Red Mosquito

It's crazy how obsessed some of us (PJ fans) are about "cool". PJ doing things to look cool. Fans thinking they must've done this or that to look cool. Fans loving songs to look cool. Fans hating on songs to look cool.

"Oh, but that's so not cool".
"Oh, they've always been faking their cool"
"All that cool was just an attempt to please Cobain".
"That cool must've come from [insert: Beth, Dave A, Jack Irons or whoever]".
"Rawk songs are so uncool"
"Ew that's too saccarine/soft/mellow" (all those things being uncool of course)
"Eh they were never cool to start with"

It probably says more about us than it does about the band lol.

You know who was cool?

Steely Dan

I think people just have different tastes. I don't like LB because I don't like it, not because I think not liking it will make anyone think I'm cool.

Jorge wrote:You know who was cool?

Steely Dan

You're just saying that so Dev will think you're cool.

Correct

I guess Ehhhh was right after all

is Ehhhh a new board member? He is making a big statement.

JuanHamm wrote:I guess Ehhhh was right after all

It's been plaguing PJ fans ever since Nirvana was declared the "cool" band. I'm the first to admit that I've been affected by it numerous times before.

VinylGuy wrote:is Ehhhh a new board member? She is making a big statement.

Yeah, I usually just lurk. Don't know what compelled me to post. I haven't even listened to any of those Earthlings songs. Not even Flag day for that matter.

Welcome, Ehhhh. You should come to Garbage Dump

Ehhhh wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:is Ehhhh a new board member? She is making a big statement.

Yeah, I usually just lurk. Don't know what compelled me to post. I haven't even listened to any of those Earthlings songs. Not even Flag day for that matter.

well, Flag Day is a minor release maybe, but its full of good moments. Specially Olivia's song and Cat Power's ones. Long Way has been growing on me all this time, and i loved that live video. Its a very catchy and cool song.

Ehhhh wrote:

JuanHamm wrote:I guess Ehhhh was right after all

It's been plaguing PJ fans ever since Nirvana was declared the "cool" band. I'm the first to admit that I've been affected by it numerous times before.

So true. Anytime my PJ fandom comes up in conversation I'm immediately on guard for "Pearl Jam sucks, Nirvana was cool." I can't be baited by it any longer, but I'm always expecting someone to try.

Welcome to the bored!

Cool cool.

It’s spelled “kewl” ffs

Someday Pearl Jam will truly be cool to listen to, and we'll all be way ahead of the game.

bodysnatcher wrote:It’s spelled “kewl” ffs

like the milk

Leatherhead wrote:Someday Pearl Jam will truly be cool to listen to, and we'll all be way ahead of the game.

You're going to need a time machine to get to the time Pearl Jam were cool.

JuanHamm wrote:

Leatherhead wrote:Someday Pearl Jam will truly be cool to listen to, and we'll all be way ahead of the game.

You're going to need a time machine to get to the time Pearl Jam were cool.

It was that one crazy week in the summer of 1992, wasn’t it?

warehouse wrote:

Ehhhh wrote:

Ms Harmless wrote:

BurtReynolds wrote:In some alternate timeline he went solo after Vitalogy. I wonder what that sounds like.

at this point I'm convinced that Ed was always a giant cheeseball who hid behind "grunge" and other "cool" trends to sell his records, with a plan to do exactly this old man stuff when he got enough freedom to do what he really wanted

so, it sounds the same or possibly worse

With all due respect but that's harsh. Also ridiculous on every level possible.

yeah, that's a terrible take. he's had the freedom to do whatever he's wanted since ten exploded and they all became rich. and if he was only interested in selling records they would have made more videos or released 'black' as a single. he's just a different dude now, his kids are practically adults.

I guess I was hoping people would take that as the tongue in cheek post it was meant to be, not a criticism

the tl;dr is that Ed always did whatever he wanted and still is, and I don't think he's a drastically different person now