Re: Era of the moment: 1995-1996

Blenheim Augustine · Thu March 14, 2013 9:55 pm

Midnight purchase for this one. Got a free McDonalds voucher with it or something. I really liked No Code from the start. A lot of people were saying they didn't like it or there was one or two good songs on it. Whereas before people at house parties would always put on Pearl Jam there was a bit of fading from view in terms of the mainstream. I can't remember what was going on at that point music wise - more Britpop stuff was dominating, at least where I was. I used to programme all the softer tracks into my CD player manually before I went to bed - I'd go to sleep listening to Sometimes, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Present Tense, I'm Open, Around the Bend. Took this with me on a trip to Australia - was pretty much all I played along with Soundgarden's DOTU. They didn't have much of a media profile and so you just had to listen to the music. I still love the sound of the drums coming in on Who You Are and In My Tree - puts me somewhere else. Used to draw the No Code symbol in text books.

Tass Man · Post by **Tass Man** » Thu March 14, 2013 10:05 pm

No code was the first album I bought on the day of release. I loved it then and still do.

I feel that yield belongs in this era as well (95-98)

nightmareblack0206 · Thu March 14, 2013 10:12 pm

Blenheim Augustine wrote:Midnight purchase for this one. Got a free McDonalds voucher with it or something. I really liked No Code from the start. A lot of people were saying they didn't like it or there was one or two good songs on it. Whereas before people at house parties would always put on Pearl Jam there was a bit of fading from view in terms of the mainstream. I can't remember what was going on at that point music wise - more Britpop stuff was dominating, at least where I was. I used to programme all the softer tracks into my CD player manually before I went to bed - I'd go to sleep listening to Sometimes, Who You Are, In My Tree, Off He Goes, Present Tense, I'm Open, Around the Bend. Took this with me on a trip to Australia - was pretty much all I played along with Soundgarden's DOTU. They didn't have much of a media profile and so you just had to listen to the music. I still love the sound of the drums coming in on Who You Are and In My Tree - puts me somewhere else. Used to draw the No Code symbol in text books.

NOW THIS IS A POST!

nightmareblack0206 · Thu March 14, 2013 10:18 pm

nightmareblack0206 wrote:Here is a Lil know fact to see if the vets are here

Nite 2 Randalls island. There was a clown on the field with everyone like 3 hours before the show. This clown was fucking with everyone. Everyone wanted to strangle him. I saw the whole thing. Turned out that was Eddie.

BUMP

Calling on vets to even remotely remember this

nightmareblack0206 · Thu March 14, 2013 11:06 pm

You guys remember the SEA fan number for updates?

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Thu March 14, 2013 11:13 pm

I don't like the rampant ageism in these threads.

nightmareblack0206 · Thu March 14, 2013 11:17 pm

Relax. ...it's not like anybody is replying

Blenheim Augustine · Fri March 15, 2013 12:48 pm

cutuphalfdead wrote:I don't like the rampant ageism in these threads.

It makes up for all the dad jokes I have to endure.

And yes my collection of polo shirts has increased since I had a son - God knows what will happen when number two arrives this month.

dprival78 · Post by **dprival78** » Fri March 15, 2013 12:57 pm

if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.

lowlight79 · Post by **lowlight79** » Fri March 15, 2013 5:24 pm

This period was great for me I loved 1992 and 1993, but when vitalogy came out, the songs felt like to me at the time that they had the life sucked out of them compared to how they sounded from the Atlanta 94 show on the radio. Alot of people I knew felt that way. After not even giving vitalogy more then 6-7 spins and replacing the tracks with the atlanta 94 show tracks on my mix tape, the end of 1995 came around and brought me Merkinball.

Merkinball was just an eye opening experience for me. I remember going through so much in 95 and 96, It was my last two years of high school and they were difficult times as my dad was going through his second divorce. I remember picking up no code, all the fan hoopala had died about this time. I rememeber the sometimes>hail, hail> who are you tracklist while I was walking in the neighbor hood the last week of summer. Which just blew my mind away. I remember just blasting smile, in my tree and Lukin over and over again.

I also remember how I couldn't get into Randall's island at all. At this time I still had not seen Pearl Jam yet.

Post by **stip** » Fri March 15, 2013 5:38 pm

dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.

i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Fri March 15, 2013 6:31 pm

stip wrote:
dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.
i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.

annoying? you should love that. Go back to your Phil Collins albums.

nightmareblack0206 · Fri March 15, 2013 6:36 pm

Post by **stip** » Fri March 15, 2013 7:56 pm

VinylGuy wrote:
stip wrote:
dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.
i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.
annoying? you should love that. Go back to your Phil Collins albums.

the first half of no code really falls flat in the song flow department.

Post by **Jorge** » Fri March 15, 2013 8:06 pm

stip wrote:
dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.
i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.

It's not a volume increase, it's called dynamics. It's that thing that Backspacer had none of.

Norah · Post by **Norah** » Fri March 15, 2013 8:06 pm

theplatypus wrote:
stip wrote:
dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.
i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.
It's not a volume increase, it's called dynamics. It's that thing that Backspacer had none of.

Thank you.

Tass Man · Post by **Tass Man** » Fri March 15, 2013 8:50 pm

I still remember before No Code was released, the radio station played their premier/preview a week before. And they played Lukin but went right into Sometimes with no form of transition or Segway (literally as soon as the last note of Lukin was played then the intro to Sometimes started). Since Lukin was so short, I just assumed it was all one song. Once I bought the album and listened to Sometimes open the record, it caught me by surprise. Even today, when I hear Lukin, I sometimes expect Sometimes to follow up.

Ya I know, "cool story bro"

EJ · Post by EJ » Fri March 15, 2013 9:06 pm

I'll always regret not going to the Randall's Island shows. I had just moved to NYC in Aug 96. I was living a stone's throw away on the upper east side. I had no real reason other than sloth for not going. I still love hearing the stories though. I spent a lot of time in the parks over there while I was living on the UES. Its really strange to think they played there.

Post by **Jorge** » Fri March 15, 2013 9:17 pm

Tass Man wrote:I still remember before No Code was released, the radio station played their premier/preview a week before. And they played Lukin but went right into Sometimes with no form of transition or Segway (literally as soon as the last note of Lukin was played then the intro to Sometimes started). Since Lukin was so short, I just assumed it was all one song. Once I bought the album and listened to Sometimes open the record, it caught me by surprise. Even today, when I hear Lukin, I sometimes expect Sometimes to follow up.

Ya I know, "cool story bro"

Here. Relive your youth.

VinylGuy · Post by **VinylGuy** » Fri March 15, 2013 9:30 pm

stip wrote:
VinylGuy wrote:
stip wrote:
dprival78 wrote:if the sometimes -> hail, hail explosion didn't blow your mind, then you have no soul.
i still think it is kind of annoying (the volume increase) especially since it goes right back into a gentle and relaxed song right after.
annoying? you should love that. Go back to your Phil Collins albums.

the first half of no code really falls flat in the song flow department.

Red Mosquito