Why doesnt pearl jam do a Gospel Album

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  • TheSeeker
    TheSeeker Posts: 66
    God bless PearlJam
    i dont ? our Xtence, I just ? our modern needs
  • pandora
    pandora Posts: 21,855
    TheSeeker wrote:
    God bless PearlJam

    nice! :D
  • Grandmas Jam
    Grandmas Jam Posts: 1,860
    october22 wrote:
    I would blow my fucking brains out.
    Ryan Crooks insists upon himself
  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    Grandmas Jam wrote:
    october22 wrote:
    I would blow my fucking brains out.

    october22 if you would "blow your brains out" over PJ doing a gospel album then you have bigger worries
    than than PJ's song recording choices.

    get some help.

    Oh and incidentally...in the opening of the Water on the Road DVD

    Eddie: " This is a uh...This is uh...not just an experiment but a uh bit of a..a prayer"
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    Green Circle wrote:
    Eddie: " This is a uh...This is uh...not just an experiment but a uh bit of a..a prayer"

    Could be to Mother Earth.
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  • Green Circle
    Green Circle Posts: 5,192
    agreed...so that would be ok a gospel album to mother earth? i think the people here would have issue with that as well...
    "...And I fight back in my mind. Never lets me be right.
    I got memories. I got shit so much it don't show."
  • Claireack
    Claireack Posts: 13,561
    You could be right.
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  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    Green Circle wrote:
    agreed...so that would be ok a gospel album to mother earth? i think the people here would have issue with that as well...
    Probably, just because that doesn't make any sense. Gospel's main premise is not focused around mother earth. It's focused on Jesus. Even so, there's a difference between spirituality and organized religion. While Eddie may be spiritual (who knows), I'm 99.99% sure he's not religious at all. Therefor, Pearl Jam doing an entire album dedicated to Gospel would be completely out of character.
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  • nutbarz
    nutbarz Posts: 227
    If Kiss can Do Disco.... Why not
  • dustinpardue
    dustinpardue Las Vegas, NV Posts: 1,829
    a gospel album????? With no ill will or offense intended on the person with the idea, but i think this is about as cheesy as the request to cover "we are family" but with the words "we are jamily." :lol:
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  • fox_mulderX
    fox_mulderX Posts: 1,134
    what many of the religious don't, and never will, understand is that not everyone cares to share their beliefs. for them, what they believe is right and if you don't believe they become offended. look at how uptight certain individuals on here became when people call the idea bad..."WELL YOU'RE CLOSED MINDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". maybe pearl jam, being logical, understands that there are countless religions in the world and making one "christian" album might alienate, for example, their muslim fan base. the same thing goes for the people who are non religious. if they made a pearl jam album i wouldn't support it or the bands tour. "WELL PRAISE JESUS THERE WILL BE MORE SEATS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!". if you want to listen to songs about god, attend church or buy a gospel album. please leave my favourite band out of it.
  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    what many of the religious don't, and never will, understand is that not everyone cares to share their beliefs. for them, what they believe is right and if you don't believe they become offended. look at how uptight certain individuals on here became when people call the idea bad..."WELL YOU'RE CLOSED MINDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". maybe pearl jam, being logical, understands that there are countless religions in the world and making one "christian" album might alienate, for example, their muslim fan base. the same thing goes for the people who are non religious. if they made a pearl jam album i wouldn't support it or the bands tour. "WELL PRAISE JESUS THERE WILL BE MORE SEATS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!". if you want to listen to songs about god, attend church or buy a gospel album. please leave my favourite band out of it.
    Yeah, and saying it's never gonna happen isn't being closed minded. It's being realistic. Pearl Jam is not a religious band and never has been.
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  • abhijeet
    abhijeet Posts: 303
    Why doesn't Pearl do a dance pop/thrash metal/hard core/hip hop album?
    Frankly, any of those is preferable to gospel.

    No apologies to all the religious people on this group, you're free to do your own thing, don't expect me to do more than tolerate it.
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  • mookeywrench
    mookeywrench Posts: 6,091
    abhijeet wrote:
    Why doesn't Pearl do a dance pop/thrash metal/hard core/hip hop album?
    Frankly, any of those is preferable to gospel.

    No apologies to all the religious people on this group, you're free to do your own thing, don't expect me to do more than tolerate it.

    But why not go the extra step from tolerance to acceptance?

    If you really feel that they're free to do their own thing, why not just let them do their own thing without the feeling that it's something you have to tolerate or put up with?
  • abhijeet
    abhijeet Posts: 303
    mookeywrench wrote:
    abhijeet wrote:
    Why doesn't Pearl do a dance pop/thrash metal/hard core/hip hop album?
    Frankly, any of those is preferable to gospel.

    No apologies to all the religious people on this group, you're free to do your own thing, don't expect me to do more than tolerate it.

    But why not go the extra step from tolerance to acceptance?

    If you really feel that they're free to do their own thing, why not just let them do their own thing without the feeling that it's something you have to tolerate or put up with?

    My life has been intruded on too many times by religious people (granted that they are a small minority) and their beliefs for me to go beyond tolerance at this point.
    Seattle 2009-09-21
    Alpine Valley 2011-09-03, 2011-09-04
  • nuclear ukuleles
    nuclear ukuleles Posts: 660
    abhijeet wrote:
    mookeywrench wrote:
    abhijeet wrote:
    Why doesn't Pearl do a dance pop/thrash metal/hard core/hip hop album?
    Frankly, any of those is preferable to gospel.

