Poll of the Day > Did you used to like Pearl Jam?

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do you, did you?

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There was a time as a kid where I really liked the Ten album.

I guess I still do like the Ten album a little, but thats about all I like from them

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Only heard Do The Evolution. That was all right.

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They were a good band. I didnt like anything they did after the Vitalogy album.

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I like a few songs of theirs.

yellow ledbetter is a great song

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Yes. I still do.

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I fell off after Vitalogy. Ten is one of my favorite albums.

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Ten was ok. Vs was even alright. Vitalogy was meh. After that I lost track of them.

They were a bottom-tier Seattle group IMO.

They're okay from what I've heard of them (though I've haven't heard much of their stuff, only what made it to the radio).

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They're no soundgarden or alice in chains but they had some decent songs

OhhhJa posted...

alice in chains

The only grunge-era band that actually holds up imo

ReggieTheReckless posted...

The only grunge-era band that actually holds up imo

I actually like soundgarden just a hair more and I would say soundgarden songs hold up really well too. The whole superunknown album is fantastic. Favorite is mailman

My least favorite of the "Big 4 of grunge". I liked Ten, but that was about it. Even then, it is not an album that I go back and listen to like Dirt, Superunknown, or In Utero.

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Also, pearl jam=cum

Tbh the only song of theirs I'm familiar with is Jeremy, which I do like but don't listen to much.

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I still love their 90s stuff

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Ten was pretty good, and I didn't like grunge much back then.
But otherwise, no not really.

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Their first 4 or 5 albums were fine. I can't say I've even heard anything they've done since then.

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Generally, but haven't enjoyed their last few albums that much. Avacado was their last great effort.

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I did but then they broke my boy Jeremy so fuck them

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used to? yes

they suck now

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I've never considered myself a fan of the band. I only like a handful of their songs.


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I think they had a few songs I liked, but over all I think they were my least favorite of the major grunge bands.

Who?

BEERandWEED posted...

Who?

Either you were in a coma for all of the 90's and 00's or you're too young to be partaking in this conversation.

BlackScythe0 posted...

Either you were in a coma for all of the 90's and 00's or you're too young to be partaking in this conversation.

What's a popular song?

BEERandWEED posted...

What's a popular song?

Oh Jesus tough one but I think one who may have heard would be Jeremy, Black, or that cover of that 50s song "Oh where or where can my... BABY BEEEE???!!!"

But overall you can't really go wrong with their first album 'Ten', it was before they were big and it made them huge worldwide. God they used to play Jeremy on MTV like every 10 minutes lol

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BEERandWEED posted...

What's a popular song?

I don't know what is technically their most popular song, this is the one I'm most familiar with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxKWTzr-k6s

The one Crusher mentions is the one that probably got played the most on the radio but I don't really like it much personally.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tNDWJ_KDkAc

I like yellow bedletter

Oh. Not a fan.

I kind of liked Jeremy when I first heard it, and thought Even Flow was kind of okay, but I mostly disliked everything else they did after. And I generally thought Eddie Vedder was a bit of a tool, which made me dislike the band even more.

I wasn't hugely into grunge as a genre, though, even at the height of its popularity (at a time when most of my peers were teenagers and into it). So that was a strike against them no matter what their music was like. Though I did like Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.
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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I kind of liked Jeremy when I first heard it, and thought Even Flow was kind of okay, but I mostly disliked everything else they did after. And I generally thought Eddie Vedder was a bit of a tool, which made me dislike the band even more.

I wasn't hugely into grunge as a genre, though, even at the height of its popularity (at a time when most of my peers were teenagers and into it). So that was a strike against them no matter what their music was like. Though I did like Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.

Alice in chains are great but I think STP might be the one grunge band worse than PJ

OhhhJa posted...

Alice in chains are great but I think STP might be the one grunge band worse than PJ

I mainly just liked Plush and Big Empty. And Interstate Love Song was kind of nice. Creep and Vasoline were pretty good, too. But it's not like I went much deeper than the singles releases with them (I couldn't really tell you what any of the other songs from Core or Purple sound like). And I thought they went kind of terrible when Tiny Music came out.

With Alice in Chains I actually bought the first three albums (and I really loved Jar of Flies - it was actually one of the first three CDs I ever bought) and got into most of the songs.
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I enjoy some of their music, am OK with some more of it, and don't care for the rest. I also didn't care for their music when they had another singer and name, but that's besides the point.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I wasnt hugely into grunge as a genre, though, even at the height of its popularity (at a time when most of my peers were teenagers and into it). So that was a strike against them no matter what their music was like. Though I did like Alice in Chains and Stone Temple Pilots.

Yeah man, same here. Some of the girls we hung out with liked grunge a lot (one would just go on and on about friggin Mike Starr from AiC, Jesus Christ it was annoying) but me and my buddies were into Rush, Megadeth, and old (not the black album) Metallica. Pantera was coming on strong around then too with Vulgar Display of Power and Far Beyond Driven not too far down the road.

As an aside, when Starr got replaced by Inez she got super moody lol

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Used to?

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I used to think they were meh, now I think they are meh.

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ParanoidObsessive posted...

I mainly just liked Plush and Big Empty. And Interstate Love Song was kind of nice. Creep and Vasoline were pretty good, too. But it's not like I went much deeper than the singles releases with them (I couldn't really tell you what any of the other songs from Core or Purple sound like). And I thought they went kind of terrible when Tiny Music came out.

With Alice in Chains I actually bought the first three albums (and I really loved Jar of Flies - it was actually one of the first three CDs I ever bought) and got into most of the songs.

Yeah I will say, stp does have a few decent songs. I did like plush. Just could never really stand Scott Weiland

OhhhJa posted...

Yeah I will say, stp does have a few decent songs. I did like plush. Just could never really stand Scott Weiland

Well you dont have to worry about that anymore.

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Yeah, I liked their stuff, I haven't gone back and deep dived it, but, when I hear it I nod along and give a mental thumbs up.

Pearl Jam is fine, I do like some of their music. But they're kinda like the vanilla of the 90s rock scene, good, but there are bands that are far better and more interesting. I prefer my grunge a little heavier and with more bite.

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Theyre okay, I like other grunge bands more. Even Flow is a pretty good song, though.

https://youtu.be/VWYb9kcTPIA

Make me fries

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I remember when Plush came out - everyone thought it was a Pearl Jam song. You legit couldn't tell the difference between the two bands.

Now it seems pretty ridiculous but back then, it was a real thing.

11110111011 posted...

I remember when Plush came out - everyone thought it was a Pearl Jam song. You legit couldn't tell the difference between the two bands.

I also remember when Plush came out, and that was never a thing for anyone.

Maybe you just mostly knew dumb people?

Maybe it's just a regional thing? I could see people in the Midwest being more clueless about it than people on the coasts... though I have no idea where you grew up.

I mean, I think more people compared Nirvana and Pearl Jam than I ever heard people comparing Pearl Jam and STP. Or the really snobby music types that would talk about Temple of the Dog being a sort of proto-Pearl Jam/Soundgarden combo supergroup before anyone knew or cared who any of those people were.
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11110111011 posted...

I remember when Plush came out - everyone thought it was a Pearl Jam song. You legit couldn't tell the difference between the two bands.

Now it seems pretty ridiculous but back then, it was a real thing.

First time we heard Rage Against the Machine on the radio we thought it was new Beastie Boys haha.. The one with all the Fuck You I wont do what they told yas at the end

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