Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south

dirty irish 86
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edited April 2008 in The Porch
Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south? any believers?
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  • beachdweller
    beachdweller Posts: 1,532
    dirty irish 86 wrote:
    Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south? any believers?

    no, there are conservatives everywhere, and even in the South, the big cities are pretty liberal or at least moderate. If I member right, Atlanta loves them some Pearl Jam.
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  • sweet adeline
    sweet adeline Posts: 2,191
    he went to san diego.
  • EBowie
    EBowie Posts: 532
    west coast tour technically...so, one could say he refused to tour the northeast and midwest then too, right?
  • Danimal
    Danimal Posts: 2,000
    dirty irish 86 wrote:
    Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south? any believers?

    English please.... Hahahahaha.
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  • Cosmo
    Cosmo Posts: 12,225
    dirty irish 86 wrote:
    Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south? any believers?
    ...
    No. He said it's because of you.
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    If that is the case he isn't behaving very liberally at all. Aren't we supposed to love and understand everyone regardless of our differences in opinion? Surely Ed isn't so childish and closed-minded as to let his political views keep him from touring an entire region of his own country!!
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  • drsluggo
    drsluggo Posts: 4,742
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    If that is the case he isn't behaving very liberally at all. Aren't we supposed to love and understand everyone regardless of our differences in opinion? Surely Ed isn't so childish and closed-minded as to let his political views keep him from touring an entire region of his own country!!
    Yes, surely... ;)
  • ryan198
    ryan198 Posts: 1,015
    Yellow Ledbelly wrote:
    If that is the case he isn't behaving very liberally at all. Aren't we supposed to love and understand everyone regardless of our differences in opinion? Surely Ed isn't so childish and closed-minded as to let his political views keep him from touring an entire region of his own country!!
    How about they won't get 10,000 people to show up at one of their shows...like in New Orleans and Memphis during the 2000 tour. Maybe it's not Ed and the band being childish, but the fact that no one in the dirty south wants to go see them. (See also: the slow tix sales in the Southeast on this tour).
  • EvilRabbit
    EvilRabbit Posts: 286
    Is there a rule somewhere which says Conservatives can't get on a plane? After all, they have all the money don't they? ;)

    Conservatives want PJ to play the South then they heckle Ed for spouting his views (his right). It's no wonder he appears to say "fuck 'em."
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  • Yellow Ledbelly
    Yellow Ledbelly Posts: 3,749
    ryan198 wrote:
    How about they won't get 10,000 people to show up at one of their shows...like in New Orleans and Memphis during the 2000 tour. Maybe it's not Ed and the band being childish, but the fact that no one in the dirty south wants to go see them. (See also: the slow tix sales in the Southeast on this tour).
    My friend, I was merely posting a light-hearted reply to the question which was posed the the original poster, which was essentially: Has politics kept PJ out of the South?

    So, now that you see what I was getting at, don't you think staying out of the south based on politics would be a tad childish and not very liberal at all?

    If it's money, that's fine....'dem bruthas gots to have steaks in the freezer too
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  • Vedderlution_Baby
    Vedderlution_Baby Posts: 2,535
    ryan198 wrote:
    How about they won't get 10,000 people to show up at one of their shows...like in New Orleans and Memphis during the 2000 tour. Maybe it's not Ed and the band being childish, but the fact that no one in the dirty south wants to go see them. (See also: the slow tix sales in the Southeast on this tour).


    You got the numbers for those shows?

    tampa and columbia only have top tier tickets left. And fan club sales don't reveal how the show is going to sell in those regions.
  • TheGossman
    TheGossman Posts: 1,120
    politics have nothing to do with it, the worst reaction the band has ever gotten to anything Eddie has done during a show was during Bushleaguer in uniondale NY in 03. Everyone knows that, if politics were the reason, they would stay out of ny too. The band cares about money now, way to much, sad but its true, and if they don't sell atleast 10,000 tickets at a certain venue, they aren't playing it.
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  • Zanne
    Zanne Posts: 899
    If anything I would think Ed would want to tour where the most opposition was to try to change their minds. So no, I don't think this is the reason that PJ hasn't toured the south in recent times.

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  • potluck
    potluck Posts: 170
    i try to stay out of the south myself. Good lookin out guys
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  • EquallyWorthless
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    this is fully one of those threads where the thread starter stirs some shit and doesnt come back into the thread again.
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  • ashtrayrock
    ashtrayrock Posts: 167
    dirty irish 86 wrote:
    Vedders political partisanship reflected in refusal to tour conservative south? any believers?

    Why just vedder? He's not the whole band. I think Stone gets a say too! ;)
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  • slightofjeff
    slightofjeff Posts: 7,762
    TheGossman wrote:
    politics have nothing to do with it, the worst reaction the band has ever gotten to anything Eddie has done during a show was during Bushleaguer in uniondale NY in 03. Everyone knows that, if politics were the reason, they would stay out of ny too. The band cares about money now, way to much, sad but its true, and if they don't sell atleast 10,000 tickets at a certain venue, they aren't playing it.

    that's all well and good, but there are plenty of venues in the south I'm sure will sell out.
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  • slightofjeff
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    Zanne wrote:
    If anything I would think Ed would want to tour where the most opposition was to try to change their minds. So no, I don't think this is the reason that PJ hasn't toured the south in recent times.

    Peace

    You're right. Most people get their political opinions from rock stars. Myself, I became conservative because I went to a Ted Nugent show.

    Maybe I need Ed to set me straight. ;)
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  • Anon
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    potluck wrote:
    i try to stay out of the south myself. Good lookin out guys

    oh yea, because everyone knows that sioux falls south dakota is where the party's at!
  • potluck
    potluck Posts: 170
    Dollpartz wrote:
    oh yea, because everyone knows that sioux falls south dakota is where the party's at!

    u ever been?
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