#PJLP11 | Breaking news: Pearl Jam are in studio working on a new album

HughFreakingDillon

sorry folks, in terms of the last 10 years:

foo > pj

Zod

raindog80 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Someone gives Sonic Highways 9/10 = INSIDER LICENSE REVOKED

Ehehehe, but i really like the whole concept behind that record.

I'd give the Sonic Highways Miniseries a 9/10 as it was amazingly good.  Especially the Chicago and Nashville episodes.   I agree on the album rating though.  I'd give it a 5/5.

Wasting Light was my favourite album since the color and the shape.  It was amazingly good.

The thing I've always felt about the Foo Fighters.   Even though many of their albums aren't stellar from front to back, each one has several amazingly good songs.  The fact the kept pumping out albums the entire time, has build them a huge catalog of great tunes to play at live shows.   They can easily play a 2 to 3 hour set of songs everybody knows and sings a long too.

Are the albums good enough to pull of a PJ and play huge amount of deep cuts.   Probably not.   Are they good enough to form an amazing 2 to 3 hour set worth revisiting once every other tour (or once a tour).  Absolutely   They put on an amazing show.

HughFreakingDillon

Zod said:

raindog80 said:

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Someone gives Sonic Highways 9/10 = INSIDER LICENSE REVOKED

Ehehehe, but i really like the whole concept behind that record.

I'd give the Sonic Highways Miniseries a 9/10 as it was amazingly good.  Especially the Chicago and Nashville episodes.   I agree on the album rating though.  I'd give it a 5/5.

Wasting Light was my favourite album since the color and the shape.  It was amazingly good.

The thing I've always felt about the Foo Fighters.   Even though many of their albums aren't stellar from front to back, each one has several amazingly good songs.  The fact the kept pumping out albums the entire time, has build them a huge catalog of great tunes to play at live shows.   They can easily play a 2 to 3 hour set of songs everybody knows and sings a long too.

Are the albums good enough to pull of a PJ and play huge amount of deep cuts.   Probably not.   Are they good enough to form an amazing 2 to 3 hour set worth revisiting once every other tour (or once a tour).  Absolutely   They put on an amazing show.

a lot of their b sides are killer. and there are more or the same amount as PJ's. They could play an entire set of deep cuts/rarities and it would be a killer show. arguably better than their greatest hits sets they always play. 

DewieCox

90% of their non single album tracks, b-sides and covers are worthless drivel...same song structures and melodic content but without then hooks. So many butchered covers.

They used to push the 2 or 3 decent songs per album and that was fine, but the last two haven’t even had that. 

They do have a nice catalog for a hits set.

Somehow they topped PJ20 for most generic band documentary with Back and Forth

If Foo has been better than PJ the last 10 years I’m assuming we’re discussing something besides music. 

Vedd Hedd

Starting with Riot Act, I think my favorite songs from the last 4 albums are as follows:

I Am Mine
You Are
Bushleaguer
Life Wasted
Severed Hand
Inside Job
Amongst the Waves
Unthought Known
Force of Nature
Mind Your Manners
Pendulum
Yellow Moon

I think this kinda says to me that I like the more experimental stuff, mixed with 1 or 2 rockers/anthems.   I would be totally fine with an album, though, that skipped the traditonal "radio friendly" songs, and was just totally experimental.  (For what its worth, I think the Gone and Speed of Sound demos are awesome and superior to the album versions. I also think Lightning Bolt is their best anthemic song since probably Yield.   

I guess for me, I would prefer just a bunch of songs, maybe not so spit-shined and polished.....and not worrying about being perfect.  I think part of their process might be some of the issue.  From what I can tell, they dont just get together and jam and come up with stuff.  I think they all do their own pieces, bring them together and then use what sounds the best.  Which is good in its own right....but I think there is something to be said for the guys just getting together and jamming for a while. 

HughFreakingDillon

DewieCox said:

90% of their non single album tracks, b-sides and covers are worthless drivel...same song structures and melodic content but without then hooks. So many butchered covers.

