Thanks to its stripped-down, lean production, Vitalogy stands as Pearl Jam's most original and uncompromising album. While it isn't a concept album, Vitalogy sounds like one. Death and despair shroud the album, rendering even the explosive celebration of vinyl "Spin the Black Circle" somewhat muted. But that black cloud works to Pearl Jam's advantage, injecting a nervous tension to brittle rockers like "Last Exit" and "Not for You," and especially introspective allads like "Corduroy" and "Better Man." In between the straight ock numbers and the searching slow songs, Pearl Jam contribute their strangest music -- the mantrafunk of "Aye Davanita," the sub-Tom Waits accordion romp of "Bugs," and the chilling sonic collage "Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me." Pearl Jam are at their best when they're fighting, whether it's Ticketmaster, fame, or their own personal demons.
Pearl Jam is one of those bands that people just love. Right from the release of their classic debut Ten people went ape shit for this band, and why wouldn't they? The songs are immediately powerful, loaded with emotion and darkness, and buoyed by the rawness of the overall sound of the band. Yet for some reason, as much as I enjoyed Ten and Vs, the band never really clicked with me until they
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By Richard TomkinsFrom FT.comThe strangest thing about EMI’s former record factory in Hayes, west London, is not that it has been lying derelict for years, but that in a ramshackle outbuilding once occupied by the packing and shipping department, 11 of the 120 record presses that immortalised the music of groups such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd are again in full production, turning out single.
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To those of us who have been quietly hording our vinyl records saying some day my sweet, some day, at last affirmation...if you need that sort of thing.By KRISTINA DELL www.time.comFrom college dorm rooms to high school sleepovers, an all-but-extinct music medium has been showing up lately. And we don't mean CDs. Vinyl records, especially the full-length LPs that helped define the golden era of...
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By Ryan Singel Wired.comThe Internet has been much ado and ado over whether the Recording Industry Association of America, which has been filing lawsuits against Americans for file sharing for years, also believes that simply ripping MP3s from CDs is illegal or not.Threat Level tried (again) today to get a straight answer from the trade association. Following a phone call Tuesday morning, RIAA ...
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From Zeropaid.comResponds to proposals by songwriters and music creators for a $5 monthly tax on internet connections in exchange for allowing users to share music for free on P2P and file-sharing networks.A little over a month ago now the Songwriters Association of Canada announced a new proposal calling for a $5.00 "licensing fee" to be added to every internet subscription bill each month, an...
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From Billboard.BizOn a humid Friday night in October, three 19-year-olds crowd into a small New York University dorm room to listen to music. The room is typical: battered posters of Joy Division and Harry Nilsson taped to the walls, an unmade bed, no signs of food save for a box of Life cereal. But the young men, all wearing skinny jeans and faded T-shirts, aren't listening to CDs or MP3s—inst.
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A weird thing has happened on the way to the graveyard. The vinyl record–something that was declared dead by the early 90s, thanks to the CD–is making a very, very big comeback. Some people even believe that vinyl is about to re-enter the mainstream in a very big way. Why? Several reasons. First, vinyl has never died amongst several hardcore groups, including collectors and DJs. Second, vinyl
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I couldn't have said it better myself. Probably not by a long shot.Once divided...nothing left to subtract...Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...Nothingman...Isn't it something?Nothingman...She once believed...i...
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Kind of good news to find while on my lunch break today. I guess the makers of Rock Band decided to take a page out of Guitar Hero's book and ask a band to come make a game with them. They chose Pearl Jam, Pearl Jam did more than just say yes.According to a representative from Harmonix: "Rock Band and Rhapsody are kicking off a new initiative. Beginning today, the expertise of Pearl Jam's "Ten Cl
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Bassist for Pearl Jam mugged in Atlanta By Jessica Ravitz CNN ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- So much for Southern hospitality. When Pearl Jam -- the Seattle, Washington-based grunge rock band -- was in Atlanta late last month, bass guitar player Jeff Ament and a band employee were mugged outside a recording studio, a police report shows. According to the DeKalb County Police Department, Ament an...
