![]() ![]() While Gallen's impressive production and directorial resume includes a variety of memorable musical events, movies and comedy specials ("Not Another Teen Movie," "Zoolander," the 2003 Super Bowl Halftime Show, 17 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies, the last 14 years of "Comedy Central Roasts" and the Peabody Award-winning post-September 11 benefit concert special "America: A Tribute to Heroes"), he charted his first professional successes at MTV in the late 1980s and early 1990s. To help commemorate the release of MTV Unplugged (), the Recording Academy spoke with "MTV Unplugged" director Joel Gallen about shooting the noteworthy episode as a first-time director and about how the band-vocalist Eddie Vedder, bassist Jeff Ament, guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, and then-drummer Dave Abbruzzese-approached their acoustic set with equal parts refined musicality and unfiltered bravado. (It should be noted that previously a DVD of the performance was included in some versions of the 2009 reissue of their debut album Ten, but no standalone audio version was made available at that time.) This vinyl release of MTV Unplugged () contains all six tracks from the original Unplugged television broadcast, as well as the inclusion of "Oceans," which did not make it to air. While bootleg audio files of the performance have been floating around fan circles for years, the Record Store Day Black Friday vinyl release of MTV Unplugged () marks the first time fans can purchase an official, band-sanctioned version of the album. Recorded on Maand aired less than two months later on May 13, 1992, Pearl Jam's "Unplugged" episode is notable for capturing the band as it successfully navigated an unfamiliar setting in the very early stages of its still-thriving career. ![]() One of the most celebrated stars of this year’s Black Friday event-taking place Nov. 29 at participating record stores across the U.S.-is Pearl Jam's MTV Unplugged (), the long-awaited official release of the band's unforgettable acoustic performance from the pioneering MTV show. What it makes me do is be patient, I guess, or let go of that presumption of what the shot’s going to be.For the last decade or so, Record Store Day and Record Store Day Black Friday have been the venues through which bands have chosen to offer their fans feverishly anticipated album reissues and first-runs on vinyl. “Sometimes with Polaroids, the shot you want to get in your head doesn’t happen. I think I go to certain places when I play to heal.”ģ0. “I try to dig deep into my soul to figure out something positive in the pain. They are still around and put on a really exciting show. ![]() I’ve listened to the Stones many times and it still makes me have that feeling of joy every time. “That’s what music has always been to me: a feel. “At this point, because we have stayed the same course for so many years, I feel like we are freer to make choices that are motivated by what feels right creatively at a given point in time.”Ģ8. “To just meet people that have Crohn’s or colitis and to hear their stories gives me a lot of hope and a lot of courage.”Ģ7. You’ve just got to keep moving forward.”Ģ6. A song will come out of the sky, or an idea, or walking around, or playing with other guys.”Ģ5. ‘Given To Fly’ came out of that, and so did ‘Faithful’-those were on ‘Yield,’ which came after Mad Season.”Ģ4. “After Mad Season, I started writing my own music for Pearl Jam and brought it in. “We want to push boundaries musically if we can and come at things from a different direction.”ġ0. We go away from each other, do our own thing, and then we get back together.”ĩ. “Reason why we’ve lasted so long is we write music we get very intense. I think they got so big in the Seventies and were such a phenomenon-they did the ‘KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park’ movie, the solo records-some people only know the merchandising stuff.”Ĩ. “When you’re really young, dating girls, and trying to explain KISS, they just look at you like you’re kind of crazy. And you have to be able to be honest with each other as much as you can.”ħ. Instead of going through managers to discuss things, we will sit down and have meetings about things. “We’re always working on our communication, which is something that’s important. Luckily, our fans are receptive to our new stuff.”Ħ. “A lot of times, bands will go on tour, and people only wanna hear the hits. “I think our fans are bigger and better students of Pearl Jam than we are.”ĥ. “I never play as well without these guys the best I have ever been creatively has been with Pearl Jam.”Ĥ. “When we did our first record, my mindset was this is all going to be over tomorrow.”ģ. ![]()
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