Oooohhhh, they’re still Alive.
Posted April 25, 2006 — in Music News
Pearl Jam is about to release their 8th record and their first album with J Records (Alicia Keys). This is the same band that released the beast “Ten” in 1991 that sold nearly 10 million copies while shunning endorsement deals and big budgeted music videos. This idea appears to be credible but it didn’t help their career. As they continued to avoid self promotion each record was less successful than its predecessor. Unfortunately, this strategy no longer works in a “Get Rich or Die Trying” society. It appears Pearl Jam is back in action and hired a press person to work the new record. The tag line is “the most immediate” and “relevant” since the 1994’s “Vitalogy”; hence, get ready to see those words over and over again. Regardless of their new record, Pearl Jam is an important band that the teen generation needs to hear.
While I respect very much the fact that they are still making music, this new attempt at recapturing the mainstream is…disappointing. They’ve had difficulty staying musically relevant and I think that has less to do with their aversion to publicity and more to do with their aversion to change. Their sound hasn’t changed and it doesn’t seem they have evolved. I think they would have been better off just going down in history as one of the most important bands in the early 90s..and left it at that.
Comment by AJ- KOAR — April 28, 2006 @ 10:53 am
it could be worse…they could be live, or third eye blind
Comment by dsf — May 2, 2006 @ 7:04 pm
Although evolution of their sound is not prevalent, I would rather they sound like their previous records, instead of being influenced by music of “today.” We all know that Pearl Jam wouldn’t work with overtones of a Killers-esque clone band or Mariah Carey melody dancing.
Comment by scott — May 3, 2006 @ 6:31 am