Gigaton: Official album thread

[evenslow]

this was clearly just a fun opening gambit for the diehards. monday will be album/tour/perhaps single official announcement.

Spoiler: show

right?

[bodysnatcher]

Jorge is famous: “I hope this is a logical extension of Backspacer and Lightning Bolt I love those albums so much I named my son ‘Lightning B. Spacer,” one fan commented on Instagram

https://www.spin.com/2020/01/pearl-jam-new-album-tease/

What percentage of the fan base is missing the sarcasm in that post?

97%

[Chris_H_2]

you know what's another cool way to promote a new album?

a single

these guys have a gigaton of money, and they're nearly 30 years into their careers. this is getting pretty old. just release the album digitally unannounced like radiohead and be done with it.

Yeah, this teaser stuff doesn't excite me at all. It feels like they're trying to make a new album a "big deal", as though Joe Public gives two hoots about Pearl Jam - or that's even something worthwhile to aim for.

Can't these guys just do something small, simple and direct?

"Here's our new single, new album is out next month. See you on the road, etc."

i like the imagery and the audio snippet, but the campaign feels like something a 45yo old marketing manager would come up with. "Hey, Instagram is such a huge tool. and AR tools are cool right? Snapchat and things."

man you guys are grumpy.

It's true though, PJ no longer knows their market.

rm is not their market.

but neither are the people that tweet "come to brazil" over and over again or those that incessantly follow their every move. the demographic of the average pearl jam fan is white, male, between the ages of 40 and 60, and who probably haven't put on a pearl jam album from start to finish in 6 1/2 years. and this marketing ploy neither reaches nor excite 95% of the people that call themselves fans. so i think it's ok to question that ploy.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

lol everything

[Monkey_Driven]

this was clearly just a fun opening gambit for the diehards. monday will be album/tour/perhaps single official announcement.

Spoiler: show

right?

Surely. Right?!

[Chris_H_2]

[evenslow]

you know what's another cool way to promote a new album?

a single

these guys have a gigaton of money, and they're nearly 30 years into their careers. this is getting pretty old. just release the album digitally unannounced like radiohead and be done with it.

Yeah, this teaser stuff doesn't excite me at all. It feels like they're trying to make a new album a "big deal", as though Joe Public gives two hoots about Pearl Jam - or that's even something worthwhile to aim for.

Can't these guys just do something small, simple and direct?

"Here's our new single, new album is out next month. See you on the road, etc."

i like the imagery and the audio snippet, but the campaign feels like something a 45yo old marketing manager would come up with. "Hey, Instagram is such a huge tool. and AR tools are cool right? Snapchat and things."

man you guys are grumpy.

It's true though, PJ no longer knows their market.

rm is not their market.

but neither are the people that tweet "come to brazil" over and over again or those that incessantly follow their every move. the demographic of the average pearl jam fan is white, male, between the ages of 40 and 60, and who probably haven't put on a pearl jam album from start to finish in 6 1/2 years. and this marketing ploy neither reaches nor excite 95% of the people that call themselves fans. so i think it's ok to question that ploy.

there's no need to take this that seriously, my friend. like i said, today was an opening gambit and then likely monday is the rest.

[evenslow]

and they really should come to brazil.

[Chris_H_2]

you know what's another cool way to promote a new album?

a single

these guys have a gigaton of money, and they're nearly 30 years into their careers. this is getting pretty old. just release the album digitally unannounced like radiohead and be done with it.

Yeah, this teaser stuff doesn't excite me at all. It feels like they're trying to make a new album a "big deal", as though Joe Public gives two hoots about Pearl Jam - or that's even something worthwhile to aim for.

Can't these guys just do something small, simple and direct?

"Here's our new single, new album is out next month. See you on the road, etc."

i like the imagery and the audio snippet, but the campaign feels like something a 45yo old marketing manager would come up with. "Hey, Instagram is such a huge tool. and AR tools are cool right? Snapchat and things."

man you guys are grumpy.

It's true though, PJ no longer knows their market.

rm is not their market.

but neither are the people that tweet "come to brazil" over and over again or those that incessantly follow their every move. the demographic of the average pearl jam fan is white, male, between the ages of 40 and 60, and who probably haven't put on a pearl jam album from start to finish in 6 1/2 years. and this marketing ploy neither reaches nor excite 95% of the people that call themselves fans. so i think it's ok to question that ploy.

there's no need to take this that seriously, my friend. like i said, today was an opening gambit and then likely monday is the rest.

i really don't take it seriously. it's just more of a reminder of how far the pendulum has swung the other way from where things were before.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[epilogue]

Ruddo, now's your chance.

[Monkey_Driven]

Can one of the mods please lock either this or the other new album thread? It’s annoying trying to keep up with both, for fear that you might actually miss something important in one of the threads

Mods, please ignore this post.

[Juvenal]

My nipples are so goddamn erect right now.

[bodysnatcher]

Can one of the mods please lock either this or the other new album thread? It’s annoying trying to keep up with both, for fear that you might actually miss something important in one of the threads

yeah the Gigaton thread is gonna be 100+ pages long before this thing gets released

[Anders]

Lol that's awesome. I saw his post early this morning and laughed my ass off

Same. Very funny.

[Chris_H_2]

My nipples are so goddamn erect right now.

turn the heat up in your house

[epilogue]

Welp, sorry Ruddo. You missed your window.

[Matters]

it's just more of a reminder of how far the pendulum has swung the other way from where things were before.

Pendulums don’t swing, they throw.

[Matters]

Can one of the mods please lock either this or the other new album thread? It’s annoying trying to keep up with both, for fear that you might actually miss something important in one of the threads

[dprival78]

Can one of the mods please lock either this or the other new album thread? It’s annoying trying to keep up with both, for fear that you might actually miss something important in one of the threads

there's already a.... gigaton... of posts in the other one