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They let some other guy sing.

This thread is pissing me off

cutuphalfdead wrote:

Lament wrote:Outside of Matt's drumming being unconventional for a Pearl Jam song, Sleight of Hand isn't really very experimental. Moody, yes. Creative, yes. Experimental, no.

so much this

Lament wrote:Corduroy is obviously the best experimental Pearl Jam song because they had never written a song about a fabric before that, so it was pretty groundbreaking.

But these quotes are exactly why Bugs counts, in my book. It is unconventional and outside of the norm for Pearl Jam, but also, they never fully explored that territory again. I mean, obviously they did spoken word again (though Bugs was the first) but do they have another song driven by an accordion?

It's perhaps the closest they've come to Tom Waits. Though, by Waits' standards the song could hardly be called experimental, by Pearl Jam's standards (especially in 94/95), it absolutely is.

Kaius wrote:This thread is pissing me off

You're so sexy when you're angry, though. Your mustache gets curlier.

Bugs is definitely more defendable as being experimental than most of the things being named in this thread.

Kaius wrote:This thread is pissing me off

You and me both, champ. Thank God Lament is here. Otherwise, I really don't know what the fuck I'd do.

Lament wrote:Bugs is definitely more defendable as being experimental than most of the things being named in this thread.

Aw huh

let the records show that I have not participated in this thread.

This pretty experimental right here

The experiment being "let's see how long we can go before Jorge gets a brain aneurysm".

The best part is that when that kid sent me that video, it had like eight views. He's gonna wake up tomorrow to see that the number has skyrocketed.

I had to leave a comment.

what did the runaway do to deserve that?

You're gonna make him grab that belt again and reconsider his earlier decision.

Could you imagine seeing him at the Cavern Club in '61?

He's the only person I could see replacing a member of Pearl Jam.

This ends tonight!

Anders wrote:It's clear people are interpreting the word very differently. What would you call a proper song that is different for Pearl Jam, yet not filler at all? A Five star Pearl Jam song.

YEAH YEAH YEAH YEAH

Lament wrote:But yeah, to expand upon that, DTE is a pretty good example of them doing something creative and unique without really breaking down any new ground or abandoning their comfort zone. That's always been their strength (in my eyes, at least). Well, beyond being emotionally engaging, which at the end of the day will always be what I consider to be their greatest strength, and the thing that makes them amazing when they are.

Lament wrote:

Anders wrote:Haha, ok. I should make a thread called: Best expansion of Pearl Jam's comfort zone tune?

Honestly, that wouldn't be a bad discussion. What Pearl Jam songs opened up doors that they worked their way through further down the road?

That's how I interpreted the op