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Early Impressions

5 stars
70
26%
4 stars
143
53%
3 stars
32
12%
2 star
16
6%
1 star
7
3%
 
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tommymtcom wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
McParadigm wrote:You left out the part where fans will invariably pick three to five mediocre pieces from the album to consider "diamonds in the rough," overstating any reverb'd pop affectation as "atmospheric" and praising any tepid rehash as "a nice twist on one of the band's stronger templates."
I could change a few words and this could apply to new star wars movie
Which words?
Album to movie
Reverb'd pop to Finn
Band's to franchise's
Clouuuuds Rolll byyy...BANG BANG BANG BANG
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tommymtcom wrote:
E.H. Ruddock wrote:
McParadigm wrote:You left out the part where fans will invariably pick three to five mediocre pieces from the album to consider "diamonds in the rough," overstating any reverb'd pop affectation as "atmospheric" and praising any tepid rehash as "a nice twist on one of the band's stronger templates."
I could change a few words and this could apply to new star wars movie
Which words?
The, and, as, I, to, in, on, suppository.
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E.H. Ruddock wrote:
McParadigm wrote:You left out the part where fans will invariably pick three to five mediocre pieces from the album to consider "diamonds in the rough," overstating any reverb'd pop affectation as "atmospheric" and praising any tepid rehash as "a nice twist on one of the band's stronger templates."
I could change a few words and this could apply to new star wars movie
I'd say they are basically the same, but Star Wars now aims to be prolific.

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McParadigm wrote:You left out the part where fans will invariably pick three to five mediocre pieces from the album to consider "diamonds in the rough," overstating any reverb'd pop affectation as "atmospheric" and praising any tepid rehash as "a nice twist on one of the band's stronger templates."
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:Why do people even care about a new Pearl Jam album? It'll be a mediocre-to-solid album that will contain some rockers and some ballads. Critics will call it a "return to form" but it'll be the same by the numbers album that we've been hearing since 06. Posters here will disect every bit of info from band interviews and convince themselves that we're "finally going to get the art space rock batshit insane experimental album" from them, and we'll truly believe that until we hear the single, which will be a 3-4 minute no nonsense punk rocker.

Am I wrong? The only reason you still listen to Pearl Jam is to desperately cling on to that time in the 90s where you were young and just partied and smoked weed all day. Well, it's 2016, you're grown ass men with jobs and kids and responsibilities. Why are you even listening to Pearl Jam? I mean, it's Pearl Jam, the Whitesnake of the 90s. Throw away the flannel, put the Doc Martens back in the cupboard, and grow up. Only by letting go of Pearl Jam can you ascend into the heavens which we call BEING A GROWN ASS ADULT

So we can have a dickhead make a fake track-listing with navy bean in it why else do u expect
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lecherouslittlestump wrote:Why do people even care about a new Pearl Jam album? It'll be a mediocre-to-solid album that will contain some rockers and some ballads. Critics will call it a "return to form" but it'll be the same by the numbers album that we've been hearing since 06. Posters here will disect every bit of info from band interviews and convince themselves that we're "finally going to get the art space rock batshit insane experimental album" from them, and we'll truly believe that until we hear the single, which will be a 3-4 minute no nonsense punk rocker.

Am I wrong? The only reason you still listen to Pearl Jam is to desperately cling on to that time in the 90s where you were young and just partied and smoked weed all day. Well, it's 2016, you're grown ass men with jobs and kids and responsibilities. Why are you even listening to Pearl Jam? I mean, it's Pearl Jam, the Whitesnake of the 90s. Throw away the flannel, put the Doc Martens back in the cupboard, and grow up. Only by letting go of Pearl Jam can you ascend into the heavens which we call BEING A GROWN ASS ADULT
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verb_to_trust wrote:
lecherouslittlestump wrote:Why do people even care about a new Pearl Jam album? It'll be a mediocre-to-solid album that will contain some rockers and some ballads. Critics will call it a "return to form" but it'll be the same by the numbers album that we've been hearing since 06. Posters here will disect every bit of info from band interviews and convince themselves that we're "finally going to get the art space rock batshit insane experimental album" from them, and we'll truly believe that until we hear the single, which will be a 3-4 minute no nonsense punk rocker.

Am I wrong? The only reason you still listen to Pearl Jam is to desperately cling on to that time in the 90s where you were young and just partied and smoked weed all day. Well, it's 2016, you're grown ass men with jobs and kids and responsibilities. Why are you even listening to Pearl Jam? I mean, it's Pearl Jam, the Whitesnake of the 90s. Throw away the flannel, put the Doc Martens back in the cupboard, and grow up. Only by letting go of Pearl Jam can you ascend into the heavens which we call BEING A GROWN ASS ADULT
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McParadigm wrote:You left out the part where fans will invariably pick three to five mediocre pieces from the album to consider "diamonds in the rough," overstating any reverb'd pop affectation as "atmospheric" and praising any tepid rehash as "a nice twist on one of the band's stronger templates."
if you make that 8 to 10 instead of 3 to 5 you basically have the outline of the bands' press release for #11
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No chance for a 2016 release now
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Got Some wrote:No chance for a 2016 release now
I know I'm sounding pessimistic here, but I was not even believing in a small chance of it happening. They're too old, slow, and unmotivated these days. Well get some reissues and perhaps another B sides or the like, before anything new is made.
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RIP PJ
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Got Some wrote:No chance for a 2016 release now
did something happen?
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I'm excited to start looking forward to a new album in defiance of most of the rest of you jerks!
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also, now that a few years have set in I am comfortable saying I like backspacer more than L-bolt.
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:I listen to S/T a LOT, because

A) I can only listen to CDs on the canyon drive from Big Sky to Bozeman;
B) I sold almost every non-PJ CD I owned a few years ago;
C) I never bought a PJ CD after S/T, and
D) all the older PJ CDs have scratches on them.

So as I say, S/T gets a more than its fair share of play in my car...

And I think it holds up really well. There are a few clunkers on there, but the great songs are really great. Parachutes, Unemployable, and Army Reserve are some of my favorite PJ songs, and they give me all sorts of triumphant Eddie feelings.
I think S/T is about as exciting as dental work.
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pearl jam sucks now
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tragabigzanda wrote:I listen to S/T a LOT, because

A) I can only listen to CDs on the canyon drive from Big Sky to Bozeman;
B) I sold almost every non-PJ CD I owned a few years ago;
C) I never bought a PJ CD after S/T, and
D) all the older PJ CDs have scratches on them.

So as I say, S/T gets a more than its fair share of play in my car...

And I think it holds up really well. There are a few clunkers on there, but the great songs are really great. Parachutes, Unemployable, and Army Reserve are some of my favorite PJ songs, and they give me all sorts of triumphant Eddie feelings.
Do you have a computer? You can burn your own CDs now.
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pearl jam sucks now
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