Red Mosquito

i think what people who don’t like pearl jam think they sound like is exactly what yellow ledbetter actually sounds like. awwnna ceilin’ on a porch.

WtOB? wrote:the studio version of yl is just eddie mumbling gibberish and a couple of solos.

thats also most of the live versions, and thats why i said "written". and that is part of the brilliance of the song. eddie vedder doesnt even need real words to express emotion. his voice is an instrument by itself. and this is the best its ever sounded. also, those couple solos are just as emotive as EV's voice. the blues on fire.

WtOB? wrote:i think what people who don’t like pearl jam think they sound like is exactly what yellow ledbetter actually sounds like. awwnna ceilin’ on a porch.

Agreed.

RockPusher wrote:

warehouse wrote:yellow ledbetter is one of the best pearl jam songs they've "written". i know people are tired of it b/c its a staple at shows, but how can you listen to the studio track and not feel something? the song is incredible, EV at his finest.

It's lovely, but Ed is Mr. Mumblematic and the guitar is very Hendrix-derivative. I can see why people wouldn't always place it on a pedestal.

best mumbler ever lol

I'd like it more if it was something obscure. I think it's popularity irks me because of what WtOB? said.

I just really, really hate that reedy, thin, pseudo-blues guitar style that Mike enthusiastically employs on that song.

That little melodic embellishment at around the 12 second mark of the intro is like a needle being pushed into my brain.

I think it's pretty obvious after a couple listens that the song was written by Saddam Hussein who used Ed and Mike as their vessel to promote evil and all should burn in hellish torment for eternity for debasing human dignity through such perverted demonic expression

96583UP wrote:I think it's pretty obvious after a couple listens that the song was written by Saddam Hussein who used Ed and Mike as their vessel to promote evil and all should burn in hellish torment for eternity for debasing human dignity through such perverted demonic expression

The power was in the stash, but once he walked too close to a flame and singed it off, hence the birth of Backspacer.

I don't see how All Those Yesterdays blew out Parting Ways.

I also don't like Parting Ways.

ATY might be the best the drums ever sounded on a PJ record.

Leatherhead wrote:

RockPusher wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:

RockPusher wrote:I can't believe Immortality didn't win this, but I do love All Those Yesterdays. I got to see it live once at a point when that was quite rare, and it was awesome.

It's still pretty rare: played three times in the last decade, and only once post-2012.

I saw it 11/29/13 in Portland.

Me too!

Hey I was at that show too

Alright guys, we did it.

Here's RM's Ultimate Pearl Jam Album, for your listening pleasure:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63XzM ... IxVlpa4AFQ

01. Go
02. Hail Hail
03. Dance of the Clairvoyants
04. Tremor Christ
05. Marker in the Sand
06. I Am Mine
07. Do the Evolution
08. Porch
09. Grievance
10. Force of Nature
11. Yellow Moon
12. All Those Yesterdays

Thanks for playing along

Pretty solid list

that album has a weird flow to it

Thanks platy!

Not bad. I'll give it a listen.

Leatherhead wrote:Not bad. I'll give it a listen.

Yea, that’s a solid outcome at the end of the day.

theplatypus wrote:Alright guys, we did it.

Here's RM's Ultimate Pearl Jam Album, for your listening pleasure:
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/63XzM ... IxVlpa4AFQ

01. Go
02. Hail Hail
03. Dance of the Clairvoyants
04. Tremor Christ
05. Marker in the Sand
06. I Am Mine
07. Do the Evolution
08. Porch
09. Grievance
10. Force of Nature
11. Yellow Moon
12. All Those Yesterdays

Thanks for playing along

Thank you. This was fun.

evenslow wrote:ATY might be the best the drums ever sounded on a PJ record.

The drums do sound terrific.