis's hair colors)

The Vs. Iron mask cD case is unofficial, but fucking cool (yes I have it!)

right before Soldier Field set started the Otis Rush band was playing pretty much The Color Red/red dot, so technically it was played live.

Stupid Mop played backwards says something about Pete T saving Ed's life (yeah it really is a stretch)

There was a Pearl Jam condom

nothing Earth shattering I know

I didn't know a couple of those. Hey, didn't the package on the condom read "Off He Goes," if I'm not mistaken? And I think, whether it's true or not, that Pete T thing is supposedly from Pry To. People already have a hard enough time listening to Stupid Mop as it is, let alone played backwards. Speaking of that song, weren't the looped voices taken from some video tape of a news special with mental patients that Eddie had?
Oh, one more. I believe during a NBA final series with the Bulls, Rodman had the Stickman logo colored into his hair.

PJ Colombian

Yeah.. the condom package read "Off He Goes".. Although I don't have a very extensive collection of all things PJ, I somehow have the condom stashed away in the PJ treasure chest..

pleatherman

Mudhoney must be Pearl Jam's favorite opener by a long shot, but could Mudhoney say the same thing when Bad Radio opened up for them in 1989. Oh yeah, and the Lemonheads were there too. Can't forget about the Lemonheads

pleatherman

Ed occasionally climbs, he still manages to get into the crowd at times, and even surfed for a second at Wrigley. But the last time he combined all of them was on 06/01/00 in Dublin, Ireland. Famously captured in the 'Band' portion of the European Montage section on Touring Band 2000, it certainly wasn't a short drop. The whole experience had a different energy too because the dive happened during Black, of all songs.

pleatherman

Jeff's frequent collaborator, Richard Stuverud, has been in many of his side/solo projects, and also plays with Eddie and Jeff on the Nothingman demo. But that's not all. Even though all we hear are the final versions, many of Jeff's demos that are eventually recorded by Pearl Jam feature Richard on drums. In a strange way, that kinda makes him a ghost member of the band.

pleatherman

'Alive' was never recorded during the Ten sessions.

Instead they chose a version they had done from the last of the few Mookie Blaylock demos recorded with Rick Parashar in Jan. '91. The sessions for 'Ten' began a couple months later in late March. During the mixing of it, Mike spliced a new solo with the original. Otherwise, this is the same performance of the song as in the 'Alive' promo sampler. Below is the 'rough mix' of all the completed tracks for Ten. Notice the absence of 'Alive' from the list since it was not recorded during the month-long session for the album.

pleatherman

Pearl Jam recorded Sonic Reducer back in '92 for the fan club single. Then, after 17 years, they finally decided to film a music video for it! Under the direction of Cameron Crowe, this was done at the same place/date as The Fixer video.

Ledbetterman10

pleatherman wrote:

Pearl Jam recorded Sonic Reducer back in '92 for the fan club single. Then, after 17 years, they finally decided to film a music video for it! Under the direction of Cameron Crowe, this was done at the same place/date as The Fixer video.

Really? I've never seen or heard of this.

pleatherman

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

pleatherman wrote:

Pearl Jam recorded Sonic Reducer back in '92 for the fan club single. Then, after 17 years, they finally decided to film a music video for it! Under the direction of Cameron Crowe, this was done at the same place/date as The Fixer video.

Really? I've never seen or heard of this.

Today I've come prepared for class
That factoid came from this article- Pearl Jam to release new album via partnership with Target 
Jun 1, 2009 by Whitney Pastorek
And here's the excerpt:
"The Thursday night show was indeed a shoot with Crowe: Possible first single "The Fixer" was filmed for the Target ad, and three other tracks (including a cover of band fave Sonic Reducer) may appear on additional materials for online or European release."

pleatherman

Even before Dave Abbruzzese was fired from the band, they began recording songs on Vitalogy with a drum machine first, because his "extremely busy" playing didn't meet Eddie's criteria for a more raw sound.

aennil

pleatherman wrote:

Is the title "Breathe" actually "Breath" misspelled?

(love the thread by the way :P )

pleatherman

aennil wrote:

pleatherman wrote:

Is the title "Breathe" actually "Breath" misspelled?

(love the thread by the way :P )

Yeah it is one and the same.
Glad you enjoy it and thanks to everyone else who contributed. Learning lots, I am!

pleatherman

Eddie Vedder and Kurt Cobain supposedly agreed to pose for the cover of Melody Maker's Christmas issue together, before that dumb Time magazine debacle caused it to fall apart.

As for what went wrong with the whole Time thing, it was just a matter of miscommunication. Not between Eddie and Kurt, mind you. They both were in complete agreement not to participate. Unfortunately, no one told Time magazine that. And their labels led the magazine to believe an interview was going to happen. When it came down to the wire and neither Kurt or Eddie called, Time made the judgement call to put Ed on the cover. Courtney thought Eddie was just being manipulative the whole time- and it turns out narcotics do increase your level of paranoia.