How About a Pearl Jam Obscure Fact Repository

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  • majleap3
    majleap3 Posts: 208
    This thread is terrific!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Jeff used to write small autobiographies about Pearl Jam during their early years. Decipher away...

    1992-1993

    vs.
    transition. leaches. bullshit. media. (versus).
    more transition. truth. life(s). friends.
    music. (verse). our room of truth. potatoe. sameness. change.
    brendan o'brien. new guy. (versus). merges.
    the band. (you know who we are).
    give us the day. transient park. urine. the alley. bike. police.
    hot tea. our daily bread. coffee. newspapers. junkie bites.
    concentrate. new guitar. changing light bulbs.
    cabin. beans. new wallpaper. taking a piss.
    bless the gifts we are about to receive.
    stories about guns. laughter. silence. brickwalls.
    smoke. port. the devil. (versus). the bounty thru jesus abv.
    drive to s.f.
    trees. water. softball. dog. nick. kevin. grooves. (verses). poison ivy.
    neil. family. big sur. satellites. song. dance.
    horse for cash. big fish. words. silence. amen. drive fast. brick wall.
    break through. tension. laughter. crucifix. masks.
    sunshine. robes. lobster boy. swim. brothers.
    wine is blood. reserve or dogs. breed and body. difficulty.
    (versus). compromise. communion. difficulty. smile. mud. victoria.
    let it be.
    twelve new songs. (verses) (versus). twelve old songs.
    next page.


    1993-1994

    Stream of Conscious Tour
    Phase One. (Doris gets her oats.)
    Colorado rocky mountain high school.
    snowboard. elevational hang with friends.
    Denver Hype. 2 make up shows. Bye Boulder.
    Phase two. Chicago stadium. Regal. Life is Good.
    Celebration is in order.
    Thank God for my friends. My family.
    the union makes too much money. Da bullshit.
    Goodbye style. subtlety.
    Phase Three. St. Louis Fox Theatre. more history.
    bee-yoou-tiful. too short. feeling in sync.
    that comforting midwestern flavor. driving somewhere, sliding...
    Phase Four. Purdue. Big Dog Country. Scalp city.
    Hoops & B-fast with Kevin...
    eternal wandering a place to get lost... for life...
    Phase Five. Detroit Rock City.
    Fab Four. Five. Brink of extinct.
    the eternal search for BIG ASS (sic) MICHIGAN shorts.
    Ace Frehley doll!... Who was that beauty...
    I dreamt. the who played masonic temple. relax.
    Phase Six. Louisville, Nashville, Memphis...
    Long-awaited visit to the ELVIS-belt...
    Whatever happened to Keith Lee?
    Cropper & "dock of the bay"... huge pleasure.
    Phase Seven. Florida. Imposing & insanity... Kings X...
    Phase 8. Atlanta. Easter... Hesus O'Brien & St. Nick...
    Phase Nine. D.C. Rochester. Springfield...into a groove. Hockey.
    Reality hits. Hard. Mudhoney. Phase Ten Boss-town.
    the Garden & crew setlist at the Orpheum... Nice see ya...
    Phase 11. NYC. Insanity. S.N.L. Running around. Mr. Pink. Ace.
    Thanks to Milan Kundera (Immortality) Ben Harper, Latin Playboys,
    Jeff Buckley, Paul Weller, The Sonics (R.I.P.),
    D.R. & B.W., Tori Amos, Anna Kavan...
    Words & Music... kept me floating along.
    Sigh-a-nar-a
    Jeff.
  • TheLuckyOnes
    TheLuckyOnes Posts: 476
    pleatherman wrote:
    Jeff used to write small autobiographies about Pearl Jam during their early years. Decipher away...


    Thanks to Milan Kundera (Immortality) Ben Harper, Latin Playboys,
    Jeff Buckley, Paul Weller, The Sonics (R.I.P.),
    D.R. & B.W., Tori Amos, Anna Kavan...
    Words & Music... kept me floating along.
    Sigh-a-nar-a
    Jeff.

    Thanks for posting that. I've been following this thread anyways, but this particular one hit me. Obviously fits in with other Jeff scribbles (Add water, watch PJ grow; the Temple insert notes). Nice to see him mention Jeff Buckley, while he was alive. I always felt that he would have been the perfect opener for PJ, especially whenever his 2nd album would have dropped, probably right in that No Code time frame. Unless he had just blown up/world domination...But anyways..

    I read once, in some obscure Jeff Buckley book that basically was just pics and single quotations, that EV met Jeff, didn't really know him, and Jeff sings him an acapella version of Indifference; blew EV's mind. I only read it once, and hadn't heard/read/seen his name ever mentioned after the fact in PJ-world. Obviously Ed/PJ had many other things on their mind in '94/'95...but again, nice to see Jeff mention Jeff.

    cheers, keep up with the thread. If this is actually being written by Stone, please PM me. I'm coming over.
    cheers again
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    TheLuckyOnes wrote:
    Thanks for posting that. I've been following this thread anyways, but this particular one hit me. Obviously fits in with other Jeff scribbles (Add water, watch PJ grow; the Temple insert notes). Nice to see him mention Jeff Buckley, while he was alive. I always felt that he would have been the perfect opener for PJ, especially whenever his 2nd album would have dropped, probably right in that No Code time frame. Unless he had just blown up/world domination...But anyways..

