Reznor quote from 1994...

ucsb

I have a feeling Trent Reznor is not happy about the Hurt cover by eddie vedder. He is not a big Pearl Jam fan. At least he wasn't back in 1994:

snippet from an interview:

L: Selling lots of records isn't such a bad thing...

T: The problem is, if I would have made a record and set down and thought O.K. A lot of people liked `Head Like A Hole' yeah, maybe I'll write a song that sounds just like it. Okay, grunge is in maybe I'll grow a goatee. Yeah, that might be cool. But I need a big techno edge, `cause that's really popular right now so I'll have Moby remix it. and then I sold a shitload of records, I'd feel on thin ice. I'd never do that in the first place, but if I did, I'd feel uneasy because I basically sold out.

L: But don't you have a responsibility to yourself as a musician, let alone to your fans?

T: Absolutely I do. I'm saying if I did that I'd feel shitty about selling a lot of records. But I've made the records I've wanted to make. And if a lot of people want to buy them, then who am I to say they're not cool enough to buy my records. You're a nerd. You're from Pennsylvania, you can't buy this. I grew up there! I was one of those guys who wasn't cool enough. It's music. If you don't like it, the Pearl Jam record is right there on the shelf. Buy it! It's for people like you.

L: What do you listen to?

T: Pearl Jam.

L: Alright.

T: I fucking hate Pearl Jam.

L: O.K.


link:
http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml

KDH12

good thing people don't change or mature over time...

that way we can judge them for something they said 15 years ago

broken_joystick

Am I out of the loop? Where did the hurt cover come from? I youtube'd it and there was a video added 22 hours ago, but when I clicked it it said "This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Pearl Jam Ten Club"

BetterThanYou

lol, that's hilarious. i'd love to hear the audio to that.

vedderfan10

Yeah...Trent's had a whole whack of therapy and some rehab since 1994...He's probably not anywhere near as angry as he used to be... Ed was an angry "I hate everything" kinda guy in 1994 as well...

Interesting snippet of interview...not really unexpected...Trent was probably mad because he thought he had the angry at the parents tortured soul mad at the world image all to himself, but he realized he did not...

I guess they both grew up as they left their 20's and 30's behind...fancy that....

norm

KDH12 wrote:

good thing people don't change or mature over time...

that way we can judge them for something they said 15 years ago

ok so it isn't just me that can't find any reference to ed covering hurt....man it's gonna be a long few months until the new album and tour if this is the quality of threads we'll have to deal with :rolleyes:

Spot In The Sky

that might not be about hurt, a lot of people hate PJ before and after that cover.

PJFAN_seattle

ucsb wrote:

I have a feeling Trent Reznor is not happy about the Hurt cover by eddie vedder. He is not a big Pearl Jam fan. At least he wasn't back in 1994:

snippet from an interview:

L: Selling lots of records isn't such a bad thing...

T: The problem is, if I would have made a record and set down and thought O.K. A lot of people liked `Head Like A Hole' yeah, maybe I'll write a song that sounds just like it. Okay, grunge is in maybe I'll grow a goatee. Yeah, that might be cool. But I need a big techno edge, `cause that's really popular right now so I'll have Moby remix it. and then I sold a shitload of records, I'd feel on thin ice. I'd never do that in the first place, but if I did, I'd feel uneasy because I basically sold out.

L: But don't you have a responsibility to yourself as a musician, let alone to your fans?

T: Absolutely I do. I'm saying if I did that I'd feel shitty about selling a lot of records. But I've made the records I've wanted to make. And if a lot of people want to buy them, then who am I to say they're not cool enough to buy my records. You're a nerd. You're from Pennsylvania, you can't buy this. I grew up there! I was one of those guys who wasn't cool enough. It's music. If you don't like it, the Pearl Jam record is right there on the shelf. Buy it! It's for people like you.

L: What do you listen to?

T: Pearl Jam.

L: Alright.

T: I fucking hate Pearl Jam.

