How About a Pearl Jam Obscure Fact Repository

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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Another studio recording of 'Yellow Ledbetter' exists with actual complete lyrics!

    Disclaimer: I am inferring this definitive version of YL has real lyrics because Kelly contrasts it to the mumbling b-side version in this 2001 article.
    -Among the treasures... a "proper" studio recording of fan favorite "Yellow Ledbetter" to replace the lo-fi import version. "Eddie [Vedder] kind of mumbled through that one," Curtis notes. "I don't think he even had the lyrics together when they did that."
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Gotta give Kelly Curtis props for a couple things in particular.
    -initiating and then gathering up all the managers to orchestrate the Vote for Change tour, which couldn't have been an easy endeavor.
    - coming up with the idea in 2000 to sell bootlegs for every show. Seems so obvious now, but at the time it was a pretty bold move.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited November 2013
    Chris Friel- The PJ drummer that never was.
    It's true Mike wanted his old bandmate from Shadow, Chris, to tryout for the drummer position after Dave A. was let go but never got the chance.
    Still, he was included in the Gossard instrumental demos and the version of Footsteps on the Mamason tape features Chris.
    And even though he never got to audition in 1994, somehow he still managed to drum for Pearl Jam when they backed up Jim Carroll on the song 'Catholic Boy.'
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    If anyone made it out to the early shows on the 2006 'Worldwide Tour' then they were lucky enough to witness super-sweet green lasers during 'Severed Hand' and 'Inside Job'. But once the band caught on that the added special effect was costing them a $1,000 a night, they quickly abandoned it. It's good to be frugal, but still... lasers!
  • ceska
    ceska New York Posts: 1,137
    They used the lasers on the entire US tour, no? I heard bout that reason, but thought they stopped after the tour.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    ceska wrote:
    They used the lasers on the entire US tour, no? I heard bout that reason, but thought they stopped after the tour.
    You could be right. I checked a couple West Coast shows and didn't see the lasers. But that doesn't mean they didn't use it for others.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Like many singers, Eddie has an oxygen mask handy to use before performances.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Shortly after 'Parting Ways' was soundchecked by Pearl Jam in Barcelona during the No Code tour, EV recorded that song along with MFC among other songs in Rome. He formed a trio in the studio (and played a couple shows) with 2 Italians by the names of Fausto and Francesco. This also sets a pattern for Eddie's later 3-piece bands with C-Average, and Flea + Jack Irons.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited November 2013
    Matt Cameron's favorite PJ song (at least in 2009) also happens to be the most difficult for him to play- ' Who You Are.' Difficult or not, Matt was the reason that song finally got added to the setlist in 2008 for, I think, the first time since Jack left.

    Another quick Matt fact: I don't know if this is normal or not but his drum tech, Jim Vincent, admitted Matt plays so hard that he "bends so many cymbals... There's no chance of a second show on a snare head."
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    When Pearl Jam first started writing music together in 1999 for what would be Binaural, the front runner discussed amongst themselves for producing the album was none other than Adam Kasper. Had that happened, it certainly would have made a huge difference to the sound of that record, considering Kasper tends to lean towards a more "live" sound in his production style. Also, the album would definitely not have been called 'Binaural' since that is a term the band adopted from Tchad Blake.
    Speaking of Tchad, his name was actually tossed around to handle production for 'No Code' at some point.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    The 11th Temple of the Dog song

    I don't know how obscure this is, but it's still cool.
    From the Gossard Instrumental Demos came all sorts of amazing music for TOTD and Pearl Jam. There was even one that Chris Cornell latched onto that never made it to the Temple record. He let Stone know he was finishing a song based off one of his instrumentals. Unfortunately, Stone told Chris he was going to save that one for his new band. Fortunately, his new band turned that instrumental, called "Doobie E," into "Breath."

    Since "Times of Trouble" was released first,we never got a proper studio version of 'Footsteps.' It wasn't even recorded as a Mookie Blaylock demo! The closest was the live one taken from a radio station performance that became the b-side. I think Chris should return the favor and perform a live version on his take of "Doobie E" with The Pearl Jams!
  • Hail Hail The Black Circle
    Hail Hail The Black Circle Posts: 62
    pleatherman wrote:
    As documented in PJ20, the footage from 01/11/91 at Town Pump in Vancouver, BC during 'Breath' has been credited as the defining moment when "shy" Eddie became super "intense" Eddie.

