Re: Fw: [acid-jazz] Best/Worst/merely Blah of 2002/Pearl Jam

From: _dakati _ (dakati@postmaster.co.uk)
Date: Thu Dec 19 2002 - 20:57:23 CET

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    ('binary' encoding is not supported, stored as-is) all is well. to each his own i suppose. don't forget they're ARE a rock band.... Their rock n' roll limitations have been set, they know those limitations quite well, and play to the end, sometimes going a little beyond -- especially live! :) anyway.... glad you're enjoying at least some of it....

    if you're interested, check out this live performance clip of them, at a small club here in seattle... considering they're not traveling to europe this coming tour, this is a little promo shot shipped instead...

    1/2 Full

    http://download.againstthemedia.com/Pearl_Jam-Half_Full-cuzz-ATM.mpg

    On Thu, 19 Dec 2002 01:17:41 -0500
     "Stimp" <stimp@aei.ca> wrote:
    > Funny, I remember seeing Pearl Jam on a triple bill with Smashing Pumpkins
    > and Red Hot Chili Peppers, before either they or the Pumpkins had an album
    > out. Like you, I was similarly blown away, especially by Eddie Vedder's
    > vocals. Their live rendition of The Who's "Baba O'Reilly" completely
    > changed the way I heard that song. Then again, rock n' roll was enjoying a
    > resurgence at the time (Grunge was VERY welcome for me, and produced a good
    > number of modern rock classic records) I dunno, given the sorry state of
    > rock n'roll these days, Pearl Jam IS a cut above the rest, but they're still
    > just playing music which fits very comfortably within their established
    > parameters. So, I guess I find it stale for THEIR standards. I wouldn't say
    > that I thought "Riot Act" to be a bad record, it just didn't set my world on
    > fire. Maybe I'm expecting too much.....
    >
    > Stimp
    > ----- Original Message -----
    > From: "_dakati _" <dakati@postmaster.co.uk>
    > To: "Stimp" <stimp@aei.ca>
    > Cc: <acid-jazz@ucsd.edu>
    > Sent: Wednesday, December 18, 2002 9:56 PM
    > Subject: Re: Fw: [acid-jazz] Best/Worst/merely Blah of 2002
    >
    >
    > > I'm gonna have to go the other way and disagree with you on this... Far
    > from 'formulaic', in my opinion, this was one of my favorite records of the
    > year -- seeing them live in a small club a few weeks back only cemented that
    > belief... Worlds apart from the first three, it's not even same band....
    > they're changin', changin'....
    > >
    > > different strokes I guess...
    > >
    > > > > > > -Pearl Jam: Riot Act (If you own any of their first 3 records, you
    > > > > > > already
    > > > > > > know what to expect. Stale formulaic rock)
    > >
    >
    >
    >

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