Soundgarden is better than Pearl Jam

I think that Eddie succeeds in the intimacy that he tries for almost every time with his uke tunes. SOON FORGET (I know that it's really derived from Pete Townshend), but it reminds me more than any of his other uke tunes of the types of songs that got written for uke back in the teens and 20s, like TONIGHT YOU BELONG TO ME.

I like this tune a lot. 3 stars.

Have you heard Ed's cover of Tonight You Belong To Me?

With Janet Weiss. Yeah, that's why I mentioned it. I've wondered what Ed and uke would sound like on I'M ALWAYS CHASING RAINBOWS.

lysander had a phrase that would fit here

I agree a lot with what stip said about this in the first post.
For me, the b-side of Binaural is probably one of the strongest sides of all PJ albums. EXCEPT for "Soon Forget". Insignificance through Parting Ways is brilliant, but Soon Forget is a hiccup. I'm not saying it's not album worthy, I just don't like how it's stuck in there. I skip it a lot. Kills the flow. I don't know where else it could have gone, but I like the idea of the hidden track. I would have much rather seen Fatal or Sad on there. Granted, we eventually got to hear them anyway, but they would have made Binaural even stronger.

welcome to the board

I thought the thread would have something to do with "The Day I Tried To Live"

It would have been funnier if you were the first to say that.

It would have been a dick move if you were the first or the last to say that.

Thanks!
Been a long time reader/lurker, and finally decided to participate after leaving other message boards.

I am bumping this cuz of that target thread I just locked. This is not a song about money, and pearl jam is not an anti-money band. People who come from working class backgrounds tend to not adopt that standpoint, and it is a somewhat foolish one to have, since money is needed to provide many of the preconditions of a good life. The critique in the bands music, or in songs like Green Disease, are about what happens when your desire for money comes at the expense of integrity/soul or whether it comes at the expense of other people. Eddie being a millionaire doesn't come at the expense of other people. If eddie opposed progressive taxation that might be different. The target stuff is largey (I think) foolish, since there is no real principle at stake there, other than the band not lying to itself about the role of corporate power in music distribution (it does look asthetically awkward, but that's it). Had they blocked indepdent record stores from carrying the album that would be different.

The high price of concert tickets is a different story. The people desperate to unearth hypocrisy should really aim their guns at that Target.

it would make a better lost dog.

Stip, you bumped the thread but didn't fix the poll?

I think a lot of people here just think "hypocrisy" means something it doesn't.
To change your stances over a 10-year period is not hypocritical.

You mean i don't have to have the same values that i did when i was 16?

Brilliant!




p.s.
Im am so glad you bring up the point that alot of people aren't connecting with. Kudos!

exactly. Beyond that (with the target stuff) I'm not sure anyone can really explain WHY this is a big deal. What concretely, beyond the 'corporation=bad' guilt by association is objectionable about this. I see this stuf fless as hypocrisy and more as a maturation to be honest.

i agree but it seemed like it happened really quick. like they did a 180 all of a sudden. i wonder what brought on that decision. maybe the documentary will shed some light on it.

People seem to forget the 2005 South American tour was sponsored by Levi's.