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What if 9/11 didn't happen..What would Post-Binaural albums sound like?

Perennial TearsPerennial Tears Posts: 133
edited April 2008 in The Porch
I was thinking about the time I met Eddie at the Casbah in San Diego 2 months before 9/11 happened. He was talking to me and my friends about how lame Bush was going to be as President.

It got me wondering about what Pearl Jam's albums would have been had 9/11 not happened.

What do you think?
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  • dcfaithfuldcfaithful Posts: 13,076
    Perennial Tears wrote:
    I was thinking about the time I met Eddie at the Casbah in San Diego 2 months before 9/11 happened. He was talking to me and my friends about how lame Bush was going to be as President.

    It got me wondering about what Pearl Jam's albums would have been had 9/11 not happened.

    What do you think?

    i think they'd still be similar...considering Bush has done numerous things to label himself as a fucking idiot.

    the lack of attention for Katrina is most notable, his goal of accomplishing his daddy's revenge, and further more the fact that he had this whole ordeal on Osama Bin Laden and later turns his attention to Saddam. It seems like people have literally forgotten about Osama...there is a laundry lists of bad moves "Dubya" has made

    the entire Bush family is a fuckin' grade A failure.
    I'm ashamed that he represents our country.
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    like Creed.
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    SonicReducr wrote:
    like Creed.
    They're trying to progress as a band not go into regression ;)

    Anyways, I don't think their music would have changed because as you can heard from Binaural, they were moving towards more a punk/political state anyways.
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    EV- 08/09,10/2008.06/08,09/2009
  • GauchoBGauchoB Posts: 224
    What would Ed be like today if Gore won in 2000? Id be willing to bet the band would have broken up years ago! George W gave Ed musical purpose.
  • Vedd HeddVedd Hedd Posts: 4,602
    they would sound like this.

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmpG-ba4syQ
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  • LikeAnOceanLikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    good question.. less politics?
  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    LikeAnOcean wrote:
    good question.. less politics?
    we'll just get more songs about conversation and environmental awareness.
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  • jubilairesjljubilairesjl Posts: 498
    I think they would be the same because Gore and Kerry are no different than Bush.
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  • LONGRDLONGRD Posts: 6,036
    jubilairesjl wrote:
    I think they would be the same because Gore and Kerry are no different than Bush.
    Gore is good people! :cool:
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  • Perennial TearsPerennial Tears Posts: 133
    Would there be a song called Goreleaguer?
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    jubilairesjl wrote:
    I think they would be the same because Gore and Kerry are no different than Bush.


    TRUE!!!!!!!
  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    I used to think of myself as a Republican, until Bush and many Republicans in Congress, totally made me feel ashamed to be a Republican. Now, I consider myself an Independent who is Pro-Choice, for limited government, against preferential treatment based on race/gender, against getting involved in foreign matters that aren't a National Security issue, etc.

    If the American public was brighter, Ron Paul would be the GOP nominee right now.

    We're screwed with any of the remaining candidates.
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    LongRd. wrote:
    Gore is good people! :cool:

    He gained enough weight to be "people" :)
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  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    swallowedwords wrote:

    If the American public was brighter, Ron Paul would be the GOP nominee right now.

    We're screwed with any of the remaining candidates.

    i like you

    wish we had more like you.
  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    Crazy Breed wrote:
    i like you

    wish we had more like you.


    Maybe, you can clone me :)
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  • rival.rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    or better yet, if nader was elected to office!
  • ashtrayrockashtrayrock Posts: 167
    GauchoB wrote:
    What would Ed be like today if Gore won in 2000? Id be willing to bet the band would have broken up years ago! George W gave Ed musical purpose.

    fur sure!

    some of the best songs are written with thoughts pure anger/angst and i'm sure some of the songs we got were fueled by that.

    dark and bleak ain't necessarily that bad ;)
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  • Perennial TearsPerennial Tears Posts: 133
    swallowedwords wrote:
    He gained enough weight to be "people" :)
    That's some funny shit
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  • swallowedwordsswallowedwords Posts: 1,093
    Perennial Tears wrote:
    That's some funny shit

    grazie
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  • 2-feign-reluctance2-feign-reluctance TigerTown, USA Posts: 23,322
    dcfaithful wrote:
    i think they'd still be similar...considering Bush has done numerous things to label himself as a fucking idiot.

    the lack of attention for Katrina is most notable, his goal of accomplishing his daddy's revenge, and further more the fact that he had this whole ordeal on Osama Bin Laden and later turns his attention to Saddam. It seems like people have literally forgotten about Osama...there is a laundry lists of bad moves "Dubya" has made

    the entire Bush family is a fuckin' grade A failure.
    I'm ashamed that he represents our country.


    bad president. funny guy though. i'd bet he'd be a riot to go out to a bar with. you hear that comment me made about his daughter's wedding planner calling the "red phone" in the middle of the night or some shit? that was funny.
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  • hiding103006hiding103006 Posts: 452
    i truly believe that if 9/11 and this war didn't happen that PJ would probably still be going for the No Code/Yield/Binaural experimentation trail. i honestly think the unjust in the world has taken eddie and the boys back to a place where they understand they are in a position to be heard... at which point they decided to get back to rocking, and spreading a message - whether it be more in the mainstream eye or not...
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  • nowayimfaithfullnowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    I seriously think they would have turned into a country band.
    Some people have religion I have Pearl Jam.


    no more shows
  • godpt3godpt3 Posts: 1,020
    well, I am Mine and Severed Hand were written at the same time...
    "If all those sweet, young things were laid end to end, I wouldn't be the least bit surprised."
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  • Brain Of EBrain Of E Posts: 499
    I think Pearl Jam would have had no inspiration to make good music anymore, so they would either make crap music or break up. So thank god for 9/11.

    WTF?
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  • hiding103006hiding103006 Posts: 452
    I think Pearl Jam would have had no inspiration to make good music anymore, so they would either make crap music or break up. So thank god for 9/11.
    Brain Of E wrote:
    WTF?

    yeah, i agree...??
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  • nowayimfaithfullnowayimfaithfull Posts: 2,051
    Brain Of E wrote:
    WTF?


    in response to who you quoted, people onhere have to be in their teens.
    Some people have religion I have Pearl Jam.


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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    I don't think they would have been too much different than they are now. They have always been political. And if you go back and listen to 1998 boots, Ed bags on Clinton quite a bit. The political songs on Binaural (Grievance, Insignificance, etc.) were done before Bush was president.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    jubilairesjl wrote:
    I think they would be the same because Gore and Kerry are no different than Bush.


    Agreed. Read Zinn. The differences between the political parties is minimal at best. Both are slaves to the corporate agenda.
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  • SBC03SBC03 Posts: 502
    they would be super delegates

    tipper gore would try to kick them out of the white house
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  • NeverbeenLedbetterNeverbeenLedbetter Posts: 213
    SBC03 wrote:
    they would be super delegates

    Good grief I'd rather have them be Creed, Nickelback or some other crap band!
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