Do you like Pearl Jam ... What genre would you classify them

Timmywalldo

do you find it hard to understand what they are saying

DrumSteve

i would classify them as genius... and no i don't.

SteelyDanJalapeno

again, put them in the amazing or genius genre, and no i can understand vedder

Zapho

Timmywalldo wrote: »

do you find it hard to understand what they are saying

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I think traditionally, they're in the grunge genre but I think the music genres are fairly ill defined.

Mr. Presentable

Oldies.

They're soft-grunge, imho.

raindog.promo

Zapho wrote: »

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I think traditionally, they're in the grunge genre but I think the music genres are fairly ill defined.

"Rests his head on a pillow made of concrete" I always thought.

soft grunge?

Draw a line. On one side is everything that rocks and the other, everything that doesn't. More than that is for people that like to draw graphs

MilanPan!c

Neo-Classic Rock

artvandulet

nipplenuts wrote: »

Oldies.

They're soft-grunge, imho.

Oldies??:eek::eek:

Jaysus am I really that old?

They were grunge for the first few albums but I suppose as that genre kind of dissolved into others and Pearl Jam's sound matured they'd be classified as rock I'd say. But pigeon-holeing bands into one specific genre never really accurate.

Malice

Timmywalldo wrote: »

do you find it hard to understand what they are saying

I'd classify them as grunge even if that's not entirely accurate. As for finding it hard to understand Eddie Vedder's singing, it's not particularly difficult to find the lyrics of Peal Jam songs.

nipplenuts wrote:

Oldies.

If Pearl Jam are oldies what does that make the Rolling Stones? :pac:

Wooden Jesus

They were grunge now their alternative rock. If you dont understand Eddie Vedder then i guess its your loss

Swirls

Pearl Jam are a definition of grunge. Or at least they were. My favourite band, looking forward to the gig in June!

MilanPan!c

Swirls wrote: »

Pearl Jam are a definition of grunge. Or at least they were. My favourite band, looking forward to the gig in June!

Tad were the definition of Grunge.

ForceOfNature

they have their own style.
in my opinion the best band ever, by a mile!
quality album after quality album

MilanPan!c

ForceOfNature wrote: »

the best band ever, by a mile!

that might be stretching it

Wooden Jesus

MilanPan!c wrote: »

that might be stretching it

About a kilometer so

mawk

hard rock with grunge roots.

and they are awesome, lyrical comprehendability or no.

Jip

Zapho wrote: »

FREEEEEEZIN, hrrrmm hrrm hrmrmm hrrm hrrm rhmmm made of concrete!

That's an easy one, "rest his head on a pillow made of concrete"
I think

Splainc

Swirls wrote: »

Pearl Jam are a definition of grunge. Or at least they were. My favourite band, looking forward to the gig in June!

Pearl Jam musically could not be further from grunge but the media always lobbed them in with Nirvana etc as they had similar images.

However Kurt Cobain hated them and constantly went on about how they were everything that grunge is not while Eddie Vedder regularly came out to say they are not and never were grunge.

Just stick them in alternative or rock and move on. Labels are a balls.

artvandulet

Splainc wrote: »

Pearl Jam musically could not be further from grunge but the media always lobbed them in with Nirvana etc as they had similar images.
Just stick them in alternative or rock and move on. Labels are a balls.

Pearl Jam musically were most definitetly Grunge.
Look, you can have your Tad's, Green Rivers, Mother Love Bones etc but the term Grunge, as it became known to the main stream, is defined by four albums, one of which is Ten.
Nevermind by Nirvana, sounds of Punk/Hardcore
Dirt by Alice In Chains, sounds of Metal
Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden, sounds of 70's Hard Rock/ Led Zepp style
and Ten by Pearl Jam, sounds of Blues/Hendrix and more rootsy stuff like Neil Young.
You can hear a bit of all those influences in all those albums.
And thats what I think Grunge is - a mixture of Punk/Metal/Blues/70's Rock/Roots.


But I agree with you, "labels are a balls"!

MilanPan!c

Splainc wrote: »

Pearl Jam musically could not be further from grunge but the media always lobbed them in with Nirvana etc as they had similar images.

However Kurt Cobain hated them and constantly went on about how they were everything that grunge is not while Eddie Vedder regularly came out to say they are not and never were grunge.

Just stick them in alternative or rock and move on. Labels are a balls.

Very well put.

Grunge was barely a real thing, but PJ weren't and didn't claim to be part of it.

JayMul

I would firmly place them in the punk/soul/rock/folk/garage rock/trash metal/gospel/blues/jazz/retro/postmodern/revivalist/new wave/roots/grunge section.

It's next to the classical music section on the second floor in tower records.

Splainc

artvandulet wrote: »

Pearl Jam musically were most definitetly Grunge.
Look, you can have your Tad's, Green Rivers, Mother Love Bones etc but the term Grunge, as it became known to the main stream, is defined by four albums, one of which is Ten.
Nevermind by Nirvana, sounds of Punk/Hardcore
Dirt by Alice In Chains, sounds of Metal
Badmotorfinger by Soundgarden, sounds of 70's Hard Rock/ Led Zepp style
and Ten by Pearl Jam, sounds of Blues/Hendrix and more rootsy stuff like Neil Young.
You can hear a bit of all those influences in all those albums.
And thats what I think Grunge is - a mixture of Punk/Metal/Blues/70's Rock/Roots.


But I agree with you, "labels are a balls"!

PJ were not grunge. Eddie Vedder tried to tell people this. Kurt Cobain tried to tell people this. Jesus sure Ten is more stadium rock than anything else

ForceOfNature

MilanPan!c wrote: »

that might be stretching it

can you name a better band, which has consistently made good albums?

MilanPan!c

ForceOfNature wrote: »

can you name a better band, which has consistently made good albums?

See there's a few assumptions here, the most contentious is that all their albums are spectacular. They're mostly pretty good. Yield is particularily not too great.

To answer the specific question:

The Beatles were endlessly better in every way.

Depending on taste, many people would say bands like The Dead or even Sonic Youth are better. There's any number of Clash fans that would also disagree.

PJ are fine, if a bit predictable and same-y.

Nothing against them, but they're certainly not the best band in the history of rock.