Unpopular Opinions

lolobugg

dressing > turkey everyday of the week including Thanksgiving!!!

vaggar99

Deadman said:

I’m all about PJ shifting focus from playing in arenas and stadiums to playing in studios and giving us recordings we can all live out our lives listening to.

Amen to this.  

mcgruff10

PJ_Soul said:

I think they should fire Boom (nicely... with a big cash bonus as thanks).

Or just do a tour without him.  Cool dude for sure, I am just not a fan of the keyboard.  

PJ_Soul

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

I think they should fire Boom (nicely... with a big cash bonus as thanks).

Or just do a tour without him.  Cool dude for sure, I am just not a fan of the keyboard.  

I really love keyboards sometimes (I'm a piano player myself, and adore piano-heavy music). I'm not so hot on the organ though, lol. I just don't think Pearl Jam has any need for one. Especially not one who isn't even a member of the band and therefore has no real input into the music writing or anything, which is why PJ has no need for a keyboardist probably. They aren't writing music that needs it on a regular basis (maybe a stand in once in a while when needs be). Plus he plays well, but not better than a ton of other people, so he's not bringing anything particularly special to the stage. I dunno, he seems completely gratuitous to me (but yeah, he seems like a cool guy. I don't know him, lol, but he's obviously chill).

mcgruff10

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

I think they should fire Boom (nicely... with a big cash bonus as thanks).

Or just do a tour without him.  Cool dude for sure, I am just not a fan of the keyboard.  

I really love keyboards sometimes (I'm a piano player myself, and adore piano-heavy music). I'm not so hot on the organ though, lol. I just don't think Pearl Jam has any need for one. Especially not one who isn't even a member of the band and therefore has no real input into the music writing or anything, which is why PJ has no need for a keyboardist probably. They aren't writing music that needs it on a regular basis (maybe a stand in once in a while when needs be). Plus he plays well, but not better than a ton of other people, so he's not bringing anything particularly special to the stage. I dunno, he seems completely gratuitous to me (but yeah, he seems like a cool guy. I don't know him, lol, but he's obviously chill).

I mean organ, duh.  The organ has really killed my love for crazy mary (and boy did I play that sweet relief cd!) 

pjhawks

Dirty Frank is terrible and the only reason people chant for it is because it's never played. like Leash previously was.  stop already

mcgruff10

pjhawks said:

Dirty Frank is terrible and the only reason people chant for it is because it's never played. like Leash previously was.  stop already

See I actually enjoy hearing it live.  The 94 version from the orpheum was kick ass.  But I do get what you are saying the people only like certain songs because they are rare. 
Leash at wrigley 2 this past year was tremondous. 

PJNB

Love Reign O'er Me is one of their best covers and besides Eddies strong vocals Boom really stands out on this one. 

PJ_Soul

mcgruff10 said:

pjhawks said:

Dirty Frank is terrible and the only reason people chant for it is because it's never played. like Leash previously was.  stop already

See I actually enjoy hearing it live.  The 94 version from the orpheum was kick ass.  But I do get what you are saying the people only like certain songs because they are rare. 
Leash at wrigley 2 this past year was tremondous. 

I actually enjoy the studio version of Dirty Frank (that is probably an unpopular opinion, right?). Gotta love the songs about serial killers, haha.

mcgruff10

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

pjhawks said:

Dirty Frank is terrible and the only reason people chant for it is because it's never played. like Leash previously was.  stop already

See I actually enjoy hearing it live.  The 94 version from the orpheum was kick ass.  But I do get what you are saying the people only like certain songs because they are rare. 
Leash at wrigley 2 this past year was tremondous. 

I actually enjoy the studio version of Dirty Frank (that is probably an unpopular opinion, right?). Gotta love the songs about serial killers, haha.

The lyrics are hilarious. Isn’t it about their creepy bus driver in the early days?

PJ_Soul

mcgruff10 said:

PJ_Soul said:

mcgruff10 said:

pjhawks said:

Dirty Frank is terrible and the only reason people chant for it is because it's never played. like Leash previously was.  stop already

See I actually enjoy hearing it live.  The 94 version from the orpheum was kick ass.  But I do get what you are saying the people only like certain songs because they are rare. 
Leash at wrigley 2 this past year was tremondous. 

I actually enjoy the studio version of Dirty Frank (that is probably an unpopular opinion, right?). Gotta love the songs about serial killers, haha.

The lyrics are hilarious. Isn’t it about their creepy bus driver in the early days?

Something about some inside joke they had with their bus driver, yeah. I think they liked to tease him about being a serial killer or something? I read all about it once, but can't really remember.

SmallestOceans

mcgruff10 said:

I've never been a fan of eating turkey on Thanksgiving.  I love all the apps, sides and desserts but I have always thought the turkey was the weak point of the meal.  

+1. We decided to go with chicken over turkey this year. You ever try honey badger?

mcgruff10

SmallestOceans said:

mcgruff10 said:

I've never been a fan of eating turkey on Thanksgiving.  I love all the apps, sides and desserts but I have always thought the turkey was the weak point of the meal.  

+1. We decided to go with chicken over turkey this year. You ever try honey badger?

Honey badger?

riley540

I often disagree with some of the political stances the band takes, although I heavily appreciate and respect their passion towards the causes they care about 

dankind

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Tim Simmons said:

So this is just the General Unpopular Opinions thread and not just the Unpopular PJ Opinions thread now?

I kinda think we should just stick to Pearl Jam.

My intent in starting the thread was Pearl Jam...but I guess I can't control the tangents. 

Speaking of tangents....

I have never met a single soul on this earth who refers to any woman (girlfriend, daughter, wife, etc.) as "baby-girl" who is someone worth knowing....immediately hit the eject button on that potential friendship....

I called my wife babygirl until we had a daughter—after which, my daughter became babygirl. 

Nice not knowing you. 

green_girl

There are a lot of great action items here. Who's in charge of the spreadsheet?

23scidoo

PJNB said:

Love Reign O'er Me is one of their best covers and besides Eddies strong vocals Boom really stands out on this one. 

Right Sir.

Spiritual_Chaos

Try a vegetarian thanksgiving

Spiritual_Chaos

I don't really like the covers for the Vault releases.

I understand fully why they decided on the discrete/genereic black covers for all releases - making sure whatever show they use they didn't have to worry about the cover. Not painting themselves into a corner-

But now with there being like 6-7 on the shelf they just blend together and are anonymised. 

I don't know what they should have done instead, and as I said I fully understand why they made this kind of a design choice. But I wished the individual vaults would stand out more (and "say" more about the show).

PB11041

PJNB said:

Love Reign O'er Me is one of their best covers and besides Eddies strong vocals Boom really stands out on this one. 

It is the best cover they play, by far other than Sonic Reducer.