Has Pearl Jam (or eddie) ever done a DMB Cover?

Spot In The Sky wrote:

CantKeepmedown wrote:

I am by no means a big DMB fan, probably more of a casual listener than anything else. But, his band(sans the music) seems to be the exact type of band that PJ fans clamor over. A good live band, tours a ton, and always changing up setlists.

I've spent some time lurking on their message boards, and DMB fans, much like PJ fans, are fanatical. Also, I would love for this board (or some fans) to do a rarity index/tour central type of thing they do for shows. It's pretty cool.

Plus, they bitch a lot about fanclub seats. So, we have that in common too

What do you mean rarity index?

Stryker wrote:

Drop1The0Leash wrote:

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I hope that never, ever happens

But what if they did? Would you stop listening to Pearl Jam? God forbid they or anybody else might have differing musical tastes than you. There are a good amount of people on this board that have very little musical tolerance, and it's rather sickening. So often, on this forum, I see people throwing out negative comments in regards to acts that aren't Pearl Jam or Pearl Jam related. This is why I never bring up what other bands I like around here because I know I'll get flamed to hell. All the music snobbery around here needs to stop.

cajunkiwi wrote:

indifferentman wrote:

God I hope not. Call me an asshole and a music snob if you want to, but I have a right to my opinion. DMB is just too much of a jam band for me, and I'm not crazy about the whole hippy mentality, etc. either. I think at the core of it to I feel like they're a band that people try and ascribe TOO MUCH meaning to. Like saying the movie Gladiator is your favorite movie because it's so inspiring to you!

Yeah, I hate jam bands. Porch is so much better when Mike doesn't get to solo.

Dude, you're on the message board for a band that for the first 10 years of its existence was a rock jam band. That's part of what made those live shows back in the day legendary - you might end up with a 10-minute-long version of Alive by the time Mike was done with it. It's part of what makes live music so awesome - you get to see the musicians really let loose and show off. I'd much rather hear Pearl Jam JAM than play a three-minute-long song that's just power chords played over a 4/4 beat. I loved Mike's solos in Even Flow and Alive on Saturday - that reminded me exactly why I fell in love with the band in the first place.

And if you hate hippies, you must have a love/hate relationship with Pearl Jam. The guys are in their 40s, yet two of them still have long hair. They're a bunch of tree huggers who love the environment. They ride skateboards and surfboards. They play in a jam band that even has the word "jam" in its name. They've covered songs by Don McLean, Pink Floyd, Sly & the Family Stone, CCR, Bob Dylan, Bob Marley, John Lennon, and the Doors, among many, many, others. They're publicly anti-war. They're not exactly strangers to herbal pharmaceuticals. If I gave you that description of a band, but no name, you'd tell me it was a band filled with hippies.

And I, for one, like DMB. I don't like their middle albums very much, but Before These Crowded Streets and Big Whiskey are great. I appreciate them for the very reason someone already stated in this thread - they tour constantly, and they change their setlist up every night. Their sound has matured and changed over the years. They're all outstanding musicians.

You can say people try and ascribe TOO MUCH (nice pun, btw, even if you didn't mean it) meaning to their lyrics, but at the end of the day there are songs on Backspacer that have all the depth of a puddle. Shake Me Like A Monkey may be one step away from being a Prince song lyrically, but it's not like "Lemme Know, c'mon let's go, yeah!" is a line Dylan would've written.

So yeah, I think you're an asshole and a music snob. But you're also a Pearl Jam fan, which makes you a pretty cool asshole and music snob