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joostone wrote:It says that the album is never annoying with jams
Who the hell gets annoyed with jams?! Those are fightin' words
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Clem Halibut wrote:What's so Punny about Peace Love and Understanding?
A wonderful pun, absolutely wonderful...truly..

A note...if I could be so bold?
How about we try..ready?

Peace, Love, and PUNderstanding?
eh? EH!!? No?

Oh
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oneway23 wrote:
Clem Halibut wrote:What's so Punny about Peace Love and Understanding?
A wonderful pun, absolutely wonderful...truly..

A note...if I could be so bold?
How about we try..ready?

Peace, Love, and PUNderstanding?
eh? EH!!? No?

Oh
Love it !!
“The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts, while the stupid ones are full of confidence.”
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Clem Halibut wrote:
oneway23 wrote:
Clem Halibut wrote:What's so Punny about Peace Love and Understanding?
A wonderful pun, absolutely wonderful...truly..

A note...if I could be so bold?
How about we try..ready?

Peace, Love, and PUNderstanding?
eh? EH!!? No?

Oh
Love it !!
:nice:
We still make records to be listened to — not that everyone will listen to a record track one to twelve in a row or side A or Side B — but we still make 'em in case somebody does want to listen to it like that, that's how we make em…
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it's like watching the opening sketch of the Great British Baking Show
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stip wrote:it's like watching the opening sketch of the Great British Baking Show
Never seen, but I'm going to assume this to be the equivalent of the funniest Richard Pryor CDs I own
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stip wrote:it's like watching the opening sketch of the Great British Baking Show
Or the opening banter of Taskmaster. I'm now imagining every pun being told by Alex Horne to a very disapproving Greg? Davies
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oneway23 wrote:
stip wrote:it's like watching the opening sketch of the Great British Baking Show
Never seen, but I'm going to assume this to be the equivalent of the funniest Richard Pryor CDs I own
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Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
Pearl Jam is the only band I'll spend money on.
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Was Gigaton being written about this way when it came out? At least half the reviews describe it as this weird, plodding, atmospheric album and Dark Matter as the "return to energy" album. I feel like that was not the case at all 4 years ago. Feels a bit like revisionism (is that the right word?).
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Release_Me wrote:Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
They also found SS embarrassing
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Val wrote:
Release_Me wrote:Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
They also found SS embarrassing
That seems to be the running theme among the reviews. SS the worst, Running and Dark Matter almost never talked about as highlights and the first two being good rockers.

"this is audibly the work of wealthy men in late middle age"
I wonder how one comes to that conclusion. Is that really apparent in the MUSIC or does the writer just want to hear it because he knows they are wealthy? Weird take. Pearl Jam probably were already wealthy when Vitalogy came out. Was that audibly the work of wealthy young men?
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- Andrew Watt make Pearl Jam (who were once good from 1991-1994) young again
- Gigaton boring, Dark Matter rocks
- Something Special Bad
- Scared of Fear, React/Response, Waiting for Stevie good
- It's a pretty good album, 4/5 stars

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Mike wrote:
Val wrote:
Release_Me wrote:Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
They also found SS embarrassing
That seems to be the running theme among the reviews. SS the worst, Running and Dark Matter almost never talked about as highlights and the first two being good rockers.

"this is audibly the work of wealthy men in late middle age"
I wonder how one comes to that conclusion. Is that really apparent in the MUSIC or does the writer just want to hear it because he knows they are wealthy? Weird take. Pearl Jam probably were already wealthy when Vitalogy came out. Was that audibly the work of wealthy young men?
"This Record Sounds Like Money" would be a good album title
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Ms Harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:
Val wrote:
Release_Me wrote:Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
They also found SS embarrassing
That seems to be the running theme among the reviews. SS the worst, Running and Dark Matter almost never talked about as highlights and the first two being good rockers.

"this is audibly the work of wealthy men in late middle age"
I wonder how one comes to that conclusion. Is that really apparent in the MUSIC or does the writer just want to hear it because he knows they are wealthy? Weird take. Pearl Jam probably were already wealthy when Vitalogy came out. Was that audibly the work of wealthy young men?
"This Record Sounds Like Money" would be a good album title
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Mike wrote:
Ms Harmless wrote:
Mike wrote:
Val wrote:
Release_Me wrote:Review by the Irish Times, four stars:
https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/musi ... ics-album/
They also found SS embarrassing
That seems to be the running theme among the reviews. SS the worst, Running and Dark Matter almost never talked about as highlights and the first two being good rockers.

"this is audibly the work of wealthy men in late middle age"
I wonder how one comes to that conclusion. Is that really apparent in the MUSIC or does the writer just want to hear it because he knows they are wealthy? Weird take. Pearl Jam probably were already wealthy when Vitalogy came out. Was that audibly the work of wealthy young men?
"This Record Sounds Like Money" would be a good album title
Image Album cover
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pearl jam sucks now
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