Red Mosquito

evenslow wrote:This is far and away my favorite officially released video of theirs. A nice union of Cameron Crowe, Mark Pellington and Ed's camouflage pants.

Its great. I remember i was proud to see my band in Films&Arts and not in Mtv.

PHATJ wrote:Love the video. Jack is the best PJ drummer of the lot. I wish he would have never left. He should come back now.

And it sucks that he is now in the walflowers

It would have been so much cooler if they left the Ed stalker shit in this.

lowlight79 wrote:It would have been so much cooler if they left the Ed stalker shit in this.

was it in there originally? i need to watch this again real soon cuz i did miss a lot when i watched it Saturday, maybe one evening this week i will hit play on it again.

Watching this again now. Really, so good.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

Strat wrote:

Birds in Hell wrote:In answer to your earlier question, I believe it's post-recording and was filmed during the rehearsals for the Rolling Stones support shows in 1997.

I think there was some filming shortly after jacks departure too...Or I feel as though they added that bt as "where is jack irons" near the end after he left the band. SVT Came out during the 98 tour (or perhaps shortly after). I feel like the clocking in/clocking out thing near the end is a nod to jack leaving the band as well. Its cute.

I love this period of the band. Eds voice. His hair. His fatigues. The songs. THe grooves. They were still passionate about being Pearl Jam but also loosening up and enjoying being rock stars. A good mix of that.

And the album is just fantastic.

There was a part where they asked ed what was pj or what does pj mean, but i was too drunk to remember if an answer was given and who said what

VinylGuy wrote:

Strat wrote:That is the question I would ask him if I ever got the chance. Make that fucker finish that interview.

im sure the answer is filmed. I like that they cut it out.

I always took them cutting direclty to DTE as the answer. Being able to make powerful music with a message. Nothing he could have said would come out better than DTE did.

Hatfield wrote:I always took them cutting direclty to DTE as the answer. Being able to make powerful music with a message. Nothing he could have said would come out better than DTE did.

this

yeah, that's a really nice cut

This whole thing is great. Way too short. But great.

But I suppose the best videos like these leave you wanting more. Better that, than the alternative.

this video makes a great argument for 'all those yesterdays' as an opener

Still my favorite PJ DVD. Its just really cool to see them in their private rehearsal space getting creative.

I like when Mike talks about getting afraid of Eddie onstage and they cut to him screaming during DTE, which looks like footage from the Rolling Stones openers and helps pin down when this was filmed. And then seeing extra footage in PJ20 obviously means there's a lot that was cut out, but could've been left in. Its only, what, 45 minutes?

And yeah, that Immortality jam, that wah-wah jam with the flashing artwork. Just some really cool stuff.

And of course... "I might be able to get to an E-bow."

" stone was the problem" and Jeff saying something about we probably have to change our names! are gold.

some of the best sequences are just the interstitial stuff with jams playing out in the background. pellington does that kind of thing really well.

evenslow wrote:some of the best sequences are just the interstitial stuff with jams playing out in the background. pellington does that kind of thing really well.

yeah that was good too.

Ed's coonskin hat is the best thing about this video.

Will wrote:And then seeing extra footage in PJ20 obviously means there's a lot that was cut out, but could've been left in.

The SVT footage in PJ20 was one of the best parts about PJ20. Certainly more candid and open than the more recent Crowe interviews.

I have plenty of favourite bits in this - I like when Stone says "Back in the seventies we developed these things called..." into "I'll stop trying to make a difference". Good Austin Powers reference. At least I think that happens...

You could use a sustainer pedal.

lowlight79 wrote:It would have been so much cooler if they left the Ed stalker shit in this.

totally disagree. SVT is too light hearted to have that kinda stuff in it. it was perfect for pj20, however.

You guys think there will ever be a true, warts-and-all, detailed account of this band?

durdencommatyler wrote:You guys think there will ever be a true, warts-and-all, detailed account of this band?

While they are still a band? No.

If they break up? Well, maybe in the distant future, they will lighten up about everything. I think if anything, it would be in some kind of written account and not filmed.

It was really disappointing how they just brushed over Dave's period in the band in PJ20. I can kind of understand not discussing the drummer debate. But, they didn't interview him (nor Jack, for that matter). And, there's what - a couple of side angle back shots of him playing drums?

EJ wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:You guys think there will ever be a true, warts-and-all, detailed account of this band?

While they are still a band? No.

If they break up? Well, maybe in the distant future, they will lighten up about everything. I think if anything, it would be in some kind of written account and not filmed.

It was really disappointing how they just brushed over Dave's period in the band in PJ20. I can kind of understand not discussing the drummer debate. But, they didn't interview him (nor Jack, for that matter). And, there's what - a couple of side angle back shots of him playing drums?

yeah it was a letdown... both of them should had been there talking about their phases in PJ.