Post Random Pearl Jam-Related Thoughts You Have

[Leatherhead]

I bet Ed doesn't mind playing Ten and Vs songs all the time. Probably makes him feel better about taking over Stone's band.

[Ello Sailor]

Didn’t know where to put this but Rick Beato interviewed Jeff and Mike. Should be on YT soon.

I just caught a teaser short, and Jeff brought his Hamer bass to demonstrate/discuss the writing of "Jeremy". This is gonna be great.

[Higgs]

Didn’t know where to put this but Rick Beato interviewed Jeff and Mike. Should be on YT soon.

I just caught a teaser short, and Jeff brought his Hamer bass to demonstrate/discuss the writing of "Jeremy". This is gonna be great.

Very much looking forward to this one.

[Chris_H_2]

it's crazy to think that when i saw pearl jam in 1992, the band was the same number of years removed from the beatles releasing their last album as we are now to pearl jam releasing riot act.

[CCKaraoke]

it's crazy to think that when i saw pearl jam in 1992, the band was the same number of years removed from the beatles releasing their last album as we are now to pearl jam releasing riot act.

That makes me feel old. I remember my friend telling me at the time (after Riot Act) that PJ was thinking about calling it quits. I just assumed he had no idea what he was talking about lol.
Saw them live in a small town shortly after that.

[epilogue]

it's crazy to think that when i saw pearl jam in 1992, the band was the same number of years removed from the beatles releasing their last album as we are now to pearl jam releasing riot act.

This fucking hurts

[liebzz]

Almost 34 years since Ten. 34 years before Ten was 1957, so in the time we’ve had then, the exact time before that Elvis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly were just establishing themselves. They’ve been around basically half of the history of rock n roll.

[warehouse]

Almost 34 years since Ten. 34 years before Ten was 1957, so in the time we’ve had then, the exact time before that Elvis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly were just establishing themselves. They’ve been around basically half of the history of rock n roll.

ok that's enough, i already feel old

[Leatherhead]

What is this Last Of Us EP? Is it just the Present Tense redux?

[VinylGuy]

Almost 34 years since Ten. 34 years before Ten was 1957, so in the time we’ve had then, the exact time before that Elvis, Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly were just establishing themselves. They’ve been around basically half of the history of rock n roll.

34 years!

[oasisfan35]

What is this Last Of Us EP? Is it just the Present Tense redux?

Future Days
All or None
Future Days (Live)
Present Tense (vomitous)

[stip]

i love this band

[Leatherhead]

What is this Last Of Us EP? Is it just the Present Tense redux?

Future Days
All or None
Future Days (Live)
Present Tense (vomitous)

[Leatherhead]

Current Eddie definitely sounds best on songs from Binaural -> Dark Matter.

[Malloy]

Hey, everyone. I hate to follow Black Mirror’s intro with my own, but I also wanted to drop a few thoughts. So, I’ll be honest—I didn’t grow up with Pearl Jam. I’m probably much younger than anyone here. I knew the name and I’d heard a couple songs here and there but for a long time, they were just one of those bands people talked about with a kind of reverence I didn’t really understand. But after I started diving more into their stuff, and… I kind of get it now.

I don’t want to overstep here—especially since I know some of you have been following this band for decades—but the more I listen, the more I start to think: Maybe Pearl Jam is the last great American rock band? Not just in terms of sticking around, but in the way they carry themselves, the way they treat their fans, and the way their music still feels alive. What other bands would be in that conversation? REM? Sonic Youth? Nirvana?

There’s something different about them. I don’t just mean the sound—though, yeah, there’s this rawness and heart in the music that’s hard to find now—but more about their attitude. They didn’t seem interested in being part of the machine. From what I’ve read, they pushed back against a lot of the stuff that bands usually rely on to stay big. And yet, somehow, they did stay big. Or maybe more accurately, they stayed important.

What really hit me is how their songs age with you. Some bands get stuck in one time period, but Pearl Jam’s music feels like it grows as you do. It can be loud and rebellious, but also thoughtful, even kind of vulnerable. I’m still making my way through their albums, but there’s a depth there that’s honestly a little overwhelming—in a good way.

And their live shows? I haven’t been to one yet (I know, I’m late to the party), but the way people talk about them… it sounds like a real experience. Not just music, but connection. The kind of thing people used to say about Springsteen or The Dead (lol—but not for me).

Something that feels earned.

I guess that’s why I’m throwing this thought out there—tentatively, I admit—but it really seems like Pearl Jam might be one of the last bands that still carries that spirit of what rock used to mean. Not just loud guitars and big choruses, but standing for something, evolving, and giving people a place to feel something real.

Anyway, I’m still learning. Still listening. But if I’m totally off base here, feel free to tell me. Or if there’s a show I should try to catch, or a deep cut I haven’t found yet, I’m all ears. I’m just glad I finally tuned in. It seems like there are plenty of deep cuts y’all talk about that I haven’t heard!

the glass tragedy rendered via our friends at chatgeepeetee can be said to be a simpler way of doing things

[Bi_3]

15 year anniversary of one of my favorite PJ shows of all time.

"And away we go......"

[Jaeti]

Yes, that Hunger Strike was fantastic.

[epilogue]

I stil get emotional thinking about that show. Hell of a night.

[dimejinky99]

I’ve been sent a bunch of the bootlegs from these latest run of gigs and ed man. He sounds amazing. He’s right back up there and isn’t leaving it to the audience. Has his timbre back. Still the vocal ticks but that’s forgivable.
Must be something in the south and Midwest air agrees with him and doesn’t set the allergies off.

These woulda been great shows to be there

[bodysnatcher]

Must be something in the south and Midwest air agrees with him and doesn’t set the allergies off.

probably bc he doesn't have any celebrity or athlete friends in the south and midwest, so he isn't forced to go out and get shitfaced after shows and he actually gets good nights of sleep