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  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Without Brendan Obrien, this thread would not exist.
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    ^^that is a great one


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • 23scidoo
    23scidoo Thessaloniki,Greece Posts: 19,992
    T-bone, Rib eye and all those thing are overhyped..
    Athens 2006. Dusseldorf 2007. Berlin 2009. Venice 2010. Amsterdam 1 2012. Amsterdam 1+2 2014. Buenos Aires 2015.
    Prague Krakow Berlin 2018. Berlin 2022
    EV, Taormina 1+2 2017.

    I wish i was the souvenir you kept your house key on..
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,934
    vaggar99 said:
    Without Brendan Obrien, this thread would not exist.
    If Andrew Wood survived his addiction, this thread would not exist.
  • The Avocado Album
    The Avocado Album Posts: 38
    Let the Records Play is better than the entirety of the pre-1996 discography :^)
    My parent's attic - 2018
    My college dorm - 2019
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    The Avocado Album said:
    Let the Records Play is better than the entirety of the pre-1996 discography :^)
    You must have played Ten, Vs, Vitalogy, and Merkinball an awful lot to become THAT sick of them!
  • brianlux
    brianlux Moving through All Kinds of Terrain. Posts: 43,664
    I don't know how "unpopular" this opinion is (around here, probably a lot) but to my way of thinking/ hearing, Pearl Jam reached the pinnacle of their career with Riot Act.  In terms of maturity of composition and playing, drive, focus, commitment and balance, to me that album and era is the greatest peak the band has reached. 
    "It's a sad and beautiful world"
    -Roberto Benigni

  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    True brian


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,484
    brianlux said:
    I don't know how "unpopular" this opinion is (around here, probably a lot) but to my way of thinking/ hearing, Pearl Jam reached the pinnacle of their career with Riot Act.  In terms of maturity of composition and playing, drive, focus, commitment and balance, to me that album and era is the greatest peak the band has reached. 
    100%

    I do think I'm colored by not enjoying "the production" of Avocado though. I remember when WWS dropped I loved the song, but felt it was so different from the Pearl Jam I had fallen in love with. Something with the harshness of it and Eddies voice on it. There's just something I can't really explain that makes Avocado something so different from Riot Act to me. Like a new era with a new sound to everything and a different structure to the songs or something. 

    Can't explain it really.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    Inside job is pretty damn boring. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    Mcgruff  again we disagree. It's all about the lyrics and the soul


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,130
    lastexitlondon said:
    Mcgruff  again we disagree. It's all about the lyrics and the soul
    I like the ending but the four minute beginning is just a snooze fest.  The song takes forever to build up.
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,484
    edited December 2018
    Inside Job and Come Back both sound like they were written using some "Babys first rock ballad lyrics" play set.
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • lastexitlondon
    lastexitlondon Posts: 14,915
    I hear you guys 


    this song is meant to be called i got shit,itshould be called i got shit tickets-hartford 06 -
  • rummy
    rummy British Columbia, Canada Posts: 4,466
    brianlux said:
    I don't know how "unpopular" this opinion is (around here, probably a lot) but to my way of thinking/ hearing, Pearl Jam reached the pinnacle of their career with Riot Act.  In terms of maturity of composition and playing, drive, focus, commitment and balance, to me that album and era is the greatest peak the band has reached. 
    I certainly don't prefer Riot Act over their six previous albums but I do think they were still pushing forward with it and like it a lot. Most songs are, at the very least, interesting - both lyrically and musically. I feel it happened less and less with the next three.
  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Backspacer is better than Avocado
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,934
    1. Frustration for a band's choice to not tour or record that often is a form of expression.

    2. Fans can love the band, fully understand choices made but wish to vent about  repeated inactivity.

    3. Posting comments like this with fear of potention  retribution is not cool.

    4. Perhaps specific rules violation can be posted when a decision has been made that rules were violated so fans can learn from their errors.


  • vaggar99
    vaggar99 San Diego USA Posts: 3,431
    Lerxst1992 said:
    1. Frustration for a band's choice to not tour or record that often is a form of expression.

    2. Fans can love the band, fully understand choices made but wish to vent about  repeated inactivity.

    3. Posting comments like this with fear of potention  retribution is not cool.

    4. Perhaps specific rules violation can be posted when a decision has been made that rules were violated so fans can learn from their errors.


    what's to fear?  it's not like anyone is gonna close this thread.  that doesn't happen here.
  • PJNB
    PJNB Posts: 13,890
    vaggar99 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    1. Frustration for a band's choice to not tour or record that often is a form of expression.

    2. Fans can love the band, fully understand choices made but wish to vent about  repeated inactivity.

    3. Posting comments like this with fear of potention  retribution is not cool.

    4. Perhaps specific rules violation can be posted when a decision has been made that rules were violated so fans can learn from their errors.


    what's to fear?  it's not like anyone is gonna close this thread.  that doesn't happen here.
    Pretty obvious that threads like this can stay alive as long as everyone is respectful. Also do not complain about the same thing over and over.  ;)
  • Lerxst1992
    Lerxst1992 Posts: 7,934
    PJNB said:
    vaggar99 said:
    Lerxst1992 said:
    1. Frustration for a band's choice to not tour or record that often is a form of expression.

    2. Fans can love the band, fully understand choices made but wish to vent about  repeated inactivity.

    3. Posting comments like this with fear of potention  retribution is not cool.

    4. Perhaps specific rules violation can be posted when a decision has been made that rules were violated so fans can learn from their errors.


    what's to fear?  it's not like anyone is gonna close this thread.  that doesn't happen here.
    Pretty obvious that threads like this can stay alive as long as everyone is respectful. Also do not complain about the same thing over and over.  ;)

    That guy got a little wild with the f word but wasn't sure other than that what the violation was

    Its getting challenging coming with new things to whine about. One of the downsides of limited activity ;-)

    It's tough knowing limited touring will only drive up demand more (from the incredible level its always been at here in the northeast),  and with ticket distribution policy, it's becoming impossible for high # 10c procrastinators like me to ever land a decent seat. Oh well. There's always inferior acts to go see up close.

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