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Because Hrrrmdgrderrr! Fr my gummous maginaaaaaay! Grmaanfaay!

I still listen to Pearl Jam sometimes. Vitalogy is such a solid album. No Code comes 2nd.

Someone up thread said Vedder had gotten fat and they were a jam band now, so I dialed up Mr. YouTube to have a looksy. Vedder is svelte and still has the same insufferable "Hrrrmdgrderrr! Fr my gummous maginaaaaaay! Grmaanfaay!" singing. Hair receding a tad, maybe. He has a dependable look. Black jeans, Tshirt, unbottoned shortsleeve shirt. He is now grooming a trail from his goatee up his jaw line. Looks like Jimmy Fallon on rhythm guitar now. I skipped ahead and lead guitarist Michael McReady goes through a wardrobe change from red plaid punk pants and a black fleece top to shirtless and guitar soloing. Keep it real at age 52! Jeff Ament no longer has the floppy hats and hammer pants cinched below the knees. Sad! There is no jamming. There are extended wankadoodle stadium guitar solos. Did I mention Jeff Ament has a new solo album?

A treasured inside joke/moment with an ex:We are drinking somewhere in the German rustbelt circa 2002. We are talking very reluctantly to some possibly flanneled stranger about his band. We ask him what his band is like. He replies "Kennste Pearl Jam?" ("You know Pearl Jam?"). We both bust out laughing uncontrollably because everybody knows Pearl Jam. Thereafter "Kennste Pearl Jam?" becomes the go-to response to "What is/was it like?" questions about bands/concerts.

I Know Only Two wrote:Hey N1ck, by your analogy, Screaming Trees must be blues right? But what about Mudhoney and Tad?Mudhoney is the garage-rock band

I don't hate Pearl Jam, I like them (not a fan anyway). IMHO it's a good «standard rock » band. They have good songs and they can play their instruments. I saw them last summer and I liked the show, they've aged well.

Jesus. It's like their attempt at writing "Suck My Kiss" but with more queefy bass.

You should always judge everybody by their best work I guess. I have a theory that anybody who never makes something terrible isn't taking enough risks. It seems like pretty near all the great visionary artists have at least some horrendous failures to their name. Ok, that's not really relevant in a discussion about this band, but I guess at least somebody on their end could see well enough not to put Dirty Frank on any album. Maybe they wanted to make sure Even Flow got maximum play?Actually though, if you make something that is so bad that it is remarkable, maybe you SHOULD be judged on that too. But since it's remarkable, maybe you should in fact be applauded for your achievement. Does Dirty Frank deserve a higher profile in the Bad Song Hall Of Fame?When someone says "shit song", should people reflexively think "Dirty Frank by Pearl Jam is a shit song"? Does Dirty Frank need more champions out there?

154 wrote:Jesus. It's like their attempt at writing Suck My Kiss but with more queefy bass.After reading this I thought I should listen to see if your description was accurate. It was, I was wrong to doubt you, and I have been forever cursed by hearing this.

I was going to ask if we should judge them by one of their worst songs (god damned Dirty Frank is a foul creation) or one of their best, but then I'd have to offer what I think one of their best is which is a little tougher.