Mother Love Bone without Pearl Jam = Any Good?

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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Lament wrote:
    Hugh Freaking Dillon wrote:
    Lament wrote:
    But you didn't ask if we'd know them, and in my first response I even acknowledged that it's likely I would not have known of them without Pearl Jam. You asked if people would think they were any good.

    the thread title asks if people would like them had they not been the precurser to PJ.

    Exactly, and I'm saying that you can't just write off anyone who only knows them because of Pearl Jam as being who only like them because they WERE the precursor to Pearl Jam. I used myself as an example; Had "Apple" been a cd a co-worker handed to me sometime in the mid-90's and said "Hey man, here's this album from this band that broke up after their singer died and was never heard from again, tell me what you think," I can without a doubt say I would have gone home, given it a spin, and thought "fuck...I'm digging this, this is good."

    I think there are three types of MLB fans. The first is are those who came by them completely independent of Pearl Jam. The second are people who knew their ties to Pearl Jam when they first came across them, but genuinely like the band for what they did. While you can't guarantee these people would have come across them were it not for Pearl Jam, you can't guarantee that they wouldn't have either. This seems to be the type of fan who's existence you're trying to discount.

    I'm not writing anyone off, nor discounting anyone's existence. it's a discussion, cowboy. ease up a little. did you not notice I put myself in category that I'm supposedly discounting? I'm just saying I think a lot more is made of this band than they really deserve in the grand scheme. I'm not insulting the fans, and I'm not trying to insult the band, I'm just stating that I think had they not been the precurser to PJ, they would not hold the musical significance that they do. that's all.
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    EdsonNascimento wrote:
    I think "any good" is a subjective term that is to each his own.

    it really irks me when people pick apart a thread title. there's only so much room to put what you are trying to convey as the thread topic. of course I think MLB are "any good". I wouldn't have their albums if I didn't think that.
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  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    They could be seen to have been just another hair band, but then I liked some of the hair bands who paved the way for music today, and certainly had their place back in the 80s. I love the MLB album, and listen to it quite a lot. I dont think they would have lasted as long as PJ, but they certainly would have made a mark.

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