no. no, no, no. no.

dude, what's your glitch?

he's not wrong, though. there is a lot of REALLY derivative-of-the-grunge-big-4 stuff on "core"—and, thus, weiland was a REAL dick for saying that stp were nothing like pj, and that pj were a "modern-day buffalo springfield"—but after they broke through (by ripping off the aforementioned bands), they became what they…

their best stuff is nothing BUT soul. you MIGHT be a douche.

..except that most of pearl jam's music—certainly their best songs—are shot through with pain and yearning and defiance, while basically none of the black crowes' stuff is like that. and the crowes are consciously retro, something pj's never been, big difference.

vs. is pretty dive-into-eddie's-self, and it's glorious.

word. fuck pavement, and fuck all slacker-ass indie turds like them that somehow convince hipsters that they're geniuses.

by "hip-hop", i assume you mean the awful, soulless, creatively bankrupt rap that pervades the pop landscape today, not true hip-hop.

do you rofo?

the world isn't a really fucked up place?

"Merkin Ball." and vitalogy is "focused"?

it's their best album, and it's not close.

"passive"? in terms of energy and passion? or do you mean because they don't "blaze trails" like brilliant bands such as sonic youth, who actually suck?

pretty much.

nope. vs, is by far their peak. vitalogy has some great songs but is a depressing listen, and no code is a snooze.

i actually dislike SOLAT and have never understood the cult love for it. and i am a fairly big pj fan, at least of their first 5 records (minus no code, except for around the bend). better "b-sides": breath, wash, footsteps, yellow ledbetter, angel, alone. better songs in general: every single track on vs., half of…

kick out the style, bring back the jam.

ok, let's assume that's right. does "illegal alien" (video and/or song) do that? if anything, it imagines latino immigrants as put-upon, desperate and on the run. that sucks, but i don't think it's "supporting oppression."

"glacial" means slow, not cold.

just followed the link to the consequence of sound article..hey marah, could you have at least TRIED to rewrite it so it wasn't basically a re-tweet? the first paragraphs are nearly identical.