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PJ should do an Acoustic Album

JC29866JC29866 Chicago Posts: 85
edited July 2019 in The Porch
For many years, I have thought PJ should record a thoughtful, acoustic album. Perhaps in the vein of Neil Young’s Harvest Moon.  It seems silly to me (and undoubtedly to the band) that they continue to portray themselves as the same band that performed “Blood” “Leash” and all their other screamers. PJ needs to tone it down, do an acostic album and tour small theaters. Eddie Vedder solo shows are better than Pearl Jam shows at this point, and for good reason. They are all old men now, albeit very talented old men who would do better from giving up the hard stuff.  “What about the Stones?,” you say? They get away with it, because they are a Blues band at heart.  Grunge does not have the same staying power.  PJ should reinvent themselves for Round 2
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  • RobbertRobbert Rotterdam, the Netherlands Posts: 989
    No please no.......i would like a 'mid 90's bad-ass rock album' :)
  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,396
    Um. No.
  • Spiritual_ChaosSpiritual_Chaos Posts: 30,946
    They should...


    .... with Neil Young 

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  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,602
    Respectfully disagree.  Strongly.


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  • BlueLedbetterBlueLedbetter Posts: 1,356
    "Eddie Vedder solo shows are better than Pearl Jam shows at this point, " 

    Saw 2 Eddie shows this year and 5 PJ last year and couldn't disagree more with that statement. 

    Eddie shows are a great substitute when there's no PJ shows but there's no way they are as good 
  • sheckyshecky San Francisco Posts: 2,295
    YOU should do an acoustic album then Pearl Jam can buy it...
  • mschostokmschostok Chicago, IL Posts: 858
    That'd be really cool - I tend to agree. The smaller venues would be unreal, but talk about hard to get tickets, those bad boys would be outrageously expensive and hard to come by. A Benaroya like album with the small venue touring would be awesome. 
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  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,595
    Acoustic start or acoustic show would be nice but full album nah. Into the Wild 2 would be nice though on top of a killer new PJ album. 
  • mookieblalockmookieblalock Posts: 3,396
    You know what would also be awesome, a golfer with an arm growing out of his ass. I bet that would really draw a crowd.
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,602
    mookieblalock said:
    You know what would also be awesome, a golfer with an arm growing out of his ass. I bet that would really draw a crowd.

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  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,595
    edited July 2019
    Oh my...
     
  • F Me In The BrainF Me In The Brain this knows everybody from other commets Posts: 31,602
    Agree - a simple google image search with his phrase, and there is was.  (I used butt instead, since I didn't want to see anything obscene.)
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  • PJNBPJNB Posts: 13,595
    F Me In The Brain said:
    Agree - a simple google image search with his phrase, and there is was.  (I used butt instead, since I didn't want to see anything obscene.)
    Picking the ball out of the hole would be a lot easier on the back at least...
  • Abe FromanAbe Froman Posts: 5,322
    No. 

    “PJ needs to tone it down” hahahahaha!!!
  • PhoolPhool Milwaukee, WI Posts: 84
    Let’s be honest, with the current time between albums I think a lot of us would be fine getting an album of the band singing as a barbershop quartet.
  • HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,456
    Phool said:
    Let’s be honest, with the current time between albums I think a lot of us would be fine getting an album of the band singing as a barbershop quartet.
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  • dannydanny Posts: 2,279
    they should just do an album

    danny d
  • yield2meyield2me Posts: 1,291
    I'll take anything
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  • SomethingCreativeSomethingCreative Kazoo, MI Posts: 3,398
    Robbert said:
    No please no.......i would like a 'mid 90's bad-ass rock album' :)
    I don’t know if a straight up acoustic album is the best idea... but them trying to do a 90’s bad-ass rock album would probably come off as incredibly forced.  I’d love them to prove me wrong though
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  • BF89905BF89905 Posts: 1,427
    A new album would great..... Another Benaroya Hall would collect dust after two weeks.
  • raindog80raindog80 Reggio Emilia, Italy Posts: 1,187
    Automatic for the (good) People. 
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  • KN219077KN219077 Montana Posts: 1,164
    BF89905 said:
    A new album would great..... Another Benaroya Hall would collect dust after two weeks.
    Hmm, guess I’d have to disagree with that. Acoustic PJ is often some of the best. Benaroya Hall gets continued replay for me.
  • evsgjammevsgjamm Posts: 2,108
    Do you not know about Live At Benaroya Hall?
    Do you not know about Live At The Showbox?

    Get your rocks off on those acoustic sets. And the boys don't make purely hard rock badass albums front to back? Each album is mixed with hard and slow melodies. Picture yourself as a fucking rock star. It's in their blood to rock out. They are bloody well PUNK to a degree and you can't take the punk out of the rocker. The crews next albums will continue to blow us away, continue to inspire, continue to confuse (remember how many times you had to listen to so many PJ songs before it grew on you?? Fuck that's a great feeling.) and continue to rock. Ed will always scream when he feels the need to. He's a passionate mah'fker. He'll soothe himself when he needs to. The other boys will write rock songs, punk songs, melodies and bluesy tunes here and there until this band has run its course. It's fucking PEARL JAM!!!!!!!!! PEARL JAM!!!!
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  • willbarclaywillbarclay Ottawa, Canada Posts: 3,298
    nothing wrong with an acoustic album. Doesnt mean it has to me overly mellow. 
    Something like Alice in chains jar of flies / sap
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