They used to push the 2 or 3 decent songs per album and that was fine, but the last two haven’t even had that. 

They do have a nice catalog for a hits set.

Somehow they topped PJ20 for most generic band documentary with Back and Forth

If Foo has been better than PJ the last 10 years I’m assuming we’re discussing something besides music. 

yikes. 

Abe Froman

The Foo Fighters have a few stellar songs every album and put on a hell of a rock n roll show every time. Period. 

NewJPage

DewieCox said:

90% of their non single album tracks, b-sides and covers are worthless drivel...same song structures and melodic content but without then hooks. So many butchered covers.

They used to push the 2 or 3 decent songs per album and that was fine, but the last two haven’t even had that. 

They do have a nice catalog for a hits set.

Somehow they topped PJ20 for most generic band documentary with Back and Forth

If Foo has been better than PJ the last 10 years I’m assuming we’re discussing something besides music. 

At least foo doc dealt with former drummers with a bit more respect and reality

bbiggs

43 new posts since this morning. 0/43 related to a new PJ album. Back to work. 

JimmyV

I was underwhelmed by Foo Fighters at the original Global Citizen festival to the point that I actually forgot for a while that I had seen them. 

SomethingCreative

Holy shit dude.  Someone put this thread out of its misery lol

Spiritual_Chaos

Guns N Roses will have a new album out within 6 months. 

The clock is ticking Pearl jaaaam.

cutz

SomethingCreative said:

Holy shit dude.  Someone put this thread out of its misery lol

I hear you.

nicknyr15

SomethingCreative said:

Holy shit dude.  Someone put this thread out of its misery lol

Please 

RP112579

https://community.pearljam.com/discussion/148038/official-foo-fighters-thread#latest 

Zod

DewieCox said:

90% of their non single album tracks, b-sides and covers are worthless drivel...same song structures and melodic content but without then hooks. So many butchered covers.

They used to push the 2 or 3 decent songs per album and that was fine, but the last two haven’t even had that. 

They do have a nice catalog for a hits set.

Somehow they topped PJ20 for most generic band documentary with Back and Forth

If Foo has been better than PJ the last 10 years I’m assuming we’re discussing something besides music. 

Really?  I thought back and forth was really good?  PJ20 felt a little censored... ie there were places they weren't willing to go and things they didn't want to talk about.    Back and Forth felt similar but it didn't feel like it had that leash.   It seemed to be a less sanitized documentary.

Spiritual_Chaos

Is Back and Forth the Wasting Light doc where Krist shows up and plays?

Ledbetterman10

Zod said:

DewieCox said:

90% of their non single album tracks, b-sides and covers are worthless drivel...same song structures and melodic content but without then hooks. So many butchered covers.

They used to push the 2 or 3 decent songs per album and that was fine, but the last two haven’t even had that. 

They do have a nice catalog for a hits set.

Somehow they topped PJ20 for most generic band documentary with Back and Forth

If Foo has been better than PJ the last 10 years I’m assuming we’re discussing something besides music. 

Really?  I thought back and forth was really good?  PJ20 felt a little censored... ie there were places they weren't willing to go and things they didn't want to talk about.    Back and Forth felt similar but it didn't feel like it had that leash.   It seemed to be a less sanitized documentary.

I agree. Especially with Grohl explaining how the original drummer wasn't good enough to be on the 2nd record, and then he went and re-recorded the drum parts. He comes off like a bit of a dick there, but hey, that's what the leader of a band has to do sometimes....

Or you can send your guitar player to fire the drummer and then not mention it in your documentary. Either way. 

Zod

Spiritual_Chaos said:

Is Back and Forth the Wasting Light doc where Krist shows up and plays?

I can't remember if it was that one, or a promo doc they did for that album that had that in it.

I just remember being surprised about some of the content of back and forth, is they showed warts and all.

Spiritual_Chaos

There is obviously a problem when a band sensitive about their image, and being pretty private at the same time want to make a documentary about themselves with a friend of the band. 

It doesn't have to turn into a puff piece. But in many cases it will.