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 Post subject: Jeff Ament and Real Me
PostPosted: Sat Mar 28, 2009 11:57 pm 
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I just listenened to the Real Me cover and wow!! PJ could always become a The Who cover band. What really impressed me was Jeff!

Well, I always knew Jeff had quite decent chops, but he really surprised me by not downplaying/simplifying one of the most ambitious rock songs basswise. He really rips in pure Ox style.

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And now I want the video of the perfomance.

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The bass in that song is like another vocal in a way and I was convinced he didn't have the chops to pull it off, but he nailed it. Note perfect. Great performance by the whole band, but Jeff particularly owns it.

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And I read he used a Precision bass, that is a bass usually played in a more pocket fashion, it wouldnt be my 1st choice for shredding.

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The bass in that song is like another vocal in a way and I was convinced he didn't have the chops to pull it off, but he nailed it. Note perfect. Great performance by the whole band, but Jeff particularly owns it.



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Well he usually overplays to fuck on Pj stuff, he doesn't know how to leave space in songs, but covering Who tunes he's pretty perfect for the job.

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video for this is on VH1's site: http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?id= ... vid=258537


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dimejinky99 wrote:
Well he usually overplays to fuck on Pj stuff, he doesn't know how to leave space in songs, but covering Who tunes he's pretty perfect for the job.



What? When does he overplay? Do you have cotton in your ears?

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 Post subject: Re: Jeff Ament and Real Me
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pick any quieter Pj song you can mention and he's there doing little frills on cymbals..let's not get into a row about Matt, it's been done to absolute death.

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Don't worry dude, dime is well known among these parts for his crotchety and often ill-informed opinions. It's endearing really.

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crotchety? 100%. Ill informed? hardly.

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Crotchety is such an interesting word, don't you think? It conjures up so many images. I now see Dimejinky with different eyes. In fact, I am eying him, with these changed eyes.

There's something special about a crotch, don't you think?

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Completely disagree with Jeff Ament over playing PJ stuff...If anything the criticism I have with Jeff's playing is that he's too safe - just playing root notes and following the chords. Do you have any examples dime?


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iceagecoming wrote:
Completely disagree with Jeff Ament over playing PJ stuff...If anything the criticism I have with Jeff's playing is that he's too safe - just playing root notes and following the chords. Do you have any examples dime?


He's talking about Matt, not Jeff, I believe.

At the risk of getting sidetracked, I'm not certain that Matt is the right drummer for the band either - I don't know if I could blame it on "overplaying" though, I just don't think his style gels with band at all. There was a deep funk heart beating in Pearl Jam from 1990 to 1998 - that disappeared into the ether the day Matt first sat at the drum throne. Matt Cameron is the whitest white man on Earth, for real.


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Yeah reading back that makes sense, sorry.


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spenno wrote:
iceagecoming wrote:
Completely disagree with Jeff Ament over playing PJ stuff...If anything the criticism I have with Jeff's playing is that he's too safe - just playing root notes and following the chords. Do you have any examples dime?


He's talking about Matt, not Jeff, I believe.

At the risk of getting sidetracked, I'm not certain that Matt is the right drummer for the band either - I don't know if I could blame it on "overplaying" though, I just don't think his style gels with band at all. There was a deep funk heart beating in Pearl Jam from 1990 to 1998 - that disappeared into the ether the day Matt first sat at the drum throne. Matt Cameron is the whitest white man on Earth, for real.


Eloquently and perfectly put. I miss Jack is all..

Aless, over here it means old and creaky. It is a great word though.

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dimejinky99 wrote:
spenno wrote:
iceagecoming wrote:
Completely disagree with Jeff Ament over playing PJ stuff...If anything the criticism I have with Jeff's playing is that he's too safe - just playing root notes and following the chords. Do you have any examples dime?


He's talking about Matt, not Jeff, I believe.

At the risk of getting sidetracked, I'm not certain that Matt is the right drummer for the band either - I don't know if I could blame it on "overplaying" though, I just don't think his style gels with band at all. There was a deep funk heart beating in Pearl Jam from 1990 to 1998 - that disappeared into the ether the day Matt first sat at the drum throne. Matt Cameron is the whitest white man on Earth, for real.


Eloquently and perfectly put. I miss Jack is all..



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I still miss Jack too, Audrey.

I still don't think a lot of Pearl Jam fans "get" Jack, to be honest...


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spenno wrote:
I still don't think a lot of Pearl Jam fans "get" Jack, to be honest...


I think a lot more fans just got over Jack.


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