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ToeJamToeJam Posts: 35
edited August 2006 in Other Music
Has anyone heard any of their material, if so what do you think of them?
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  • BetterRadioBetterRadio Posts: 189
    fucking good. swallow my pride, come on down, rehab doll. good stuff.
    pm me and ill send you some.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    kick ass band.

    nothing compared to Mother Love Bone though.

    and Mother Love Bone were nothing compared to Pearl Jam.

    but i still love them :p

    every once in awhile i get in the mood where I've got to listen to them..
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  • depopulationINCdepopulationINC Posts: 2,074
    good music, hard to find
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  • reeferchiefreeferchief Posts: 3,569
    rocking good stuff.
    Can not be arsed with life no more.
  • mole1985mole1985 Posts: 1,119
    Bowie's queen bitch cover is great.
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  • chimechime Posts: 7,839
    You can listen to samples of the songs on amazon.
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  • transplanttransplant Posts: 1,088
    mole1985 wrote:
    Bowie's queen bitch cover is great.
    that is really the only reason I put the disc in. the rest I find mediocre at best.
  • ToeJamToeJam Posts: 35
    Well I listened to some of their stuff, and honestly I wasn't too impressed.
    We all walk the long road
  • markymark550markymark550 Columbia, SC Posts: 5,176
    People usually think they are going to be great since they were the first 'grunge' band. Their music is average, not great, but I think it's more important to listen to it to see how the music progressed from Green River to Mudhoney and from Green River to MLB to Pearl Jam. Also, listen for the elements that would become staples in the later bands.
  • Ledbetterman10Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,935
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    kick ass band.

    nothing compared to Mother Love Bone though.



    i'm on the other side of the fence on this one. I like Green River but hate Mother Love Bone
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  • Boom The CatBoom The Cat Posts: 482
    Do these guys have any connection to CCR?
    no matter where you go,
    there you are.

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    Their cover of Queen Bitch is amazing and Swallow My Pride and Come On Down are classics but I've always felt that some of their other music is quite weak. I do like them though but I think the members went on to better things. I prefer Mother Love Bone by miles.
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    i'm on the other side of the fence on this one. I like Green River but hate Mother Love Bone
    Well they're COMPLETELY different!

    Green River is basically a punk band with other things thrown in there..

    The talent was much much higher in Mother Love Bone though (I say that loving both bands' work).

    and yes their Queen Bitch cover is one of the best things they did, but i love all the rest of it too.
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • EarthgirlEarthgirl Posts: 695
    I have a Green River CD.. it rocks
  • LimeDiseaseLimeDisease Posts: 89
    Come On Down is awesome
  • stonesgstringstonesgstring Posts: 4,613
    I like Green River although I have to be in the mood to listen to it.
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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    I had to resurrect this thread because I found the "Come On Down" vinyl ep today.

    Green River were a brutal force!
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  • Pearl Jam and toastPearl Jam and toast Posts: 4,475
    jammerfall wrote:
    I had to resurrect this thread because I found the "Come On Down" vinyl ep today.

    Green River were a brutal force!
    you cheeky bastard.

    i want one too!
    Come on pilgrim you know he loves you..

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  • jammerfalljammerfall Posts: 908
    Pearl Jam and toast wrote:
    you cheeky bastard.

    i want one too!

    Heh, heh...bow down to me. ;)

    Seriously though, all I thought after I got it was "I gotta post this on the pit, where people know good music."

    I tell you, it's the small finds like this that get me through life.
    "Hello Oregonians. Hello Washingtonians. Hello Portland..where the fuck are we? We're in Ridgefield!"
  • MeddleDealMeddleDeal Posts: 2,547
    TOTALLY dig Green River, and yeah, you have to be in a mood to listen to them. LOVE Swallow My Pride. Heck, I was even a anxious to see, since Mudhoney opened up for them in 2005, that they were going to throw a Green River song, but alas, no.

    I do have all their albums though and I like it!:)
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  • NCBRINCBRI Posts: 1,902
    The first time I heard them was on the CD insert that came with Charles Peterson's book "The Screaming Life". Green River's "Ain't Nothing to Do" is the first song on there. As I was reading this thread, I tried to find the song on my hard drive and couldnt so I ripped the disc. The interesting thing was that the disc shows up as one 26 min. track. It actually has 9 songs by Green River, Mudhoney, Nirvana, Tad, Soundgarden, Screaming Trees, Beat Happening, Seaweed, and Fastbacks. Old school stuff that predates the whole Nevermind/Ten Era.
    I have heard some other songs of Green River and they remind me a lot of Mudhoney, but I think its that way for me just because Mark Arm has such a distinctive voice. XM Radio has a show every Friday afternoon called Faded Flannel and they play all stuff from "The Heyday of the Northwest Music Scene". If it isnt a song I know, I cant tell the differnce between Green River and Mudhoney, but then again I'm far from an expert on their music.
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  • bambers-backbambers-back Posts: 50
    mother love bone are amazing
    green river have nothing on them
    i would say mother love bone were the second greatest seatle band ever (pearl jam being the greatest)
    apple is an amazing CD
    some people say its a shame andrew wood died so early but without him dieing there would be no pearl jam!!!!
  • moemoe6434moemoe6434 Posts: 467
    i am not a big fan.... i had two cds that were the original pressings that i sold on the bay a year or two ago.... they just werenot to my liking.
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  • intodeepintodeep Posts: 7,240
    I dig it. Stone has some jams on those albums.
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