I didn't really like Nirvarna or Pearl Jam

[RandoLoodie]

in the 90s.

Still don't see the big deal about Nirvarna (I can take it or leave it), but the "oldies" format on terrestrial radio now includes 90s music and they play Pearl Jam a lot.

I kinda dig it. They were very talented.

[KurtNYC]

1. Misunderstood Pearl Jam: "...terrible spoken glass bidet..." n/t

[Coventina]

3. Sara Lee smoked ham.....

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On edit: duh, spelling error ruined joke. Fixed.

[lovemydog]

31. ... in class today

[brooklynboy49]

2. I feel the opposite

Nirvana's output may have not been as prolific as Pearl Jam's, but I've always felt that Nevermind was the best mainstream album of the '90s. Never much cared for Pearl Jam, still don't, doubt I ever will.

[RiffRandell]

22. Me too.

My boyfriend at the time heard Smells Like Teen Spirit on a college station, came over to my place and said I heard this really cool band.

Bought the CD about 6 months before they became huge.

[laundry_queen]

37. Same.

Except I do LIKE Pearl Jam...I just like a lot of other bands more. But I was absolutely enamored with Nirvana right from the start and it hasn't faded. Even my teenage kids love Nevermind. We all still listen to Nirvana a lot.

[Coventina]

4. MHO: Nirvana was OK. Always loathed Pearl Jam.

I was never a fan of grunge, period.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Me neither, and I'm an old Gen Xer so that should be my demo.

Although I have to say my kids like Nirvana and I've come to appreciate them a bit more than I did originally. But to me, a little grunge goes a very long way.

[Coventina]

7. As am I (an old Gen Xer)

I was in college when grunge became popular, and quite frankly, I didn't get it.

I'm more of a punk/new-waver girl:

XTC
REM
U2
B-52's
The Cure
Depeche Mode
Go-Go's
Madness
Smiths

Going to see the Pet Shop Boys tonight!!! Very excited!!!

[Arugula Latte]

8. Hell yes! LOVE those bands.

Also: Echo & the Bunnymen, Stone Roses, House of Love, The Church, Chameleons, The Feelies, The English Beat, Jesus & Mary Chain,
(old) INXS (like Shabooh Shoobah era), Joy Division, James, Lloyd Cole, New Order, The Ocean Blue, Violent Femmes, etc.

New stuff I like includes Editors, Doves, Franz Ferdinand, etc.

Have fun at Pet Shop Boys!

[Coventina]

9. A fellow Echo & the Bunnymen fan!!!!

I don't find many of those!!!

Love most of the rest of your list as well, especially Jesus & Mary Chain, INXS, New Order, and Violent Femmes.

I'm not familiar with Editors or Doves but I LOVE Franz Ferdinand!!!

I also like Mumford & Sons, for a more "recent" band.

Thanks, I'm super excited about Pet Shop Boys because they're one of the few bands from my favorites that I've never seen.

[Arugula Latte]

11. Yes. Love Echo. Saw 'em in '87 w/ New Order and wish I could go back in time.

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That was one of the best concerts I've ever been to. They are touring this summer, but don't know if I want to catch them 30 years later (think I'd rather keep the memories of a young Ian McCulloch). They were an incredible band that never got the respect it deserved, probably because of the name.

Editors are definitely infuenced heavily by Echo & the Bunnymen.

[Coventina]

14. I saw that tour as well!

It was the first time I saw Echo & the Bunnymen and the only time I ever got to see New Order.

I ended up seeing E&tB a bunch of times after that, as they came through Phoenix and Tucson multiple times on what turned out to be their final tour (before Pete de Freitas died).

Got to shake Mac's hand after a show in Tucson (ice cold and he was blind, stinkin' drunk), and played hackey sack with Will Sergeant after one of the Phoenix shows.

Ah, my youth.....I don't have the patience to hang out for hours waiting for performers anymore.

Plus, I'm less star-struck.

I'm jealous of your Franz Ferdinand tickets!!

If they've ever come through Phoenix I didn't know about it.

[Arugula Latte]

17. That's so cool. I'm envious of your Bunnymen interactions.

It's kind of weird because FF is going to Boise on this tour, but not Phoenix.

Looks like Englewood, CO and Los Angeles are as close as they're getting to Arizona.

[Coventina]

18. Figures. Lots of acts don't come here. We have a bad reputation.

Between John McCain, Sheriff Joe, and SB1070 lots of acts think we're nothing but a hotbed of intolerance.

*sigh*



Well, now that we've hijacked this thread - I actually have to go get ready!!!!

I'll be back tomorrow to post about it!!!

[RiffRandell]

21. Loved them, but never saw them live.

Ramones several times, and got backstage.

[Arugula Latte]

12. Also, I've got tickets to see Franz Ferdinand!

I'll probably be the oldest one there.

[Coventina]

15. You might be surprised! Ran into a guy well into his 70s at a Go-Go's show once.

And he had just recently become a fan!!

(This was about 6 or 7 years ago now).

[Arugula Latte]

16. Ha ha, that's great.

I love finding new music. Yay, Internet!

[Rob H.]

