> I read your review of Live on 2 Legs, Pearl Jam's new live album. I really think that you didn't give Pearl Jam the credit they deserve. It's a great album by one of the best rock bands you'll ever find. Your references to the loss of popularity and "fading out" were way off, in my opinion. Yes, Pearl Jam is not quite the same album-selling band as 5 or 6 years ago. You seem to forget that they had many sold out shows this summer, and let me tell you, no one there seemed to think of Pearl Jam as a band on its way out. Pearl Jam still has a very large and active group of core fans that will be loyal for years to come, because Pearl Jam will be rocking for years to come! - Dawn T., Ohio
> As far as your review of Pearl Jam's Live On Two Legs goes, Steve Kandell's review lacks elements such as actual song description and proper research. If I had never heard the disk, I would feel as if I had no idea of the style, feel or sound of the album at all after reading said review. There are no mention of lyrics (or subtle changes), very few specs on the way the music differs from the studio versions, and, as with every single review done on Pearl Jam by a non-fan, an underlying obsession with Pearl Jam having, or not having the crown of "World's Most Popular Band." They never had a torch, thay never passed a torch, there is no torch.
The most interesting tidbit is Kendall's line about Pearl Jam shows not being as highly attended as in earlier years. Check ticket sales friends... there was not a show on this 47 date tour that was not filled to capacity. The band continues to evolve, creating richer, more personal efforts with each album, and the skin of writers grows thicker and thicker, unable to see over their stack of alt-rock post-Pearl Jam ripoffs. - Christopher P., St. Louis, MO
> I would just like to comment on the review written on Pearl Jam's Live on Two Legs. It seems to me it was implying how Pearl Jam was a great band in past times but now slowly fading away. Pearl Jam is growing in popularity; sure they lost many fans after spending nearly 2 years in hiding, but they are slowly rebounding and their music is becoming more recognized for the maturity of its sound. - Mark T., Canton, OH
(Ed. Note: From "Band Worship, 101" - Ignore all comments that don't support the position as greatest band ever to grace the earth, including "willfully abdicated the rock crown they never really asked for in the first place", ignore any facts (Pearl Jam sells less records today than before, Pearl Jam plays to smaller venues, and their records aren't all over the radio), and only accept kind words with a condition that the critic should live and breathe every second of every song performed by the band. Fortunately, passing Band Worship 101 doesn't require reading comprehension skills of the original article; otherwise, fans would have to take this class over and over again.
In Band Worship 201, we'll talk about making fake backstage passes...
