Re: Pearljam vs. Third Eye

["andrew wiechman" <Jovar1701v@email.msn.com>]

You know i think eddie vedder is just ticked that a competitor of his( or
another band of his generation)  is doing Who songs.  I remember when Van
halen did a version of Wont get fooled again on their live album.  I cant
imagine Eddie Vedder going after the Van Halen gang with that same type of
barbed comments....

----- Original Message -----
From: V. Lee Jones <lee206@yahoo.com>
To: <TheWho@igtc.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 09, 1999 7:00 PM
Subject: Re: Pearljam vs. Third Eye


>
> > I think PJ and Eddie Vedder are full of themselves.  Who are they to
> > criticize who can play what song?  I haven't heard the PJ rendition of
the
> >
> > song, but I have heard the Third Eye Blind version, and it's just fine.
> > Neither band, I'm willing to wager, lives up to the Who's version.  If
> > Eddie
> > is worried about inferior bands playing other band's songs, he should
> > leave
> > it alone as well.
> >
> >
> > charles
> >
>
> Have heard several different versions of Pearljam performing BOR
>
> (have a CDR with two different versions, Naked Eye, Let my love open the
> door, My generation, and a great verion of The Kids are Alright)
>
> and I have to say that they definately do a pretty good job.  The best
part
> about it is the enthusiasim that Vedder gives it compared to a lot of his
> own stuff.  A link to one of their more poorly recorded versions of the
song
> can be found at http://www.fivehorizons.com/songs/july98/index.html
>
> What's more I have to say that I hate Third Eye Blind with a passion, they
> are a great example of how gay music has gotten lately.
>
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