Gigaton: Official album thread

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

I'm the authority. Mike pointed at me once at a show, so I know he was anointing me

[Strat]

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

I'm the authority. Mike pointed at me once at a show, so I know he was anointing me

He pointed at me in 2003 though.

[Jaeti]

Got my first Mike-point in 2000.

[PHATJ]

I have Ed’s guitar pic, does that count?

[WtOB?]

i have matt cameron’s sweat band, which means i know about pearl jam AND soundgarden.

[Ms Harmless]

I got shit

[WtOB?]

in case people don’t know, matt wears his own signature sweat band with the letters MC on them.

[VinylGuy]

Actually makes think about how essential those spacey guitar atmospherics are to the album’s sparkle. Kudos to Mike.

There are elements where he tries to add those elements on Lighting Bolt (song and album) and they get flattened out by the albums production.




I haven't had the chance to listen to Gigaton all day. About to. Looking forward to it!

Yeah, mike has been great for a long time.

[E.H. Ruddock]

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

I'm the authority. Mike pointed at me once at a show, so I know he was anointing me

He pointed at me in 2003 though.

But when he looked at me, he mouthed "you know"

[Strat]

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

I'm the authority. Mike pointed at me once at a show, so I know he was anointing me

He pointed at me in 2003 though.

But when he looked at me, he mouthed "you know"

Is gigaton gonna year us apart

[Ms Harmless]

OK so my Gigaton complaints:

I don't like some of what I see as the poppier elements of WES; and it bothers me because so much of it is amazing, in a vintage PJ way, like really exciting (basically everything from "home is where the broken heart is" onwards)

I can't help thinking everything before the guitars come in on SBWM is unnecessary time-wasting

I actually like "Retrograde", but you can tell Ed recorded it earlier with BoB (ticks like pronouncing "the" as "thwuh"); but it seems like Josh probably turned his voice back down to meld with the rest of the songs, and let them have that amazing end section, so whatever

and that's it; everything else has surpassed my wildest 2020 dreams

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[elliseamos]

I'd say PJ has maybe 10 five star songs.

And you assume that’s the correct number because..?

I'm the authority. Mike pointed at me once at a show, so I know he was anointing me

He pointed at me in 2003 though.

But when he looked at me, he mouthed "you know"

Is gigaton gonna year us apart

That's not what I year.

[Sgt. Crackpot]

Remember when Ed was doing that "reflect the spotlight over the crowd off his guitar" thing in 2003? He hit my retina dead on and caused a permanent vision impediment in that eye. Nerr, suck on that.

[guitar_davey]

I got shit

I was at a show in Buffalo where Ed told the story of this song's title. Pretty good.

[VinylGuy]

OK so my Gigaton complaints:

I don't like some of what I see as the poppier elements of WES; and it bothers me because so much of it is amazing, in a vintage PJ way, like really exciting (basically everything from "home is where the broken heart is" onwards)

I can't help thinking everything before the guitars come in on SBWM is unnecessary time-wasting

I actually like "Retrograde", but you can tell Ed recorded it earlier with BoB (ticks like pronouncing "the" as "thwuh"); but it seems like Josh probably turned his voice back down to meld with the rest of the songs, and let them have that amazing end section, so whatever

and that's it; everything else has surpassed my wildest 2020 dreams

I agree with the poppier elements of WES, specially in the chorus. But its such a good song its fine.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[96583UP]

I am part of the no leak club and barely check this thread at all because who fucking cares but i am starting to wonder if this will be like binaural where i put the album on and skip the first couple tracks because they actually suck compared to the rest of the album

[96583UP]

dont feel compelled to respond to my post either because i probably wont be checking this thread again for a while

in fact mods can feel free to move both of these posts to the 'random pearl jam related thoughts you have' thread or somewhere in Food & Dining