Pearl Jam WEEK on Jimmy Fallon
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If ed tried that shit he'd be crucified. Thankfully eds version of aiming for the mainstream is the fixer....
I vote stones dog. Can't hate a dancing dog.
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How the hell did anyone involved think this was going to work? What a mishmash of ill-fitting, hideously disfigured parts.stip wrote:McParadigm wrote:It really, really does. No schtick or joke intended.stip wrote:Does anyone else picture McP just walking along places and smiling a secret smile for no reason apparent to anyone else. I bet this happens all the time
But I mean the world is a pretty funny place
Oh, honey, no.that katy perry song?
Holy fucking shit. That's real, right?
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Its akin to Greg? Brady being Johnny Bravo in The Brady Bunch.
He just fits the suit, man.
He just fits the suit, man.
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Part of Me was at least laughable. Watch Out could be one of the worst songs made within the past decade, possibly two decades.
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So it turns out Chris Cornell can sing really well, even though he's getting up there in years.
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I'd take a discography of 1000 ukulele albums over this.theplatypus wrote:How the hell did anyone involved think this was going to work? What a mishmash of ill-fitting, hideously disfigured parts.stip wrote:McParadigm wrote:It really, really does. No schtick or joke intended.stip wrote:Does anyone else picture McP just walking along places and smiling a secret smile for no reason apparent to anyone else. I bet this happens all the time
But I mean the world is a pretty funny place
Oh, honey, no.that katy perry song?
Holy fucking shit. That's real, right?
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The rock version of Long Gone wasn't so bad. Kinda Sirenesque.
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Yeah back to the point, this version of Footsteps is great and Cornell can still sing like a motherfucker.harmless wrote:So it turns out Chris Cornell can sing really well, even though he's getting up there in years.
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Still less embarrassing than the Fixer video.stip wrote:Holy fucking shit. That's real, right?McParadigm wrote:
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Oh, disagreed.
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I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
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It's entirely possible to say the same thing about The Fixer video, but in both cases, we'd be lying to ourselves.Birds in Hell wrote:I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
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They probably know its stupid, I mean Eddie pretty much admitted than sirens was cheesetastic.harmless wrote:It's entirely possible to say the same thing about The Fixer video, but in both cases, we'd be lying to ourselves.Birds in Hell wrote:I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
I wonder if that song ended up big or something, would Cornell have become the next justin Timberlake instead of starting up soundgarden again.
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well, if it was meant to be absurd, what's the sensible point of doing this? if it was meant to be tongue in cheek, it's a fail/fail situation. there's no reasonable way to justify this, even if it was meant to be a 180 career move. The Fixer vid sure was corny but it didn't make PJ look like a bunch of dumbasses - it was just awkward for them to have to hire an audience (and to run up those stairsBirds in Hell wrote:I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
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I just don't think cheesetastic = stupid to them. That's the thing. They like something, they'll do it. I think it's harder to accept that they might just like shitty music now.stupidmop wrote:They probably know its stupid, I mean Eddie pretty much admitted than sirens was cheesetastic.harmless wrote:It's entirely possible to say the same thing about The Fixer video, but in both cases, we'd be lying to ourselves.Birds in Hell wrote:I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
I wonder if that song ended up big or something, would Cornell have become the next justin Timberlake instead of starting up soundgarden again.
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I don't the whole big deal with Cornell doing the Timbaland album. It was a chance. Obviously it didn't work. But for some reason people only admire chances when they're homeruns. The very definition of a chance is that they usually fail. He thought he'd try something new out, he knew it was going to get some kind of reaction. I honestly haven't even looked into it much but I don't get the uproar it caused. Years later, it must be satisfying for him to know that atleast he tried something. A little turn in a long and fruitful career. What's the big deal?
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I think that's debatable.mastaflatch wrote:The Fixer vid sure was corny but it didn't make PJ look like a bunch of dumbasses
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Oh yeah, we'd have loved that shit if it had been successful that's for sure.Tuolumne wrote:I don't the whole big deal with Cornell doing the Timbaland album. It was a chance. Obviously it didn't work. But for some reason people only admire chances when they're homeruns.
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No I mean they know that it can/will be perceived as cheesy or whatever. But they don't care cause they're pj and that's what they do. The fixer and sirens are just aspects of eddies sincerity amplified to 1000.harmless wrote:I just don't think cheesetastic = stupid to them. That's the thing. They like something, they'll do it. I think it's harder to accept that they might just like shitty music now.stupidmop wrote:They probably know its stupid, I mean Eddie pretty much admitted than sirens was cheesetastic.harmless wrote:It's entirely possible to say the same thing about The Fixer video, but in both cases, we'd be lying to ourselves.Birds in Hell wrote:I don't believe it's possible that Chris was unaware of the absurdity of the whole exercise.
I wonder if that song ended up big or something, would Cornell have become the next justin Timberlake instead of starting up soundgarden again.
'That bitch ain't a part of me'.....is something else. Admittedly I don't know much about Chris Cornell though, maybe he's all about the Bitches.
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I think the Cornell video, in the context of his career, is knowingly absurd and kind of hilarious (even if unintentionally).
I think The Fixer video, in the context of Pearl Jam's career, is just awkward and a bit weird.
I think The Fixer video, in the context of Pearl Jam's career, is just awkward and a bit weird.