Pearl Jam Plans To Let New Songs 'Grow Up' (Billboard.com) Bonnaroo, bootlegs, etc!!!

Jack White onstage with Pearl Jam barely even computes for me, the implications are so goddamned awesome. Picture Porch, for instance...imagine Eddie singing the first verse and Jack singing the second, or Jack singing the "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life" part in Black. Chances are they'd do something like Rockin in the Free World though.

Firecloud wrote:

Jack White onstage with Pearl Jam barely even computes for me, the implications are so goddamned awesome. Picture Porch, for instance...imagine Eddie singing the first verse and Jack singing the second, or Jack singing the "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life" part in Black. Chances are they'd do something like Rockin in the Free World though.

I'm thinking Watchtower. Anyway, it'd be insane!

Music For Rhinos wrote:

This is great news, but...

Hard and poppy?

That's not quite what I was hoping for. That's what Avocado was.

It's only a few song ideas in their infant stages...maybe they'll evolve a bit.

What exactly are you hoping for? Just asking.

Music For Rhinos wrote:

citizen and lephty,

i like avocado. just don't want to see a repeat. they have always changed it up with each new album.

i am hoping for something different, something new with the next one. hard and poppy just doesn't sound appealing.

I got you. I too would like them to get a expieirimental myself...but along with that I'd like a few straight ahead rockers also.

I like when they give the rollercoaster ride type albums.

Well if he means 'poppy' like Down or Undone, I could get behind a few songs like that

SOLAT319 wrote:

yeah, I am not too sure about that "poppy" part...I hope it's more "harder stuff" than "poopy" oops, I meant "poppy".

yeah, I don't need an album-full of Parachutes...I'm feeling sick just at the thought of it

Thank you so much Mike, bootlegs are coming!!! This are blessing news!
And about the 200 songs waiting, I didnt expect less than that. Bring it on!!!

digster wrote:

Funny they should say that PJ is known for debuting songs live in front of an audience before laying it down on an album; I've always seen them as a band that did not do that. We've seen a song here and there, but they've been two or three at most. Two or three Riot Act songs (including those played solely by Ed), no Binaural, the few Yield songs at the Stones concert, Habit...I think you'd have to go all the way back to Vitalogy to find an album that was roadtested before released. Certainly the band has not done something like R.E.M. and Radiohead have done in recent memory.

Didn't they debut Thin Air & NAIS at Bridge School? And Gone was debuted live by Ed. So we have gotten to hear atleast one new song live before the album came out. I think they were referring to how the past few albums, PJ has debuted (mostly Ed) raw versions of songs before fleshing them out for the album, and that Mike says that none of the new songs are even that far along yet.

But at this point, they have so many songs to pull from, they don't really need to experiment or try new stuff out. While I enjoy hearing new songs live, I'd rather buy the new album having heard none of it before.

Firecloud wrote:

Jack White onstage with Pearl Jam barely even computes for me, the implications are so goddamned awesome. Picture Porch, for instance...imagine Eddie singing the first verse and Jack singing the second, or Jack singing the "I know someday you'll have a beautiful life" part in Black. Chances are they'd do something like Rockin in the Free World though.

Black? - NO NO NO!!!

Jack White, in case you gus haven't noticed, is NOT a good live singer! Yes he's a great guitarist and a good showman, but his singing borders on awful live. He shouldn't be allowed to go anywhere near any PJ songs. I hope they do something together, but I'd rather it was a cover.