Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 11:42 pm
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Riot Actor 25 wrote:
theplatypus wrote:
got some wrote:
Not as cringe worthy as foo fighters at this years Grammys.
That was embarrassing!!!!!!
Not really.
For real. I'm really happy he said that, and he got people in the audience to applaud. Some even stood. Pro Tools is a cool thing, but look at all the classic rock music that was made with 2, 4, and 8 track recorders based on a few passionate takes until they got a great feel. That's totally lost on modern artists.
Feel free to contact me for the rights to this song mr vedder. Or I can just go ahead and play during set change on your US Tour this Fall. Thanks buddy.
Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Mon May 07, 2012 1:01 am
Force of Nature
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I finally got around to downloading this. So far I really dig it, even though the ukelele makes the album feel a bit cramped. The lyrics are really good, and I'm glad Eddie went solo to release this kind of thing. These are not Pearl Jam songs.
Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 1:59 pm
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I'm not sure it would have been possible as these all seem to have been written on uke, but i do sometimes wonder how this album would have been received had it all been on guitar.
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Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:01 pm
AnalLog
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Kevin Davis wrote:
I understand not liking it, but pretentious isn't a word I'd use to describe it.
what's a word that says, "this should be a one-time concept for an album and a group of songs that should not be repeated again, seeing as working with this instrument has stunted your writing, although what can't keep turned into as a band song was good so if you're using it as a starting point that's fine, but please go in a different direction with your finished products from now on (re: sea change, black swan)?"
Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:04 pm
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Nothing wrong with an artist trying something different though, surely? it was pretty well received in the fanbase, critically and with the public i thought.
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Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:10 pm
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dimejinky99 wrote:
Nothing wrong with an artist trying something different though, surely? it was pretty well received in the fanbase, critically and with the public i thought.
i think "trying something different" is why i like into the wild so much. thats not why i dislike ukulele songs. i dislike it b/c it does nothing for me. maybe its just the instrument itself i dont like? or the lack of other instruments?
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Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 2:22 pm
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I wouldn't call ITW 'something different' really at all. He's been playing acoustic stuff a long time. ITW and Uke songs come as a pair to my mind. They compliment each other i think.
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Post subject: Re: Eddie Vedder - Ukulele Songs (May 31, 2011)
Posted: Sat May 12, 2012 4:01 pm
Yeah Yeah Yeah
Joined: Wed Aug 25, 2010 6:37 am Posts: 3819
EllisEamos wrote:
Kevin Davis wrote:
I understand not liking it, but pretentious isn't a word I'd use to describe it.
what's a word that says, "this should be a one-time concept for an album and a group of songs that should not be repeated again, seeing as working with this instrument has stunted your writing, although what can't keep turned into as a band song was good so if you're using it as a starting point that's fine, but please go in a different direction with your finished products from now on (re: sea change, black swan)?"
I maintain that if Eddie was writing for Pearl Jam with the same sense of curiosity that many of the Uke Songs embody, we'd be getting more "Grievance"s and "Insignificance"s than "Just Breathe"s. Dynamic-wise, I can appreciate that people find the lack of instrumental variation limiting, but a lot of the chord changes and melodic structures of those songs are adventurous in a way that Eddie's writing for Pearl Jam, in my opinion, has only been on the rarest of occasions.
Either way, I'm not sure what the word is you're looking for. I'll report back if someone says something today which rings a bell.
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