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    Posted: December 17 2007 at 14:31
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I have a question for your interpretatious minds (or whatever you call it). How would you interpretate the following from Porcupine Tree's "Fear of a Blank Planet" song:
 
"My friend says he wants to die
He's in a band, they sound like Pearl Jam
Their clothes are all black
The music is crap"
 
Being a Pearl Jam fan as well, this verse caught my attention but I find it a little hard to make out if they have an opinion about PJ or if it's just a comment on the "friend's" crappy band...
 
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I think it was commentary on how many bands try to emulate Pearl Jam's sound lately, ie Nickelback, Staind, Lifehouse, etc. LOL 


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Points: 8191 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2007 at 14:33
I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan, so I hope that it's no crack on the band, but other than that I really don't know.
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Points: 2819 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2007 at 14:44
Originally posted by heyitsthatguy heyitsthatguy wrote:

I think it was commentary on how many bands try to emulate Pearl Jam's sound lately, ie Nickelback, Staind, Lifehouse, etc. LOL 


Yeah, I agree. I don't think Wilson would so openly bash a band in his music. I mean, he takes his work seriously, I don't think controversy was in mind.
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Points: 66587 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2007 at 14:46
He might have taken a page out of rap books.  Maybe Pearl Jam will reciprocate with an equally negative comment about Porcupine Tree and there will be a rock turf war.
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Points: 613 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 17 2007 at 20:11
First time I heard that I laughed

I listened to fear of a blank planet a few times

I have listened to vs. a few hundred times
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If it's not, it should be. I find Pearl Jam trite, generic, and mediocre, something that the kids described in the song would like.
(Sorry, not a grunge fan at all)
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Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

If it's not, it should be. I find Pearl Jam trite, generic, and mediocre, something that the kids described in the song would like.
(Sorry, not a grunge fan at all)
 
Oh really?
Who would have guessed?
 
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Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

If it's not, it should be. I find Pearl Jam trite, generic, and mediocre, something that the kids described in the song would like.
(Sorry, not a grunge fan at all)


I said the same thing about Radiohead before I actually sat and listened to their albums a few times.
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Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

If it's not, it should be. I find Pearl Jam trite, generic, and mediocre, something that the kids described in the song would like.
(Sorry, not a grunge fan at all)


Well, they certainly were a breath of fresh air when their debut came out, but looking at your profile it doesn't seem like you'd remember that year too well.  Wink
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Points: 2492 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2007 at 20:50
I love me some Pearl Jam (see my Lastfm), and I didn't take it personally. I agree that's it's probably aimed at the slew of horrible bands that cite PJ as an influence, much to the band's dismay.
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I remember in an interview Steven Wilson said that he wasn't purposely knocking Pearl Jam, instead he was knocking all the kids who play in bands that just do generic rock. They are merely copying Pearl Jam's sound, not offering anything new, just plain and boring.
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Points: 6890 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2007 at 20:55
I liked Vitalogy and Ten, but after that it's all grunge/punk/pop crap.
 
I'm more of a soundgarden guy anyways.
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Points: 11682 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 18 2007 at 20:56
Originally posted by MusicForSpeedin MusicForSpeedin wrote:

Originally posted by moreitsythanyou moreitsythanyou wrote:

If it's not, it should be. I find Pearl Jam trite, generic, and mediocre, something that the kids described in the song would like.
(Sorry, not a grunge fan at all)


I said the same thing about Radiohead before I actually sat and listened to their albums a few times.

Well Pablo Honey yeah but we don't like talking about that one. Wink

And yes I concede it would have been comparatively great in 1991. But Hair Metal makes anything else look good.
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Points: 9 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 12:51
Well, whether or not some people like or dislike PJ is not really of my interest. I have a huge respect for PJ; both as a band and as people and I think you should be very careful of judging them before you know them.. Wink
 
Originally posted by Fight Club Fight Club wrote:

I remember in an interview Steven Wilson said that he wasn't purposely knocking Pearl Jam, instead he was knocking all the kids who play in bands that just do generic rock. They are merely copying Pearl Jam's sound, not offering anything new, just plain and boring.
 
This topic, however, was aimed for the quote from the song and thanks for the replies on that. I suppose no-one has a link or anything from this interview that Fight Club mentions (or any other interview where SW mentions PJ)...?
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Points: 4088 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: December 19 2007 at 12:56
Originally posted by MusicForSpeedin MusicForSpeedin wrote:

First time I heard that I laughed

I listened to fear of a blank planet a few times

I have listened to vs. a few hundred times

 
Vs. came out a lot earlier than FOABP, so it figures you listened to it way more often !  Confused
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