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14 yr old busker playing pearl jam.

pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
edited December 2007 in The Porch
I was walking to a train station (Hornsby) today listening to my ipod (daughter from Newcastle) and i saw this kid busking, i would say he was about 14, and I started thinking i wonder if this young kid would know any pearl jam. So I took my ear plug out to listen to what he was singing, and sure enough he was playing Black:). He was playing it really well and it looked like he was really feeling the song not just going through the motions. I had to go for a train so I didnt hang around for long :(

I was suprised to see such a young kid playing pearl jam, i was very impressed, and i was also impressed to see a busker play pearl jam, i dont think i have ever seen a busker play pj. I normally see drunk homeless men playing a recorder or something and i give em a couple of $$$$ and ask em to play pearl jam, they dont know wat i'm talking about.

Anyway thought i would share it, it was great.
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    dangerboydangerboy Posts: 1,569
    sorry, but what the hell is a busker?


    ebay isn't evil people are


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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    That sounds awesome... ! :) Yay 14 year old busker.

    Is he on the Pit? THAT'S the question..
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    samquigleysamquigley Posts: 220
    dangerboy wrote:
    sorry, but what the hell is a busker?

    Really?
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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    biffhardon wrote:
    Really?

    hehehehe
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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    pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    dangerboy wrote:
    sorry, but what the hell is a busker?

    It is some1 who will like sing for money or dance platy an instrument. They will put like a hat down or guitar case etc, and ppl will walk past and stick a bit of money in it. Hope this clearst the mirky air......
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    threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    pjfan31 wrote:
    It is some1 who will like sing for money or dance platy an instrument. They will put like a hat down or guitar case etc, and ppl will walk past and stick a bit of money in it. Hope this clearst the mirky air......

    so they are basically homeless?
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    einatshauleinatshaul Posts: 2,219
    "(British) street entertainer, one who performs music or dance in public as a way of soliciting money"

    I love babylon... :)

    Maybe I'll go busking away on my tambourine in Seattle... They'll pay me to stop :)
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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    threefish10 wrote:
    so they are basically homeless?

    Sometimes.. but many people just do it for fun...and a tiny bit of supplementary income.. This 14 year old was probably just enjoying himself.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    threefish10 wrote:
    so they are basically homeless?
    Sometimes, but not usually.

    My uncle used to busk when his band was down on it's luck. He said 'it beats working for a living' :D

    If you're really good and can get a good spot you make a fair bit, especially at this time of year.
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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    The English singer/songwriter Badly Drawn Boy started on the busking scene. It served him well.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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    dangerboydangerboy Posts: 1,569
    biffhardon wrote:
    Really?

    uh, yeah. sorry, i don't speak colloquial euro or aussie or wherever this was


    ebay isn't evil people are


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    Heineken HelenHeineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    einatshaul wrote:
    "(British) street entertainer, one who performs music or dance in public as a way of soliciting money"

    I love babylon... :)

    Maybe I'll go busking away on my tambourine in Seattle... They'll pay me to stop :)
    not just british... we've plenty of them here too. Some of them you could spend the whole day listening to cos they're fantastic... others... eh :o you know they're in it for the 'money'

    I'm pretty sure Paddy Casey, who you'll all fondly remember supported PJ in the point last year :p started off as a homeless busker.
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    threefish10threefish10 Posts: 7,392
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    The English singer/songwriter Badly Drawn Boy started on the busking scene. It served him well.


    he looks homeless.
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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    threefish10 wrote:
    he looks homeless.

    LOL yep, he does seem to have maintained 'the look'.
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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    urbanhippieurbanhippie Posts: 3,007
    threefish10 wrote:
    he looks homeless.
    I think it's the hat :D
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    Cropduster84Cropduster84 Posts: 1,283
    I saw a busker playing Pearl Jam once in Boston (uk), a few years back now...he was playing Immortality and he did it very well...spoke to him afterwards, turns out Vitalogy was his favourite record...

    I like buskers, street entertainments ace..
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    One Song GloryOne Song Glory Posts: 710
    A guy in Ottawa was playing Betterman in the Byward Market last year. Of course I stopped to listen and feed the guitar case. :D
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    TombourineTombourine Posts: 139
    Heineken Helen wrote:
    not just british... we've plenty of them here too. Some of them you could spend the whole day listening to cos they're fantastic... others... eh :o you know they're in it for the 'money'

    I'm pretty sure Paddy Casey, who you'll all fondly remember supported PJ in the point last year :p started off as a homeless busker.

    He should've feckin' well stayed there.
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    randaldoesjerseyrandaldoesjersey Posts: 151
    Beck was a busker, too, for a long time.

    It sucks that he was playing "Black", though. Seems kind of the obvious choice.
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    harmless_little_f***harmless_little_f*** Posts: 8,005
    randaldoesjersey wrote:
    It sucks that he was playing "Black", though. Seems kind of the obvious choice.

    Yeah, he should have been playing Hey Foxymophandlemama That's Me, something obscure that would've marked him out as a TRUE fan!
    'We're learning songs for baby Jesus' birthday. His mum and dad were Merry and Joseph. He had a bed made of clay and the three kings bought him Gold, Frankenstein and Merv as presents.'

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    HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,141
    harmless_little_f*** wrote:
    Yeah, he should have been playing Hey Foxymophandlemama That's Me, something obscure that would've marked him out as a TRUE fan!


    Just think of how much money Foxymop would have brought in! :p
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    BinGnarlyBinGnarly Posts: 508
    I did it outside a movie theater once. I made a grand total of three chuckie cheese tokens.
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    Surf LifeSurf Life Posts: 50
    We call them buskers here in Seattle too.

    One of the best buskers you'll see..

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=218450493

    He's 15 and he plays Pike Place Market and The Can Can Cabaret as well.
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    hard_sunhard_sun Posts: 382
    that's cool:)
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    HawkshoreHawkshore Posts: 2,141
    Surf Life wrote:
    We call them buskers here in Seattle too.

    One of the best buskers you'll see..

    http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=218450493

    He's 15 and he plays Pike Place Market and The Can Can Cabaret as well.

    This guys not too bad either :)

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    Surf LifeSurf Life Posts: 50
    Hawkshore wrote:
    This guys not too bad either :)

    http://www.artisthespoonman.net/


    agreed.
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    Drop The Leash 10Drop The Leash 10 Posts: 7,011
    i'm 15 and i can play PJ's best song on guitar, ONE NOTE! :p

    its too good to share.

    sorry.
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    zenithzenith Posts: 3,191
    well i hope you gave him some money!! he would have earned a $20 from me just for having the sence to play good songs
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    pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    Did the same walk today hoping to see the kid and he wasnt there :(
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    HinnyHinny Posts: 1,610
    John Butler started off as a busker. He still looks like one, too.
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