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  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,263
    faithful2you wrote:
    Yeah....Krusen quit the band becasue of girlfriend problems! How do you think he felt?!?!?!?

    He probably would have been fired anyway.
  • Anon
    Anon Posts: 11,175
    When I first read this book I was pretty young (17 maybe), and can remember feeling like the light Ed was painted him made it appear that his whole image was fake. It was kind of a blow back then because the Seattle scene was so huge and Pearl Jam was my world. . . back then the only thing you would get to hear about bands was what was in the newest magazine, and this book was one of the first big publications devoted entirely to Pearl Jam's story (besides None Too Fragile, and Pearl Jam by Mick Wall, both of which I've read too. There are also two picture books I have, Pearl Jam: The Untold Story, and Pearl Jam: Live that tell a brief history of the band).

    After a while I re-read and and decided it was more opinionated than I had first believed and moved on. . . Pearl Jam and it's members are human. There are some good stories in it though and overall I think it's a pretty good read.
  • rearviewmiror
    rearviewmiror Posts: 894
    diggy381 wrote:
    When I first read this book I was pretty young (17 maybe), and can remember feeling like the light Ed was painted him made it appear that his whole image was fake. It was kind of a blow back then because the Seattle scene was so huge and Pearl Jam was my world. . . back then the only thing you would get to hear about bands was what was in the newest magazine, and this book was one of the first big publications devoted entirely to Pearl Jam's story (besides None Too Fragile, and Pearl Jam by Mick Wall, both of which I've read too. There are also two picture books I have, Pearl Jam: The Untold Story, and Pearl Jam: Live that tell a brief history of the band).

    After a while I re-read and and decided it was more opinionated than I had first believed and moved on. . . Pearl Jam and it's members are human. There are some good stories in it though and overall I think it's a pretty good read.
    Exactly what I was going to say. I feel for Dave though, mainly because I like his drumming on sonic reducer the best.
    9/7/98, 8/3/00, 9/4/00, 4/15/03, 7/1/03, 9/28/04, 9/29/04, 5/24/06, 5/25/06, 6/17/08, 6/22/08, 6/28/08, 6/30/08, 5/17/10, 10/15/13, 10/16/13.
  • Keiran
    Keiran Posts: 393
    SOLAT319 wrote:
    My favorite part where the author talks about how Vedder sent her that lightbulb from Space Needle after promising her he would get it for her.

    Mine too!!!! I loved the note he sent with it. It makes me think about the "notes" I send along with gifts, my words seem so awkward and sophomoric compared to Eddie's (and I have a stupid degree in English!!!) He possesses an intangible gift for language that just can't be taught.

    I recently read the Neely book and thought some of it was entertaining. But, IMHO too much of the book was alloted for Eddie's step-dad to tell his side of the story and defend his actions.
    I wish a guy like Eddie, would like me.
  • Blind3
    Blind3 Posts: 1,149
    I'm into Pearl Jam because of their music, their amazing live shows, and their social conscience . I own the book , have read it once , but don't care about the personal lives and family lives of PJ . At least not beyond the fact that the personal lives or upbringing contributed to what is behind this or that song.
    "Buy the ticket,take the ride"
    Dr. Hunter S. Thompson

    "If I wanted you to understand, I would have explained it better"
    Johan Cruijff
  • pjmarley1
    pjmarley1 Posts: 35
    i read this book a few years ago, and i thought overall it was pretty informative...

    the story that sticks out in my mind as well is when vedder got the light off the space needle..almost unbelievable.

    i cant remember..what did that note say that he sent with the bulb?
  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    I think it was a good book.

    If you are complaining about the huge section on Ed, you must have forgotten that he was and is the frontman, and that in the mid 90s eddie was a fucking rock god.

    Of COURSE you would have a huge section about the "enigma" that was Ed's childhood. It was the "legend" that 90% of ten is based upon. Why wouldn't any fan want to know about some of that stuff?

    As for the early seattle scene section,
    again, i see that as hugely informative.
    In fact, it was one of my favorite sections.
    It was not just a whose-who family tree.
    The section was about commraderie, and understanding that the "seattle scene" was a culmination of punk, post-punk, political back lash and clamp down on clubs, and the bond that arouse between bands because of that.

    That WAS the spirit that the media latched on to.
    Oh look, Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Mudhoney, Screaming Trees etc ... they all are so great, and they all seem to get along! (well ... almost. Except for some resentment from Arm & Lanigan, and Kurts little art-rock tiff with Ed) ... but the general consensus was, "Hey here is a family. They have some differences. But this is a true amicable culture of supportive bands that hang togeather."

    Again, wouldn't any Pearl Jam & seattle fan want to read a little about how that culture was (to quote Jane's) "bread and spread" ?

    :D
    If I was to smile and I held out my hand
    If I opened it now would you not understand?
  • phungi
    phungi Posts: 641
    I found myself more interested in the story that was not told, from 1995 to 2005. Is there any book, or collection of articles, that covers this period?
    37 PJ Shows, 3 EV Shows, 1134 Total Songs, 24 Different Openers, 9 Different Closers, 252 Unique Songs (never enough)
  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    its a must read. the subpop years are really cool in that book. learn a lot
    Van '98, Sea I+II '00, Sea '01, Sea II '02, Van '03, Gorge, Van, Cal, Edm '05, Bos I+II, Phi I+II, DC, SF II+III, Port, Gorge I+II '06, DC, NY I+II '08, Sea I+II, Van, Ridge , LA III+IV' 09, Indy '10, Cal, Van '11, Lond, Van, Sea '13, Memphis '14, RRHOF '17, Sea I+II '18, Van I+II, Vegas I+II, Sea I+II '24

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