Dave Abbruzzese playing Chris Cornells "Seasons"

PJammer4life · December 2018

Dave A is like Dave Grohl to me, beats the hell out of the drums and adds a great aggressive tone. I watched a video I took of Matt Cameron playing Seasons from the LA Forum show and he is much more subdued, the guitar and vocals are the focal point. Problem is, Stone and Jeff, fed off Dave A’s drumming whether live or in studio in 1992-1993, and now the drumming is now more subdued, but solid. It’s a beat, not a groove.

facepollution · December 2018

This is sacred ground for me because Seasons is my favourite song ever........but I'm blown away by what these guys have done with it. To take such a wonderfully stark and vulnerable song and amp up all that energy, should not work on paper, but somehow they've pulled it off. It doesn't hurt that they have Dave A on drums, he has lost nothing, he plays with so much feeling. It's hard to believe that he didn't get another major gig after he left Pearl Jam.

The only thing that could have made this better would have been a Mike McCready solo

mcgruff10 · December 2018

Wow that was incredible!! Nice find spiritual.

KV4053 · December 2018

bootlegger10 said:

Listened to Vs. last night. The drums just jump out at you.

Indeed, the inane amount of symbols really does jump out at you

ConorKavanagh · December 2018

On first listen to this yesterday, I wasn't too impressed. But it has grown on me after revisiting it twice since then. I never heard of these guys before.

Spiritual_Chaos · December 2018

Dave A treats the drums almost as a lead instrument. You can listen to a live song with PJ from the early 90s and just start focusing in on the drumming. His drumming has such character and groove.

Spiritual_Chaos · December 2018

facepollution said:

This is sacred ground for me because Seasons is my favourite song ever........but I'm blown away by what these guys have done with it. To take such a wonderfully stark and vulnerable song and amp up all that energy, should not work on paper, but somehow they've pulled it off. It doesn't hurt that they have Dave A on drums, he has lost nothing, he plays with so much feeling. It's hard to believe that he didn't get another major gig after he left Pearl Jam.

The only thing that could have made this better would have been a Mike McCready solo

He was in Guns N Roses for a short while.

Saying "get" implies he tried and wanted it though, which we don't know much about. Or do we?

lotsalemon · December 2018

Awesome cover.
Some serious taken there.

goldrush · December 2018

That was pretty good. The guy has a good voice, and Dave sounded great. I hated the solo though, I thought it was overdone.

The heavy parts made me feel pretty sad though, because more than anything I wanted it to be Soundgarden

SandyRavage · December 2018

Spiritual_Chaos said:

facepollution said:

This is sacred ground for me because Seasons is my favourite song ever........but I'm blown away by what these guys have done with it. To take such a wonderfully stark and vulnerable song and amp up all that energy, should not work on paper, but somehow they've pulled it off. It doesn't hurt that they have Dave A on drums, he has lost nothing, he plays with so much feeling. It's hard to believe that he didn't get another major gig after he left Pearl Jam.

The only thing that could have made this better would have been a Mike McCready solo

He was in Guns N Roses for a short while.

Saying "get" implies he tried and wanted it though, which we don't know much about. Or do we?

im pretty sure he was in GNR for like a day

igotid88 · December 2018

Spiritual_Chaos said:

facepollution said:

This is sacred ground for me because Seasons is my favourite song ever........but I'm blown away by what these guys have done with it. To take such a wonderfully stark and vulnerable song and amp up all that energy, should not work on paper, but somehow they've pulled it off. It doesn't hurt that they have Dave A on drums, he has lost nothing, he plays with so much feeling. It's hard to believe that he didn't get another major gig after he left Pearl Jam.

The only thing that could have made this better would have been a Mike McCready solo

He was in Guns N Roses for a short while.

Saying "get" implies he tried and wanted it though, which we don't know much about. Or do we?

rarely does someone try out for a band if you don't want it.

silvo · December 2018

So having just listened to this, holy shit, what an amazing version and a fitting tribute. Also listened to their other track on Spotify and it’s great.....Dave A brining it!!!
have to say it has made me think about a Chris tribute album and where it could go. This for me is the perfect example of how a tribute should work. Really amazing take on a song that you don’t think that can get any better.
I'm pretty sure people are queuing up to do an album dedicated to Chris and I sincerely hope the PJ boys have some serious contributions to this.....and I’m sure they do. But this for me sets a pretty good benchmark for where it can be taken and hope wholeheartedly that if a tribute album does materialise that this version of Seasons is track number 1!!! Great work Dave A and Pseutopia