Pearl Jam Videos

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Birds in Hell]

Yeah, very cool.

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

[bodysnatcher]

surely he's getting his fair share of royalties though?

[Birds in Hell]

So it's a Don Draper "that's what the money's for!" situation.

I don't know, I think they hugely minimise his contribution to their success at a really crucial time for the band.

[littlecomment]

Yeah, very cool.

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

The ‘96 Grammy speech and then this performance are the only acknowledgments I can think of offhand, though there might be other instances.

[wease]

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

So it's a Don Draper "that's what the money's for!" situation.

I don't know, I think they hugely minimise his contribution to their success at a really crucial time for the band.

Yes. Yes. Yes.

[VinylGuy]

Yeah, very cool.

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

yeah, its so weird. I blame Ed and Jeff...Stone and Mike always talked about him differently.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[wease]

Yeah, very cool.

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

yeah, its so weird. I blame Ed and Jeff...Stone and Mike always talked about him differently.

I bet they still miss the funk bounce

Who doesn’t?

[evenslow]

Yeah, very cool.

I still think the band have treated Dave abysmally. He's easily the band's most iconic drummer, it reflects so poorly on them that they've extended no public goodwill to him in all these years.

yeah, its so weird. I blame Ed and Jeff...Stone and Mike always talked about him differently.

I bet they still miss the funk bounce

Who doesn’t?

Spoiler: show

Spoiler: show

[Birds in Hell]

Jack still has the bounce (he was in RHCP!), it's just a different bounce than Dave's.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Birds in Hell]

Oh, definitely, but I just mean to contrast both Dave and Jack to Matt, who has absolutely zero funk in his playing.

Dave and Jack were different drummers but there's definitely a continuum of groove that runs through that whole period, even if Jack's groove was definitely more relaxed and less precise.

[bodysnatcher]

Matt has funk. It’s just a different kind, as in, “Man, these socks smell funky.”

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[Birds in Hell]

Oh, definitely, but I just mean to contrast both Dave and Jack to Matt, who has absolutely zero funk in his playing.

It's frustrating because it took them until Riot Act to really figure out how to apply Matt's sound to the band's music (I love Binaural, but Matt's role seems to be more of "it works" rather than "it slays.") And then they immediately started simplifying their music! Like instead of saying "Whoa, songs like Cropduster and You Are are kind of a cool new direction for us," they instead said "Hey we can just write straightforward rock music like Bruce Springsteen now."

The funny thing is that both Cropduster and You Are are Matt's songs, which is a perfect illustration of how they broke the band when they brought Matt in. His style doesn't work for the kind of songs the other guys write (or their back catalogue) and only really feels natural on his own songs.

Oh well, they had a good thing going for a while there.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[wease]

Oh, definitely, but I just mean to contrast both Dave and Jack to Matt, who has absolutely zero funk in his playing.

It's frustrating because it took them until Riot Act to really figure out how to apply Matt's sound to the band's music (I love Binaural, but Matt's role seems to be more of "it works" rather than "it slays.") And then they immediately started simplifying their music! Like instead of saying "Whoa, songs like Cropduster and You Are are kind of a cool new direction for us," they instead said "Hey we can just write straightforward rock music like Bruce Springsteen now."

The funny thing is that both Cropduster and You Are are Matt's songs, which is a perfect illustration of how they broke the band when they brought Matt in. His style doesn't work for the kind of songs the other guys write (or their back catalogue) and only really feels natural on his own songs.

Oh well, they had a good thing going for a while there.

I always forget that You Are is a Matt song, because I always associate it with Stone playing with the drum machine/guitar setup

So it’s settled then. Bring back Dave A!

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

The funny thing is that both Cropduster and You Are are Matt's songs, which is a perfect illustration of how they broke the band when they brought Matt in. His style doesn't work for the kind of songs the other guys write (or their back catalogue) and only really feels natural on his own songs.

Oh well, they had a good thing going for a while there.

IMO, it's not Matt that's the problem, but the rest of the band.

He is clearly at a level above the other 4 and they cannot relate or keep up with it.

Especially Mike. I don't think I've ever heard him play one of Matt's songs correctly. Ever.

[bodysnatcher]

Probably bc it requires concentration and not shimmying across the stage with your guitar behind your head while you point at random people in the crowd