Pearl Jam > you

[Van_Halen]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG443N7lo4Q&feature=channel_page

Lyrics:


Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

[TheAntipop]

Mediocre live band, pretty dull music.

[Van_Halen]

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SPMfr38fCA

What is this blasphemy you speak of?

EDIT: Just thought I'd say, I have a man crush on the drummer in this video. he's ****ing awesome.

[Absinthe]

I challenge the topic's title.

[swan_song1973]

along with nirvana, pearl jam makes the 90s a good year in music for me.

[Corp. Sheepo]

CAKE > Every one and every thing

[KineticAesthetic]

Pearl Jam have always struck me as the epitome of mediocrity.

[TheAntipop]

along with nirvana, pearl jam makes the 90s a good year in music for me.

I prefer Soundgarden to both, if I'm honest. :P

[swan_song1973]

I prefer Soundgarden to both, if I'm honest. :P

ill give you that. superunknown is a damn good album.

edit: oh and how could i forget rage. love me some rage.

[Zephos]

Pearl Jam do have some incredible gems though, despite some mediocrity (looking at you, avocado album).

Ignore the fact its an AMV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_C2da9H8Wo

[Lucid]

They're decent for a grunge band.
I definitely like Soundgarden better though.

[PoeticRocker]

I never cared for their music though musically they were great as a grunge band. But especially hated Eddie Vedder's voice, since now I remember the lead singer of Creed sounding the exact same.

[Dalamari]

Bob Dylan version's better, tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds

But Yellow Ledbetter is a fine toe-tapper

[Van_Halen]

How can anyone hate Eddie Vedder's voice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLTchP9opc

[nipples]

God I f***ing hate Pearl Jam.

Soundgarden and Alice In Chains ftw.

[Van_Halen]

Your opinion doesn't count. >:l

[VirusType2]

Pearl Jam's Ten ****ing ruled, and they had a few excellent songs after that as well. Somehow, someway, I had heard their first demos and shit is brilliant, but like most every band, they just aren't the same after the fame.

[nipples]

I'll agree, Ten is badass.

[Stigmata]

Pearl Jam is alright. They have a few awesome, awesome songs (looking at you, Even Flow), and a ton of filler.

[Saturos]

Bob Dylan version's better, tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds

But Yellow Ledbetter is a fine toe-tapperBob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

He only got famous for his lyrics of the era during the 60's when it was cool to be a anti-war protester.
I really don't get why he has/had so many fans. It certainly wasn't his talent.

[Stigmata]

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.

[swan_song1973]

Bob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

listening to bob dylan for his voice is like listening to led zeppelin for their lyrics: you're doing it wrong.

[Van_Halen]

Which is like listening to Pearl Jam for guitar solos.

heh...

[Shakermaker]

I personally prefer the version of Masters of War Pearl Jam did during the Bob Dylan tribute a loooong time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFMOjFQ-ID0

[Van_Halen]

Eddie Vedder is a god among vocalists.

[Saturos]

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.I fail at understanding emotions.

[nipples]

Eddie Vedder is a god among vocalists.

Cornell rapes Vedder.

[The Monkey]

Shit, that was terrible. Dylan's version is brilliant, that was just embarrassing.

[Van_Halen]

Cornell rapes Vedder.

Staley rapes Cornell. :p

[nipples]

Staley is good but his voice is too whiny.

[Stigmata]

Staley is meh; emotive but overbearing and whiny. Cornell is much better, with a bigger range to boot.

[Van_Halen]

...Nuh uh.

[Letters]

I get hoarse trying to imitate Cornell after just one song. :P


Pearl Jam is safely in the "above average" area for me. I hate being one of those "older stuff was better" people, but in this case I have to be.

[nipples]

I hate being one of those "older stuff was better" people, but in this case I have to be.

Its true for so many bands though.

[theotherguy]

I love Pearl Jam, my favorite band.

[VirusType2]

Bob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

...

