Eddie claims "writers block" on Binaural? Wikipedia

JP33
JP33 Posts: 1,348
edited March 2011 in The Porch
Did Eddie really say that?
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  • GS163319
    GS163319 Posts: 132
    Can we get this guy banned? His posts are idiotic.
  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    Why exactly is this an idiotic post? It says in the Wiki article for Binaural that "Vedder has admitted that while working on the album he suffered from writer's block, which made it difficult for him to come up with lyrics.", so I guess it's a legitimate question? :? The article even cites a reference: http://www.nyrock.com/interviews/2000/pj_int.asp - so to answer the OP's question, yes it's apparently true...
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  • Dead Man Walking
    Dead Man Walking Toronto-ish Posts: 2,762
    From the article:
    NYROCK:
    On the last track of the album one can hear you frustratingly hacking away on your typewriter. Rumor has it that you were suffering from a severe writer's block....

    EDDIE:
    I almost went completely crazy. I kept changing the lyrics and then changed them again, just to write another version. I ended up with several versions and then used the best and just put them together and that worked surprisingly well. But before I did that, I thought it would never happen, I'd never be able to finish it.

    I did not know this...
  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    There lies the significance of the hidden track.
  • RedMosquito22
    RedMosquito22 Posts: 8,158
    JP33 wrote:
    Did Eddie really say that?

    Your first mistake is taking Wiki as gospel.
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  • Kloddz
    Kloddz Posts: 2,573
    edited March 2011
    RedMosquito22 wrote:
    JP33 wrote:
    Did Eddie really say that?

    Your first mistake is taking Wiki as gospel.
    Yeah, but the reference points to an actual interview Ed gave, so Wikipedia is right this time.
    Post edited by Kloddz on
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  • Johnny Abruzzo
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    I thought this was fairly common knowledge.

    Is the post supposed to be idiotic because he should've already known this, or because it's not really true? :?
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  • Ledbetterman10
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    Writer's block? Binaural had the most (and best) outtakes of any PJ record. I can't see how he can claim he had writer's block when they came up with a 13-song album as well as Sad, Fatal, Education, and In The Moonlight.

    Now...a 35 minute record where the lead single is The Fixer could be called a case of writer's block.
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  • wolfamongwolves
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    GS163319 wrote:
    Can we get this guy banned? His posts are idiotic.

    Is it just me, or is this not a far more idiotic post than the OP?
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  • Bushleaguer28
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    Wikipedia is a fine source as long as the stuff is double checked. If its cited with a source at the bottom it takes two seconds to verify. People that write it off as always incorrect are the ones that are incorrect. It can be helpful if used right
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  • Jerome230
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    wolfamongwolves wrote:
    GS163319 wrote:
    Can we get this guy banned? His posts are idiotic.

    Is it just me, or is this not a far more idiotic post than the OP?

    +1
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  • kenny olav
    kenny olav Posts: 3,319
    There's no reason to doubt Eddie had writer's block when he was working on this album. It happens to every songwriter. But... obviously he got over it. :mrgreen:
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Writer's block? Binaural had the most (and best) outtakes of any PJ record. I can't see how he can claim he had writer's block when they came up with a 13-song album as well as Sad, Fatal, Education, and In The Moonlight.

    Now...a 35 minute record where the lead single is The Fixer could be called a case of writer's block.
    That has some of Eddie's best lyrics.
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  • crazygeo
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    http://www.hiddensongs.com/songs/binaural.php

    IT KINDA FREAKS ME OUT THAT I JUST WAS LEAD TO THIS SITE ABOVE THROUGH LOOKING INTO "PUSH ME , PULL ME ME" LIVE IN PHILLY..(BEEN IN MY HEAD ALL DAY)
    THEN I CLICKED OFF, AND THEN ON TO THIS SITE (PJ.COM) AND SEE A STORY ABOUT THE SAME SUBJECT
    IRONIC?
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    • 2003-07-05• 2004-10-01
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    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29
  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    Pearl Jam
    "Writer's Block"
    from
    Binaural
    (Vedder)
    Consists of a typewriter being banged on. The last page of the album booklet contains a jumbled mess of letters repeated over and over down the page, suggesting that it is what came from the typewriter-banging session recorded for "Writer's Block".
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    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29
  • The Juggler
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    DewieCox wrote:
    There lies the significance of the hidden track.


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  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    ...I remember one day leaving the cd go loud and then this came in and I was like...WTF is that...I may have been twisted that day...but it threw me off at the time
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    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
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  • crazygeo
    crazygeo Posts: 2,380
    @ 6:49 of PARTING WAYS
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    • 2003-07-05• 2004-10-01
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    • 2008-06-19• 2009-10-27 2009-10-28 •2009-10-30
    • 2009-10-31

    *Tres Mts 2011-03-23
    *Eddie Vedder 2011-06-25
    - 2013-10-21
    - 2013=10-22
    -2016 -04-28
    -2016 -04-29

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