23. Given your musical tastes (mine are similar to yours, fwiw)

you'd probably like Editors. I first saw them on Letterman performing this ridiculously catchy song and thought, "Wow, these guys are fantastic!" I bought their debut CD, The Back Room, that night from Amazon and was not at all disappointed.

[progressoid]

29. Cool.

Definitely an Echo and the Bunnymen feel.

[Arugula Latte]

30. I was obsessed with this song for awhile:

I LOVE it when he sings "IT KICKS LIKE A SLEEP TWITCH!"

[KamaAina]

6. Eddie Vedder is a surfer dude who, naturally, frequents Hawai'i

so here's Pearl Jam covering a popular island tune, Bruddah IZ's (you know, the Somewhere Over The Rainbow guy) "Hawai'i '78".

[Skittles]

10. I did not care for them either, but I recognize they were talented

yup

[libodem]

13. I'm an old fart

And I really liked the alternative rock music of the 90's. I have a Nirvana cd in my car as we speak.

[Ahpook]

19. Nirvana didn't age well for me

Pearl Jam is probably in the disc changer

[Boom Sound 416]

20. 'Ten' was zeppelin status

[Rob H.]

24. I probably would've liked Nirvana

if "Smells Like Teen Spirit" hadn't been played seemingly every other song on the radio after it came out. That's a sure-fire way to make me hate a band no matter how good their music might be. I feel the same way about Pink Floyd and The Who because a friend of mine listened to them CONSTANTLY when we hung out and wouldn't listen to anything else.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

28. Yep that is why I hated Pink Floyd.

They were talented. I could tell that. I just got sick of hearing Dark Side of the Moon and The Wall ALL THE TIME in the 70s.

Oh and I never liked Led Zep. Too much screaming and too much distortion.

I liked the Who because the bass player John held the chaos together and they had a bad attitude and smashed their instruments.

[LadyHawkAZ]

25. I had friends at the time that called them "Pearl Scam"

I liked a lot of their stuff, though, and still do.

Nirvana, meh, I can take it or leave it alone. It was decent music, but I never understood all the Nirvana worship.

[fizzgig]

26. never could stomach pearl jam

and have come to feel that way about nirvana. the only time i can really stand them is when they're covering someone else's work.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

27. I don't think I got any of the bands in the 90s. I am just too old.

[Jenoch]

32. Until I read this thread I would not have been able to name a single song from either band.

However my father has an Arizona snowbird buddy who is Jeff Ament's father.
(Jeff Ament is the bass player for Pearl Jam). Jeff buys his dad a new Cadillac every couple of years.

[OriginalGeek]

33. Well I'm still not a PJ fan

but I think now I may be a Jeff fan.

I always thought those grunge bands had talent but I just never liked the music. As much as I always say I like at least something from every kind of music there is, the exceptions are grunge and nu-metal. And boy bands. Although that Justin Timberlake kid is pretty cool.

[Jenoch]

36. Jeff's dad never earned much money in Havre.

He was a barber, school bus driver, and was the mayor. I've met him several times and he seems like every other old man I have met.

That being said, I have come to the conclusion that a male who is an asshole at 15 is usually an asshole at age 65.

I ran into a couple of seniors at my dad's trailer park in Arizona who were close to getting into a fist fight. It ended when one of the old geezers said "I'll be out of jail before you're out of intensive care".

[Iggo]

34. I didn't like Nirvana until I saw Unplugged.

Then I was like, "Oh."

[Vashta Nerada]

35. The only song I like by Nirvana is "Smells Like Teen Spirit".

Everything else...meh. I don't really like Kurt Cobain's singing voice.

Now Pearl Jam, I really like them. Their best song, IMO, is "Black". Their rendition of "Last Kiss" was great and I also like "Evenflow".

[laundry_queen]

38. Evenflow is my favorite PJ song

I got really sick of "Jeremy" - seemed like that's the only video that ever played at the time (LOL back when music video channels actually played music videos). I did like the video though, but the song wore on me. I like "Alive" too.

First time I heard "Smells Like Teen Spirit" I had a revelation that THIS was the music I had been waiting for my whole life. I bought the album the next day. I eventually bought all of them, except the live ones. I think my favorite Nirvana song is "Lounge Act". "Smells like Teen Spirit", though, was my first love, lol.

[Archae]

39. Nirvana sucked. Always dd.

[Populist_Prole]

40. Yeah, I just never got into the Alternative bands no matter how hard I tried

Most, to my ear just sounded like softer, more vapid or polished punk.

I really did like Green Day and The Offspring though, and still do because of their loud bombastic sound and meaty guitars.

[Mike Daniels]

41. Never could relate to the general lyric tone of grunge

As someone who was recently out of college in the early 90's and whose employment and income levels at the time were on the lower end of things the blues motifs of "ain't got no job, money, woman" seemed to resonate more with me. It was around that time that every label started releasing box sets of their R&B/Blues material so it was easy to mine that particular genre for records.

[Blue_Tires]

42. I was all Rap/R&B in that era, anyways...

[Phentex]

43. I find them painful to listen to...

glad I don't hear them much anymore.