Red Mosquito

VinylGuy wrote:Rival is perfect. And live is more perfect.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:Rival is perfect. And live is more perfect.

Man i would love to get rival live, it was apparently sound checked at my very first show, and i think on the setlist but not played

LetMeSleep wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I wish I'd written Of The Girl.

badass, really badass.

Binaural is such a great record.

Rival? I mean, Jesus!

Rival would be a much better song with Dave A. Just saying.

zeb wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I wish I'd written Of The Girl.

badass, really badass.

Binaural is such a great record.

Rival? I mean, Jesus!

Rival would be a much better song with Dave A. Just saying.

C'mon.

cutuphalfdead wrote:

zeb wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:I wish I'd written Of The Girl.

badass, really badass.

Binaural is such a great record.

Rival? I mean, Jesus!

Rival would be a much better song with Dave A. Just saying.

C'mon.

Yeah that's absurd.

Habitman wrote:Eddie Vedder on Binaural:

"We'd rather challenge our fans and make them listen to our songs than give them something that's easy to digest. There is a lot of music out there that is very easy to digest but we never wanted to be part of it."

People reserve the right to change their mind but I can't help but see the contradiction between that statement and the music they have written since 2005.

You wound up with by far the most lean and mean record Pearl Jam has ever made. What are you most excited about with this group of songs?

"I think it's more internal; it's more how we accomplished it. That's what'll last. We're already looking to the next batch, and touring, and knowing we'll enjoy playing these songs. It was funny, because I told the guys when we were working on some arrangements, for better or worse, when we're talking about how many times to play the bridge or how many bars to add, I'm actually thinking about the set list. I may be getting ahead of myself here, but seriously, I'm thinking, if we double the bridge, this might end up being a song we play once a month, as opposed to three times a week. So, what do you think? How many times do you want to play this song? Is this song going to put wind in our sails, or will it be one we have to row through? At one of our gigs, without flashpots and electricity (laughs), there's only so much room for those more difficult listening songs. That was one example of how we kept the arrangements lean. The songs come off more like sparkling water than pea soup, and I think that's good for our group right now."

Doesn't [guitarist] Mike McCready always say Matt's songs are the hardest to learn?

"This song in particular is a departure from that. It's relatively straightforward, but it has Matt's love of odd time. It also breaks back down to something very three-chord and fun. We need that. If Pearl Jam is thinking too much, we're not very good. We're much better when we're not thinking."

EDDIE FUCKING VEDDER wrote:WE'RE MUCH BETTER WHEN WE'RE NOT THINKING

theplatypus wrote:

STONE FUCKING GOSSARD wrote:WE'RE MUCH BETTER WHEN WE'RE NOT THINKING

Heathen wrote:RIP PEARL JAM