Red Mosquito

harmless wrote: It was me that made the comment about ride cymbals being all the rage to Mr. Cameron. It's a weakness to me. I would rather have Dave A's over-obsession with the entire 12 cymbals he had, any day of the week. He had some skillz in terms of finding his way over a lot of different sounds. I'm not sure I've ever heard Matt play a splash cymbal or a china.

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

harmless wrote:

Thejambi wrote:

bluestate wrote:

stip wrote:I had outsized expectations for yesterday, as did almost everyone. That was on PJ. On the other hand, now I'll enjoy the slower reveal. They are forcing foreplay on us. It sucks if you really want sex right now, but you probably wont' regret it when it is over.

(this is not me being an apologist for the band. I just think people's reactions to events should be commensurate to what actually happened). Yesterday was hardly an unqualified success. But there was some cool stuff there and, having slept on it, it was hardly a huge failure either.

It's reassuring to know that there's at least 1 voice of reason here. Word.

I feel better about yesterday but it was still a "Huge" letdown. If we get the single this week then no harm done I suppose.
The mystery artwork as well as song snippets had a redeeming quality. Personally, I think an EPK (or whatever you call them) alone would have fully justified the week long countdown.

Sorry, EPK?

harmless wrote:Sorry, EPK?

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

elliseamos wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

sticking with the dinner plate idea, maybe this minding your manners is about eating all the food on your plate b/c pearl jam is trying to end world hunger thru the global citizen campaign.

Strat wrote:th EPK's are some of the best parts of new album season!

evenslow wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

sticking with the dinner plate idea, maybe this minding your manners is about eating all the food on your plate b/c pearl jam is trying to end world hunger thru the global citizen campaign.

take it to the U2 thread.

stip wrote:

harmless wrote:

Thejambi wrote:

bluestate wrote:

stip wrote:I had outsized expectations for yesterday, as did almost everyone. That was on PJ. On the other hand, now I'll enjoy the slower reveal. They are forcing foreplay on us. It sucks if you really want sex right now, but you probably wont' regret it when it is over.

(this is not me being an apologist for the band. I just think people's reactions to events should be commensurate to what actually happened). Yesterday was hardly an unqualified success. But there was some cool stuff there and, having slept on it, it was hardly a huge failure either.

It's reassuring to know that there's at least 1 voice of reason here. Word.

I feel better about yesterday but it was still a "Huge" letdown. If we get the single this week then no harm done I suppose.
The mystery artwork as well as song snippets had a redeeming quality. Personally, I think an EPK (or whatever you call them) alone would have fully justified the week long countdown.

Sorry, EPK?

electronic press kit. those little 8-10 minute videos they had for S/T and backspacer

elliseamos wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

sticking with the dinner plate idea, maybe this minding your manners is about eating all the food on your plate b/c pearl jam is trying to end world hunger thru the global citizen campaign.

LetMeSleep wrote:The way Dave A opened the hats was so explosive. He really influenced my playing to the point that I own 2 splashes. And I tend to go to the hat on the 16th of a snare roll.

As for the rock clip in the Tour vid. 2 words. Living Colour.

harmless wrote:

WtOB? wrote:

harmless wrote:I'm not sure I've ever heard Matt play a splash cymbal or a china. He seems more keen on rides and cowbells... which... doesn't suit Pearl Jam and never really has.

Matt uses both a splash and a china at different points on Binaural.
I'm pretty sure he's never used a cowbell. I think there's cowbell overdubbed in The Fixer, but it's not part of the whole kit and may not even be him playing it.

Fair points, and yeah there was splash and china in Binaural... something as small as that might make it my favourite drumming album from Matt. On the whole I didn't go WTF through any of it, and I usually do. My biggest WTF's have been in You Are ("Why aren't you smashing the hi-hats at this point; closed, ALL THE WAY THROUGH?") and probably Severed Hand (again, closed hi-hats until near the end.

I appreciate Blenheim's point that his influences (namely Copeland) steer clear of rock cliches. Maybe I feel that PJ as a band don't, so it's a mismatch when he does. The Police as an entirety steered away from the cliches; they were heavily influenced by ska (and influenced ska in turn) and maybe I just feel that PJ as a whole are nowhere near as innovative, so I'd rather Matt just did what I expect. Like the bitch that he is.

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

sticking with the dinner plate idea, maybe this minding your manners is about eating all the food on your plate b/c pearl jam is trying to end world hunger thru the global citizen campaign.

And where was that dinner plate at? I just see the same countdown clock that opened when the first countdown ended

Im tired of saying countdown

Spoiler: show

Spoiler: show

evenslow wrote:Hot hot EPK action.

S/T: http://youtu.be/O5MKacPZg34

Backspacer: http://youtu.be/s3m4gvJDrlo

We've talked about this several times before but the guitars in the S/T video sound raw and RAD. Production clearly got in the way.

elliseamos wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:

elliseamos wrote:

evenslow wrote:

bluestate wrote:

Dr. Van Nostrand wrote:What album artwork have they revealed?

Yea, that's what I want to know? I think some people are referring to the dinner plate symbol but I wouldn't consider that artwork that has anything to do with the album.

I would bet what little money I have that this is MYM single artwork, to be fully revealed by Thursday in conjunction with the song.

Then again, I've lost what little money I have betting on Ten Club before, so...

sticking with the dinner plate idea, maybe this minding your manners is about eating all the food on your plate b/c pearl jam is trying to end world hunger thru the global citizen campaign.

And where was that dinner plate at? I just see the same countdown clock that opened when the first countdown ended

Im tired of saying countdown

when you go here: https://pearljam.com/ you don't see these two things?

Spoiler: show

and

Spoiler: show

b/c we do, and we're talking about the plate/moon thing.