Pearl Jam > you

[McGooTheWise]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG443N7lo4Q&feature=channel_page

Lyrics:


Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks

You that never done nothin'
But build to destroy
You play with my world
Like it's your little toy
You put a gun in my hand
And you hide from my eyes
And you turn and run farther
When the fast bullets fly

Like Judas of old
You lie and deceive
A world war can be won
You want me to believe
But I see through your eyes
And I see through your brain
Like I see through the water
That runs down my drain

You fasten the triggers
For the others to fire
Then you set back and watch
When the death count gets higher
You hide in your mansion
As young people's blood
Flows out of their bodies
And is buried in the mud

You've thrown the worst fear
That can ever be hurled
Fear to bring children
Into the world
For threatening my baby
Unborn and unnamed
You ain't worth the blood
That runs in your veins

How much do I know
To talk out of turn
You might say that I'm young
You might say I'm unlearned
But there's one thing I know
Though I'm younger than you
Even Jesus would never
Forgive what you do

Let me ask you one question
Is your money that good
Will it buy you forgiveness
Do you think that it could
I think you will find
When your death takes its toll
All the money you made
Will never buy back your soul

And I hope that you die
And your death'll come soon
I will follow your casket
In the pale afternoon
And I'll watch while you're lowered
Down to your deathbed
And I'll stand o'er your grave
'Til I'm sure that you're dead

 

[knut]

Mediocre live band, pretty dull music.

 

[McGooTheWise]

...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SPMfr38fCA

What is this blasphemy you speak of?

EDIT: Just thought I'd say, I have a man crush on the drummer in this video. he's ****ing awesome.

 

[Absinthe]

I challenge the topic's title.

 

[swan_song1973]

along with nirvana, pearl jam makes the 90s a good year in music for me.

 

[Sheepo]

CAKE > Every one and every thing

 

[kineaesth]

Pearl Jam have always struck me as the epitome of mediocrity.

 

[knut]

along with nirvana, pearl jam makes the 90s a good year in music for me.

I prefer Soundgarden to both, if I'm honest.

 

[swan_song1973]

I prefer Soundgarden to both, if I'm honest.

ill give you that. superunknown is a damn good album.

edit: oh and how could i forget rage. love me some rage.

 

[Zephos]

Pearl Jam do have some incredible gems though, despite some mediocrity (looking at you, avocado album).

Ignore the fact its an AMV:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_C2da9H8Wo

 

[Lucid]

They're decent for a grunge band.
I definitely like Soundgarden better though.

 

[PoeticRocker]

I never cared for their music though musically they were great as a grunge band. But especially hated Eddie Vedder's voice, since now I remember the lead singer of Creed sounding the exact same.

 

[Dalamari]

Bob Dylan version's better, tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds

But Yellow Ledbetter is a fine toe-tapper

 

[McGooTheWise]

How can anyone hate Eddie Vedder's voice?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HsLTchP9opc

 

[nipples]

God I f***ing hate Pearl Jam.

Soundgarden and Alice In Chains ftw.

 

[McGooTheWise]

Your opinion doesn't count. >:l

 

[VirusType2]

Pearl Jam's Ten ****ing ruled, and they had a few excellent songs after that as well. Somehow, someway, I had heard their first demos and shit is brilliant, but like most every band, they just aren't the same after the fame.

 

[nipples]

I'll agree, Ten is badass.

 

[Stigmata]

Pearl Jam is alright. They have a few awesome, awesome songs (looking at you, Even Flow), and a ton of filler.

 

[Saturos]

Bob Dylan version's better, tbh

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWkWSLEW-Ds

But Yellow Ledbetter is a fine toe-tapper

Bob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

He only got famous for his lyrics of the era during the 60's when it was cool to be a anti-war protester.
I really don't get why he has/had so many fans. It certainly wasn't his talent.

 

[Stigmata]

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.

 

[swan_song1973]

Bob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

listening to bob dylan for his voice is like listening to led zeppelin for their lyrics: you're doing it wrong.

 

[McGooTheWise]

Which is like listening to Pearl Jam for guitar solos.

heh...

 

[Shakermaker]

I personally prefer the version of Masters of War Pearl Jam did during the Bob Dylan tribute a loooong time ago.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JFMOjFQ-ID0

 

[McGooTheWise]

Eddie Vedder is a god among vocalists.

 

[Saturos]

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.

I fail at understanding emotions.

 

[nipples]

Eddie Vedder is a god among vocalists.

Cornell rapes Vedder.

 

[The Monkey]

Shit, that was terrible. Dylan's version is brilliant, that was just embarrassing.

 

[McGooTheWise]

Cornell rapes Vedder.

Staley rapes Cornell.

 

[nipples]

Staley is good but his voice is too whiny.

 

[Stigmata]

Staley is meh; emotive but overbearing and whiny. Cornell is much better, with a bigger range to boot.

 

[McGooTheWise]

...Nuh uh.

 

[Letters]

I get hoarse trying to imitate Cornell after just one song.


Pearl Jam is safely in the "above average" area for me. I hate being one of those "older stuff was better" people, but in this case I have to be.

 

[nipples]

I hate being one of those "older stuff was better" people, but in this case I have to be.

Its true for so many bands though.

 

[theotherguy]

I love Pearl Jam, my favorite band.

 

[VirusType2]

Bob Dylan has a talented band, but he himself is a lousy singer tbh.

...

I really don't get why he has/had so many fans. It certainly wasn't his talent.

Foot Goes in Mouth

He puts a great deal of emotion into his voice, if you listen.

This. But you probably won't listen to the song.

 

[McGooTheWise]

Well, I can understand why he's famous, because he writes awesome lyrics. But even in that song, you can tell singing isn't his strong point. I'd give him huge props though for going on tour singing when he's not that good at it. It sounds good anyway. All I think Saturos meant was that Eddie Vedder singing Bob Dylan seems like it was meant to be. For Eddie to front Bob Dylan, nothing would have been more awesome.

 

[VirusType2]

In my opinion, just because his voice isn't pretty doesn't mean it isn't good. Plus, he is really skilled singer; fair range but awesome control.

Neil Young on the other hand, while his voice is passable, it's because he is one of the greatest guitar players that he is so awesome.

 

[Saturos]

In my opinion, just because his voice isn't pretty doesn't mean it isn't good. Plus, he is really skilled singer; fair range but awesome control.

Neil Young on the other hand, while his voice is passable, it's because he is one of the greatest guitar players that he is so awesome.

No doubt, the lyrics to some of his songs like "House of the Rising Sun" is great, but just maybe the songs I've heard him play weren't exactly his "brightest" moments. Some of Dylan's songs are just so monotone and lifeless it seemed to me.

I've heard other cover bands perform House of the Rising Sun with superior melodic and symphonic elegance tbh.

 

[VirusType2]

I don't think it's his song because I heard somewhere that they don't know who wrote it. I also heard it was hundreds of years old. This could all be bullshit however.

I'm not a Dylan fan, but that song came on today and I thought he sung it with a ton of emotion. Then I remembered this thread.

Anyway, I think I heard a better version of it than the one I posted, because it didn't seem the same.