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Press release on the re-release of riot act!!!

fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
edited August 2009 in The Porch
Please sticky this! Everyone will want to know! :!: :!:

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Pearl Jam to re-release the "riot act" album in 2009

Seattle, WA - February 3, 2009 - In celebration of the 11th anniversary of the release of what most sane people consider to be Pearl Jam's best album, YIELD, the band wishes to rectify it's lone horrid blemish in what has been an otherwise stellar discography.

In 2009, Pearl Jam will re-release the much-maligned album riot act in a "far superior form," say sources close to the band. Guitarist Stone Gossard said, "Although the band liked the album at the time, we realize now that it just flat out sucks. For anyone who actually wasted 3 minutes of their life to listen to Get Right and its horrid chorus - we are so sorry. We owe you something."

But, how will they improve the album if it's so horrible? Lead vocalist Ed Vedder explained, "Ummmm, well, there's a saying that I'm fond of - 'You can't shine shit - you just have to clean it up.' Um, that applies here. There's no way to improve songs like Get Right or Ghost. The album has Help, Help on it, for crying out loud. How in the hell do you fix that? Those songs make Sweet Lew sound like Stairway to Heaven, and we're just now realizing it. Umm."

Vedder continued, "Therefore, we are re-releasing the album as a blank CD with no music on it at all. People can put on the re-release of the 7th album, and just enjoy the silence and the artwork (which is still pretty cool). For the first 50 copies purchased, Stone will do your taxes. It was his fault anyway."

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  • normnorm Posts: 31,146
    :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::mrgreen:
  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    This will be a fun thread to watch. :D
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  • demetriosdemetrios Posts: 94,111
    :shock: I want that blank cd! :shock:
  • Random_HeroRandom_Hero Posts: 380
    Chris Cornell should take a page outta this thread, and do the same with that bullshit album he did with timbaland
  • falsebelieffalsebelief Posts: 46
    WOW, I love honesty..... frankly, I liked that album too! Get Right is one of my favorites off the album.....you just never know who is going to like your trash.... "one mans trash, is another's treasure"
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    haha

    fanchy strikes again with another great funny thread
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  • mfc2006mfc2006 HTOWN Posts: 37,484
    that was awesome!!! :mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen::mrgreen:
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    lame
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  • Indifference71Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,876
    Someone has a lot of time on their hands.


    I love Riot Act.
  • U R A Crazy BreedU R A Crazy Breed Posts: 8,370
    riot act would stomp a mud hole in your ass if he heard you saying this shit about him!!




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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    This have to be a bad joke, I love riot act, plus ghost is one of my favorites songs!

    C'mon! LBC, cropduster, I am mine, thumbing, all or none... Almost every song is fantastic! What about the b-sides great in their own merit!

    I hope this is a joke :evil:
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  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
    edited February 2009
    LukinFan wrote:
    lame


    Let me expand on that....


    This thread is very lame and very asinine.
    Post edited by Surf Rider on
  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    LukinFan wrote:
    lame
    ever hear of a thing called a joke. i'd rather have threads like this then people bitching bout things or pics where ed looks hot or whats your dream setlist or whose the best drummer pj has had
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  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
    metsfan wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    lame
    ever hear of a thing called a joke. i'd rather have threads like this then people bitching bout things or pics where ed looks hot or whats your dream setlist or whose the best drummer pj has had


    I thought jokes where supposed to be funny.
  • GoatboyGoatboy Posts: 509
    edited February 2009
    i'm a fan of riot act but I laughed when reading this, good job:)

    but this does pose the question, what will the re-release of riot act look like? i'm the type that eats up everything with pj's name on it but what are they going to do special for that one to make it tantalizing to the casual fan. Hell, even we here slam that album. I would say a whole disc of previously unreleased tracks would do the trick for us here. A single video theory type doc would be cool too, except for the fact that eddie had that god awful mohawk. Maybe a documentary about that.
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  • LukinFanLukinFan Florida Posts: 29,072
    Pearl Jam wrote:


    I thought jokes where supposed to be funny.
    exactly
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  • Gary CarterGary Carter Posts: 14,067
    Pearl Jam wrote:
    metsfan wrote:
    LukinFan wrote:
    lame
    ever hear of a thing called a joke. i'd rather have threads like this then people bitching bout things or pics where ed looks hot or whats your dream setlist or whose the best drummer pj has had


    I thought jokes where supposed to be funny.
    different strokes for different folks. if you dont like it thats funny but dont bash it and call it names, why not call the pics where ed looks hot lame or your dream setlist lame or whose the best pj drummer lame. its refreshing to come onto the porch and see something actually worth reading
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  • Surf RiderSurf Rider Posts: 813
    metsfan wrote:
    different strokes for different folks. if you dont like it thats funny but dont bash it and call it names

    So someone can bash a Pearl Jam album, but I'm not allowed to bash the thread that's bashing the album? Let me check my "that makes sense meter". Ya it's at zero.





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  • RuxpinRuxpin Posts: 67
    YAWN!!

    I fucking love Riot Act.

    <strokes Riot Act cd>
  • Dog LoyalDog Loyal Posts: 336
    Can I burned the 5th album onto the blank disk?
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  • pearljgirl2010pearljgirl2010 Shillington, PA/Tuckerton, NJ Posts: 3,428
    hee hee....this made me laugh. i love GHOST, by the way...love love love it.
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  • Vedder_Girl77Vedder_Girl77 Posts: 4,335
    I am probably one of the few Pearl Jam fans that absolutely love the Riot Act album...I am Mine is my favorite Pearl Jam song! I am hoping that when they do the Re-Release of Riot Act that they release the official 2003 Riot Act tour bootlegs!! I am missing 18 from my collection and I dream of someday having the complete set...so Pearl Jam...PLEASE PLEASE RELEASE THEM AGAIN!!!! :)
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  • arqarq Posts: 8,049
    pearljgirl2010 wrote:
    hee hee....this made me laugh. i love GHOST, by the way...love love love it.

    Now i laugh but it's nice to find another ghost lover hehehe :P
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  • so-much-clearerso-much-clearer Posts: 303
    But... but... I like Get Right.
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  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    Awesome post! It's good to see your funny posts making a come back :)

    However, Riot Act does contain one masterpiece (All or None), which is undeniable.
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  • FlaggFlagg Posts: 5,856
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Awesome post! It's good to see your funny posts making a come back :)

    However, Riot Act does contain one masterpiece (All or None), which is undeniable.


    Agreed. As a certified Riot Act disliker (won't use hater), All or None is a great song. Blown away by it opening the Vic show. Should be used more as an opener in the future.
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  • BeerBaronBeerBaron Toronto-ish Posts: 4,097
    Flagg wrote:
    BeerBaron wrote:
    Awesome post! It's good to see your funny posts making a come back :)

    However, Riot Act does contain one masterpiece (All or None), which is undeniable.


    Agreed. As a certified Riot Act disliker (won't use hater), All or None is a great song. Blown away by it opening the Vic show. Should be used more as an opener in the future.
    AoN at the Vic was the single greatest moment of any PJ show I've ever attended. It was unexpected and it was breathtaking.

    I agree that Riot Act is their weakest album, and Riot Act is probably the only great song on it. But there are a lot of other very good songs on it too.
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  • fanch75fanch75 Posts: 3,734
    Man, a few people got upset! I guess some people take their riot act seriously.
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  • HermanBloomHermanBloom Posts: 1,764
    This is a stupid post; Riot Act is fabulous
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