Pearl Jam vs Soundgarden

[Black Sabbath]

Go.

I vote Soundgarden.

[RussTCB]

My heart will always be with Pearl Jam in this argument, but I can see why people love Soundgarden above them.

[Broskirose]

PJ

[realpoti]

Soundgarden, for sure.

[Randy Lahey]

Pearl Jam. I can't listen to any Soundgarden album all the way through. I'd also put Alice in Chains and Nirvana ahead of them.

[Johnny Drama]

Ten is the best grunge album but PJ is the worst grunge band whereas I'd put SOUNDGARDEN ahead of them even though Ultramega OK is a steaming pile of shit with like two listenable songs

[J Dog]

Both great bands. But I go with PJ, Ten and Vs are way up on my list.

[DR DOOM]

Soundgarden, no contest.

[Bono]

Soundgarden is alright but I never really got into them. Between the two for me it Pearl Jam all day everyday. I just like their music better and in my opinion they're as good or better than they've ever been. I loved Backspacer and Lightning Bolt is awesome. Plus as great as Cornell's voice is I just like Eddie's way more. I own every Pearl Jam album and not one Soundgarden album so..... Easy choice for me.

Edited October 30, 2013 by Bono

[MEXzilla]

Soundgarden easily wins this, Badmotorfinger, Superunknown and Down on the Upside are arguably the best albums from the grunge movement. Also Eddie Vedder can't hold a candle next to Cornell I mean the dude from Creed sounds like spot on like him and his band may create some good music but it's very much of its time imo.

[Shooting Star]

I put them in the same level.

Voted PJ because of some specific songs more than their whole work.

[Johnny Drama]

I personally think speaking from my own experience, is that Soundgarden's albums usually take a fair few listens before you get them. I remember hating DOTU for like a good year and a half before liking it. Louder than Love, whilst I liked it also took time. I got King Animal the day it came out and I'm still trying to get it.

[arnold layne]

Well considering that the only Soundgarden song I enjoy is Spoonman and I can listen to Ten on repeat, I vote Pearl Jam.

[WhazUp]

Pearl Jam.

Soundgarden is fucking awesome though, one of the best

[bran]

soundgarden those riffs on badmotorfinger alone put them over pearl jam(who are great as well)

[Johnny Drama]

soundgarden those riffs on badmotorfinger alone put them over pearl jam(who are great as well)

Not to mention the vocals on Slaves, Jesus Christ Pose and New Damage by themselves.

[wasted]

Vs. v Superunknown

Rearview Mirror v. Black Hole Sun

If I had to choose, Soundgarden. More ass kicking.

Jesus Christ Pose and Rusty Cage are great morning coffee songs.

Edited October 30, 2013 by wasted

[Johnny Drama]

I Awake is literally the best morning song and one of Cornells best vocals (like he needed another one)

[Spoon87]

These are my favourite bands, I'd rank them next to each other, so I have to go by other factors:

Concerts:

Pearl Jam - 5

Soundgarden - 2

Tattoos:

Pearl Jam - 5

Soundgarden - None yet, but it's going to happen

Media:

Pearl Jam - Every album (CD and Vinyl), multiple singles, bootlegs and DVDs

Soundgarden - Every album on CD

So, it's Pearl Jam.

Or, as Chris said during the concert in Berlin on September 10th:

Random fan between to songs: "Chris, you're the greatest!"

Chris: "Yeah? What about Eddie?!"

[sweetness]

Soundgarden easily. I can't take Pearl Jam seriously

[wasted]

PJ maybe better song writers but SG records have so much variety. I feel like you can really dig into SG albums. Theres so many parts and lyrics, but the songs arent as easy to digest.

Another thing is King Animal is as good as the old stuff. Its exactly the same. PJ had the zeotjest album but cant top it. Whereas SG never had that.

[Estranged Reality]

soundgarden.

i do like pearl jam and i love some of their singles but they are definitely one of those bands that i understand people becoming fanatical about, but which i never really got into beyond the singles. i tried to, but vedder's voice never quite did enough for me (which isn't to say i dislike him, but he doesn't capture me like cornell does, who i think happens to be one of the top rock vocalists of all time - vedder sounds a little more like he's always just doing a springsteen impression).

i do love pearl jam's cover of "love reign o'er me" though:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=663L-GWQdws

[supercool]

not a big fan of any of them

i voted for soundgarde because vedder's voice is really annoying

[LightningBolt]

Pearl Jam by a fuckin' mile for me.

I like Soundgarden's first two albums a little bit. Not my favorites in the world, but they're listenable. Badmotorfinger isn't horrible, but still isn't particularly good, in my opinion. I cannot stand Superunknown at all. Way too long with only a few songs on the albums worth a listen, in my opinion. Very few musicians can create an album over ~55 minutes that's consistently engaging imo, and Soundgarden sure as hell aren't among them. Same problem stands for their 5th album. I'm a full album listener and I lose interest in most of Soundgarden's songs.

I'm not the biggest fan of Pearl Jam, either, but I like them considerably better. I feel they have more variation within albums (which helps with a full album listen), not to mention between albums. Oddly enough, I'm not a huge fan of Pearl Jam's "glory day" albums. I like the singles from Ten, but not a fan of much outside of that. Vs. is similar for me. I actually think Binaural is their best album. I'm listening to Lightning Bolt for the first time right now, and I'm also surprised at how good it is. Step up from Backspacer, though I plan on going back and giving that another listen to see if my mind has changed on it since it dropped. But yeah, I think Pearl Jam has made some very good albums since 2000.

[Forsaken]

Soundgarden.