How About a Pearl Jam Obscure Fact Repository

pleatherman said:

"If I want to make a song based on sound effects from the movie Mars Attacks, I can do that." - E.V.

Eddie Vedder may have written some of the catchiest Pearl Jam songs to date, but an experimental streak runs through his past work, as well. One example, an aural collage created with nothing more than pocket change. The unmistakeable sound of coins reverberating off the ground chime melodiously without a hint of the cacophonous clamor easily rendered from the small metallic objects. Recorded during the Binaural sessions, a segment of it sparsely fuses into 'Of the Girl' as an added touch. On its own, the coin medley is a few minutes long and even has a title. It's called 'Change.'

Someone also told me that in 'Of the Girl' there is a hidden reference to the band being "high" in the studio. At the 4:45 mark you can hear someone take a deep inhale and at 4:51 a voice mumbles "marijuana"

pleatherman said:

This fact is debatable, but if true than it is too good to keep to myself. Scouring the Rumor Pit for a time when the PJ organization could be a bit more transparent while the internet community was still in its infancy, I came across this tidbit:

From January 12, 1997
Rumor pit #21
Q: On a Tower Records commercial, professional, multi-camera footage was shown of Hail, Hail from a live concert. Is there going to be a live show video released? When?
A: Hope so.

From that coy response, I am going to infer the existence of pro-shot video from 1996 which would be amazing footage to see from such a reclusive era. I always felt the No Code tour had the worst quality bootleg videos than any other year, so this gives me hope when reissue time comes around!

I am sure they have pro-shot video from that tour as we all heard at one point that they shoot each and every one of their performances. Isn't Kevin doing that? But who knows if we will see any of that goodness. Pro-shot footage from No Code tour would be delicious.

thanks so much for starting this thread. Very interesting.

Mudhoney must be Pearl Jam's favorite opener by a long shot, but could Mudhoney say the same thing when Bad Radio opened up for them in 1989. Oh yeah, and the Lemonheads were there too. Can't forget about the Lemonheads

Are you saying Vedder knew Mudhoney guys before he got introduced to his future band
members?

pleatherman said:

"If I want to make a song based on sound effects from the movie Mars Attacks, I can do that." - E.V.

Eddie Vedder may have written some of the catchiest Pearl Jam songs to date, but an experimental streak runs through his past work, as well. One example, an aural collage created with nothing more than pocket change. The unmistakeable sound of coins reverberating off the ground chime melodiously without a hint of the cacophonous clamor easily rendered from the small metallic objects. Recorded during the Binaural sessions, a segment of it sparsely fuses into 'Of the Girl' as an added touch. On its own, the coin medley is a few minutes long and even has a title. It's called 'Change.'

Thank you for this!!!

majleap3 said:

MIke didn't enjoy Corduroy in 2001

DA: Here's a question. What's the worst Pearl Jam song?

MM: Oh, wow. What do I not like of ours that we play? Maybe some odd song that we don't ever play called "Bugs." I get a little tired of playing "Corduroy," but don't tell Eddie that because he'll get pissed. We play that almost every night.

More proof that EV knows exactly what he's doing when he writes the setlists. Corduroy kills it with the crowd at every show, and the fans never get sick of it. It's one of their best live songs, so should be played frequently.

I find it odd that of all the "frequent" songs, Corduroy is one that Mike gets tired of. every time he's playing it he's killing (and (it looks like he's really enjoying it, too). I would guess it would be Small Town or something like that.

There is hope for the monkeywrench broadcasts to be released! This is from 2000 so maybe it's a dream but Ed at least one time thought it was a good idea

AskPearlJam: binaural_5_16_00-guest says: Will you guys ever put out any more videos like "Single Video Theory"?
Eddie: Yes, but better. Actually, I'd like to put out that we've done this thing called Monkey Wrench Radio a few times and we'd like to put that out as well because they were filmed.

imalive said:

what's wrong with this picture?

Nov 30th was Vegas...

Actually I misread it. NM

Best thread on the boards! Well, except maybe the one where people are concerned about Ed drinking too much :-?