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dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
This was my favorite song ever for a long, long time.
me too--it's also the song I think suffers the most live--at least until the ending. Such a shame
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stip wrote:
dirtyfrank0705 wrote:
This was my favorite song ever for a long, long time.
me too--it's also the song I think suffers the most live--at least until the ending. Such a shame
In my opinion it may be the greatest pure rock composition of the 90's. Each section is a revelation, yet the song is totally cohesive. But yeah, I think that it has suffered a lot live. Since I have never seen them live, I'm not sure who is playing what parts, but in 2006, they were almost getting them. At least the timing was right even if not all of the notes made it in.
This was my favorite song ever for a long, long time.
me too--it's also the song I think suffers the most live--at least until the ending. Such a shame
In my opinion it may be the greatest pure rock composition of the 90's. Each section is a revelation, yet the song is totally cohesive. But yeah, I think that it has suffered a lot live. Since I have never seen them live, I'm not sure who is playing what parts, but in 2006, they were almost getting them. At least the timing was right even if not all of the notes made it in.
Agreed. I think the difference in 2006 is Vedder. He has gotten really good and that pulls the entire band forward on his songs.
As everyone knows, there are a couple excellent acoustic versions from Bridge. 94's is a revelation as you hear The Who all over it. 96 is a re-write with a plaintive, almost longing melody.
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I always thought that corduroy was a metaphor (and well chosen considering the whole "grunge" scene that they're from) to Eddie as a shield or cover against the idolatry and bastardization of their images and ultimately themselves. Something for him to hide in and something, ironically, to bemoan the commercialization of his fashion choices.
I named my pet chameleon Corduroy. Everyone thought it was a weird to name a reptile a corrugated fabric. He died this summer.
I wrote this for him when he died:
His name seems so paradoxical – a grungy fabric for an illustriously scaled reptile. His name came from a Pearl Jam song, his dad’s favorite band. It tells of the story of the singer’s disgust of becoming an idol based on his illuminating and illustrious clothes that became overpriced (for many) fashion of a generation searching for itself. His clothes would provide a sense of protective armor against fashional idolatry, like a camouflage, something the chameleon could appreciate and revel in. In the end, the corduroy couldn’t protect the singer, like the song sings, and it could only attempt to hide him and to seek refuge, like to a guitar (where the reptile would fall asleep on the upright fretboard). He just climbed up on the guitar, perched like a bird singing for love and attention – waiting for someone to find him and rescue him. He, too, knew the guitar was a sanctuary, like a rock star. And he was a rock star. The masses would come around, intrigued and wanting to meet the reptilian celebrity, for most had never seen anything like him up close.
Corduroy was a metaphor for the singer, an obtuse perversion of reality . Corduroy the creature would also use his mask when needed, but was loving and cuddling on the inside and loved to fall trustingly asleep on his dad’s head in his hair or attached to his ear or gripping on for his life to his shirt or perched on his dad’s like a look out who had grown tired and weary and needed rest. Inside, he loved to be with those he loved. It was his inside that counted, just like in the song. Could a pet have a more paradoxical name and yet be named so perfect?
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homersheineken wrote:
I always thought that corduroy was a metaphor (and well chosen considering the whole "grunge" scene that they're from) to Eddie as a shield or cover against the idolatry and bastardization of their images and ultimately themselves. Something for him to hide in and something, ironically, to bemoan the commercialization of his fashion choices.
I named my pet chameleon Corduroy. Everyone thought it was a weird to name a reptile a corrugated fabric. He died this summer.
I wrote this for him when he died:
His name seems so paradoxical – a grungy fabric for an illustriously scaled reptile. His name came from a Pearl Jam song, his dad’s favorite band. It tells of the story of the singer’s disgust of becoming an idol based on his illuminating and illustrious clothes that became overpriced (for many) fashion of a generation searching for itself. His clothes would provide a sense of protective armor against fashional idolatry, like a camouflage, something the chameleon could appreciate and revel in. In the end, the corduroy couldn’t protect the singer, like the song sings, and it could only attempt to hide him and to seek refuge, like to a guitar (where the reptile would fall asleep on the upright fretboard). He just climbed up on the guitar, perched like a bird singing for love and attention – waiting for someone to find him and rescue him. He, too, knew the guitar was a sanctuary, like a rock star. And he was a rock star. The masses would come around, intrigued and wanting to meet the reptilian celebrity, for most had never seen anything like him up close.
Corduroy was a metaphor for the singer, an obtuse perversion of reality . Corduroy the creature would also use his mask when needed, but was loving and cuddling on the inside and loved to fall trustingly asleep on his dad’s head in his hair or attached to his ear or gripping on for his life to his shirt or perched on his dad’s like a look out who had grown tired and weary and needed rest. Inside, he loved to be with those he loved. It was his inside that counted, just like in the song. Could a pet have a more paradoxical name and yet be named so perfect?
That was a very moving eulogy for a pet that you obviously loved. Thanks for sharing that.
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