Waiting For Stevie

[RockPusher]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

[Birds in Hell]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Anyway, suffice to say, "big building cartharsis" is definitely not my Pearl Jam lane.

I forget, Spenno, are you a Radiohead fan?

Not a diehard but I like them OK.

For some reason I thought you were big into them and I was gonna ask how you reconciled the catharsis of Radiohead with the catharsis of PJ. But I misremembered your level of fandom.

But also, if you have any thoughts on that compare/contrast, I'd be interested in hearing them. So feel free!

If it helps, I don't enjoy much of 90s Radiohead.

I like King of Limbs and Kid A the best, I think.

[epilogue]

"Alt Country" (not my favorite descriptor but I get what you mean) Pearl Jam is also some of my favorite Pearl Jam.

[epilogue]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Anyway, suffice to say, "big building cartharsis" is definitely not my Pearl Jam lane.

I forget, Spenno, are you a Radiohead fan?

Not a diehard but I like them OK.

For some reason I thought you were big into them and I was gonna ask how you reconciled the catharsis of Radiohead with the catharsis of PJ. But I misremembered your level of fandom.

But also, if you have any thoughts on that compare/contrast, I'd be interested in hearing them. So feel free!

If it helps, I don't enjoy much of 90s Radiohead.

I like King of Limbs and Kid A the best, I think.

There's still quite a bit of build/catharsis in that stuff though, especially Kid A.

[Birds in Hell]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

[epilogue]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

What about:

Angel
Driftin'
Strangest Tribe
Daughter
Indifference
Nothingman
Immortality
Smile
All Or None
Fatal

[Birds in Hell]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

What about:

Angel
Driftin'
Strangest Tribe
Daughter
Indifference
Nothingman
Immortality
Smile
All Or None
Fatal

Those are all good (even great) songs.

[stip]

is this basically just drifting into ‘acoustic’

[epilogue]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

What about:

Angel
Driftin'
Strangest Tribe
Daughter
Indifference
Nothingman
Immortality
Smile
All Or None
Fatal

Those are all good (even great) songs.

Godamn right.

I don't care what stip says, you're a good dude, Spenno.

[epilogue]

is this basically just drifting into ‘acoustic’

I'm not gonna say you're wrong, but insofar as you're right, that's PJ's fault, not ours.

[epilogue]

Okay, here's a real test...

Spenno, what's your take on Unemployable and Force of Nature?

[RockPusher]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

What about:

Angel
Driftin'
Strangest Tribe
Daughter
Indifference
Nothingman
Immortality
Smile
All Or None
Fatal

All or None is my #1 favorite and the rest of those are all ACES.

[epilogue]

it's also, to be fair, my favorite lane of pearl jam. Big building catharsis

That and the alt country stuff, for me.

Which songs do you think fall into that latter category?

Off the top of my head:

Thin Air
Around the Bend
Elderly Woman...
Off He Goes
maybe Thumbing My Way

There are others but those are the ones that readily come to mind. There are a lot of other PJ tracks that just have that kind of western twang built into them but aren't as much in this category- I'm thinking of songs like Nothingman, Immortality...

I like all of those songs.

What about:

Angel
Driftin'
Strangest Tribe
Daughter
Indifference
Nothingman
Immortality
Smile
All Or None
Fatal

All or None is my #1 favorite and the rest of those are all ACES

[RockPusher]

Hell, I'd even add that Last of Us version of Future Days.

[epilogue]

Future Days is another great alt country PJ track.

[Birds in Hell]

Guys, we were going so well.

[epilogue]

Guys, we were going so well.

I get not liking the song. But it's hard to argue that it isn't "alt country" influenced.

[RockPusher]

Guys, we were going so well.

Have you heard the Last of Us version? It's a totally different, tonally different, song.

[Birds in Hell]

Guys, we were going so well.

Have you heard the Last of Us version? It's a totally different, tonally different, song.

Is it this?



I'm not convinced.

What about Speed of Sound? I like that one.

[epilogue]

Speed of Sound is great. Also, Alt Country.