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Yep...25 years ago in Hanover, Germany the digital age of rock was born. An entire generation raised under the eye of a laser.They will probably never know the simple, beautiful joy that was viynl...so we will play them this song
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I have experienced arguably the worst week of my adult life because of the need of particular groups to protect themselves from potential liability rather than doing the "right thing". My girlfriend and I both suffer from severe allergies, specifically, mold allergies. Since we moved into our current apartment back in August '08, we have both experienced unexplainable respiratory and skin irrit...
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By Richard TomkinsFrom FT.comThe strangest thing about EMI’s former record factory in Hayes, west London, is not that it has been lying derelict for years, but that in a ramshackle outbuilding once occupied by the packing and shipping department, 11 of the 120 record presses that immortalised the music of groups such as The Beatles and Pink Floyd are again in full production, turning out single.
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From Zeropaid.comResponds to proposals by songwriters and music creators for a $5 monthly tax on internet connections in exchange for allowing users to share music for free on P2P and file-sharing networks.A little over a month ago now the Songwriters Association of Canada announced a new proposal calling for a $5.00 "licensing fee" to be added to every internet subscription bill each month, an...
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There is a god! And his music collection is for sale.http://www.thegreatestmusiccollection.com/index.html
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LOS ANGELES - Yahoo Inc., is in early discussions with major record labels over offering unprotected MP3s either for sale or for free as part of an ad-supported service, two record company executives familiar with the talks said Wednesday. The talks, held as recently as last month, were preliminary because Yahoo is still working out the details, said the executives, who requested anonymity beca...
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A weird thing has happened on the way to the graveyard. The vinyl record–something that was declared dead by the early 90s, thanks to the CD–is making a very, very big comeback. Some people even believe that vinyl is about to re-enter the mainstream in a very big way. Why? Several reasons. First, vinyl has never died amongst several hardcore groups, including collectors and DJs. Second, vinyl
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By Ryan Singel Wired.comThe Internet has been much ado and ado over whether the Recording Industry Association of America, which has been filing lawsuits against Americans for file sharing for years, also believes that simply ripping MP3s from CDs is illegal or not.Threat Level tried (again) today to get a straight answer from the trade association. Following a phone call Tuesday morning, RIAA ...
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To those of us who have been quietly hording our vinyl records saying some day my sweet, some day, at last affirmation...if you need that sort of thing.By KRISTINA DELL www.time.comFrom college dorm rooms to high school sleepovers, an all-but-extinct music medium has been showing up lately. And we don't mean CDs. Vinyl records, especially the full-length LPs that helped define the golden era of...
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I couldn't have said it better myself. Probably not by a long shot.Once divided...nothing left to subtract...Some words when spoken...can't be taken back...Walks on his own...with thoughts he can't help thinking...Future's above...but in the past he's slow and sinking...Caught a bolt 'a lightnin'...cursed the day he let it go...Nothingman...Isn't it something?Nothingman...She once believed...i...
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From Billboard.BizOn a humid Friday night in October, three 19-year-olds crowd into a small New York University dorm room to listen to music. The room is typical: battered posters of Joy Division and Harry Nilsson taped to the walls, an unmade bed, no signs of food save for a box of Life cereal. But the young men, all wearing skinny jeans and faded T-shirts, aren't listening to CDs or MP3s—inst.
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Pearl Jam is one of those bands that people just love. Right from the release of their classic debut Ten people went ape shit for this band, and why wouldn't they? The songs are immediately powerful, loaded with emotion and darkness, and buoyed by the rawness of the overall sound of the band. Yet for some reason, as much as I enjoyed Ten and Vs, the band never really clicked with me until they
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So I went to Last Stop CD Shop to have some CDs de-scratched and they informed me that it is my CD book-type holders that are shmucking up my CDs. Yeah, I shoulda figured. "So what should I keep them in?" I asked dumbly. "Uh, their original cases," counter guy replied. Touche. At first I was put off-how many CDs-in-case can I pile in my car? But then I realized, how many CDs do I ...
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| 1 Last Exit |
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| 2 Spin the Black Circle |
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| 3 Not for You |
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| 4 Tremor Christ |
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| 5 Nothingman |
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| 6 Whipping |
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| 7 Pry, To |
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| 8 Corduroy |
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| 9 Bugs |
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| 10 Satan's Bed |
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| 11 Better Man |
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| 12 Aye Davanita |
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| 13 Immortality |
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| 14 Hey Foxymophandlemama, That's Me |
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