    I read once, in some obscure Jeff Buckley book that basically was just pics and single quotations, that EV met Jeff, didn't really know him, and Jeff sings him an acapella version of Indifference; blew EV's mind. I only read it once, and hadn't heard/read/seen his name ever mentioned after the fact in PJ-world. Obviously Ed/PJ had many other things on their mind in '94/'95...but again, nice to see Jeff mention Jeff.

    cheers, keep up with the thread. If this is actually being written by Stone, please PM me. I'm coming over.
    cheers again

    I remember the first time I heard of Jeff Buckley was in an interview with Chris Cornell discussing their friendship. What a unique and powerful voice. To this day, Jeff's version of 'Hallelujah' is the only one that matters.
  • aurynsdad
    aurynsdad Posts: 863
    Seattle station KEXP, which is kind of legendary, has a yearly countdown of like the 500 greatest songs of all time. In 2012, number one was Jeff Buckley's "Hallelujah". That note about him singing Indifference- man, I would do just about anything to hear that!
    10/31/93 Berkeley (Baba!) • 10/1/94 Bridge School • 9/16/96 Seattle (In My Tree!) • 10/19/96 & 10/20/96 B. School (Alt Corduroy & Alt Porch!) • 10/25/03 B. School • 6/1/03 Mtnview (Crazy Mary! You Are!) • 11/29/13 Portland (All Those Yesterdays! Even Flow!) • 10/25/14 Bridge School (Rain! Fuckin Up! TOTD!) • 5/13/22 Oakland (had to leave early, but W.M.A.! Immortality!) • 5/13/24 Sacramento (Light Years! Picture in a Frame!) • 5/25/24 Bottle Rock (Last Kiss! Maybe It’s Time w/Bradley Cooper!)
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited July 2014
    The artwork that adorns the inside packaging of Vs. includes a depiction of a man on a crucifix. The face of that painting belongs to none other than Brendan O'Brien!!!
    Vs_US_ECOPAK_book_cover_small.jpg
    Okay, not the best picture, but certainly obscure.
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  • ckravitz
    ckravitz NJ Posts: 1,668
    majleap3 wrote:
    This thread is terrific!

    Honestly one of the best threads EVER. I'm only sorry I have nothing to give back myself, but I am enjoying the SHIT out of it. Thanks to all the contributors!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited December 2013
    ckravitz wrote:
    majleap3 wrote:
    This thread is terrific!

    Honestly one of the best threads EVER. I'm only sorry I have nothing to give back myself, but I am enjoying the SHIT out of it. Thanks to all the contributors!

    Personally, once I realized all this information has no use in everyday conversation-
    Me: "Did you know... blah, blah, blah"
    Response: (glazed-over eyes)
    -I knew I needed another outlet for this stuff. And thanks to all the other contributors, now I have even more information I won't bother saying out loud to anybody.
    Post edited by pleatherman on
  • RiotZact
    RiotZact Posts: 6,292
    ckravitz wrote:
    majleap3 wrote:
    This thread is terrific!

    Honestly one of the best threads EVER. I'm only sorry I have nothing to give back myself, but I am enjoying the SHIT out of it. Thanks to all the contributors!

    Exactly how I feel.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited December 2013
    Warning: There are some facts in this post, mixed in with a healthy dose of conspiracy.

    In the film, Immagine in Cornice, Eddie is introduced to Francesca- an Italian translator. We watch as he learns to prepare a speech in the country's native tongue from Francesca. But what if they hadn't met that day? What if Eddie and Francesca had been friends for years? Then that scene would have been entirely staged!

    So what would even compel me to have such thoughts? Okay, here goes...
    Eddie already has an Italian friend by the name of Francesca Bonanome, who also happens to be a translator. In fact, she was personally handed the task to translate the lyrics printed in the Italian version of Yield, with this intro by Ed:
    "Last year [1996], between October and December, when I
    was in Italy, I was excited in discovering a book with a com-
    plete translation of all of the songs I wrote for Pearl Jam. That
    same evening, I showed the book to my friends, and I had
    them translate the Italian into English... I was horrified. It was
    a book full of lies. If anything I had written had a positive
    sense, it had been interpreted in a negative way, and so on.
    Those were not my songs, but my name was on the cover, and
    my face was there too. What's a boy to do? Now I know there
    are 8,354,986 problems in this world that are bigger than this
    one. Anyway, for those concerned with this issue, I tried to
    consider the meaning of the songs and I tried to include ade-
    quate translations for this album. So here they are. If you find
    some discordance, get angry with me, not with Francesca: I'm
    well known for changing a line or two at the last minute."

