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=> GENERAL DISCUSSION => Topic started by: Thousand Made-Up Loves on March 04, 2011, 12:53:47 pm
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For this thread, B-sides are defined as: "any studio produced track that has been made available to fans, yet has become difficult to procure due to both time elapsed since first-issue and the tracks? elusiveness on singles, soundtracks, or compilations."
1. Dirty Frank
2. Brother
3. State of Love and Trust
4. Out of My Mind
5. Leatherman
6. I Got Shit
7. Hard To Imagine
8. Crazy Mary
9. Wash
10. Fatal
Honorable Mention:
Everyday People
Let My Love Open the Door
Sonic Reducer
Leaving Here
Rocking in the Free World
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Are you CRAZY!?!? Pearl Jam have ONE song that is almost not completely awful and that is "Yellow Bedwetter."
I once read a retrospective about "Alternative Press" magazine and one of the editors was discussing the mid-90's alternative "boom" (paraphrase): "You'll never convince me that Pearl Jam aren't the Bad Company of their generation."
Brian
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The singer sounds seriously consipated on every Pearl Jam song I've ever heard.
I don't think I've ever heard any B-sides, so can't play the little game.
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I heard an interesting live cover version of The Who's Baba O'Reilly by Pearl Jam on DC101 the other day.
It might not of been a B-side, but I liked it.
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Pearl Jam covered "Sonic Reducer" as a b-side? Where, when?
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i'm tired of hearing crazy mary.
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i hear that Pearl Jam list the New York Dolls as one of their main influences.
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Pearl Jam covered "Sonic Reducer" as a b-side? Where, when?
It's been in a couple of their fan club holiday cd's...
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Really? My wife has those going back for years. I'll have to go look for it. I love that tune.
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I heard an interesting live cover version of The Who's Baba O'Reilly by Pearl Jam on DC101 the other day.
It might not of been a B-side, but I liked it.
As I said, I consider everything not an official album release as a b-side. So Yes, I'd consider their cover of Baba O'Reilly a b-side.
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Pearl Jam covered "Sonic Reducer" as a b-side? Where, when?
It's been in a couple of their fan club holiday cd's...
And played at their shows for over a decade.
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And played at their shows for over a decade.
I'm not much of a fan, so I wouldn't really know that. The only Pearl Jam show I've seen is the one where I proposed to my wife. Coincidentally, after they did a cover ("Know Your Rights" dedicated to the late Joe Strummer).
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Really? My wife has those going back for years. I'll have to go look for it. I love that tune.
Check 1992 and 1995....
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i'm tired of hearing crazy mary.
Is he your boyfriend?
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Not actual Pearl Jam songs, but the Eddie Vedder Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan songs Face of Love and Long Road from Dead Man Walking Soundtrack were great
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Awesome post!
I just got home from work, opened up my Live on Ten Legs super deluxe vinyl boxset that arrived from England, and started listening to "Arms Aloft" (Joe Strummer cover). Then open my Google Chrome, go to 9:30 Club board, and see this thread. I love it.
I'm a huge Pearl Jam fan, so this is tough. But here's a try.
Also, are you sure some of those are studio released ("Everyday People," "Let My Love Open the Door," "Out Of My Mind," "RITFW")? Aren't those all live recordings only? Also, most of your list appeared on Lost Dogs. Not so elusive. Either way, I'm counting anything that wasn't on a studio album as a b-side.
I'm not including covers ("Crazy Mary" and all your honorable mentions) because there are at least a hundred of those.
1.) Breath
2.) Of the Earth
3.) Alone
4.) State of Love and Trust
5.) Foldback
6.) Strangest Tribe
7.) Long Road
8.) Hard to Imagine
9.) Hold On
10.) The Golden State
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11.) Down
12.) U
13.) Sad
14.) Other Side
15.) Puzzles & Games
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Out Of My Mind is the b-side on Not For You.
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Yeah, but it was a live improv, not a studio recording.
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Golden State was originally recorded by John Doe, and I think it was written by John Doe and Exene Cervenka. Don't have the album handy to check, but it's definitely not a Pearl Jam or E. Vedder song.
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Whoops! You're right. For some reason, I thought he co-wrote it with Corin Tucker, but I guess not.
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Yeah, but it was a live improv, not a studio recording.
...but a true b-side. State of Love and Trust and Breath were on a soundtrack from a movie directed by Cameron Crowe and distributed by Warner Brothers -- "not so elusive." And while the Chicago Cab soundtrack probably isn't as widely known, the 10 club was including free copies of it in every order for years.
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"Out of My Mind" is definitely a true b-side. A lot of fans at Philly 4 in 2009 didn't even know it haha.
I guess by the criteria established for b-sides, though, not many are really eligible. Most are not that elusive any more with the Internet, Lost Dogs, live recordings, etc. It's fair to just say anything that's not on a studio album, I think.
As for covers, here are my top 10:
1.) Sonic Reducer
2.) Kick Out the Jams
3.) Crown of Thorns
4.) Masters of War
5.) Driven to Tears
6.) Fuckin' Up
7.) The Real Me
8.) Throw Your Arms Around Me
9.) Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love
10.) Harvest Moon
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11.) Waiting on a Friend
12.) Bleed For Me
13.) So You Want to Be a Rock and Roll Star
14.) Little Wing
15.) Whip It
I really want to put "Running Back to Saskatoon" on there, but it was an incomplete cover.
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"Out of My Mind" is definitely a true b-side. A lot of fans at Philly 4 in 2009 didn't even know it haha.
I remember that. That was awesome!