I moved to LA in 1991, right before I left a buddy invited me to see his band at Club Babyhead in Providence, they were opening for some band called Pearl Jam and he explained that the members were from Mother Love Bone. I couldnt make it. Fast forward @ three months later, I was working in Hollywood, at Guitar Center on Sunset Blvd. I was at the accessories counter, A few guys walked up to me, on was carrying a sachel with a notebook in it. He asked me about some mics they ordered and said they had a corporate account. I asked what account and he said "pearl jam". I told him about my buddies band and the show at Baby Head. He remembered the show and we BS'd for 10 minutes about things. He was a very nice, sincere and unassuming guy. I thought notthing of it. Fast forward 6 months later. I was back in the East Coast and at a party, there was a video on MTV and all the girls were singing along, it was Alive by PJ. couldnt believe the guy I met a few months earlier was now a big star. It was Eddie Vedder.
Another band I just never got. Always seem pretty generic to me
One of those bands that touch a person at a certain point in life and time. Memories of good times - like early adulthood - that can be put to music like PJ, RHCP, Nirvana, etc. Kinda like Growing Up Music version 2 (Version 1 being teenage years).
I'll always associate that music with what I listened too at a good time (today's times are good but a different good), playing on the Juke Box at the primary hang out, the beers, the lasses, the darts, the camaraderie - and the essence of those days that can launch out of the recesses of the brain when a particular song comes out on the radio...
IMO, Pearl Jam is no Pink Floyd, but maybe more like the AC/DC of the 80s translated into the 90s...
I hope my comment was not perceived as I though they were no good. Music is personal and I in no way insinuated they were not good just curious if anyone felt the same way. Lots of stuff I like would make some peoples eyes roll too.
"A beach is a place where a man can feel he's the only soul in the world that's real"
One of those bands that touch a person at a certain point in life and time. Memories of good times - like early adulthood - that can be put to music like PJ, RHCP, Nirvana, etc. Kinda like Growing Up Music version 2 (Version 1 being teenage years).
that is a pretty damn good way of putting it JR...
I did love 10 & VS...
I heard the "new" song....sounds like a track that didnt make the cut...oh..that's what it is
I hope my comment was not perceived as I though they were no good. Music is personal and I in no way insinuated they were not good just curious if anyone felt the same way. Lots of stuff I like would make some peoples eyes roll too.
Vedders new "Into the Wild" soundtrack is much better than any of his bands recent work. They are a friggin steamroller in concert, just a very tight rock and roll band.
some of the best shows i have ever seen.best one was at the old Garden.
RIJIMMY you brought back some great memories of Babyhead.that place was the balls.nothing like a beach volleyball court in a alleyway.
I discovered that my dad had this album when I was in middle school, 8th grade. It hasn't found its way back to his cd draw since Listened to it for a good 3 months straight without changing it. Still not sick of it.
Wasajigifying -[ was - a - jig-i-fy-ing] - the concept of not knowing what the hell your saying.
I agree with John R, it was unique time in my life, early 20's. PJ resonated with me trying to figure this whole adult thing out.
this song black was always my favorite, brilliant lyrics for a breakup, particularly the last verse
Sheets of empty canvas
Untouched sheets of clay
Were laid spread out before me
As her body once did
All five horizons
Revolved around her soul as the Earth to the Sun
Now, the air I tasted and breathed
Has taken a turn
Oo, and all I taught her was everything
Oo, I know she gave me all that she wore
And now my bitter hands chafe beneath the clouds of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything
I take a walk outside
I'm surrounded by some kids at play
I can feel their laughter
So why do I sear?
Mm, and twisted thoughts that spin round my head, I'm spinning, oh, I'm spinning
How quick the Sun can drop away
And now my bitter hands cradle broken glass of what was everything
All the pictures have all been washed in black, tattooed everything
All the love gone bad, turned my world to black
Tattooed all I see, all that I am, all I'll be, yeah
Uh-huh
Uh-huh
Woo I know someday you'll have a beautiful life
I know you'll be a star in somebody else's sky
But why, why, why can't it be
Why can't it be mine?
I credit bands like Pearl Jam, Stone Temple Pilots, SoundGarden, and Nirvana as the bands that finally put a dagger through the hearts of the hairbands.
Never was a big fan of the Hairband music......loved the whole Seattle/Grunge sound. Brought back good raw energy songs that actually had a message behind them and meant something.
80's hairband was all about partying and girls......not that there is anything wrong with that .....just didn't really give much meaning to the grand scheme of things.
Ten is a Great Album......
"If you're arguing with an idiot, make sure he isn't doing the same thing."
Also the 80s hairbands and "partying and girls" was during the Reagan era when this country was having fun and on an upswing, in the 90s things took a sour turn under Clinton and music got dour and serious. No more partying....
I'm a big Pearl Jam fan. I'll say, when I first started listening to them they just seemed like another good band until I got into their live stuff which I in my opinion is what separates them from a lot of other bands.
Listened to it for a good 3 months straight without changing it. Still not sick of it. 
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