are pearl jam really bothered about releasing a new album anytime soon?

He was saying that its been said before a few times already that he’d record more.  Meaning “Repeated” Like a record that’s broken.  

The world isnt ending, folks.  


“When I do those, it’s mostly to clean off the shelves and finish stuff; it’s stuff that has been on the Pearl Jam shelf for a few years and nobody is really responding to it. I think all of us have gotten into the habit of finishing stuff up and putting it out. This is a broken record, but I think I’ve said that I would record a lot more with Pearl Jam if that was what could happen.”

cp3iverson said:

He was saying tha thatgt its been said before a few times already that he’d record more.  Meaning “Repeated” Like a record that’s broken.  

The world isnt ending, folks.  


“When I do those, it’s mostly to clean off the shelves and finish stuff; it’s stuff that has been on the Pearl Jam shelf for a few years and nobody is really responding to it. I think all of us have gotten into the habit of finishing stuff up and putting it out. This is a broken record, but I think I’ve said that I would record a lot more with Pearl Jam if that was what could happen.”

Could be. English is not my mother tongue, so I may miss the syntax or the semantics. It could also be in the way the interview was represented. But the borken record seems to refer to *me*, and I could way be off the ballpark here (or out of it), that it is half done. That they have songs but that they are not happy with the complete picture. But that is my *interpretation*. It doesnt seem to me that the words were used in a repetitive sense, like "I sound like a broken record", but that the record is simply not done yet. I hate these shelf comments btw. Ed made a similar comment in the promo video of LB. (I think he used the word attic.) I am sure they dont mean it this way, but it gives the impression that making an album is factory work. "Oh this is done, now we have more room on the assymbly (sp?) line." As an artist myself I dont believe in this approach. A song or any piece of art is like a living organism. You give it water, sunlight and see how it grows. Sometimes you dont like it and  it ends up in the pile of "not good enough". A pile that is often bigger than the pile "this is it". The funny thing is that the water, sunlight etc. sometimes happens in a few hours - that is often your best work. Other times you have tinker away for months or even years. It misses something - a layer, a dimension, something that makes it greater - and it comes to you during the most inconvenient moments; when you are standing in a long line at the grocery store for example. And you can hit yourself on the forehead that you didnt see it before, for in retrospective it was right in front of you.

But that is my experience.

When I sometimes read the quotes of PJ - and they are quotes so caution is necessary - they make it sound that every idea is a source material. That they do not have a "not good enough pile". Which is BS if you think of  it for "Of the Earth" and other outtakes were thrown on that pile.

In short, I interpret the "broken record" comment more as an inspirational thing. They have some songs, but no direction. As I stated before PJ doesnt only write good songs, they also write cohesive records with often a theme that connects the songs together. For some reason (often personal reasons, a death patch - something every artist goes through; doesnt mean they will break up or anything - we are just not used to it, because as a band they are/ were quite prolific) they are artistically stuck. (Or they are recording as I speak and I blow smoke out of my ass right now.) But each album had something that tied it all together: Vs. was about (inner) struggle (each song deals with this theme), Ten about growing up and coming of age (maybe the reason why so many people connected to it), Vitalogy (also re. the booklet) about conformity and how this is contextualized in space and time, even the albums people throw off as a series of songs had things in common: LB about personal revelations (just think of the title song), BS about going back to their roots (for RA and ST feels a bit awkward to me: RA feels lost and ST almost like an overcompensation) etc. Mind you, this is *my* interpretation. But I can imagine if all five members are not on the same page at the moment or in the same inspirational plane, it can be frustrating. The best art comes if you dont force it. If you as an artist dont stand in between the art and the development of it. (I hope this is clear somehow.) So I see this hiatus more as an inspirational struggle. And no, I do not think and it is wise and even insulting if we as fans start to single out members that are "to blame". We dont know. We do not know the personal circumstances and we do not know the impact Cornell had. Matt was a drummer of Soundgarden for Christs sakes.

Ok, I stop the monologue now. But this is just my take on it.

Broken record is 100% referring to Jeff repeating himself in interviews that he would like to record more with Pearl Jam.  Very common phrase.  

Im surprised this is still on the band's site, and so many fans forget this fact:



"Pearl Jam's new track from their forthcoming album on Monkeywrench/Republic Records is out now!

“Can’t Deny Me” was co-produced by Pearl Jam and Brendan O'Brien. The track was recorded in Seattle last month and released as a surprise early download to Ten Club members last Saturday.

Eddie wrote the song's lyrics set to music written by Mike. Jeff created the single's artwork in collaboration with PJ's longtime Videographer, Kevin Shuss."

only reason is that affect the tour plans,,pj are the best live band of all times,,i want  tour to go see the world,meet people ,see shws,live music..live my life to the full..
i donrt care if they gonna put new music again or not,its their business.if they are ready,want to do it,its welcome..other than that,give me  pj on stage.

Doubt it