how many hardcore FANS will PJ lose if they drop their "ARENA ROCK" tag????

glasshouse
glasshouse Posts: 1,762
edited December 2007 in The Porch
a comment made by RockKing made me think about this.
PJ are arguably the greatest live hard rock band around and i know we all love them for exactly that reason

but

let's say they decide to take a more subtle and fragile musical route on their next studio album, something very much in the line of into the wild.

gone are songs like comatose, wws, stbc, dte....you get the picture.

would that disappoint you? or would you embrace it?
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    it would not make any difference to me.....as i get older the more i appreciate the direction of into the wild.

    i would enjoy seeing the staple fast, up beat, kick ass songs in a form like into the wild.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • Mrs.Vedder78
    Mrs.Vedder78 Posts: 4,585
    ajedigecko wrote:
    it would not make any difference to me.....as i get older the more i appreciate the direction of into the wild.

    i would enjoy seeing the staple fast, up beat, kick ass songs in a form like into the wild.


    agreed
    "Without the album covers, where do you clean your pot?" - EV
  • josevolution
    josevolution Posts: 31,844
    glasshouse wrote:
    a comment made by RockKing made me think about this.
    PJ are arguably the greatest live hard rock band around and i know we all love them for exactly that reason

    but

    let's say they decide to take a more subtle and fragile musical route on their next studio album, something very much in the line of into the wild.

    gone are songs like comatose, wws, stbc, dte....you get the picture.

    would that disappoint you? or would you embrace it?

    no i wouldn't be dissapointed but i don't believe it will happen that way there is plenty of rock left in these guys .....
    jesus greets me looks just like me ....
  • rival.
    rival. Chicago Posts: 7,775
    tough to say.

    i love the rockers and would miss them, but i also love the softer stuff such as:

    light years, present tense, off he goes, nothing as it seems, sometimes
  • glasshouse
    glasshouse Posts: 1,762
    josevolution wrote:
    there is plenty of rock left in these guys .....

    of that there is no doubt ;)
    maybe they'll just channel it a bit differently. i agree though, they haven't changed their general musical outlook in more than 16 years, hard to immagine them doing it now.....
    Athens, Greece: 2006/09/30

    "Call me Ishmael. Some years ago- never mind how long precisely- having little or no money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about a little and see the watery part of the world." Herman Melville : Moby Dick
  • dirtyT
    dirtyT Posts: 3,620
    I am cool with whatever they put. Soft pr hard, I know it will be great music.
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  • DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn
    DiRtYyELLoWoCeAn Medford, Ma Posts: 1,605
    glasshouse wrote:
    a comment made by RockKing made me think about this.
    PJ are arguably the greatest live hard rock band around and i know we all love them for exactly that reason

    but

    let's say they decide to take a more subtle and fragile musical route on their next studio album, something very much in the line of into the wild.

    gone are songs like comatose, wws, stbc, dte....you get the picture.

    would that disappoint you? or would you embrace it?



    I would embrace it they would still play the rockers live...
    BOS 9/28/04, 9/29/04
    MTL 9/15/05
    HRTFD 5/13/06
    BOS 5/24/06, 5/25/06
    VEGAS 7/6/06
    CHI 8/5/07
    NJ 6/19/08
    NYC 6/25/08
    HRTFD 6/27/08
    MANSFLD 6/28/08, 6/30/08
    E.V. BOS 8/1/08
    CHI 8/23/09, 8/24/09
    PHILLY 10/30/09, 10/31/09
    BOS 5/17/10
    CHI 7/19/13
    WOOSTA 10/15/13, 10/16/13
    HRTFD 10/25/13
    BOS 8/5/16, 8/7/16
    BOS 9/2/18, 9/4/18

  • Redmosquito26000
    Redmosquito26000 Posts: 91
    I love all of their music...but I would be dissapointed
    "No need to be void,...or save up on life...You got to spend it all....."
  • Niko80
    Niko80 Posts: 1,613
    If the general public knew they wouldn't get any of the early songs that they might know, pearl jam would not fill arenas anymore.

    I like the new stuff, but I absolutely love the old stuff! Lets hope for a good mix. The set balance in 06/07 were perfect!
    I will swallow poison
  • aNiMaL
    aNiMaL Posts: 7,117
    Into The Wild was not even kinda a Pearl Jam record.

    Especially after the last 8 albums, do not expect Pearl Jam to lose their rock-n-roll edge.

    Yes, it wouldn't be great if Pearl Jam all of a sudden changed their format or genre.
  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    In my world, any PJ is good PJ. I honestly wouldn't care as long as they still keep on making the music.
  • harmless_little_f***
    harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    They could release the rest of the albums using nothing but a microphone and the sounds of their own farts, and they wouldn't lose me. I don't give a fuck about no 'arena rock' tag.
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  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    the hardcore fans like the diversity of PJ music over the years

    it's the not so hardcore fans that they lose when they decide to change direction here and there

    so no great loss :D
    Don't come closer or I'll have to go
  • whoYOUare
    whoYOUare Posts: 274
    i actually prefer the "downs" as they call them. Songs like Who You Are, and Present Tense, All Those Yesterdays, Parting Ways, Of the Girl, OCEANS, you geth te idea, so i'd totally be down for a smaller venue softer song tour.

    with that being said, i think the reason Eddie did the soundtrack to Into the Wild is because it is not really a Pearl Jam thing. I love the record and have listened to it more than anything else this year so i'd love it, i just dont see it happening.

    i read something further up about the "ups" being plays accousticly, like they did with Lukin, i really dig that idea, it would be a lot of fun. I really liked the softer set they were doing in 04 & 05. That allowed them to play songs like parting ways, and hard to imagine. they fit fine in the context of a show, but to get a bunch of them together it was something special.

    so in a long winded way, i guess what i mean is, well if you are reading this then you know what i mean.
    peace
  • BinGnarly
    BinGnarly Posts: 508
    I wouldnt mind a mostly acoustic and lighter album from the guys.
    Shows:
    San Diego 2003
    Grand Rapids 2004
    Grand Rapids 2006
    Detroit 2006
    Columbus 2010

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  • MasterFramer
    MasterFramer Posts: 2,268
    anotherclone wrote:
    In my world, any PJ is good PJ. I honestly wouldn't care as long as they still keep on making the music.

    I agree...
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  • InHiding19
    InHiding19 Posts: 2,385
    Hopefuly they just drop the arena rock gigs and start doign small venues!!! Like the vic!!!
    Out of the Blue and Into the Black................Uncle Neil Philly 08 here I come!!!!
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    it's evolution baby
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  • SPALMA
    SPALMA Posts: 2,279
    ajedigecko wrote:
    it would not make any difference to me.....as i get older the more i appreciate the direction of into the wild.

    i would enjoy seeing the staple fast, up beat, kick ass songs in a form like into the wild.

    Well said friend.

    Happy / Merry to you and yours.
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  • pjfan31
    pjfan31 Posts: 7,335
    i would be sad if they did drop those songs, but i love itw and i would love to see them do an acoustic show like fooies did at the opera house a few yrs ago
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