    No apologies to all the religious people on this group, you're free to do your own thing, don't expect me to do more than tolerate it.

    But why not go the extra step from tolerance to acceptance?

    If you really feel that they're free to do their own thing, why not just let them do their own thing without the feeling that it's something you have to tolerate or put up with?

    My life has been intruded on too many times by religious people (granted that they are a small minority) and their beliefs for me to go beyond tolerance at this point.
    Ahhh, we're off topic! Tolerate what, brutha? Who cares who's religious and who's not on this board. The argument was whether or not it'd be a cool idea for Pearl Jam to do a gospel album. I don't think so, but only because it'd be out of character--especially when looking at some of their lyrics--and I would feel I'd misinterpreted them or whatever. But uh...more power to 'em...if Eddie ever feels called by God's word. :lol:
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  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    nuclear ukuleles wrote:
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    what many of the religious don't, and never will, understand is that not everyone cares to share their beliefs. for them, what they believe is right and if you don't believe they become offended. look at how uptight certain individuals on here became when people call the idea bad..."WELL YOU'RE CLOSED MINDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". maybe pearl jam, being logical, understands that there are countless religions in the world and making one "christian" album might alienate, for example, their muslim fan base. the same thing goes for the people who are non religious. if they made a pearl jam album i wouldn't support it or the bands tour. "WELL PRAISE JESUS THERE WILL BE MORE SEATS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!". if you want to listen to songs about god, attend church or buy a gospel album. please leave my favourite band out of it.
    Yeah, and saying it's never gonna happen isn't being closed minded. It's being realistic. Pearl Jam is not a religious band and never has been.

    I'm not religious in the slightest. I have stated this already on here. I am just open minded to the idea that gospel music (along with many other genres of music), sounds good to me, and I think it would be interesting. AS I HAVE ALREADY SAID, this is not about religion. And I already said also, your realistic idea that it's never going to happen is your opinion. Your opinion is what is closed minded - stating that it's a ridiculous idea without giving any merit to it simply because it's religious IS closed minded. It's the absolute epitome of being closed minded. It's not about whether they would do it or not, it's about being able to accept the idea in the first place that I was referring to. If you can show me where I said that I was religious and this was about wanting to hear Pearl Jam sing about God, then show me. But you'll have a hard time finding that quote because it doesn't exist.
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  • Thorns2010
    Thorns2010 Posts: 2,201
    fox_mulderX wrote:
    what many of the religious don't, and never will, understand is that not everyone cares to share their beliefs. for them, what they believe is right and if you don't believe they become offended. look at how uptight certain individuals on here became when people call the idea bad..."WELL YOU'RE CLOSED MINDED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!". maybe pearl jam, being logical, understands that there are countless religions in the world and making one "christian" album might alienate, for example, their muslim fan base. the same thing goes for the people who are non religious. if they made a pearl jam album i wouldn't support it or the bands tour. "WELL PRAISE JESUS THERE WILL BE MORE SEATS FOR US!!!!!!!!!!". if you want to listen to songs about god, attend church or buy a gospel album. please leave my favourite band out of it.


    Ummm.... can you please tell me where I said I was religious? Or that I believed in Christ?

    Also, I stated that I don't think they would do it, but for people to have this major anger against the idea of a gospel album is close minded. You can not like the idea, you can think the idea is dumb, but to be angry at the suggestion of the idea is what makes you close minded.

    http://www.thefreedictionary.com/close-minded
    close-mind·ed (klsmndd, klz-) or closed-mind·ed (klzd-)
    adj.

    Intolerant of the beliefs and opinions of others; stubbornly unreceptive to new ideas.

    And do I even need to mention that without gospel music there probably isn't blues, and without blues there isn't Hendrix, isn't Stevie Ray Vaughan, and subsequently no Mike McCready to be the lead guitarist of Pearl Jam.
  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    nuclear ukuleles wrote:
    Yeah, and saying it's never gonna happen isn't being closed minded. It's being realistic. Pearl Jam is not a religious band and never has been.

    And just for the record, because people seem to have a hard time understanding things on here. The reason I said you were closed minded for saying it's ridiculous is because you don't know the band personally. I assume you've never met them, and if you have, you certainly haven't sat down and had an indepth conversation with them about their personal religious beliefs. You are basing your OPINION that it's a ridiculous idea on the information you have read and learned about this band through their music. Fair enough. But you cannot be so presumptuous as to think that you know what they believe about God and religion to such a point that you can state categorically that it's a ridiculous idea. A silly idea in your opinion? Fine, but you cannot know that it's ridiculous to them, which is what you were presuming. That's why I said it's narrow and closed minded. Because you are refusing to accept the notion that there might be something of merit in something you don't believe in. And I'll say again, that is the epitome of closed mindedness.
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  • abhijeet
    abhijeet Posts: 303
    stardust1976 wrote:
    Because you are refusing to accept the notion that there might be something of merit in something you don't believe in. And I'll say again, that is the epitome of closed mindedness.

    DO you accept that fact that many people believe that religious ideas are mass delusion? If not, you're close minded by your own definition.
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