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Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Fri October 03, 2014 8:17 am
by joostone
The 93-98 powerstruggle is well documented, it's basically the only in band drama in PJ20.
Ed won and he's been the definitive PJ captain since Binaural, since S/T till LB his reign has become even stronger. But I think the band greatly benefitted from that powerstruggle.

I believe the band could benefit from this again, BS and LB were good record but not great ones. Ed needs a new struggle, but with Jeff this time around!

IMO the best songs om LB are: Getaway, MFS, Infallible, Pendulum and Yellow Moon.
Jeff wrote four of those and the other one is greatly based on his basslines. And it seems he has hit a new creative peak. Releasing Tres Mts in 2011 only months after his first solo record.

Since then he released an really fun side-projected that will release another one next year:

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And one criminally underlooked solo-effort:

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Seriously, that's one awesome record! Add his five best songs to those 5 LB tracks and BAM....another great PJ record where they really go in new directions.

So bring it on Jeff!! 8-)

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Fri October 03, 2014 9:04 am
by Lament
When The Fire Comes is my favorite thing to come out of any Pearl Jam-related release (including everything by Pearl Jam) since Lost Dogs. By a decent margin, too.

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Fri October 03, 2014 5:33 pm
by bodysnatcher
Jeff has always been my favorite individual songwriter in the band. His songs just resonate with me on a different level.

Also, he was behind me in line at a sandwich shop a couple of years ago, and we ordered the same sandwich. We're pretty much besties.

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Sat October 11, 2014 4:42 pm
by spike
the ten club sandwich?

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Sat October 11, 2014 8:39 pm
by Bob Loblaw
spike wrote:the ten club sandwich?
This is a good post.

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Tue October 14, 2014 7:09 pm
by Alex
1234 5 against 555 against 1

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Tue October 14, 2014 7:19 pm
by McParadigm
Five to one. One in five.
No one here gets out alive.

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Tue October 14, 2014 10:04 pm
by Mine
McParadigm wrote:Five to one. One in five.
No one here gets out alive.
They borrowed from than one already.

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Tue October 14, 2014 10:29 pm
by McParadigm
Here comes the hotstepper?

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Wed October 15, 2014 4:23 pm
by Mine
sure, why not

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Wed October 15, 2014 9:23 pm
by Alex
the GD version is better, as usual

Re: Need for powerstruggle

Posted: Thu October 16, 2014 3:59 am
by McParadigm
Just listened to hotstepper. Pretty sure they lifted that one for WMA, so never mind