Anyone ever had this reaction regarding PJ?

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  • JordyWordy
    JordyWordy Posts: 2,261
    i had a pj mix cd in my car . it had a fairly varied mix of stuff....like No Way, Immortality, BOJ, Black, STBC, Thin Air, HTI, Deep, Footsteps, Inside Job, NAIS.....

    three diff friends were in the car and they loved the cd so i copied for the three of them (they asked who it was during the first song - i said it was a mix of diff songs - so i think they assumed i meant different bands)...

    cos d next week they were asking me who the diff bands on the cd were cos the diff styles and stuff were great.....i was surprised. anytime before id told them a song was by PJ they didnt like it. but once they thought it was someone else they loved most of it. ("loved that little love song - Thin Air - but didnt like the guy with the whiny voice" - Present Tense).

    but yeah, overall, peope i know are definitely put off by his voice. certain singers put me off bands for ages before i got over it (cold war kids, wilco, the shins are good examples - love em all now though)
  • bovy_j
    bovy_j Posts: 1,008
    soulsinging wrote:
    most people i know that don't like pearl jam don't like them becos of ed's voice.

    Yeah, it's the same with me.
    But, fuck em! I don't care. I got my PJ, and I love Ed's voice!
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    Fitz wrote:
    I recently made a CD for a mate thinking he would like PJ and put some real corkers on it to. When I said a while later 'what do you think?' His reaction was: 'The music arangement is fantastic, some of it very much like the Who but I don't like Vedder's voice'

    Now I can honestly say thats the first person I have ever heard say that, normally non fans from my experience seem to find it PJ's strongest point. Anyone else had that?


    I think his voice is the number one turn off to the band. just as Robert Plant's voice was for Led Zeppelin. If you like it (like we do), you love it. but they are unique voices that aren't for everyone. I've heard people say Vedder puts them to sleep and that Plant sounds like a girl.
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  • anotherclone
    anotherclone Posts: 1,688
    I have been working on a good friend for years to get him to be a fan. I'm not giving up on him. Recently, he likened Ed's voice to "goat boy". I think I'm making progress because at least he's thinking more about it. :D

    Don't give up on the haters!

    I remember my first impression many years ago was not a good one. His voice bothered me. Now I love it so much, I can't imagine going through my life NOT having heard it.
  • PureandEasy
    PureandEasy Posts: 5,818
    Julien wrote:
    People hating PJ are crazy !
    People hating Ed's voice ar crazy !
    Come on, hwo can one don't like that voice ! i don't get it...

    it's called personal taste, some people like apples and some like oranges

    some like both

    neither one is more right than the other
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  • joseppi
    joseppi Posts: 58
    I've never gotten any really bad responses from people knowing I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan; most of my friends think they're great anyway. I've been teased a few times by people saying they're just a cover band now.
  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    My partner says it all the time. :D
  • Viggo
    Viggo Posts: 274
    A friend told me it sounds that he is crying.

    One other said: "He sounds drunk".
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  • MattCameronKicksButt
    MattCameronKicksButt Posts: 4,317
    Viggo wrote:
    A friend told me it sounds that he is crying.

    One other said: "He sounds drunk".

    A friend told me he need's to 'sing up' and my mum always said 'I don't understand what he's singing'.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Bangers'n'mash wrote:
    Yeah but I think blaming Ed's voice is just these people's lame excuse to not bother listening.

    suit yourself. i think they just don't like his voice. why does it have to be an excuse?
  • itsevobaby
    itsevobaby Posts: 1,809
    Hebejebe wrote:
    I think you'll find that a great number of people find Ed's voice an acquired taste.
    yeah definitely, i always get that from people i talk to, it seems to be the main obstacle for many. different strokes for different folks
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  • LongRoadHiker
    LongRoadHiker Posts: 16
    Unfortunately my husband couldn’t stand Ed’s voice, which has been a problem over the years… Since I’ve exposed him a lot to Pearl Jam, he has sort of become used to Vedder’s voice (but still isn't too fond of it).

    This summer we went to see them in Copenhagen (fantastic show). He thought that the band was great and about Vedder he said: “He is very, very skilled”.

    I recently found my husband watching IIC all by himself, so I guess there is some sort of hope...
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  • Fitz
    Fitz Posts: 169
    Ed's voice to me is quite amazing, it holds so many tracks together as does the tightness of the band overall. That I guess is what makes them so good, take any of them away and it just wouldn't be the same.

    Btw, great debate on this thread. Pleased its had some good attention and interesting comments.
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  • halszka123
    halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    I know people who don't like PJ because of EV voice. In their opinion ED sings like he has stomach ache or like old woman in a church. Sometimes (sorry, Ed) evev for me he sounds like that. But anyway - i love this unique voice. Other people just can't stand the music - it's a chaotic rasp! They just don't understand it
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  • jesse
    jesse Posts: 170
    ed's vocals are amazing but i know some people have gotten sick of his style due to all the imitators, maybe thats why some people who are new to the band may dislike his voice. many people who ive introduced then band to tell me they sound like creed.. and im not joking
  • Fitz
    Fitz Posts: 169
    jesse wrote:
    ed's vocals are amazing but i know some people have gotten sick of his style due to all the imitators, maybe thats why some people who are new to the band may dislike his voice. many people who ive introduced then band to tell me they sound like creed.. and im not joking

    Thats a very good point but never considered it myself, it could be very true.
    "First of all, there’s the palpable camaraderie and good feeling you get from the entire band as they smile and nod at each other, and huddle together in various formations throughout the show --- They look like they really like each other. They look stoked!"

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