PJ20Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years. I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

PJ20

Without mixing any words, this was fucking amazing. Written, directed and narrated by musical journalist and film director Cameron Crowe (Singles, Almost Famous), PJ20 shows the evolution of the band from the beginnings with Green River and Mother Love Bone through Temple of the Dog and Mookie Blaylock and eventually coming out as Pearl Jam. Crowe incorporates so much outstanding archival footage in telling this story, that, even though the film commemorates the 20th Anniversary of Pearl Jam’s debut album Ten, there’s a feeling that Crowe has been making this documentary for well over 20 years.

I am continually Impressed by what great music fans the guys in the band are. And when you throw in other members of the Seattle sound into the mix (like Dave Grohl) it really makes you think about what a great musical city Seattle is. These guys always seem like fans who got into a band, made the decisions a fan would make (whether it’s in the songs or in decisions like breaking away from Ticketmaster in order to keep ticket prices down), and ended up getting huge. Despite their success, the guys always seem humbled by the attention they get and twenty years later still work with the idea that it could disappear at any moment. Perhaps that’s why the band works with an urgency which comes through in the music.

On a side note, the documentary made me want to punch Andy Rooney in the face. He makes some incredibly disparaging and ignorant comments about the teens of “the grunge generation” after Kurt Cobain’s suicide.

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“Welcome Home (Sanitarium)” by Metallica

Live in Seattle, 1989.

Welcome to where time stands still

No one leaves and no one will

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“Master of Puppets” by Metallica

Live in Seattle 1989

It’s one of THOSE nights.

Obey your master

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Mother Love Bone - Stardog Champion

Been too long since I heard this song and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen the video. Thank you, internet.

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“Daughter w/Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” by Pearl Jam

(“Daughter” Words/Music: Pearl Jam, “Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)” Words/Music: Roger Waters, 2008 Bootlegs: Hartford 6/27)

One of my students is a huge Pearl Jam fan and most of our conversations usually involve the band in one way or another. The other day, April 6, he was telling me about the show in Hartford he went to in 2008 and how it was one of the best shows he’d ever seen because they played most of his favorite songs that night. In particular, he mentioned how they extended “Daughter,” already one of his favorite songs (and mine), by playing part of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brink in the Wall (Part 2).” (And no, the irony was not lost on us that we were a teacher and student discussing a song whose most famous line is “We don’t need no education.”) That started us on conversation about other “daughter tags” that Pearl Jam has used throughout the years including Don McLean’s “American Pie,” Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World,” and, on a very special and emotional performance on SNL after Kurt Cobain died, Neil Young’s “Hey Hey My My (Into the Black).”

Being the day after the anniversary of Kobain’s death, we began discussing the impact of Nirvana and the Seattle scene in general. Having been in college when grunge hit, my student was picking my brain for any information I could offer about the events and climate of the time. I found myself talking about Mother Love Bone, the Singles soundtrack, Temple of the Dog, and my trip to see Lollapalooza in Barrie, Ontario with The Jesus and Mary Chain, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ministry, Soundgarden, and Pearl Jam. I found myself telling him about Pearl Jam playing a 15-minute version of the then unreleased song “Leash” while Eddie Vedder climbed the scaffolding at the side of the stage. We agreed that one of the best things about Pearl Jam is their ability to play their songs live and improvise, making each song and each concert a unique experience for the audience. The so-called “Daughter”-tags continue to be one of the most interesting “will they or won’t they” and “if they do, what will it be” questions among current concert-goers and one of the main reasons why I can’t wait to see Pearl Jam again, almost 20 years after my first time. 

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