Post Random Pearl Jam-Related Thoughts You Have

[darth_vedder]

I'm not sure Insignificance would have done well at radio at all; it's too herky-jerky. I'm not sure Binaural had a hit on it (I don't think something like Sad would have been a hit either, for that matter). They were writing stuff that was catchy, but I'm not sure what they were writing was palatable for mainstream rock radio at the time.

I agree. How awesome would it have been to release "Sad" as the single and keep it off Binaural? I don't think that practice has been done since the 60's. Like when the Beatles would release "Paperback Writer" but it wasn't on a proper US release (until Past Masters), it was just a single not part of an album.

[evenslow]

I hear this a lot on this board but for the life of me I don't know on what planet Sad would have ever been considered a "hit."

I mean, it's well-written but not all that catchy and it never really leaves its comfort zone to grab you by the throat. And, you know, the refrain is, "It's sad."

All of this to say, it's a nice b-side.

[hlniv]

WWS klicks ass.

ftfy

[Leatherhead]

We (RM) generally complain about the last three albums. Ed has had a beard the last 3 albums. Is the beard the problem?

Maybe. Perhaps. Possibly. Could be.

[bodysnatcher]

We (RM) generally complain about the last three albums. Ed has had a beard the last 3 albums. Is the beard the problem?

that's not a very nice thing to say about his wife

[E.H. Ruddock]

We (RM) generally complain about the last three albums. Ed has had a beard the last 3 albums. Is the beard the problem?

that's not a very nice thing to say about his wife

I got this joke

[darth_vedder]

I hear this a lot on this board but for the life of me I don't know on what planet Sad would have ever been considered a "hit."

I mean, it's well-written but not all that catchy and it never really leaves its comfort zone to grab you by the throat. And, you know, the refrain is, "It's sad."

All of this to say, it's a nice b-side.

I don't know if it would be a hit. I'd bet it would get more love than NAIS got. Still, I think it would have been cool for them to release a "b-side" as an "a-side" first single. It would have fit their style at the time, and harken back to the 60's when it was common to have hit singles off of the albums.

[darth_vedder]

We (RM) generally complain about the last three albums. Ed has had a beard the last 3 albums. Is the beard the problem?

that's not a very nice thing to say about his wife

I got this joke

[Hypnos]

Where are the fucking Xmas Single?!!!

[bodysnatcher]

I heard they were gonna skip the next 6 singles and just send one big box set in 2022.

[bodysnatcher]

I remember a while back... I can't remember if it was during the press run for Backspacer or Avocado. I'm thinking Backspacer. But Ed was talking about how he figured out his vocal melodies, and how he pictures the music as a wave and his vocal melodies ride along it (of course he made that comparison). But, it was right around this time that I started disliking a lot of Ed's deliveries, not including his vocal ticks. This method is evident throughout Backspacer and LB, and I don't think it's working well for him, or the band overall. It's not that on previous albums his vocal melody was in direct conflict with the instruments. He was able to create his own instrument that fit within the construct of the song. Sometimes soothingly, sometimes tensely. But he doesn't seem to do this very much anymore, and I think the songs suffer from it.

[LoathedVermin72]

RIP Pearl Jam

[E.H. Ruddock]

Clone Gossard
Jeff Agent

[evenslow]

I remember a while back... I can't remember

You should get that short term memory checked.

Spoiler: show

You should get that short term memory checked.

[E.H. Ruddock]

[mikejasond]

OMG youre right Eddie is singing like he's surfing now on the music And the music is apparently a rough and rocky wave

[LoathedVermin72]

Man, it really does sound like he's saying "whiskers in the sink."

[Strat]

Man, it really does sound like he's saying "whiskers in the sink."

Isnt that what it is? :\

[bodysnatcher]

Man, it really does sound like he's saying "whiskers in the sink."

Isnt that what it is? :\

i thought so too

[epilogue]

Man, it really does sound like he's saying "whiskers in the sink."

Isnt that what it is? :\

i thought so too

It is, yes.