Gigaton: Official album thread

[McParadigm]

This picture captures the seven members of the band Pearl Jam, as understood by every music journalist.

[Juvenal]

[Thejambi]

This picture captures the seven members of the band Pearl Jam, as understood by every music journalist.

Quite literally terrifying.

[Ms Harmless]

This picture captures the seven members of the band Pearl Jam, as understood by every music journalist.

that's hilarious

[Simple Torture]

Apparently there are different versions of the LP with varying etchings on the 4th side.

[epilogue]

Apparently there are different versions of the LP with varying etchings on the 4th side.

source?

[alphawolf]

Nailed it

[i got bugs]

Switch riot act n st

[Kevin Davis]

Nailed it

Actually in elementary school this would be about a 77% (8.5/11), which is like a D+. This band sucks.

[evenslow]

That interview is fucking manna from heaven. I love process-related stories, especially in regard to music. loved the little bit about buckle up:

As Ed was singing and re-singing it, he was super concerned about getting it right. He was trying to inhabit the character Stone created and convey the emotions he wanted to convey. Ed would change one word, or delete an “and” or a “the,” and even with that he’d check with Stone. And of course Stone was like, “You’re Eddie Vedder! Do whatever you want!”

[Monkey_Driven]

That interview is fucking manna from heaven. I love process-related stories, especially in regard to music. loved the little bit about buckle up:

As Ed was singing and re-singing it, he was super concerned about getting it right. He was trying to inhabit the character Stone created and convey the emotions he wanted to convey. Ed would change one word, or delete an “and” or a “the,” and even with that he’d check with Stone. And of course Stone was like, “You’re Eddie Vedder! Do whatever you want!”

That made me chuckle too.

[stip]

that's a great interview!

[epilogue]

That interview is fucking manna from heaven. I love process-related stories, especially in regard to music. loved the little bit about buckle up:

As Ed was singing and re-singing it, he was super concerned about getting it right. He was trying to inhabit the character Stone created and convey the emotions he wanted to convey. Ed would change one word, or delete an “and” or a “the,” and even with that he’d check with Stone. And of course Stone was like, “You’re Eddie Vedder! Do whatever you want!”

[stip]

" In the ProTools session, I just gave up on labeling things as verses or choruses."

one of my favorite elements of some of the faster songs

[Ms Harmless]

I love that Ed micro-manages his word salad with input from his friends

[Leatherhead]

Nailed it

Actually in elementary school this would be about a 77% (8.5/11), which is like a D+. This band sucks.

C+? Or B- if you add BS to his middle category.

[epilogue]

Nailed it

Actually in elementary school this would be about a 77% (8.5/11), which is like a D+. This band sucks.

C+?

yeah KD, wtf???

[stip]

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

“Superblood Wolfmoon”
Again, the experimental nature here is in the songwriting and the structure. For a while, what I was calling “chorus,” Ed was calling “verse.” At some point, we realized it didn’t matter. Some of that led to these textural elements, like, OK, we don’t have an easily digestible structure to hang your ear on as a listener, so let’s play around with the sound a little bit more to push things from one section to the next, or build the tension up and release it. In a traditional songwriting structure, some of those things are more baked in. This is them teetering on the edge a little bit, and it can be a little unsettling for the listener, because you don’t know what’s coming next. The normal roadsigns for what a song is aren’t there.


I am proud of myself for picking up on that, given my lack of a musical background

[Ms Harmless]

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

“Superblood Wolfmoon”
Again, the experimental nature here is in the songwriting and the structure. For a while, what I was calling “chorus,” Ed was calling “verse.” At some point, we realized it didn’t matter. Some of that led to these textural elements, like, OK, we don’t have an easily digestible structure to hang your ear on as a listener, so let’s play around with the sound a little bit more to push things from one section to the next, or build the tension up and release it. In a traditional songwriting structure, some of those things are more baked in. This is them teetering on the edge a little bit, and it can be a little unsettling for the listener, because you don’t know what’s coming next. The normal roadsigns for what a song is aren’t there.


I am proud of myself for picking up on that, given my lack of a musical background

yeah this was good work Stip

[Jorge]

Re: Superblood Wolfmoon

“Superblood Wolfmoon”
Again, the experimental nature here is in the songwriting and the structure. For a while, what I was calling “chorus,” Ed was calling “verse.” At some point, we realized it didn’t matter. Some of that led to these textural elements, like, OK, we don’t have an easily digestible structure to hang your ear on as a listener, so let’s play around with the sound a little bit more to push things from one section to the next, or build the tension up and release it. In a traditional songwriting structure, some of those things are more baked in. This is them teetering on the edge a little bit, and it can be a little unsettling for the listener, because you don’t know what’s coming next. The normal roadsigns for what a song is aren’t there.


I am proud of myself for picking up on that, given my lack of a musical background

Post-songwriting