Has anyone heard the new Pearl Jam album yet?

MgoBlue-LightSpecial · Fri Apr 21, 2006 5:19 pm

I'm sure SM will be by to let us know. He owns discs by Pearl Jam that even Pearl Jam doesn't know about.

Screw_Michigan · Post by **Screw_Michigan** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:01 pm

MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I'm sure SM will be by to let us know. He owns discs by Pearl Jam that even Pearl Jam doesn't know about.

thanks for the backhanded compliment, cum-swapper. i haven't heard the album yet, but i plan on getting it soon. the ten club is packaging a boot from new year's 91 that is pretty epic.

BSmack · Post by **BSmack** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 6:24 pm

Screw_Michigan wrote:
MgoBlue-LightSpecial wrote:I'm sure SM will be by to let us know. He owns discs by Pearl Jam that even Pearl Jam doesn't know about.
thanks for the backhanded compliment, cum-swapper. i haven't heard the album yet, but i plan on getting it soon. the ten club is packaging a boot from new year's 91 that is pretty epic.

Epic? I don't think so. In case you missed it, and I'm sure you did, Perl Jam has already released every album they have ever recorded, or ever will record to the Beaverton, Oregon area. Yea, that's right. Up here in the U&L we have these things called time machines that allow us to peruse the record shops of the future.

sin

Dins

PS: The only thing worse than The Flaming Lips in 2006 is the release of the Flaming Lips Super Bowl LXXI Halftime Show.

bbqjones · Post by **bbqjones** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 9:34 pm

it no good

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 10:06 pm

For me, Pearl Jam was a great band for its time, but that time has been long over.

Like U2 and REM, they took themselves way too seriously.

Derron · Post by **Derron** » Fri Apr 28, 2006 11:27 pm

Like U2 and REM, they took themselves way too seriously.

Yeah I guess thats why they have lasted 25 plus years and can still sell everything they record. Kind of like:

Lynrd Skynrd, The Rolling Stones, CSNY, Ted Nugent and some of the other "super groups" who took themselves too seriously.

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:22 am

Derron wrote:
Like U2 and REM, they took themselves way too seriously.

Yeah I guess thats why they have lasted 25 plus years and can still sell everything they record.

If you think Pearl Jam has existed 25 years, you are an idiot. If you were referring to U2 and REM, then your statement that they "can still sell everything they record" only applies to their die-hard fans. REM's latter efforts tanked. Big time. U2's latest didn't have nearly the impact of their 80's stuff. "Uno, dos, tres, catorce?" Brilliant. And the Grammy win? Two words: Milli Vanilli.

Derron wrote:Kind of like:

Lynrd Skynrd, The Rolling Stones, CSNY, Ted Nugent and some of the other "super groups" who took themselves too seriously.

I didn't see members of those groups pontificating to media outlets about world crises like Bono does. How that guy warrants an audience with Bush mystifies me. The other groups hardly took themselves as seriously, politically, as U2/REM/Pearl Jam. The Stones' recent album had one political track (which is totally a Jagger rant), and well, it didn't do well. Nuge is a joke politically, not to mention a blip on the cultural radar.

Rock musicians are not poli sci majors and embarass themselves when they aspire to some sort of political significance. I'm not saying they're not entitled to their opinions...I'm just saying that if they think, for one second, that their status as rock stars gives them special political insights or weight, then they need to adjust their dosages. I could not care less what Neil Young, Eddie Vedder, Mick Jagger, etc. think about Bush, Congress, flat tax, Iraq, Reconstruction, the New Deal, etc.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 4:18 am

i don't see where being a poli sci major makes you capable of having credible political opinions. I work in higher education. whatever that might mean. I've seen those people, they are just as dumb as everyone else.

Arnold is the Governor of California. but he's a tough hombre, "no economic girlie man".

REM hasn't made a good record since Fables.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 5:52 am

I thought REM's big record deal was strange. Of course, at that time, they were selling a lot of records. Whatever, it still signaled their permanent swoon.

On some days I think Chronictown was their last best. Other more charitable days, I find Murmur to be good.

Whatever U2 was onto, they set it down the minute they climbed up on stage with BB King or whatever other "blues musician" was available that day. Strange thing was...Coldplay picked it up and ran with it.

If you walk away...

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:09 am

REM was better when they didn't know how to write songs.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 6:15 am

I didn't like anything after Pearl Jam's first album. :(

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 12:44 pm

Pearl Jam's first two albums were pretty good, IMHO. "Ten" blew me away when it first came out, and I really liked "Vs." (especially "Elderly Woman.."). "Vitalogy" just didn't do it for me at all, and it went downhill from there for me. And, perhap just conicidentally, Vedder started getting more vocal (or just more publicity) regarding his political views.

REM had some pretty good stuff early on, but as soon as Stipe started getting too political, the band also seemed to fizzle.

U2 has always been political, butve energies it just seems that Bono's efforts to speak out on African and American topics has diverted his creative energies. Just my opinion.

I agree that poli sci majors may not necessarily always have greater insights, but I know damned sure that rock stars, in general, have no more insight into complex world events than the dude slamming back beers in the local bar who catches the news on TV/radio/internet...and yet so many of them think otherwise.

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:27 pm

BtH,

I haven't listened to much Pearl Jam. I heard a single off of this new effort, I guess it's called "world-wide suicide" or something. I noticed that the instruments were in use a bit more, they sound a little more energized than they did before.

