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Waiting for Stevie

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Crooning?

Oh yeah he does kinda croon
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stip wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:The riff doesn’t feel like ten to me at all. It sounds more like something Ed would come up with around the time of dead man….just played with 180% more rock and roll bluster.

Cmon McP

There’s nothing else comes close. The whole whole song is pure Ten
It almost stands out as it’s so different and distinct to the rest on DM

No?
The riff feels more like an Eddie riff than say a stone riff, and so less Ten in its feel. . The elements that are most Ten are the full lean into anthemic bombast, and Eddie crooning over the outro, which is in EVERY ten climax and then basically drops out of the catalog. And it is expansive in a way that feels very Ten. It is ten in its influences and performances. But not the riff.
Spot on.

And again, for the small number of hand-wringers worried about Watt's songwriting credits on this one, he's got a music songwriting credit on every track on the album. No, that does not mean this isn't a Pearl Jam album. It's just how he rolls. BO'B, Parashar, and others have had as much influence in other ways with this band.
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pearl jam sucks now
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Watt didn't impinge on my bands pure punk rock ethos. You should listen to us instead.

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slight change of subject. this ruled live
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trag, will you ever forgive Pearl Jam for not having had Albini as their producer?
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:
RockPusher wrote:trag, will you ever forgive Pearl Jam for not having had Albini as their producer?
Would've been a horrible match!
I had originally typed that in my post- fully agree
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:A return to Tchad Blake is my dream producer, but my #2 is Alan Moulder
is that the guy from the x-files?
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tragabigzanda wrote:
RockPusher wrote:
stip wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:The riff doesn’t feel like ten to me at all. It sounds more like something Ed would come up with around the time of dead man….just played with 180% more rock and roll bluster.

Cmon McP

There’s nothing else comes close. The whole whole song is pure Ten
It almost stands out as it’s so different and distinct to the rest on DM

No?
The riff feels more like an Eddie riff than say a stone riff, and so less Ten in its feel. . The elements that are most Ten are the full lean into anthemic bombast, and Eddie crooning over the outro, which is in EVERY ten climax and then basically drops out of the catalog. And it is expansive in a way that feels very Ten. It is ten in its influences and performances. But not the riff.
Spot on.

And again, for the small number of hand-wringers worried about Watt's songwriting credits on this one, he's got a music songwriting credit on every track on the album. No, that does not mean this isn't a Pearl Jam album. It's just how he rolls. BO'B, Parashar, and others have had as much influence in other ways with this band.
To clarify, he is rolling with "Pay me a day rate for my session time, and also a portion of your publishing revenues, in perpetuity, because I've helped you write these songs."
Hey, that wardrobe isn't going to pay for itself!
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tragabigzanda wrote:A return to Tchad Blake is my dream producer, but my #2 is Alan Moulder
Would be thrilled with either of these.

I thought Gigaton was a minor triumph in both creative approach and sonics, so I would've been happy to see them continue plugging away in the warehouse with Josh Evans for another few records.
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i would want:

-Jack White
-Josh Evans
-Rick Rubin
BONE FUCKIN´ TOMAHAWK.
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VinylGuy wrote:i would want:

-Jack White
-Josh Evans
-Rick Rubin
I think I would give up all hope if the band enlisted either of those other dudes.

Rubin's such a hack.
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stip wrote:
dimejinky99 wrote:
McParadigm wrote:The riff doesn’t feel like ten to me at all. It sounds more like something Ed would come up with around the time of dead man….just played with 180% more rock and roll bluster.

Cmon McP

There’s nothing else comes close. The whole whole song is pure Ten
It almost stands out as it’s so different and distinct to the rest on DM

No?
The riff feels more like an Eddie riff than say a stone riff, and so less Ten in its feel. . The elements that are most Ten are the full lean into anthemic bombast, and Eddie crooning over the outro, which is in EVERY ten climax and then basically drops out of the catalog. And it is expansive in a way that feels very Ten. It is ten in its influences and performances. But not the riff.

Good shout. I was thinking about energy and that time.

It’s a twin brother to Release if you think about it.

Would’ve made interesting bookends
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tragabigzanda wrote:
RockPusher wrote:trag, will you ever forgive Pearl Jam for not having had Albini as their producer?
Would've been a horrible match!

I’ve spoken to him about this
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Birds in Hell wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:A return to Tchad Blake is my dream producer, but my #2 is Alan Moulder
Would be thrilled with either of these.

I thought Gigaton was a minor triumph in both creative approach and sonics, so I would've been happy to see them continue plugging away in the warehouse with Josh Evans for another few records.

Exactly this ^^

Except gigaton is a major triumph there’s nothing minor about it.
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dimejinky99 wrote:
Birds in Hell wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:A return to Tchad Blake is my dream producer, but my #2 is Alan Moulder
Would be thrilled with either of these.

I thought Gigaton was a minor triumph in both creative approach and sonics, so I would've been happy to see them continue plugging away in the warehouse with Josh Evans for another few records.

Exactly this ^^

Except gigaton is a major triumph there’s nothing minor about it.
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its an incredible record, but Gigaton (by design) doesnt feel major. its a little too long, rambling, introspective in a stream of consciousness kind of way - probably reflecting how it was developed. Its the No Code to Dark Matter’s Yield in that way
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pearl jam sucks now
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