Stickman or Alive Guy?

PJ_Soul · June 2015

I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

Suziemay · June 2015

I always called it Stickman but because of this thread, I will now refer to it as Jeremy cuz you know, his arms...

MedozK · June 2015

On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.

Last-12-Exit · June 2015

PJ_Soul said:
I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

My dad begs to differ!

Jeeva1 · June 2015

MedozK said:
On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.

No it didn't have to do with the song, but it was on the single. And since people had no name for it they referred to it as the alive guy because it was on the alive single. "Oh that's the alive guy"

Jeeva1 · June 2015

PJ_Soul said:
I guess this whole argument tells us that there is no room for thinking maybe "Alive Guy" could also be "Alive Chick" or Stickwoman.

I always saw the bottom of the face as having a soul patch which the band members had in those days. But still technically it still could be a female.

MedozK · June 2015

Jeeva1 said:

MedozK said:
On page 57 of the PJ20 book:

Jeff Ament: I drew the stickman the night after Kelly Curtis told me that we needed artwork for the giveaway cassette for "Alive." The "art" really just represents how I was feeling at the time, playing in the best band I'd ever been in, and all of us were in such a creative zone. It really didn't have anything to do with the song.

So I guess, according to Jeff Ament, "Alive Guy" would be totally wrong.
No it didn't have to do with the song, but it was on the single. And since people had no name for it they referred to it as the alive guy because it was on the alive single. "Oh that's the alive guy"

Well, the people I have been around since the beginning always called it what it looked like... a stickman. So in my experience.... since people had no name for it they referred to it as the stickman because that's what it was.

But you can call it whatever you want... "dude on the Alive single", "Alive Guy Thingy", George, Bill, Jose, doesn't really matter.

Poncier · June 2015

We can just call him "Ralph the Alive Stickman" and everyone is satisfied.

on2legs · June 2015

I definitely referred to him as alive guy when the album first hit. I'm not sure if that's something I came up with in my own head or heard from someone else. Not until I discovered the internets around 1995 or so did I see people calling him stickman and that's what I've called him since then.