However, the mix really drowns them out. Vedder's voice is front and center, actually, it's FAR too prominent. I guess if you're a fan, his voice is the selling point, but myself, any glimmer of enjoyment would come from more band, less Vedder. Sure, he's got a good voice, but the sound's pretty thin with the voice up so high in the mix.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:17 pm

Rolling Stone says it's the best album in 10 years. They say Eddie got his "mojo" back. I downloaded "World Wide Suicide" this morning and it does remind me of the old stuff more. I'll definitely check out the new album and see if it's worthy of all the rave reviews it's getting. They just hadn't impressed me after Ten.

Funkywhiteboy · Post by **Funkywhiteboy** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 3:16 pm

Mike the Lab Rat wrote:I agree that poli sci majors may not necessarily always have greater insights,

I was a poli sci major in college. :wink:

but I know damned sure that rock stars, in general, have no more insight into complex world events than the dude slamming back beers in the local bar who catches the news on TV/radio/internet...and yet so many of them think otherwise.

The stars simply have a bigger pulpit from which to sound off.
To my bad self, music is an entertainment thing (as in, fun), and I don't want a lot of heavy, serious political messages
in my listening. If I want politics, I'll turn on one of the news channels.

Mike the Lab Rat · Post by **Mike the Lab Rat** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 7:07 pm

Funkywhiteboy wrote:The stars simply have a bigger pulpit from which to sound off.
To my bad self, music is an entertainment thing (as in, fun), and I don't want a lot of heavy, serious political messages
in my listening. If I want politics, I'll turn on one of the news channels.

Exactly.

I get that they think that because they have our ear, they think they have the ability to help change the world...but they have no idea that they tend to come off like some college sophomore who just got turned on to Kerouac or Dante and feels the need to preach about it to anyone within earshot ("Ohmigohd, 'On the Road' is like soooooo deep!"). Just shut up and play music until your proverbial 15 minutes is up.

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 8:16 pm

are you guys saying that just because Madonna wore a Che Guevera T, you didn't all of a sudden become commies?

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:55 pm

You can order and download the album here.

http://www.mp3search.ru/album.html?id=39024

PSUFAN · Post by **PSUFAN** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:50 am

King Crimson wrote:are you guys saying that just because Madonna wore a Che Guevera T, you didn't all of a sudden become commies?

heh heh...that's why I like me some King Crimson postings, dude has got the big funnay

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 6:14 pm

patsy stone wrote:You can order and download the album here.

http://www.mp3search.ru/album.html?id=39024

order??

I've had it for 2 weeks.

Got my tickets to see them at the MGM on July 6th. Sonic Youth is opening for them here.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:20 pm

JCT wrote:
patsy stone wrote:You can order and download the album here.

http://www.mp3search.ru/album.html?id=39024

order??

I meant "buy", retard.

I've had it for 2 weeks.

Well how the hell is it? That's why this thread was started!

Got my tickets to see them at the MGM on July 6th. Sonic Youth is opening for them here.

Hope SY is good live.

JCT · Post by **JCT** » Sun Apr 30, 2006 7:27 pm

patsy stone wrote:

I've had it for 2 weeks.
Well how the hell is it? That's why this thread was started!

Because I am an internet God and legend. Also, I didn't notice this thread until today.

peter dragon · Post by **peter dragon** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:28 pm

buy? hahahaha!

http://ts.searching.com/torrent/722547/ ... l_Jam_2006

King Crimson · Post by **King Crimson** » Mon May 01, 2006 8:47 pm

patsy stone wrote: Hope SY is good live.

no comment. making a bad, very disapproving face. will refrain from making snotty comment about PJ.

PrimeX · Post by **PrimeX** » Tue May 02, 2006 5:16 pm

Thursday May 5th.

Exclusive Concert to be Webcast Live from the Ed Sullivan Theater

Get a front-row seat to an exclusive, live-on-the-web concert event featuring Pearl Jam.

It all begins with Pearl Jam taping their performance on LATE SHOW for broadcast later that evening. Then, immediately following the show taping, Pearl Jam will take the stage again to perform a special concert featuring some of the group's favorite hits as well as never-before-heard cuts from their new CD, "Pearl Jam" (pre-order the CD at http://www.pearljam.com/goods).

To watch the concert live:
Log on to http://www.cbs.com/lateshow
Date: Thursday, May 4
Time: 5:55PM ET/2:55PM PT (approximately)

Then be sure to tune into the LATE SHOW at 11:30PM ET/PT to catch their regularly scheduled appearance with Dave (along with Julia Roberts).

http://www.cbs.com/latenight/latesh...e_on_letterman/

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Fri May 05, 2006 3:33 am

Don't get it from mp3search just yet. I made that mistake. Every song except the fucking single sounds like it was recorded off a boombox.

Thankfully, the newsgroup I frequent had pristine copies of it.

I've seen them live twice, but I'm not a diehard by any stretch of the imagination. This album is the best I've heard them in years. It has a couple of slower songs, but for the most part, it remains focused and doesn't bore. I recommend it if you've ever liked their stuff.

patsy stone · Post by **patsy stone** » Fri May 05, 2006 11:19 am

At Large wrote:Don't get it from mp3search just yet. I made that mistake. Every song except the fucking single sounds like it was recorded off a boombox.

Wow... I've NEVER had this problem from that site! :(

Sorry dude...

MuchoBulls · Post by **MuchoBulls** » Fri May 05, 2006 12:19 pm

patsy stone wrote:I didn't like anything after Pearl Jam's first album. :(

RACK!!

At Large · Post by **At Large** » Mon May 08, 2006 2:50 pm

patsy stone wrote:
At Large wrote:Don't get it from mp3search just yet. I made that mistake. Every song except the fucking single sounds like it was recorded off a boombox.
Wow... I've NEVER had this problem from that site! :(

Sorry dude...

Neither had I. This was the first time I got burned.