Vs. 30th Anniversary (Reissue, see page 3)

[bodysnatcher]

If they wanted to be the most ultra of retro, they’d go to 10-inch 78s

I’m sure it’s coming at some point

[tommy]

I liked Ten well enough. I was sorta suspicious of them as a band. Is it new? Is it this grunge thing? It’s sounds like classic rock/dad rock to my ears.

But then Vs came
I heard Go on a music tv show.
Next day sent into town with money to buy schoolbooks for the new year and I ‘forgot’ to buy the German textbook and bought Vs on cassette. (Mine said Five Against One, also)

Never looked back. This was my band

yeah, similar to what happen to me in terms of not being very blown away with Ten and this being the first time i kinda become obsessed with the band.

Same.

Black is probably the only song on Ten that I come back to.
Sometimes Garden also.
But that's it.
And I'm a devout PJ head through and through.

And to think that I had bought the Vs CD by accident! I, a young boy, was sent to Tower Records to get Dad something by Pink Floyd. To my shame I misremembered the band name. I knew it started with a P. But what came after it? Very vague. Anyways, the place was crawling with posters and promo materials for an album by a band that did start with a P! It had a weird sheep on the cover, but judging how everyone seemed to treat it as THE NEXT BIG THING, obviously this must be what Dad was after, right?

So I bring it home and he takes a look at it and goes "wth is this shit? I said Pink Floyd! PINK FLOYD!"

So I ended up keeping it and I gave it a spin and the rest is history.

Did your Dad ever listen to it?

[guitar_davey]

This was the first CD I ever bought with my own money. I happened to wander into the music store at the mall on its release day and there was that sheep photograph all over the display out front. I had no idea that they had a new album coming out, but I recognized the "pearl jam" on the cover and took a roll of the dice.

I knew Ten because my sister had a copy, and I liked it well enough, but as others have said it was fine but whatever. This was an entirely different thing -- it was heavier, grittier, and more eclectic, not to mention sonically superior to the first album. I just remember it being so weird to my 15-year-old ears, but in the best way imaginable. Daughter was, to my ears, the most jarring detour, but I absolutely loved it. Rearviewmirror was the first listen favourite and remains for me one of the best ever PJ tunes. I also remember Elderly Woman being immediately memorable, although it felt like less of a curveball by that point in the record. The stuff in the booklet really resonated as well -- growing up in Canada we got all our American TV through Detroit affiliates and I recognized the picture of the guy who had been beaten to death by the cops -- that had been all over the news. It reinforced a lot of truth about the world to a naive, small town Canadian kid. I've bought every Pearl Jam record since on its release day.

Anyway, happy birthday, Vs! Despite all of our disagreements around here, I feel like this record is probably one thing, broadly speaking, that we all agree on.

[guitar_davey]

And to think that I had bought the Vs CD by accident! I, a young boy, was sent to Tower Records to get Dad something by Pink Floyd. To my shame I misremembered the band name. I knew it started with a P. But what came after it? Very vague. Anyways, the place was crawling with posters and promo materials for an album by a band that did start with a P! It had a weird sheep on the cover, but judging how everyone seemed to treat it as THE NEXT BIG THING, obviously this must be what Dad was after, right?

So I bring it home and he takes a look at it and goes "wth is this shit? I said Pink Floyd! PINK FLOYD!"

So I ended up keeping it and I gave it a spin and the rest is history.

This is incredible.

[wease]

Price has nothing to do with my not wanting vinyl

Sorry, you were complaining on multiple fronts. I got confused.

Just thinking of you and all the purchases they keep foisting on you.

[dad]

Price has nothing to do with my not wanting vinyl

Sorry, you were complaining on multiple fronts. I got confused.

Just thinking of you and all the purchases they keep foisting on you.

damn.

[B]

I'm not even in the top ten collectors on THIS forum.

[wease]

Don’t sell yourself so short.

[Chris_H_2]

i ... uh ... i ... ahem ... i bought this.

[liebzz]

Yeah, I also was one who liked Ten well enough but didn’t even own it when Vs. came out. I went to my friend’s party, who got this as a gift by her friend. They threw it in the tape deck during this party, and I just remember thinking that it all sounded so familiar, like I had heard it a thousand times, even though it was my first listen. Within a week I got my own copy and Ten for good measure and listened nonstop. Once the whole Atlanta ‘94 radio broadcast happened, that was the nail in the coffin to becoming a lifelong fan.

[liebzz]

Don’t sell yourself so short.

Judge Smails: I’m no slouch myself
Chevy Chase: Don’t sell yourself short, you’re a tremendous slouch.

[dad]

i ... uh ... i ... ahem ... i bought this.

proud of you.

[Chris_H_2]

i ... uh ... i ... ahem ... i bought this.

proud of you.

i feel shame

[B]

I only bought 1 of the 5 things that went up for sale today.

[wease]

Don’t sell yourself so short.

Judge Smails: I’m no slouch myself
Chevy Chase: Don’t sell yourself short, you’re a tremendous slouch.

I think of that exchange every time

[wease]

I only bought 1 of the 5 things that went up for sale today.

Didn’t get to them in time, eh?

[dad]

I only bought 1 of the 5 things that went up for sale today.

how do you live with yourself?

[dad]

i ... uh ... i ... ahem ... i bought this.

proud of you.

i feel shame

i bought it too, and i'm not in the shame stage yet.

[bodysnatcher]

I only bought 1 of the 5 things that went up for sale today.

5 against 1

[B]

This would've been a fun thing to reissue. Missed RSD opportunity.

http://www.pjcollectors.com/detail.asp?id=180