    Is it all just a coincidence? Who cares. All I know is Francesca says "Merry Cucumber" in Italian at the beginning of 'Happy When I'm Crying.' And that is a fact!
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Inside the gatefold of No Code is a large photo of the band rehearsing. A mannequin dummy overlooks (without a head) on a shelf full of guitar cases. The CD package cuts off the torso but those lucky enough to have the LP get a complete view of the dummy's shirt that depicts the 'Alive' stickman in shackles with the word Ticketmonster written across. If it were up to me, everybody would have No Code vinyl so they can check for themselves (the shirt is too wrinkled for a clear view anyway) but instead all I can offer is the alternate shot below. I hope the metaphoric imagery of the ticketing monopoly looming over them is not lost on you, or me.
    Pearlj7.jpg

    Source: Tickle my Nausea fanzine
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    Eddie Vedder whispers "father" 8.5 seconds into Release (headphones recommended).
    Note: Strangely, this can only be heard on the original Tim Palmer mix and has subsequently been erased in the Brendan O'Brien version.
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    For the Lightning Bolt video interviews, the guys chose some of their good friends to throw questions at them. Carrie Brownstein, Steve Gleason, and Judd Apatow all have personal ties with the band members that go back years. None of them, however, go further back then Mark Richards. When Eddie was 14 or 15, he bumped into Richards at an airport and recognized him from a surfing magazine. Awestruck, Eddie asked for his autograph. And here is what Richards wrote down; "Life is short. Don't waste it. Go to the beach. Happy surfing, Mark Richards." Safe to say, Eddie took that advice to heart!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited January 2014
    In case you're ever in the neighborhood, here is the address to the PJ warehouse:
    225 Terry Ave N
    Seattle, WA 98109

    Now, it would be irresponsible of me if I didn't mention 2 things. First off, this is their old warehouse; the one forever immortalized in 'Single Video Theory.' Secondly, it was demolished 6-7 years ago to make way for an office building after Pearl Jam was ordered to vacate the premises!
    320px-Seattle_-_Terry_Ave_N_02A.jpg

    At least some floor decking was salvaged from the legendary rehearsal space to use as decoration behind the reception desk at the new office building.
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  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    edited January 2014
    Before the Ten Club, there was Love Bone Earth Affair. From a Jeff and Stone conversation, this is what they had to say about its existence:
    SG: So was there a fanzine?
    JA: No I just sent out... I just had a little postcard thing.

    -A rare glimpse into the great customer service, provided by Jeff, that came with your LBEA membership.
    japcard.jpg
    A product of punk rock ethos, Ament lived and breathed DIY.

    Speaking of the early days, here is something far less DIY, and a bit more Epic marketing strategy.
    pjtenad.jpg
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  • aennil
    aennil Posts: 415
    pleatherman wrote:
    http://web.archive.org/web/20020329185207/http://pearl-jam.com/pictures/misc/pjtenad.jpg

    This is your future on toast??! :lol:
  • TheGhost
    TheGhost Posts: 539
    love this thread. bump
    KORITFW
  • TheLuckyOnes
    TheLuckyOnes Posts: 476
    pleatherman wrote:
    If it were up to me, everybody would have No Code vinyl

    So true that it hurts.


    Keep it going Pleath! I had to dig out my Bridges bootleg box from '95 to search thru, your thread got me out of Lightning Bolt mode and feeling sentimental for some early '90's PJ.

    Also, there is probably no place on earth i'd rather spend a day at than the PJ warehouse. You posting that (old) address is just evil!

    cheers!
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    “And they all bailed, every one of them. A lot of big-name bands bailed on us. We were out there twisting in the wind by ourselves.”-Mike McCready
    So who were those big name acts that ditched them in the Ticketmaster dispute? The guys are too polite to name names, good for them ;)

    "I was 100 percent behind Pearl Jam in their efforts."-Mike Mills of R.E.M.

    "Mussolini may have made trains run on time but not everyone could get a seat on those trains."- Steven Tyler's statement about Ticketmaster's role in the music industry

    "What Pearl Jam is doing is precedent setting."- Garth Brooks

    Looking back at the summer of 1994, instead of "Pearl Jam vs. Ticketmaster," the tagline had the potential to turn into "Top Concert Acts in the Music Industry vs. A Ticket Sales Company Dependent on Those Acts for Success (but it would sound way more catchy than that)."

    "We're real excited that other artists and managers are coming forward now."- Stone '94.
    During that whole Congressional sub-committee circus show, Stone and Jeff were not the only ones speaking out against unfair practices of ticket gouging; Aerosmith and R.E.M. each had their own respective managers testify, as well. Outside of Capitol Hill, the vocal support extended to such powerhouse acts as Grateful Dead and Neil Young. Too bad none of them took that opposition very far, their combined strength could have affected some real change :(
  • pleatherman
    pleatherman Posts: 472
    The longest span of time Eddie has gone without writing music happened in 1995 for a six-month duration. He attributed writer's block to the weirdness of being in Seattle at that time. All it took to reawaken his creative spirit was a phone call. An hour-long conversation with Tim Robbins, the first time they ever talked to one another (awww), about the film Dead Man Walking among other things, inspired Eddie to compose music again! Working on a movie soundtrack tends to have a positive effect on his writing output. Anyways, this revitalization occurred right before the making of No Code, so next time you listen to it, you know who to thank...
    This guy
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