MISTER FADED GLORY
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Category Archives: Nostalgia
Almost halfway there … Pearl Jam Top 50
Big day at Mr. Faded Glory, we’ve got two other blog posts coming your way! I know, it’s like July. Anyway, a reader wondered if we’d find a way to shoehorn Temple of the Dog into the countdown. The answer … Continue reading
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Self-congratulatory Pearl Jam nostalgia continued…
Earlier, and now. Some of you are saying – finally! some familiar songs! But I hardly have to justify these, though I refrained from admitting only the Daughter featuring the Sonic Youth “Bull In the Heather” tag from various points … Continue reading
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Pearl Jam: The Top 50 Continues.
Right here. Through a cursory glance at my list, I’ve noticed no songs from Binaural made the cut. Not a one, and I don’t even dislike the record – although this has to be proof it’s the band’s weakest, right? … Continue reading
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Pearl Jam – The Best 50 – Continued
In a stunning last-minute decision, we dropped Man of the Hour. Currently, I agonize over Grievance, Go and Given to Fly. But this countdown already is awash with the arduous melancholy, so Garden gets the call-up. And, since you asked, … Continue reading
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Tagged Brain of J., Breath, Garden, Pearl Jam, Rats
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Pearl Jam Top 50 Songs Ever via Twitter Continued
I thought this was easy at first. Then I realized I forgot All Those Yesterdays. Some will quibble with the inclusion of Other Side, but that song seriously haunts me. Like, every melancholy moment in my life, it pops up. … Continue reading
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Tagged All or None, All Those Yesterdays, Animal, Believe You me, Dirty Frank, Down, Garden, In Hiding, Inside Job, Other Side, Pearl Jam, Unemployable, Whipping
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Can’t resist a competing Top 50 PJ countdown … stop groaning
Only three weeks till Backspacer. So you know. Our friends at PJ Vault recently compiled their (his) Top 50 Pearl Jam all-time song countdown. In a wholly unoriginal move, we’re doing the same, and we’re revealing on Twitter only. Why? … Continue reading
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Tagged Backspacer, Pearl Jam, PJ Vault, Riot Act, Twitter, Vitalogy
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Fame, death, music and us
In high school I got in trouble for wearing a Kurt Cobain t-shirt shortly after the grunge singer’s untimely death. Well, not in trouble, exactly. As paltry tribute, I happened to buy the Cobain shirt almost immediately after his suicide. … Continue reading
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Tagged childhood demons, Ed McMahon, Kurt Cobain, media minutiae, Michael Jackson, Nostalgia, reminiscing
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Friends Forever
I actually thought yesterday’s post was fairly positive? Nobody agrees? Let’s just move on. Speaking of tongues rammed totally into cheek, Mark-Paul Gosselaar showed up on The Jimmy Fallon Show last night (Which I actually happened to see. How weird … Continue reading
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Young men, there’s no place you can go…
Selection Sunday looms only two weeks away, and I know you’ve frantically been refreshing your browsers, yearning for Mister Faded Glory’s annual pre-tournament guide to Who’s Gonna Win. Well, sorry, but I failed you. But, as always, it wasn’t totally … Continue reading
Posted in Grunge, Nostalgia
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