PJ's Current Sound

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  • NewJPage
    NewJPage Posts: 3,320
    i can dig the old, dirty sound. but stone's tone is fucking sick nowadays, especially when he gets funky.

    as for overall sound being brighter, i think that has to do a lot with us all having great sounding copies of more current shows, as opposed to old boots from back in the day. as someone said, LO2L sounds bright too...the '00 boots would sound brighter if they recorded them better. i think the change came following the no code tour, but especially with Matt at drums for US '98 tour...
    6/26/98, 8/17/00, 10/8/00, 12/8/02, 12/9/02, 4/25/03, 5/28/03, 6/1/03, 6/3/03, 6/5/03, 6/6/03, 6/12/03, 6/13/03, 6/15/03, 6/18/03, 6/21/03, 6/22/03, 7/12/03, 7/14/03, 10/3/04, 10/5/04, 9/9/05, 9/11/05, 9/16/05, 5/16/06, 5/17/06, 5/19/06, 6/30/06, 7/23/06, 8/5/07, 6/30/08, 8/23/09, 8/24/09, 5/4/10, 5/7/10, 9/3/11, 9/4/11, 10/11/13, 10/17/14, 8/20/16
  • WEAPONX24
    WEAPONX24 Posts: 133
    I wish stone would put just a tad more gain back into his tone...starting to sound a little too clean...mikes sound is awesome, although I do wish he would play Yellow Ledbetter on his old school strat and through his clean amp...it has that dirty sound to it and just sounds kinda wierd...I do like the hendrix type effects he throws in from time to time with the rotovibe though...but I think that song just needs to be played bright and really really clean. just like it was when it was released.
  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    It's Stone's fault.
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  • Big Ed
    Big Ed Posts: 331
    They just seem so "tight" now. All playing so well togehter...just a really tight sound.
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  • potluck
    potluck Posts: 170
    ejny wrote:
    Here's a few songs that would sound much better played slower:

    Corduroy
    Even Flow
    Given To Fly
    World Wide Suicide

    the faster the better.

    have you heard the frogs version of RVM. you'll fall in love with it because its so slow, then when you listen to RVM on VS it just makes u wanna cream ur pants.

    I want to hear a punk version of Release!!!!!!!
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  • Cree Nations
    Cree Nations Posts: 2,247
    They are progressing like all great bands do and I love them more with each album.
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    ...a lover and a fighter.
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  • PilatesBetterman
    PilatesBetterman Posts: 306
    bigbadbill wrote:
    It's Stone's fault.

    Yeah Stone is to blame
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    Come off your battlefield."
  • Stephen Flow
    Stephen Flow Posts: 3,327
    To me, with the last album they put out it was like they came full circle and are finally in a place that they feel comfortable being and I love it.
  • olivine
    olivine Posts: 19
    Some songs DO sound much better when they play them fastfastfast. Porch is the best example.

    On the other hand, some songs should NOT be played that fast. And yes, Even Flow is a good example. The other one is State of Love And trust, but that's just my opinion (people usually like when it's faster than in the old days).
  • goldrush
    goldrush everybody knows this is nowhere Posts: 7,824
    ejny wrote:
    Here's a few songs that would sound much better played slower:

    Corduroy
    Even Flow
    Given To Fly
    World Wide Suicide

    Definitely add SOLAT to that and I'd like to hear the whole of Porch slowed down, not just the intro, just to see how they'd do it.

    Bring back Speed Wash though!!!
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  • tragibigzanda
    tragibigzanda Posts: 100
    I think the bigger "problem" is that the band plays a lot of songs too hard now. Matt can't seem to play gently. He could never pull off Who You Are, Given To Fly, In My Tree, Pilate, Wishlist, etc with the same dynamics as Jack did; when your drummer's playing too hard, it's difficult for the band to relax into a more gentle vibe. He's great for all the new stuff he helped write, but I think that, for the most part, he really weakens most of the Jack-period stuff. Hail, Hail is almost boring with his playing! I think a lot of it has to do with the drums & heads he's using, too...
  • pouch15
    pouch15 Posts: 436
    alexmac11 wrote:
    I think the bigger "problem" is that the band plays a lot of songs too hard now. Matt can't seem to play gently. He could never pull off Who You Are, Given To Fly, In My Tree, Pilate, Wishlist, etc with the same dynamics as Jack did; when your drummer's playing too hard, it's difficult for the band to relax into a more gentle vibe. He's great for all the new stuff he helped write, but I think that, for the most part, he really weakens most of the Jack-period stuff. Hail, Hail is almost boring with his playing! I think a lot of it has to do with the drums & heads he's using, too...
    Remember the Hail Hail version of Late night with DL??? I love that version, I miss jack in no code songs!!!
  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    LastExitBJP wrote:
    Does anyone else think that Pearl Jam's music has just "brightened" in the last few years? Listening to bootlegs prior 2003, it seems that their live sound is so much happier, and less, for lack of a better word, grungier (only using this word to describe the guitar sound). Even Eddie's voice seems to have lost a lot of angst. I for one love this. Even though they may not possess all the energy they did back in the early days, there's something about their current sound that I think is better than anything I've ever heard from them. Anyone else feel the same?

    I have noticed that. I think the 2006 shows are the best because Ed's voice is less grungier.
  • TEEJAM11
    TEEJAM11 Posts: 335
    ummm
  • Drew263
    Drew263 Birmingham, AL Posts: 602
    bigbadbill wrote:
    It's Stone's fault.

    Actually I think there's something to that. (Fault not being the right word) but if you look back at old videos and say Touring Band 2000, Stone was mainly playing his Les Pauls. Now he's mainly playing his Strats.

    Watch Corduroy from TB2000 and compare it to Pic in a Frame...for example.
  • eduardo
    eduardo Posts: 151
    i think its matts influence.

    pls PLAY more no code songs:

    who you are, around the bend, im open, hail hail, red mosquito, sometimes,
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  • InMyTree4
    InMyTree4 Posts: 1,239
    ed also sings SOLAT differently now...he will go for the long notes instead of the high ones...i wish he would sing it like the mtv unplugged version every time!
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