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Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Fri April 07, 2017 5:32 pm
by digster
I always felt, thematically, that the dividing line was Yield. The first five records from the band have a relatively coherent thru-line, both lyrically and musically. A lot of the things Eddie writes about on those first records, particularly on Vitalogy, kind of come to an end on Yield. On Binaural, the band goes off in some fairly unexpected directions and start tackling new lyrical concerns, and I think that kind of makes sense through S/T. Backspacer kind of makes sense, at least lyrically, as a response to the politics on the last records by avoiding them altogether. LB may be the first record they've done that has the feel of "this is our newest bunch of songs." It doesn't really feel like a response to the prior album.
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Fri April 07, 2017 11:39 pm
by Brett
Yeah, I think I can get behind that definition of their thematic periods.
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Fri April 07, 2017 11:49 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Fri April 07, 2017 11:57 pm
by LoathedVermin72
tragabigzanda wrote:1. The good era
2. The shitty era
Correct
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 4:47 am
by Bammer
Simple Torture wrote:B wrote:I'm gonna go with ...
Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt
Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 4:50 am
by PHATJ
Bammer wrote:Simple Torture wrote:B wrote:I'm gonna go with ...
Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt
Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!
Classic B
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 4:53 am
by Bammer
PHATJ wrote:Bammer wrote:Simple Torture wrote:B wrote:I'm gonna go with ...
Angst: Ten - Vitalogy
?? Irons ??: No Code & Vitalogy
Political: Binaural - Avocado
Derivative Rock: Backspacer & Lightning Bolt
Placing albums out of order and omitting the one that's a lot of people's favorite; classic b!
Classic B
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 1:51 pm
by B
Wait, is the "Classic B" because I don't know the albums or because someone made fun of me for something I've already been made fun of for? Classic B is getting too meta.
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 2:08 pm
by Bammer
I
'd because I hadn't seen this yet, Classic B'ing on my part be damned. And I would do it again.
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sat April 08, 2017 3:48 pm
by stip
B wrote:Wait, is the "Classic B" because I don't know the albums or because someone made fun of me for something I've already been made fun of for? Classic B is getting too meta.
i couldnt tell w that one
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 9:44 pm
by Bammer
If you go by their official deluxe reissues, they are defining eras by drummer.
Ten
Vs. & Vitalogy
No Code & Yield coming next?
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 9:49 pm
by lecherouslittlestump
Good: 1991 - 1998
zzzzzz: 2000-2002
Good: 2006-present
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 9:57 pm
by LoathedVermin72
lecherouslittlestump wrote:Good: 1991 - 1998
zzzzzz: 2000-2002
Good: 2006-present
Oh lord no
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:13 pm
by Birds in Hell
OK: 1990-1992
Great: 1993-2000
Pretty good: 2002-2007
What the hell happened here: 2008 - ?
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:15 pm
by stip
1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:15 pm
by LoathedVermin72
To make trag's breakdown more specific
1990-2004: The good era
2006-present: The shitty era
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:30 pm
by chewm
What about 2005?
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:51 pm
by 96583UP
stip wrote:1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great
1991-1994: Dave A on drums
1995-2017: Dave A not on drums
hmmmmmmmm
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 10:53 pm
by EJ
96583UP wrote:stip wrote:1991-1994: greatest of all time
1995-2017: varying degrees of pretty good to occasionally great
1991-1994: Dave A on drums & groupies
1995-2017: Dave A not on drums & no more groupies
hmmmmmmmm
Re: What are Pearl Jam's "Eras"?
Posted: Sun April 09, 2017 11:41 pm
by Strat
Ten-Avocado - Brilliant and on top of their game with various peaks and valleys
2007 - Current - Not sure where this lands at this point. Definitely below everything else though still enjoyable for me. Shows have been always a pleasure and blast but im not an idiot and think they reach the levesl to when this band blew my mind every single night.