L: O.K.


link:
http://www.theninhotline.net/archives/articles/axc94a.shtml

man id be honored if eddie covered one of my songs!
i gotta youtube that cover, im sure its on there somewhere, suchha good song, i love the johnny cash cover.

ucsb

Vedderfan10 wrote:

Yeah...Trent's had a whole whack of therapy and some rehab since 1994...He's probably not anywhere near as angry as he used to be... Ed was an angry "I hate everything" kinda guy in 1994 as well...

Interesting snippet of interview...not really unexpected...Trent was probably mad because he thought he had the angry at the parents tortured soul mad at the world image all to himself, but he realized he did not...

I guess they both grew up as they left their 20's and 30's behind...fancy that....

totally agree. But I remember reading a recent article somewhere where he bad mouthed the band again! He said something to the effect that he always respected nirvana but thought pearl jam was joke/not original....trying to find that article.

Still haven't heard Ed's version of hurt...

mookeywrench

14 years ago I hated Neil Young and the Beatles, but Danny, Stephanie, DJ, Michelle Tanner were all really cool.

Spot In The Sky

mookeywrench wrote:

but Danny, Stephanie, DJ, Michelle Tanner were all really cool.

are they not now?

hourglassnebula

The title to this post is extremely misleading. There is nothing to back it up. You have posted an article from 1994 that has a few quotes from Trent about Pearl Jam. How does this equate to him being unhappy about EV covering a song of his in 2008?

joint in a tree

cutback wrote:

ok so it isn't just me that can't find any reference to ed covering hurt....man it's gonna be a long few months until the new album and tour if this is the quality of threads we'll have to deal with :rolleyes:

EdVed's solo show in Chicago. Good luck finding it. It keeps getting posted, then pulled...posted, then pulled.

lowlight10

hourglassnebula wrote:

The title to this post is extremely misleading.

this is the kind of garbage that flies around here these days. apparently the financial crisis is leaving people with a lot of free time.

gozzo5058

i'm not sure if i buy that trent hate pj thing based on trent played the bridge school in 2006 with pj on the bill, they must tolerate each other ...or maybe not...whatever

vedder_soup

way to go!
dig up something that is 14 years old!!!

i think both bands would have grown up a lot musically and mentally.

Ed and Trent are both musical talents and i am sure have a great respect for each other. By covering Hurt, and saying what he says before he sings the song, i think he shows that!

norm

joint in a tree wrote:

EdVed's solo show in Chicago. Good luck finding it. It keeps getting posted, then pulled...posted, then pulled.

full aware of the cover....i've heard it..it's great....now someone point me to where reznor is pissed about it

Laddie

T: Absolutely I do. I'm saying if I did that I'd feel shitty about selling a lot of records. But I've made the records I've wanted to make. And if a lot of people want to buy them, then who am I to say they're not cool enough to buy my records. You're a nerd. You're from Pennsylvania, you can't buy this. I grew up there! I was one of those guys who wasn't cool enough. It's music. If you don't like it, the Pearl Jam record is right there on the shelf. Buy it! It's for people like you.

L: What do you listen to?

T: Pearl Jam.


that part made me lol.

JaneNY

That is a misleading and not honest thread title. It must suck to be big, when people are putting words in your mouth that you didn't say. The man hasn't said a word publicly about the Hurt cover. They are down in South America at this moment. I like Pearl Jam and I like NIN, and sure a bunch of them were angry young men in 1994, the year my now 14 1/2 year old daughter was BORN. Why stir up unnecessary trouble? I'd bet it is more likely than not, that members of Pearl Jam, and members of NIN had some good interaction at Bridge School 06, as they were all there for charity.

dreamweaver

mookeywrench wrote:

14 years ago I hated Neil Young and the Beatles, but Danny, Stephanie, DJ, Michelle Tanner were all really cool.

I think you nailed life on the dot

vedder_soup

cutback wrote:

full aware of the cover....i've heard it..it's great....now someone point me to where reznor is pissed about it

i don't think he would be pissed about it
ed did a great job.

someone just decided to dig up a 14 year old interview where trent says he hates PJ!!