I really don't get why he has/had so many fans. It certainly wasn't his talent.

Foot Goes in Mouth (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49IzD9IE5Vc)

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.
This. But you probably won't listen to the song.

[Van_Halen]

Well, I can understand why he's famous, because he writes awesome lyrics. But even in that song, you can tell singing isn't his strong point. I'd give him huge props though for going on tour singing when he's not that good at it. It sounds good anyway. All I think Saturos meant was that Eddie Vedder singing Bob Dylan seems like it was meant to be. For Eddie to front Bob Dylan, nothing would have been more awesome.

[VirusType2]

In my opinion, just because his voice isn't pretty doesn't mean it isn't good. Plus, he is really skilled singer; fair range but awesome control.

Neil Young on the other hand, while his voice is passable, it's because he is one of the greatest guitar players that he is so awesome.

[Saturos]

In my opinion, just because his voice isn't pretty doesn't mean it isn't good. Plus, he is really skilled singer; fair range but awesome control.

Neil Young on the other hand, while his voice is passable, it's because he is one of the greatest guitar players that he is so awesome.No doubt, the lyrics to some of his songs like "House of the Rising Sun" is great, but just maybe the songs I've heard him play weren't exactly his "brightest" moments. Some of Dylan's songs are just so monotone and lifeless it seemed to me.

I've heard other cover bands perform House of the Rising Sun with superior melodic and symphonic elegance tbh.

[VirusType2]

I don't think it's his song because I heard somewhere that they don't know who wrote it. I also heard it was hundreds of years old. This could all be bullshit however.

I'm not a Dylan fan, but that song came on today and I thought he sung it with a ton of emotion. Then I remembered this thread.

Anyway, I think I heard a better version of it than the one I posted, because it didn't seem the same.

[Saturos]

I can't remember who was the original writer of "House of The Rising Sun either.
Dammit virus you brainwashed me and made me forget.

I found this though. It seemed like lots of bands covered for this song and not just Bob dill-hole. (lol, I couldn't help it)

Look on the bottom of the page. (http://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&channel=s&hl=en&q=House+of+the+Rising+Sun+writer&btnG=Google+Search)

[Zephos]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXwynAlYNS0

All this (downright silly, I must say) anti-Dylan talk has been decimated by this video.

Gentlemen.

[Saturos]

snip*

All this (downright silly, I must say) anti-Dylan talk has been decimated by this video.

Gentlemen.I can't listen to it atm. I'll check it out at our college tomorrow though.

[StardogChampion]

Pearl Jam are the greatest rock band of the last 20 years.

Their old stuff is nowhere near as good as the stuff on their latest album. Lyrically it's their best by a mile.

http://tinysong.com/8GD
Those undecided needn't have faith to be free
And those misguided, there was a plan for them to be
Now you got both sides claiming killing in God's name
But god is nowhere to be found, conveniently

Walking tightrope high over moral ground
Seeing visions of falling up somehow

http://tinysong.com/1CP
Her son's slanted
Always giving her
The sideways eye
And empty chair where dad sits
How loud can silence get?
And mom, she reassures
To contain him
But it's becoming a lie

She tells herself
And everyone else
Father is risking
His life for our freedoms

Parachutes is also a weird awesome song that's different from what they usually do - http://tinysong.com/21B

Reminds me of Off He Goes in that respect - http://tinysong.com/1N3K

Song for song Soundgarden are absolutely shit compared to Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.

[nipples]

Song for song Soundgarden are absolutely shit compared to Alice in Chains and Pearl Jam.

Are you on crack?

Read all the lyrics for Superunknown and Down on the Upside.

I don't think the lyrics you posted are anything special.


Shower in the dark day
Clean sparks driving down
Cool in the waterway
Where the baptized drown
Naked in the cold sun
Breathing life like fire
Thought I was the only one
But that was just a lie

Cause I heard it in the wind
And I saw it in the sky
And I thought it was the end
And I thought it was the 4th of July

[VirusType2]

I'm crazy about a couple of the songs... but for every other song, I find Alice In Chains and Soundgarden obnoxious generally. Partly because of the vocals, but mostly because I usually don't like the sludge style guitars. I want to like them more, can you guys recommend something?

