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  • PurpleThrobber
    PurpleThrobber Member Posts: 48,600 Standard Supporter

    Fishpo31 said:

    How many bands can say they put out a greatest hits album for their first album? I’m sure there are a few, but the list is short, IMO

    Boston
    The Cars
    Sex Pistols
    Guns and Roses
    VanHalen

    I think this is more in the context of bands that had greatest level debuts and then were kinda meh after that. Certainly not the case with VH.
    Not technically gifted writing in the original question.

  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    edited August 2021

    Are we? Calling Pearl Jam winners now?

    @YellowSnow

    30 years later and they sell out arenas. They headline major music festivals. Night after night after fucking night. All over the world.

    If that's not winning, I don't know what is.
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    pawz said:

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



    Why will that make me cringe?

    I like all of them better than Vedder.
  • DerekJohnson
    DerekJohnson Administrator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 69,862 Founders Club
    pawz said:

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



    disagree
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club
    dnc said:

    pawz said:

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



    Why will that make me cringe?

    I like all of them better than Vedder.
    #sarkasm
  • pawz
    pawz Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 22,515 Founders Club

    pawz said:

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



    disagree
    Sad.
  • dnc
    dnc Member Posts: 56,855
    pawz said:

    dnc said:

    pawz said:

    They had one great, epic album and then lived off of it for 30 years. If we're being truthful.

    No. No one lives off one album for 30 years.

    They continued to add to their repertoire along the way.

    There are no two concerts the same; the set list is never the same.

    This will make @dnc cringe, but McCready's solos are greater than anything Vedder does vocally imo.


    It just seems to get better and better and better.



    Why will that make me cringe?

    I like all of them better than Vedder.
    #sarkasm
    it's hard
  • BleachedAnusDawg
    BleachedAnusDawg Member Posts: 13,768 Standard Supporter
    I went to a sports event, can't remember which, and the Pearl Jam guitarist played the national anthem. Not technically gifted guitar playing.
  • YellowSnow
    YellowSnow Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 37,728 Founders Club
    pawz said:

    Are we? Calling Pearl Jam winners now?

    @YellowSnow

    30 years later and they sell out arenas. They headline major music festivals. Night after night after fucking night. All over the world.

    If that's not winning, I don't know what is.
    I'm not saying Pearl Jam haven't had a long successful career. Obviously they have a very devoted fan base.

    I just don't think their body of work in terms of a string of all time classic LPs puts them in the GOAT conversation. As I've said before, Ten is Top 5 album of the early 90s. VS, Vitalogy, and No Code are all good (not great) albums. After that I'm pretty much meh on PJ.