Red Mosquito

I mostly owe my passion for music to my dad. I must have been about 11, sitting in his apartment in front of his old Pioneer wood-grain entertainment center, sifting through stacks and stacks of cd's. It's where the minutes and hours slipped away, every other weekend. It's also where I was first introduced to the likes of Pink Floyd's The Wall, Zeppelin's Physical Graffiti, and R.E.M.'s Monster. Of course, I also discovered Aerosmith's Get a Grip, Bush's Sixteen Stone, and the President's of the United States of America, but who wants to admit to that?

Despite our collective lack of good taste in music, one thing I can truly thank my dad for is buying No Code. I bet I looked through that album artwork a dozen times before I ever even listened to it. I was enthralled, disgusted, scared, and excited. I remember my dad nonchalantly disregarding it as being "Not bad" I don't even think he remembered it. But my passion for music, and Pearl Jam, eventually took off from there.

Fast forward to today, and every once in a while my dad sends me a text gushing over a PJ song that has probably popped up on his XM radio. He asked me to make a mix for him, so I'm asking my RM brethren for a helping hand. He's only heard "the hits" if anything. Songs he has gushed over that he's heard recently are Release, Immortality, and Black. I want to reach deep into their catalogue, but I want to knock his socks off too. I thought about just using our recent Pearl Jam Mixtape Challenge mixes, but fuck it.

So whattayasay RM? Will you use the information I've given you to help me construct a PJ mix for my dad?

I'll suggest some songs.

Last Exit
Hail, Hail
Brain of J
Insignificance
All or None

If I was making one for my pops I'd probably stick with the first four albums and focus on the more classic rock songs.

Kaius wrote: I want to reach deep into their catalogue

So whattayasay RM?

bada wrote:classic rock songs.

Well he can make a mix his dad likes or a mix you goof balls like.

Just don't put any post-Riot Act Moneygrab Pearl Jam on it and you'll be fine.

Pick 2 songs from each of the 10 albums that aren't the normal hits but showcase what the band was all about at that point in time. It'll give him a nice cross section of their career and let you know where to go from there.

So, for instance

Oceans
Porch
Go
Indifference
Last Exit
Tremor Christ
Red Mosquito
In My Tree
Brain of J
All those Yesterdays
Insignificance
Parting Ways
Severed Hand
Parachutes
Got Some
The End
Lightning Bolt
Yellow Moon

All good input so far. I definitely want to go with a good mix of heavy-hitters and slow-burners, without just recreating their greatest hits.

I like your suggestions, though I couldn't help but notice you skipped Riot Act, stip.

I'll never read Invincible unless you follow my instructions about this mix to the letter.

Kaius wrote:All good input so far. I definitely want to go with a good mix of heavy-hitters and slow-burners, without just recreating their greatest hits.

I like your suggestions, though I couldn't help but notice you skipped Riot Act, stip.

ha. That was an accident

Throw on I Am Mine and Can't Keep

I am working on the assumption that an introductory mix should not challenge. It should draw in. And once they want to listen then you challenge.

Just make a Creed/Silverchair mix. He probably will not notice.

@SkitchP wrote:Just make a Creed/Silverchair mix. He probably will not notice.

LULZ

Nothing as It seams
Alone
Force of Nature
I Am Mine
Do The Evolution
Hail Hail
Grievance
Infalliable
Nothingman
I Got Shit
All those Yesterdays
Yellow Moon
Severed Hand
Tremor Christ
In My Tree
Lukin
Sleight of Hand

These are some of the songs that I have found over the years that are a little below the avg joe radar, but do a good job of drawing in new listeners-

Porch
Footsteps
Go
Rearviewmirror
Last Exit
Nothingman
Corduroy
Hail Hail
Who You Are
Red Mosquito
Present Tense
Long Road
Brain of J
Faithfull
All Those Yesterdays
Nothing as it Seems
Grievance
I Am Mine
Down

Stop there