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Originally Posted by jayswin
Pearl Jam's success has always been very fascinating to follow. They're a very rare mainstream band in that they rarely make the radio with hits off their albums, but yet continue to sell out hockey arenas, even 23 later.
Billy Corgon was even whining about it a couple years ago, asking what the hell are Pearl Jam doing to sell out hockey arenas that "outsiders" are apparently missing? I guess the answer could be any combination of - They've typically done things the "right" way, always writing albums, not singles (after Ten, anyways), they have an incredible live show that features a brand new set list every night, they charge very reasonable prices, maybe Eddies vocals are more attractive than haters care to admit.
Who knows, but for whatever reason Pearl Jam remains relevant year after year while everyone around them has slipped away. I even thought Soundgarden would come back strong but then they came back and tried to get 1996 soundgarden capital from their shows and ended up playing to half empty arenas.
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Cool, found that interesting to read. I'd also wonder that perhaps they were/are quite unique (even if there was copycats) and if you liked them there's little alternative which makes the fans willing to come back for more. To be honest I haven't bought a Pearl Jam product that wasn't Ten, Vs., Vitalogy, No Code. But I will go to a Calgary (or close) concert whenever they have one because I enjoy all the songs from those albums immensely and am able to enjoy whatever else they play regardless of familiarity with it.
Re: the bolded part, is someone as arrogant as BC able to think outside his box? He thinks he's the best, Pearl Jam sucks, so assumes people must be missing something, vs. maybe they're better than he thinks and he's not as awesome as he thinks.