Need for powerstruggle

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Need for powerstruggle

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The 93-98 powerstruggle is well documented, it's basically the only in band drama in PJ20.
Ed won and he's been the definitive PJ captain since Binaural, since S/T till LB his reign has become even stronger. But I think the band greatly benefitted from that powerstruggle.

I believe the band could benefit from this again, BS and LB were good record but not great ones. Ed needs a new struggle, but with Jeff this time around!

IMO the best songs om LB are: Getaway, MFS, Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon.
Jeff wrote four of those and the other one is greatly based on his basslines. And it seems he has hit a new creative peak. Releasing Tres Mts in 2011 only months after his first solo record.

Since then he released an really fun side-projected that will release another one next year:

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And one criminally underlooked solo-effort:

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Seriously, that's one awesome record! Add his five best songs to those 5 LB tracks and BAM....another great PJ record where they really go in new directions.

So bring it on Jeff!! 8-)
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When The Fire Comes is my favorite thing to come out of any Pearl Jam-related release (including everything by Pearl Jam) since Lost Dogs. By a decent margin, too.
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Jeff has always been my favorite individual songwriter in the band. His songs just resonate with me on a different level.

Also, he was behind me in line at a sandwich shop a couple of years ago, and we ordered the same sandwich. We're pretty much besties.
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the ten club sandwich?
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spike wrote:the ten club sandwich?
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1234 5 against 555 against 1
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Five to one. One in five.
No one here gets out alive.
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McParadigm wrote:Five to one. One in five.
No one here gets out alive.
They borrowed from than one already.
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Here comes the hotstepper?
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sure, why not
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the GD version is better, as usual
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Just listened to hotstepper. Pretty sure they lifted that one for WMA, so never mind
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