Gigaton: Official album thread

[numbers]

That woman on Instagram that purchases every single piece of merch already has her coloring book page framed.

[knee tunes]

That woman on Instagram that purchases every single piece of merch already has her coloring book page framed.

Hey numbers

Oh, you've been here all this time? I thought you were gone for years or something

[numbers]

I pop in to complain from time to time

[knee tunes]

bitchin'!

[spike]

Most of my conversations about PJ IRL are trying to convince people they don’t (didn’t) suck. To this day all people seem to know is Ten and Vs. but know very little of the Vitalogy through Riot Act run. When I play them anti Ten songs, like Who You Are, Tremor Christ, BOJ, Of The Girl, All Night, Insignificance, I Got Shit, etc...they generally seem to be pleasantly surprised.

When they would tell me they preferred stuff like New Radicals and Coldplay, I would just smile and nod.

Heh. Let them listen to that pleb shit. If they can't understand something like Of The Girl then they're lost.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Pearl Jam. The music is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of musical theory most of the songs will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Eddie's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his lyrics - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realize that they're not just fun rockers - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Pearl Jam truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the anguish in an Eddie lyric like "he lit a match and laid in bed" which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Eddie's genius unfolds itself on their iPods. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Stickman tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

can't allow a pearl jam coloring book bury this gem

[dprival78]

...As a consequence people who dislike Pearl Jam truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the anguish in an Eddie lyric like "he lit a match and laid in bed" which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.

what happens when this line is actually "eleven nights he laid in bed.."?

[wease]

...As a consequence people who dislike Pearl Jam truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the anguish in an Eddie lyric like "he lit a match and laid in bed" which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons.

what happens when this line is actually "eleven nights he laid in bed.."?

That’s a reference to Stephen King’s Insomnia.

[Bammer]

Most of my conversations about PJ IRL are trying to convince people they don’t (didn’t) suck. To this day all people seem to know is Ten and Vs. but know very little of the Vitalogy through Riot Act run. When I play them anti Ten songs, like Who You Are, Tremor Christ, BOJ, Of The Girl, All Night, Insignificance, I Got Shit, etc...they generally seem to be pleasantly surprised.

When they would tell me they preferred stuff like New Radicals and Coldplay, I would just smile and nod.

Heh. Let them listen to that pleb shit. If they can't understand something like Of The Girl then they're lost.

To be fair, you have to have a very high IQ to understand Pearl Jam. The music is extremely subtle, and without a solid grasp of musical theory most of the songs will go over a typical listener's head. There's also Eddie's nihilistic outlook, which is deftly woven into his lyrics - his personal philosophy draws heavily from Narodnaya Volya literature, for instance. The fans understand this stuff; they have the intellectual capacity to truly appreciate the depths of these songs, to realize that they're not just fun rockers - they say something deep about LIFE. As a consequence people who dislike Pearl Jam truly ARE idiots- of course they wouldn't appreciate, for instance, the anguish in an Eddie lyric like "he lit a match and laid in bed" which itself is a cryptic reference to Turgenev's Russian epic Fathers and Sons. I'm smirking right now just imagining one of those addlepated simpletons scratching their heads in confusion as Eddie's genius unfolds itself on their iPods. What fools... how I pity them. And yes by the way, I DO have a Stickman tattoo. And no, you cannot see it. It's for the ladies' eyes only- And even they have to demonstrate that they're within 5 IQ points of my own (preferably lower) beforehand.

can't allow a pearl jam coloring book bury this gem

I am honored to have inspired it.

[96583UP]

it's interesting that the location for the photo is on top of the stove

[lowlight79]

it's interesting that the location for the photo is on top of the stove

Elderly woman sitting behind the counter next to a stove fire?

[E.H. Ruddock]

Has anyone reported on what is on the back of the Halloween shirt? I thought I read where some people were receiving them already

[tragabigzanda]

pearl jam sucks now

[bodysnatcher]

lol

[lowlight79]

Has anyone reported on what is on the back of the Halloween shirt? I thought I read where some people were receiving them already

That shirt ain't showing up til thanksgiving.

[epilogue]

Has anyone reported on what is on the back of the Halloween shirt? I thought I read where some people were receiving them already

That shirt ain't showing up til thanksgiving 2027.

[Jorge]

I pop in to complain from time to time

How do you feel about being overtaken by 9678UP as "the numbers guy"?

[numbers]

I pop in to complain from time to time

How do you feel about being overtaken by 9678UP as "the numbers guy"?

I abdicated that throne when the new board started, I have grown beyond that life.

[epilogue]

I pop in to complain from time to time

How do you feel about being overtaken by 9678UP as "the numbers guy"?

I abdicated that throne when the new board started, I have grown beyond that life.

Proud of you

[96583UP]

numbers, 96up, dpupenya

we're all the same guy

[96583UP]

it's interesting that the location for the photo is on top of the stove

Elderly woman sitting behind the counter next to a stove fire?

no, it was just Jeff Ament who sent that