[Van_Halen]

Here are a few songs that have been shoved to the side by AIC, and Pearl Jam, for reasons unknown to me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d1vyU4CWpQ0&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5iFTCSbQpU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXS5fftrRk8

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQEUhMT1eRg&feature=related

[CptStern]

meh sick of pearl jam sound garden and every other "grunge" band from the 90's ..I need another 10 years for nostalgia to set in as I've heard every song they've put out 100x over

also pearl jam needs to retire and alice in chains isnt the same without Layne

[StardogChampion]

meh sick of pearl jam sound garden and every other "grunge" band from the 90's ..I need another 10 years for nostalgia to set in as I've heard every song they've put out 100x over

also pearl jam needs to retire and alice in chains isnt the same without Layne
You need to stop listening to Pearl Jam's early songs. If you keep listening to Alive over and over then that's your fault. Their newer stuff is completely different and better than the early stuff.

I'm crazy about a couple of the songs... but for every other song, I find Alice In Chains and Soundgarden obnoxious generally. Partly because of the vocals, but mostly because I usually don't like the sludge style guitars. I want to like them more, can you guys recommend something?
Alice in Chains have loads of good songs. Do you own any albums? They're one of the few bands that have some albums where every song is good. Try Dirt and Facelift at first.

[CptStern]

You need to stop listening to Pearl Jam's early songs. If you keep listening to Alive over and over then that's your fault. Their newer stuff is completely different and better than the early stuff.

I havent listened to anything by them in almost 10 years. I got sick of them back then ..I'm not finished being sick of them :E ...same goes for Soundgarden and Alice in chains.. 3 bands that I loved back in the early 90's

[Van_Halen]

Here on the music forum we appreciate you opinion.

[mastag]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpH5i3xD7tA

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[grungeisntdead]

holy shit shit shit shit let me sort this out.
GOOD= Nirvana, Pearl Jam, R.E.M., Alice In Chains, Weezer, Stone Temple pilots
BAD= Soundgarden, Soundgarden, Soundgarden, Soul Asylum

I HAVE SPOKEN U NUBS~!

[nipples]

I have a hard time viewing that as valid from someone who thinks that Grunge isn't dead and who also likes Pearl Jam.

[Van_Halen]

I have a hard time viewing that as valid from someone who thinks that Grunge isn't dead and who also likes Pearl Jam.

Hey, **** you. Pearl Jam owns your ass and you're just afraid to ADMIT IT! >:l

I feel that the word "grunge" is dead, not the music. I hate to label any kind of music, but that's the only way you can find what you want sometimes, but the "Grunge" era was mostly straight up rock& roll. They just call certain bands grunge because they came out, or hit it big in the 90's and kinda faded away. The phrase grunge is dead. The music made by "Grunge" bands is still Rock & Roll, so the music style is not dead.

[Stigmata]

Grunge isn't rock & roll.

[Van_Halen]

How do you figure?

[StardogChampion]

Grunge is just punk rock. Just look at Mudhoney - half their songs are 2:30 long or less. And Nirvana and Pearl Jam are so opposite that they can't both be grunge. Pearl Jam have always been "rock".

[Stigmata]

They just got lumped into grunge because they were a little like Nirvana.

[nipples]

Grunge was just the label given to Seattle bands at the time. Seattle's scene was really exploited.

If you haven't seen the movie Hype, I suggest you do.

[Van_Halen]

They just got lumped into grunge because they were a little like Nirvana.

I have listened to all of these bands, and Nirvana is the only one that sounds like Nirvana. Alice in Chains is definitely unique, Pearl Jam is a little more upbeat, and happier than Nirvana, and Soundgarden is... ...Soundgarden.