    However, as dynamic as that scene was, Jeff credits the show previous on 01/10/91 at Harpo’s in Victoria, BC as, in his words, the "big turning point for Eddie." The event that transpired on that particular night included an ambivalent audience completely disinterested in the opening act, Mookie Blaylock. To make his case, Eddie unscrewed the steel base from the microphone stand and proceeded to launch it an entire 50-60 ft. to the other end of the club, supposedly inches above their heads, until it crashed against the back wall.

    From here on in, it became, according to Jeff a "circus event" as far as Eddie's stage persona was concerned.

    Cameron Crowe Rolling Stone magazine PJ cover story 28 Oct 1993
    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... d-19931028

    Sitting next to Vedder, Ament listens like a fascinated brother. Perhaps he is remembering the first impressions Vedder made upon arriving in Seattle. Friends from his early days up north recall a different Vedder from today, a desperately shy surfer, a guy with a lot of heart and little irony. One friend even called him Holy Eddie. "He was genuinely quiet and loving Eddie when we first met him," says Ament. In the band's earliest shows, Vedder had been so self-effacing, he barely looked up. "And at a certain point, he changed."

    An early turning point came onstage at a club called Harpo's, in Victoria, British Columbia. It was Pearl Jam's maiden tour, their first appearance away from a nurturing audience of Seattle friends. But this Canadian crowd was far more interested in getting drunk. In midset, Vedder decided to challenge the jaded audience, to wake them up. Unscrewing the 12-pound steel base of the microphone stand, Vedder sent it flying over their heads, like a lethal Frisbee. The steel disk crashed into the wall of the back bar.

    They woke up.

    Vedder would never fully be the same.
    Vancouver 1998, 2005, 2009, 2011, 2013 - Toronto 2000, 2003 - Gorge II 2006
    Seattle I 2009, 2013 - Calgary 2011 - Edmonton 2011
    EV solo VAN II 2008, Las Vegas I, II 2011
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    At the PJ20 museum, a lyric sheet entitled "I Won't" was on display with the following note- "a song to be released someday."
  • TunnelThroughDenial
    TunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    pleatherman

    Can you please tell us the story of Mister Pickles?
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    TOTD 11.11.16 San Fran
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    pleatherman

    Can you please tell us the story of Mister Pickles?
    Isn't that an Easter Egg on the PJ20 DVD or am I thinking of something else?
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    No wait, that was Mr. Potato Head!
  • TunnelThroughDenial
    TunnelThroughDenial Posts: 769
    Mr. Pickles is a ventriloquist dummy or some sort of strange doll that I believe belongs to Mike and was on stage with the band during a period in the mid to late 90's. Check him out about 4 minutes in here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuQmcuR ... 3&index=26

    I was at this show....

    I was hoping someone knew the history of Mister Pickles
    |9.5.93Gorge|2.6.95Moore|5.7.98AROSpace|7.21.98Seattle|7.22.98Seattle|10.21.00PHX|11.5.00Seattle
    |11.6.00Seattle|6.6.03Vegas|6.7.03PHX|5.25.06Boston|7.22.06Gorge|7.23.06Gorge|9.21.09Seattle|9.22.09Seattle |10.6.09LA|11.19.13PHX|11.29.13Portland|12.6.13Seattle |10.22.14Denver| 8.8.18 Seattle | 8.10.18 Seattle

    EV Solo |7.15.11 Benaroya|7.16.11 Benaroya|4.13.12PHX|10.30.14Redmond|
    TOTD 11.11.16 San Fran
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    TunnelThroughDenial wrote:
    Mr. Pickles is a ventriloquist dummy or some sort of strange doll that I believe belongs to Mike and was on stage with the band during a period in the mid to late 90's. Check him out about 4 minutes in here:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YRuQmcuR ... 3&index=26

    I was at this show....

    I was hoping someone knew the history of Mister Pickles
    Well, Mr. Pickles was brought to life by one-time PJ opener and comedian, David Cross, in the mid-90's for Mr.Show on HBO. McCready, being a big Cross fan, got his very own Mr. Pickles and he sat on top of his amp for awhile. Unfortunately, I do not think he made it past the Yield tour after he was hung and got the stuffing beat out of him. But I am happy to report he is enjoying retirement (and protection) at an undisclosed location.
    Hope that helps.
    Thanks to TwoFeetThick for asking Mike only the best questions!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    We are all waiting for that golden ticket to whisk us away somewhere in Seattle to the all-in-one rehearsal space/clubhouse/fan club center. It has been called "PJ Headquarters" or simply "The Warehouse," but the official name inscribed on the outside of the building is actually "The Audio Visual Factory."

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