33 1/3 series - New book about Vs

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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,815

  • PJ1973
    PJ1973 Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 421
    Any early reviews? I'll need to order from my local bookshop but was wondering what people thought.  Also, I'd recommend the Paul's Boutique book, especially, if you're like me, and didn't know much about hip hop and rap history. Currently reading Daydream Nation  and that's been good so far.
  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,815

    About Pearl Jam's Vs.

    Vs. is the sound of a band on fire. The same confluence of talent, passion, timing, and fate that made “grunge” the world's soundtrack also lit a short fuse beneath Pearl Jam. The band combusted between late 1992 and mid-1994, the span during which they planned, recorded, and supported their sophomore record. The spotlight, the pressure, the pace-it all nearly turned the thriving act to ash.
    Eddie Vedder, the reluctant public face of the band, responded by lashing out lyrically. Jeff Ament, Mike McCready, and Stone Gossard, who beheld success with varying degrees of anxious satisfaction, attacked their instruments in solidarity. Dave Abbruzzese welcomed the rock-star lifestyle, and left his mark on the record with more than just potent percussion.
    Vs. roils with fury-and at times, gently steams-over the trappings of fame, human faults, and societal injustice. The record is a thrashing testament to Pearl Jam's urgent creativity and greater-good interests, and the band's logistical calculations behind it drew a career-defining line in the sand. It promised the world that Pearl Jam would neither burn out nor fade away. This book weaves research, little-known details, and band members' memories into a definitive account of how Vs. set them on a path toward enduring integrity and relevance.

    Table of contents

    Introduction: My Generation Loved Their Town

    BAND VS. FAME
    1. Grunge Glory & Growing Pains
    2. Vedder Under Pressure

    BAND VS. WORLD
    3. Five Against One: “Go” / “Leash”
    4 Seeds of Activism: “Animal” / “Rats” / “Daughter” / “Dissident” / “W.M.A.”
    5. Taking (and Throwing) Punches: “Blood” / “Indifference”

    BAND VS. SELF
    6. The Once and Future Producer: “Rearviewmirror” / “Better Man” / “Crazy Mary”
    7. Rhythm and Blues: “Glorified G”

    BAND VS. FUTURE
    8. Not Changing at All: “Elderly Woman Behind The Counter In A Small Town”
    9. The Means to Make Amends

    Thanks

    Notes




  • demetrios
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    I ordered this as an early birthday gift! It’s my all time favorite LP, and anyone who wants to dedicate 100+ pages on it is alright by me! 
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  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    I am on chapter 2. Started it today. It is very well written
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • demetrios
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  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    This is one tiny book about a peerless record. 
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  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,815
    In stock. Online only.

  • demetrios
    demetrios Posts: 97,815
    https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/pearl-jams-vs-9781501355301/

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  • PJ1973
    PJ1973 Winston-Salem, NC Posts: 421
    I'm about half way through this and have been enjoying it. What do others think?
  • StardogChamp79
    StardogChamp79 Posts: 1,195
    edited April 2021
    This is a great read! I love how he cites his references to interviews bringing context to the story. Although it is how he perceives what the band is thinking or going through during Vs. their words from the interviews provide insight and offer reassurance to his story line. I find some of this hard to process now being 20+ years later that these stories are now coming to light. Maybe the band is more comfortable disclosing information or now letting openness that ONCE they felt harmed them is now a feeling of support by those who love them (us). Very well written! He should write one for every album!!!
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  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    It's a very rare good one
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • KV4053
    KV4053 Mike's side, crushed up against the stage Posts: 1,514
    Fact check: Crazy Mary was written by Victoria Williams and released by PJ on Sweet Relief: A Benefit for Victoria Williams. The book attributes the song to Lucinda Williams. 
    I know I was born and I know that I'll die. The in between is mine.
  • 2-feign-reluctance
    2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,462
    Enjoyed it. Of course, Vs is my all time #1 record, so I was going into it with high expectations. Now, back to the Not For You book. 
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