Eddie Vedder is at another level

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wish4Utoday
wish4Utoday Posts: 35
edited September 2009 in The Porch
its obvious. he's gone to another place we can only listen to. the lyrics and writing are simply the best. he's the best singer/songwriter in the industry. there is no question.
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  • chris32482
    chris32482 Posts: 213
    This is true.
  • wish4Utoday
    wish4Utoday Posts: 35
    when ppl like sean penn and jeff ament come forward and say...'the best'... you have confirmation. From the new stuff to the old...ev is the best i've ever heard.
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  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    Pearl jam is my favorite band and Eddie is my second favorite songwriter
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  • Aaron 23
    Aaron 23 Allen, TX Posts: 543
    Agreed.

    I was hanging out with a friend tonight and he has always said my obsession with PJ was a little overboard. He (like most people) was only really acquainted with Ten. I popped in Binaural and made a fan out of him with Nothing As It Seems, Of the Girl, Sleight of Hand, and Parting Ways.

    It baffles my mind when people say that Pearl Jam "sucks"
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    ....or when they say "get out of the 90's" or "grunge is dead" or "are they still around?". Get out of the 90's. A more ignorant statement I could not make.
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  • chris32482
    chris32482 Posts: 213
    I work with a guy who listens to nickleback and david cook, and he makes fun of Pearl Jam when he hears me listening to them. He claims Eddie's vox sound like some kind of chant or Indian rain dance music. :lol:
    It's actually pretty funny to hear him do the imitation, though it really sounds nothing like Ed. He just does to get on my nerves cause he knows Pearl Jam is one of the few things I'll get defensive about. I tell him his music is crap and he has no idea what rock and roll is. Good fun.
  • Lukin562
    Lukin562 Posts: 23
    Pearl Jam/Eddie Vedder has changed my life.

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  • PJFAN_seattle
    PJFAN_seattle Posts: 2,965
    AB241942 wrote:
    Agreed.

    I was hanging out with a friend tonight and he has always said my obsession with PJ was a little overboard. He (like most people) was only really acquainted with Ten. I popped in Binaural and made a fan out of him with Nothing As It Seems, Of the Girl, Sleight of Hand, and Parting Ways.

    It baffles my mind when people say that Pearl Jam "sucks"

    HAHA the other day my dad was telling me how he used to follow Grateful Dead and was obsessed with them like how im obsessed with PJ and then my sister says "well both those bands suck"
    dunno how u can think they suck but not meant for everyone i guess
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  • Ok
    Ok Posts: 2,146
    the only song writer I'd put ahead of eV is Dylan, but that's quite a compliment to Ed. The lyrics on this album are simply unbelievable.
  • bustout
    bustout Posts: 123
    AB241942 wrote:
    Agreed.

    I was hanging out with a friend tonight and he has always said my obsession with PJ was a little overboard. He (like most people) was only really acquainted with Ten. I popped in Binaural and made a fan out of him with Nothing As It Seems, Of the Girl, Sleight of Hand, and Parting Ways.

    It baffles my mind when people say that Pearl Jam "sucks"

    Binaural is something else.

    Those songs you listed are some of their best, most complex tunes

    SOH and Of the Girl may be my favorites from their entire catalogue ... with Grievance up there
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  • scottstappsucks
    scottstappsucks Posts: 991
    Eddie's lyrics on Backspacer are as good as they have been. It's his best lyrical work since Yield.
  • Mawky1103
    Mawky1103 Posts: 311
    Just Phenomenal.
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i thought he forgot how to write lyrics like this. the hamfisted lyrics of the last couple albums are history this time around.
  • bigbadbill
    bigbadbill Posts: 1,758
    paulonious wrote:
    ....or when they say "get out of the 90's" or "grunge is dead" or "are they still around?". Get out of the 90's. A more ignorant statement I could not make.

    Have you ever got the "Didn't he kill himself?" remark?
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  • scottstappsucks
    scottstappsucks Posts: 991
    bigbadbill wrote:
    paulonious wrote:
    ....or when they say "get out of the 90's" or "grunge is dead" or "are they still around?". Get out of the 90's. A more ignorant statement I could not make.

    Have you ever got the "Didn't he kill himself?" remark?
    I've gotten that with Scott Weiland. Whenever I mention STP's reunion a lot of people ask "Who is on vocals?" I'm sure it happens to people with Eddie/Pearl Jam too. Old Kurt created a stereotype.
  • j-bug
    j-bug Posts: 272
    i'm still suprised that Scott isnt dead.
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  • Backspacer_Backer
    Backspacer_Backer Posts: 1,023
    Eddie is right up there with Jon Bon Jovi.
  • shellshell99
    shellshell99 Posts: 7
    Speaking of being at another level talent wise, are there any Jeff Buckley fans here? I often wonder what he would have done had he lived. I think he was musical genious too. ;)
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  • j-bug
    j-bug Posts: 272
    yes,and yes!
    Seek,
    Find be yourself.
    Don't follow the herd.
    Don't repeat in spite of the encores.
    Be yourself.
    Otherwise you'll bore us.
  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    Opening Band For The Sun wrote:
    i thought he forgot how to write lyrics like this. the hamfisted lyrics of the last couple albums are history this time around.

    I thought the Avocado lyrics were pretty stellar, frankly.

    If Backspacer beats Avocado in that department, then I just sprung a boner.
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