Red Mosquito

Into the wild is excellent

Into the Wild is hands down Ed's best solo work.

Coach wrote:Into the Wild is hands down Ed's best solo work.

Hands down.

I do wonder if he will work with anyone else. He could assemble a wonderful studio band if he desired that could play that material really well (most of my issues with JB, SoS etc are the playing and production, not the actual songs). ItW was essentially just him and Adam from memory.

In to the wild was seven years ago. We shouldn't believe that is a example of what a proper Ed solo record would be like. I am not sure if we have seen a proper solo record yet. Into the wild was great, but it had a physical plane that limited it's scope. Uke songs had the whole Uke or bust thing That limited it's scope. There is a real charm to both, but I am interested in seeing him open up a bit.

Tj wrote:In to the wild was seven years ago. We shouldn't believe that is a example of what a proper Ed solo record would be like. I am not sure if we have seen a proper solo record yet. Into the wild was great, but it had a physical plane that limited it's scope. Uke songs had the whole Uke or bust thing That limited it's scope. There is a real charm to both, but I am interested in seeing him open up a bit.

Oh I forgot Vitalogy that is what a proper Ed solo record would be like .

I feel a Ed solo album would be more like Off He Goes, Man Of The Hour with moments of Habit/Lukin. Vitalogy was the butting of heads. Pretty much all of the Ed material got Dave A'd, Stone'd etc.

LetMeSleep wrote:I feel a Ed solo album would be more like Off He Goes with moments of Habit/Lukin. Vitalogy was the butting of heads. Pretty much all of the Ed material got Dave A'd, Stone'd etc.

Good point. I guess I feel like there was a more positive unified vibe to No Code. Who You Are, Smile, Red Mosiqito, Mankind and Present Tense all have a we are all in this together vibe. While Vitalogy Is more of fractured band using the least talented musician to splint the break. Almost like the band said lets let him fall on his face put his ego in check, and then he put together one of the greatest album in rock history. He then emerges as the leader.

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LetMeSleep wrote:I feel a Ed solo album would be more like Off He Goes with moments of Habit/Lukin. Vitalogy was the butting of heads. Pretty much all of the Ed material got Dave A'd, Stone'd etc.

Good point. I guess I feel like there was a more positive unified vibe to No Code. Who You Are, Smile, Red Mosiqito, Mankind and Present Tense all have a we are all in this together vibe. While Vitalogy Is more of fractured band using the least talented musician to splint the break. Almost like the band said lets let him fall on his face put his ego in check, and then he put together one of the greatest album in rock history. He then emerges as the leader.

Maybe I am not giving the band enough credit on Vitalogy, but the only real contribution was Nothingman and that make sense that it would be Jeff that would be the good eagle scout.

True. I don't think No Code had too many voices in the studio whereas Vitalogy had 6 voices. Fascinating end results.

I'm at the point where an Ed solo album is a necessity before the next PJ album.

Tj wrote:Maybe I am not giving the band enough credit on Vitalogy, but the only real contribution was Nothingman and that make sense that it would be Jeff that would be the good eagle scout.

Vedder brought in NFY, Whipping, Corduroy, Better Man and Immortality which is only half the album. Sure he's all over the album but those are some of the safest of the proper songs too. All of the ten proper songs have tension with each band member pulling their weight.

I think Ed solo albums are the best chance for anything interesting. I hear a straightahead garage rock / Folk rock ,a little trash bop, pot flavored space rock, fuck the areana rock album.

LetMeSleep wrote:

Tj wrote:Maybe I am not giving the band enough credit on Vitalogy, but the only real contribution was Nothingman and that make sense that it would be Jeff that would be the good eagle scout.

Vedder brought in NFY, Whipping, Corduroy, Better Man and Immortality which is only half the album. Sure he's all over the album but those are some of the safest of the proper songs too. All of the ten proper songs have tension with each band member pulling their weight.

Last Exit? I don't remember Tremor Christ who brought that in ?

Tj wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

Tj wrote:Maybe I am not giving the band enough credit on Vitalogy, but the only real contribution was Nothingman and that make sense that it would be Jeff that would be the good eagle scout.

Vedder brought in NFY, Whipping, Corduroy, Better Man and Immortality which is only half the album. Sure he's all over the album but those are some of the safest of the proper songs too. All of the ten proper songs have tension with each band member pulling their weight.

Last Exit? I don't remember Tremor Christ who brought that in ?

Last Exit is Gossard and I've seen it credited to Gossard/Abbruzzese before. Tremor Christ is Ament/McCready

LetMeSleep wrote:

Tj wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

Tj wrote:Maybe I am not giving the band enough credit on Vitalogy, but the only real contribution was Nothingman and that make sense that it would be Jeff that would be the good eagle scout.

Vedder brought in NFY, Whipping, Corduroy, Better Man and Immortality which is only half the album. Sure he's all over the album but those are some of the safest of the proper songs too. All of the ten proper songs have tension with each band member pulling their weight.

Last Exit? I don't remember Tremor Christ who brought that in ?

Last Exit is Gossard and I've seen it credited to Gossard/Abbruzzese before. Tremor Christ is Ament/McCready

Tremor Christ Mcready! wtf. I though Dave's drum tech played the drums on Last Exit.

No that was Satans Bed.

Well Tremor Christ is a shining example of why the band should be locked in a wherehouse and be forced to play together noodling and jamming. I bet Mike and Jeff were just layin back jammin that out.

Tj wrote:Well Tremor Christ is a shining example of why the band should be locked in a wherehouse and be forced to play together noodling and jamming. I bet Mike and Jeff were just layin back jammin that out.

It is fucking stellar. All five guys at the top of their game. Same goes for Last Exit.

Please no 11th album. The 9th and 10th were terrible. I'd prefer they just released some Lost Dogs from when they gave a shit.

Jeff Ament wrote:I think everybody's got some stuff stowed away. All the stuff I've written recently is gonna go into the RNDM box with Joe Arthur. It's pretty easy for me at this point because we don't have kids, so when I'm home I'm tinkering in the studio all the time.

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/featu ... y-20141105

Jeff sounds Super pleased with Backspacer and Lightning Bolt