not even including the factual mishaps, that might have been one of the worst written articles i have ever read about pearl jam.
Eh, it wasn't that bad. I mean, without knowing anything about that website or the level of professionalism that should be expected from the writers, it seemed like a simple article about a guy who liked pearl jam, then didn't, but now likes them again.
Not great I guess, but not too bad either.
I'll say thanks to the original poster for posting the article.
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conoalias wrote:
not even including the factual mishaps, that might have been one of the worst written articles i have ever read about pearl jam.
really? I liked it. I usually enjoy this kind of confessional stuff. It didn't change my life but it's not even close to one of the worst pearl jam articles out there
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not even including the factual mishaps, that might have been one of the worst written articles i have ever read about pearl jam.
really? I liked it. I usually enjoy this kind of confessional stuff. It didn't change my life but it's not even close to one of the worst pearl jam articles out there
i'm not calling the article bad per se, but the writing is kinda .
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conoalias wrote:
stip wrote:
conoalias wrote:
not even including the factual mishaps, that might have been one of the worst written articles i have ever read about pearl jam.
really? I liked it. I usually enjoy this kind of confessional stuff. It didn't change my life but it's not even close to one of the worst pearl jam articles out there
i'm not calling the article bad per se, but the writing is kinda .
there are places it tries a bit too hard. But most of us are guilty of that from time to time. I sure am.
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at least he likes Gone
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I've never quite understood people who fell off the wagon at Vitalogy (as the author did).
While I loved No Code, it didn't surprise me when people abandoned them there, it was a pretty significant mood and sound change overall (which they played up by releasing Who You Are).
But Vitalogy (other than the bunch of throwaway tracks) just didn't seem that much of a departure from Vs. to me. Probably less of a departure than Vs. was from Ten actually.
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meurso wrote:
I've never quite understood people who fell off the wagon at Vitalogy (as the author did).
While I loved No Code, it didn't surprise me when people abandoned them there, it was a pretty significant mood and sound change overall (which they played up by releasing Who You Are).
But Vitalogy (other than the bunch of throwaway tracks) just didn't seem that much of a departure from Vs. to me. Probably less of a departure than Vs. was from Ten actually.
Excellent points. As much as I like No Code, it was hard to argue with former fans who lost interest due to that album. But Vitalogy was just a logical extension of Vs. with some studio wankery stuck in to make up for the fact that they didn't have enough songs built up to fill a new album at that point.
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punkdavid wrote:
meurso wrote:
I've never quite understood people who fell off the wagon at Vitalogy (as the author did).
While I loved No Code, it didn't surprise me when people abandoned them there, it was a pretty significant mood and sound change overall (which they played up by releasing Who You Are).
But Vitalogy (other than the bunch of throwaway tracks) just didn't seem that much of a departure from Vs. to me. Probably less of a departure than Vs. was from Ten actually.
Excellent points. As much as I like No Code, it was hard to argue with former fans who lost interest due to that album. But Vitalogy was just a logical extension of Vs. with some studio wankery stuck in to make up for the fact that they didn't have enough songs built up to fill a new album at that point.
I don't think the transition is quite as smooth as you're making it out to be. The songs are a lot rougher for the most part, less conventionally structured (or at least mixed that way). Not For you, Last Exit, Corduroy, etc represented a real step forward--at least as much as the move from Vitalogy to No Code.
The problem wtih that leap was just the downward leap in the overall quality of the songs. It's not that fans couldn't deal with a 'style' change. It's just that the product was not nearly as compelling.
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