Song of the Moment: Present Tense

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Also very good at MSG 7/9/03 & 5/21/10.
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Listening to this video up to the first chorus....

Honest question. Is it normal for a band's guitar players to be so damn bad at playing their own songs?

McCready sounds like a kid learning how to play guitar in this vid.
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Seriously BOTH MIKE AND STONE ARE SUCH SLOPPY PLAYERS. Mike is great at soloing but they're so bad at playing steadily.
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mikejasond wrote:Seriously BOTH MIKE AND STONE ARE SUCH SLOPPY PLAYERS. Mike is great at soloing but they're so bad at playing steadily.
Do you have a lot of guitar playing experience?
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Monkey_Driven wrote:
mikejasond wrote:Seriously BOTH MIKE AND STONE ARE SUCH SLOPPY PLAYERS. Mike is great at soloing but they're so bad at playing steadily.
Do you have a lot of guitar playing experience?
No, but I'm also not playing Fenway Park
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He messes up the pattern a couple of times in the first few measures, and then he settles into it. It is not a big deal.
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The entire first verse is in and out of being in time, and its sloppy in general
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The entire first verse is in and out of being in time, and its sloppy in general
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First rule of jazz. If you make a mistake repeat it immediately
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And now forever memorialized for eternity

the capstone of the definitive documentary about the greatest basket ball player to ever live

hand in hand with Jack Irons cathartic crescendo and jeff ament's groovy bass playing in present tense

for all the world to feel

forever
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96583UP wrote:And now forever memorialized for eternity

the capstone of the definitive documentary about the greatest basket ball player to ever live

hand in hand with Jack Irons cathartic crescendo and jeff ament's groovy bass playing in present tense

for all the world to feel

forever
Amen. Palms to the sky.
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PHATJ wrote:
96583UP wrote:And now forever memorialized for eternity

the capstone of the definitive documentary about the greatest basket ball player to ever live

hand in hand with Jack Irons cathartic crescendo and jeff ament's groovy bass playing in present tense

for all the world to feel

forever
Amen. Palms to the sky.
This was absolutely perfect.
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#2 on Itunes Rock Chart. How wild

http://www.itunescharts.net/us/charts/songs/rock/
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I never think of Pearl Jam songs as working in the context of sports highlights reels but this worked...even better than MLB completely reconfigured the meaning to Can’t Deny Me for their World Series promo.
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I love listening to PJ while doing sports, skateboarding...hell, i listened to St, Gigaton, No Code and Yield while painting my roof.
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What's this about?
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
Leatherhead wrote:What's this about?
Do you see the way that tree bends?
I'm fuckin' inspired.
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I looked up what you guys were talking about and found:
"I guess the point of that song, which was a rare good moment on the first of many terrible Pearl Jam albums released since..."
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gardenparty wrote:#2 on Itunes Rock Chart. How wild

http://www.itunescharts.net/us/charts/songs/rock/
Now #1
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