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soccermilitant
25 Jul 2009, 01:39 AM
who do prefer...personality i like pearl jam better
Matt in the Hat
25 Jul 2009, 01:51 AM
Alice in Chains is better than both
Belgian guy
25 Jul 2009, 06:15 AM
Nirvana, easily.
As a side-note, I once attended a Hole concert a Belgium (this was back when I was in HS) and in the middle of the gig, Courtney Love started scolding some kid near the front row for wearing a Pearl Jam weekend, going on about how Kurt hated Vedder's gang.
GringoTex
25 Jul 2009, 08:57 AM
Pixies
lkgf09
25 Jul 2009, 12:49 PM
Alice in Chains is better than both
Alice and Chains was by far the best band to come out of that era. Nirvana is the most overrated band of all time and Pearl Jam is just no good IMO.
Nirvana is real Grunge/Alternative. Love their sound. While Pearl Jam sounds pop-ish to me.
Black Francis
25 Jul 2009, 01:15 PM
Pixies>>Nirvana>>a pile of dog shit>>Pearl jam
Pixies>>Nirvana>>a pile of dog shit>>Pearl jam
LOL, long time no see Franco.:D
Black Francis
25 Jul 2009, 01:30 PM
Yep
Orlando Magic 09-10 believe it!
Aint that right
SirManchester
25 Jul 2009, 04:08 PM
Alice in Chains is better than both
Absolutely! followed by Soundgarden followed by Pearl Jam and Nirvana.
Ringo
25 Jul 2009, 05:10 PM
never a big pearl jam fan but loved nirvana. love alice in chains also ... but I think nirvana betters them all.
royalstilton
26 Jul 2009, 01:51 AM
Brad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_%28band%29)
Unorthodox Yank
26 Jul 2009, 02:24 AM
I honestly never understood this comparison, or why so many people are so fixated on it. Pearl Jam and Nirvana are totally different bands.
You might as well be saying that lil Wayne is "better" than Ravi Shankar.
Matt in the Hat
26 Jul 2009, 02:26 AM
I honestly never understood this comparison, or why so many people are so fixated on it. Pearl Jam and Nirvana are totally different bands.
You might as well be saying that lil Wayne is "better" than Ravi Shankar.
Shankar's daughter is better than both of them.
Stogey23
26 Jul 2009, 03:52 AM
Can't Alice In Chains, Soundgarden, Nirvana, and Pearl Jam all be good?
Ghost
26 Jul 2009, 07:48 AM
Nirvana. But Pearl Jam was good. And time and the decline of popular music has made them look better. After Britney Spears and Timberlake etc., this argument seems quaint and kinda pointless.
It's funny, at the time they were considered hyper-intense mope rockers. The thing is, when you listen to all the present-day teen-angsty mope rock romanticism, it all seems lifeless and with phony intensity and not much insight. Then they'll play a Nirvana song, like On a Plain or whatever, and it seems so witty and bouncy and sunny.
JHova4
26 Jul 2009, 11:59 PM
Pearl Jam's early career was great and Ten was an epic album. And then for some reason Eddie Vedder lost his grunginess and we're left with the new "pop" Pearl Jam.
Stogey23
27 Jul 2009, 02:43 AM
Pearl Jam's early career was great and Ten was an epic album. And then for some reason Eddie Vedder lost his grunginess and we're left with the new "pop" Pearl Jam.
How dare you. There is nothing pop about Pearl Jam, now or ever. Their last album was fantastic, it could have been released between Vs and Vitology.
Matt in the Hat
27 Jul 2009, 02:51 AM
How dare you. There is nothing pop about Pearl Jam, now or ever.
ahem....
YouTube - pearl jam last kiss
Stogey23
27 Jul 2009, 03:06 AM
I was thinking of Last Kiss when I typed that, so bravo for calling it out. It was their biggest single ever, but it's not like they put it out for the sake of Pop or making them rich. It was released for a charity album to benefit Kosovar refugees.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_Boundaries:_A_Benefit_for_the_Kosovar_Refugees
In 1998, Pearl Jam recorded "Last Kiss", a cover of a 1960s ballad made famous by J. Frank Wilson and the Cavaliers. It was recorded during a soundcheck and released on the band's 1998 fan club Christmas single. The following year, the cover was put into heavy rotation across the country. By popular demand, the cover was released to the public as a single in 1999, with all of the proceeds going to the aid of refugees of the Kosovo War.[12] The band also decided to include the song on the 1999 charity compilation album, No Boundaries: A Benefit for the Kosovar Refugees. "Last Kiss" peaked at number two on the Billboard charts and became the band's highest-charting single.