Red Mosquito

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

Lament wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

iceagecoming wrote:I think if you put a spotlight on somebody and a microphone in any man's hand every other night for 20+ years (especially a person in a world famous rock band), there are bound to be moments where you come across as a dick.

oh give me a break. it's shockingly easy not to treat people like shit.

I thought so too. But apparently we're wrong.

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

Mine wrote:

Lament wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

iceagecoming wrote:I think if you put a spotlight on somebody and a microphone in any man's hand every other night for 20+ years (especially a person in a world famous rock band), there are bound to be moments where you come across as a dick.

oh give me a break. it's shockingly easy not to treat people like shit.

I thought so too. But apparently we're wrong.

You people must have been treated extremely well throughout your lives to consider what happened in that split second being treated as shit.

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

dimejinky99 wrote:

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

Wasn't funny on the night.

Mine wrote:

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

gif or it didn't happen

Mine wrote:You people must have been treated extremely well throughout your lives to consider what happened in that split second being treated as shit.

Mine wrote:

Anders wrote:

Mine wrote:

Anders wrote: Had the band chosen a different singer in 1990, they probably still would have been famous, they are that good. But Pearl Jam has a lot to do with Eddie Vedder. If he's in top creative form, the product will be good. If he is not, it won't. I don't see how any Pearl Jam fans can deny his contribution and effort in being an integral and vital part of making some of our favorite music. The fact the Eddie had a huge say in Vitalogy, and probably even more in making No Code, is not a negative. That's a positive.

I disagree because they were looking for more than someone to sing on a bunch of songs. Do i think they needed Ed to make it big? No, but they needed someone with skills and talents similar to his. It's a complex issue. I think they always needed someone to turn "ideas" into songs to be able to release albums with a normal frequency. It's silly to argue any of them can't write a song, mostly because it's not difficult do begin with. I think that if either Stone or Jeff had the skills to tell the rest of the band what to play they would have done exactly what Ed did, they even had the legitimacy do to so.
This is just my opinion BTW, i don't have the arogance to think my impression is wrong.

The music for Ten was just about finished when Ed came in. Temple of the Dog is another example, all of current Pearl Jam with Cornell as vocalist. It was a bit different from Pearl Jam and Soundgarden due to being a sort of Andy Wood tribute. But Cornell is someone who could have done a great job on Ten, and could have brought in great tracks as well.

With that said, I love both Ed and Chris.

Temple of The Dog went kind of nowhere initially. I remember reading that it's started selling only after 10 became popular. It's actually what i was thinking while writing that post. It initially sold only 70.000 copies and consider Soungarden released 2 albums and had a grammy nomination at that point.
I haven't listened to the gossman project demo in a while but i know part of the songs were essentially finished but they didn't have melodies or lyrics for that matter. Again I'm not arguing they aren't capable of writing songs without Ed i sense that at least at the time they needed someone who were able to bring more than the vocals to the mix. Vocal melodies alone can pay huge roles in how a song ends up being.

dimejinky99 wrote:

Mine wrote:

harmless wrote:

dimejinky99 wrote:He's a guitar player, can restring in seconds and knows a bunch of tunings. And he knows what guitar goes with what Song. Something the previous guy didnt. I can't see ed screaming at him or throwing beer bottles at him any time soon.

Ruddo, I know he wasn't up to the job, I've seen ed lose his shit at him numerous times and
Worst was Manchester 09 where he physically was throwing glass beer bottles at him and screaming at him. He obviously wasn't able to do the job.

gif or it didn't happen

There is actual footage of it. I wouldn't know where to look nor am I bothered to sadly.


Harmless. I haven't been reading the thread. Ive no interet in either of those issues I'm afraid. I'd say Internet addiction is at least as frightening as alcoholism.

dimejinky99 wrote:I'd say Internet addiction is at least as frightening as alcoholism.

harmless wrote:

Mine wrote:

Lament wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:

iceagecoming wrote:I think if you put a spotlight on somebody and a microphone in any man's hand every other night for 20+ years (especially a person in a world famous rock band), there are bound to be moments where you come across as a dick.

oh give me a break. it's shockingly easy not to treat people like shit.

I thought so too. But apparently we're wrong.

You people must have been treated extremely well throughout your lives to consider what happened in that split second being treated as shit.

I've never been treated like that in public, no. I would fall out with anyone who treated me like that in front of 17000 people.

dimejinky99 wrote:Funny? No. Curious as to what you each do for a living that allows you post on RM all day? Definitely:)

dimejinky99 wrote:Funny? No. Curious as to what you each do for a living that allows you post on RM all day? Definitely:)