UNPOPULAR PEARL JAM OPINIONS

[McParadigm]

Pfft.

Even when acknowledging that "eh fine" is a fair summary of that entire band, Kiedis still stands out as less than.

[Kaius]

You're wrong about this. Just let it go.

[McParadigm]

You're wrong about this. Just let it go.

Oh probably. The Peppers seem like incredibly cool, kind-hearted people, if Henry Rollins and Pearl Jam can be believed (and if you can't believe them...). And they are all solid-to-great musicians, for sure.

But they are also exactly as funny to me in their terribleness as that GnR Bridge Show performance. Or Donald Trump talking about mosquitos. They are laugh out loud terrible. The video posted today made me do exactly that. I can't imagine anybody playing that song multiple times out of unironic appreciation. They are gleefully, mesmerizingly terrible. And as with all things I find terrible, I revel in the humor of that terribleness. I don't know why anybody ever does anything else.

What is great is affecting...what's terrible is hilarious. By that standard, everything is enjoyable. Even the Chili Peppers.

[Wendy Carlos's Twin]

Robert Johnson > Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix > Yngvie Cumstain
Funkadelic > RHCP

Whitey strikes again.

[Kaius]

You're wrong about this. Just let it go.

Oh probably. The Peppers seem like incredibly cool, kind-hearted people, if Henry Rollins and Pearl Jam can be believed (and if you can't believe them...). And they are all solid-to-great musicians, for sure.

But they are also exactly as funny to me in their terribleness as that GnR Bridge Show performance. Or Donald Trump talking about mosquitos. They are laugh out loud terrible. The video posted today made me do exactly that. I can't imagine anybody playing that song multiple times out of unironic appreciation. They are gleefully, mesmerizingly terrible. And as with all things I find terrible, I revel in the humor of that terribleness. I don't know why anybody ever does anything else.

What is great is affecting...what's terrible is hilarious. By that standard, everything is enjoyable. Even the Chili Peppers.

I'm fine with all of this.

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[knee tunes]

I've found that there's really no telling when any given component of a song is going to pop out and register with me in some significant way, positive or negative. "Music" and "lyrics" are too reductive a means of analyzing music for me -- "music" encompasses a plethora of individual components in and of itself (rhythm, dynamic, the timbre of each instrument), as do "lyrics" (the meanings of the words, the phonetic effect of the rhymes, subtler things like phrasing and inflection), each of these things perfectly capable of succeeding or failing on its own terms. I think most of the time the music vs. lyrics debate is really a "gut reaction" vs. "analysis" debate, as the primary argument against the lyrics-first camp always seems to be that they care too much about something they shouldn't care about, which is silly. Everything that's a part of the music is there for consumption, and some folks are just sensitive to certain ingredients. It's part of what makes the glorious tapestry of music appreciation such a joy.

It's been true for a long time now but I'd like to officially go on record as saying that Kevin Davis is RM's greatest asset.

you're just tickled by the phrase "glorious tapestry" Joey, admit it

[chewm]

Whale Song is waaaay better than Happy When I'm Crying.

[Norah]

Whale Song is waaaay better than Happy When I'm Crying.

Whale Song is great, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

[dimejinky99]

Sirens is a great song

[dimejinky99]

[bada]

Robert Johnson > Eric Clapton
Jimi Hendrix > Yngvie Cumstain
Funkadelic > RHCP

You really went out on a limb here.

[chewm]

Whale Song is waaaay better than Happy When I'm Crying.

Whale Song is great, but let's not get ahead of ourselves here.

I dont get the love for Happy When I'm Crying.

[LoathedVermin72]

lol, Whale Song is not "great"

[VinylGuy]

Imagine if PJ release Whale Song today as a free download single...Most of the people if this board would be shitting on the band..

¨rip pj¨

[BurtReynolds]

I dunno, I think it's pretty good.

[LoathedVermin72]

It's okay. It's fine. It's a novelty. It's not "great."

[tommymtcom]

I've always really liked whale song.

[Kaius]

What a great song.

[Norah]

Imagine if PJ release Whale Song today as a free download single...Most of the people if this board would be shitting on the band..

¨rip pj¨

Well yeah, because Ed would be ruining it.