The Weight of the World is NOT on Eddie Vedder

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,665
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OESAX6lpQ2k
    "Mostly I think that people react sensitively because they know you’ve got a point"
  • helplessdancer
    helplessdancer Posts: 5,293
    neil started grunge. i love that video clip. ^ ^  thanks for posting it had been awhile since i saw that!
  • yield2me
    yield2me Posts: 1,291
    I agree with all you folks about how Eddie shouldn't bear a responsibility to carry the torch. However, that doesn't mean he won't feel that or other people won't expect it from him. I also agree that all the Seattle bands sound different from one another. However, we can't deny that there are similarities in their music, appearance, and public personas. It's also damn strange that almost all the major bands coming from mostly one city, credited with an era and genre of music, have all but one lost their lead singers. Now there is one major band left from that group and its understandable that casual fans or even non fans would go to that place of putting some kind of responsibility on Ed. i don't agree with it, or like it, but I understand.
    “May you live to be 100 and may the last voice you hear be mine.” - Frank Sinatra
  • hedonist
    hedonist Posts: 24,524
    thispureamericanriot said:
    I think PJ already said what their gonna say with this.
    https://pearljam.com/news/chris
    Thanks for this.  My laptop is logged into the forums vs the main page so I hadn't seen it.

    Sweetness.

    May all live at and rest in peace.
  • wwsuicide
    wwsuicide Posts: 1,403
    The people that are saying/writing this, are narrow minded individuals that I have no time or consideration for.  Their version of reality is skewed to the point of no return and I have zero interest in their opinion. 
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,299
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    rgambs said:
    HughFreakingDillon said:
    there's always so much emphasis put on the "big four", which is really quite stupid, based on nothing but geography. none of them sound alike. it is the lesser-known bands from that are that I would sound alike. I consider the term "grunge" to be more a period of time and geography rather than a sound. 

    I doubt Ed is reading any of this shit, not even on his radar. 
    I disagree, there are surely some similarities in their music and how they approach songwriting and performing.

    I don't think PJ/Nirvana/SG/AIC sound anything like each other. At all. SG and AIC are the closest of the four, given their metal influences, except for vocals. But that's a stretch in itself IMO. 

    I agree with you Hugh.  Nirvana is the most raw, "grunge" type of band.  Pearl Jam is straightforward, classic rock.  Soundgarden has that Black Sabbath metal and mysterious rhythm.  Alice in Chains probably had the most talented guitar player of the bunch whose solos were so melodic and fit the song perfectly (like Slash in GNR) versus the muddy, improvised typed solos of PJ (which again shows the differences in style). 

    Hard for me to explain, but I was thinking about this yesterday and today before even reading this thread how different all the bands were.  Throw in Smashing PUmpkins too (a distinctly different sound).    

  • kaseylily
    kaseylily Michigan, USA Posts: 259
    edited May 2017
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  • RS65573
    RS65573 Posts: 2,501
    Don't feed the trolls. Let them fester in their unrecognized hate. 
  • kaseylily
    kaseylily Michigan, USA Posts: 259
    edited May 2017
     =) 
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  • tbergs
    tbergs Posts: 10,512
    Bump. Seems like a good reminder.
    It's a hopeless situation...

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