Hey how about those 2 missing Ten Club singles!

mace1229

Let’s assume everyone involved with Pearl Jam has no clue that vinyl has been popular again for 10+ years and that it can take 4-6 months to make some copies.
Fine, I’ll give them that. How do we explain away the other 20 months late then?

brianlux

stuckinline said:

brianlux said:

This morning I got one of those slips in my post office box telling me I had a package to pick up.  For about 5 seconds I got excited thinking... "Could it be?"

Nah, just some junk mail to big for my p.o. box.  What was I thinking?!

Some day, many years from now, on that great list of unsolved mysteries, the assassination of JFK will still be up toward the top of the laist and the question as to who is responsible for the annual singles not being released will be several thousand notches lower.

And we'll still be waiting.   

Maybe Keith Morrison can solve the mystery of the missing annual singles. 

LOL,  Yeah, it would make an interesting story on Date Line NBC!

Or we could ask Keith Morris but I'm pretty sure his reaction would be:

Tim Simmons

mace1229 said:

Let’s assume everyone involved with Pearl Jam has no clue that vinyl has been popular again for 10+ years and that it can take 4-6 months to make some copies.
Fine, I’ll give them that. How do we explain away the other 20 months late then?

they want to hang with their families and do other shit after busting their ass because they aren't young anymore.

stratmad

Tim Simmons said:

mace1229 said:

Let’s assume everyone involved with Pearl Jam has no clue that vinyl has been popular again for 10+ years and that it can take 4-6 months to make some copies.
Fine, I’ll give them that. How do we explain away the other 20 months late then?

they want to hang with their families and do other shit after busting their ass because they aren't young anymore.

Yeah. But no. They have every right to hang with family and do their personal things. They have no obligation to make more music unless they want to. They are obliged to deliver on 2 Christmas singles and 2 mags. Or provide a refund. 

I’ve said it before, given where we are
just put our 2 live versions of any song from the vault - Even Flow, Corduroy, Alive anything, and be done with it and everyone can go home.  

That they are professional musicians and just need to knock out 2 songs (maybe 4 for some b sides) and these can be covers, I just can’t see how much time that will eat into their hanging with family schedules. I might be wrong here but it’s a stretch to think otherwise. 

If there is truly no desire to do any of the above then provide a refund. I’m personally indifferent at this stage whether I get 2 more singles given they seem indifferent about it. So let sleeping dogs lie, I’ll take a refund and we’ll call it even. 

Tim Simmons

I don't disagree. I'm sure they will deliver what they are supposed to at some point, but we can't force them to. We are powerless.

mace1229

Tim Simmons said:

mace1229 said:

Let’s assume everyone involved with Pearl Jam has no clue that vinyl has been popular again for 10+ years and that it can take 4-6 months to make some copies.
Fine, I’ll give them that. How do we explain away the other 20 months late then?

they want to hang with their families and do other shit after busting their ass because they aren't young anymore.

Who said they don’t have a right to any of that?
Are you implying that they can’t do that unless they take 2+ years to come up with a prepaid single?
The singles to me aren’t that big of a deal anymore. Don’t really think about it until I see this thread. But I can’t see how anyone can defend not giving the 2017 single before 2020 arrives. Can’t we agree that is a little ridiculius?

Tim Simmons

I'm saying that stuff takes priority and they couldn't be bothered to record. 

Tim Simmons

Also, I don't think anyone is defending them NOT sending the singles, I think the "defenders" are more like "It happens when it happens. I got other shit going on in life, not worth my time or outrage". 

mace1229

Tim Simmons said:

I'm saying that stuff takes priority and they couldn't be bothered to record. 

I think that last bit is 100% accurate. But they don’t have 9-5 jobs 5 days a week like 99% of the country. It could have gotten done. There’s lots of things I don’t want to be bothered with, but since I’m not a rock star I get it done anyway.

bootlegger10

They could have gotten the singles done.   They had other things they would rather do.  That is all it is.  Maybe it was charitable work, or traveling, or painting, or whatever.   They could have got it done though.  Lightning Bolt was in 2013.  They don’t have anything to do with production while on tour and they have played 80% of these songs over 100 times.  They have all the time in the world to do what they want to do.   I am certain that they see their families much more than the average joe.   

FR181798

They've discontinued the singles as of this year, fair enough. It seems for whatever reason they can no longer keep up with issuing one a year. Its a shame but probably for the best. Im not quite sure how they are going to manage to catch up and issue the Deep magazine every year. Are the magazines days numbered as well? I wonder if they will rethink the membership, the last update seem to hint at that. I guess we would have heard by now if things were changing next year.

Could well be that when the final 2 singles arrive next year, they are the best yet and we'll all be wishing they still did them.

jimnelsen

Vinyl yes. Deep, digging a hole. So Christmas single AIC... down in a hole, digging a hole same thing. Hole is deep.

bootlegger10

It is ironic though that a band has struggled this much to put out four songs that can even be covers in a 2 year period.  It isn't like we are asking them to design a bridge.  They aren't architects.  They are a band and struggle at the number two thing  bands do behind playing music (i.e., writing music).   I don't think anyone is losing sleep over this but it is ironic.

Spiritual_Chaos

bootlegger10 said:

It is ironic though that a band has struggled this much to put out four songs that can even be covers in a 2 year period.  It isn't like we are asking them to design a bridge.  They aren't architects.  They are a band and struggle at the number two thing  bands do behind playing music (i.e., writing music).   I don't think anyone is losing sleep over this but it is ironic.

They had what, 15-20 soundchecks in 2018 where they could have recorded a quick cover or two. If someone in the band during this time was unfortunate enough to catch some exotic type of recordingstudio phobia.

jimnelsen

Well let them play " ironic" Alanis shouldake her money. Funny with Ed singing

PB11041

Or perhaps at this point, given all the rancor, they are trying to send out the single with a bang.

cincybearcat

I would gladly give up my rights to these singles for 2020 US tour news with dates and location and album drop date today .  Won't cost them a thing

JB16057

I'm wondering why they kept DEEP as part of the membership. In 2 weeks, they will be 3 copies of DEEP and 2 singles that they haven't delivered in the years that these items were paid for. It doesn't seem like any of them care at all but they'll keep taking our money.

JimmyV

JB16057 said:

I'm wondering why they kept DEEP as part of the membership. In 2 weeks, they will be 3 copies of DEEP and 2 singles that they haven't delivered in the years that these items were paid for. It doesn't seem like any of them care at all but they'll keep taking our money.

I'm betting Deep will go the way of the single on 1/1/2020. 

Enzed

cincybearcat said:

I would gladly give up my rights to these singles for 2020 US tour news with dates and location and album drop date today .  Won't cost them a thing

I wouldn't, because I could give a monkies about ANOTHER US TOUR

a monkies, I tells ya!