The Fixer (official video)... but on German website

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  • kiljoythemerciful
    kiljoythemerciful Posts: 549
    SolarWorld wrote:
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    pearl jam representatives called a local unemployment agency and hired people from that agency for the day.

    Who confirmed this?

    I remembering it being mentioned in a couple of the articles about the video shoot. I will look for those again, I guess. But it is also the most logical thing to do when you need three hundred workers on short notice without trying to let any word out about the event.
  • Marcus Maximus
    Marcus Maximus Posts: 282
    Freakin awesome and i have to admitt something guys i was a fixer hater after i heard it live in manchester i started to turn but after seeing and hearing that video i love it so sorry guys for hateing
    Speaking as a child of the 90's
  • LikeAnOcean
    LikeAnOcean Posts: 7,718
    Does this video remind anyone else of Niel Young's music video for Harvest Moon? Only on steroids.
  • megatron
    megatron Posts: 3,420
    is it uncool to like this song. will i be looked down upon by fellow tenclubbers in chicago. ..
    nevermind. they'll be in front of me :D
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    i've said it before and this video proves it: Stone Gossard is the coolest mutherfucker in the band!
  • kiljoythemerciful
    kiljoythemerciful Posts: 549
    edited August 2009
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    SolarWorld wrote:
    kiljoythemerciful wrote:
    pearl jam representatives called a local unemployment agency and hired people from that agency for the day.

    Who confirmed this?

    I remembering it being mentioned in a couple of the articles about the video shoot. I will look for those again, I guess. But it is also the most logical thing to do when you need three hundred workers on short notice without trying to let any word out about the event.
    '
    The only bit that I can find with a quick search was from Antiquiet "According to our source, about 300 extras were hired to be in the crowd for the taping, a large number of whom were reportedly laid-off workers from the area."

    I also remember that the first bit of info came from a personal blog of someone who was in the audience, one of the unemployed extras who said she was hired through her unemployment agency. Her statement about the video shoot was removed from her blog.

    ps I really don't care if the hiring was done thru talent agency or unemployment agency. Most people who are extras are actors or artists who need some extra cash to supplement the meager wages they receive. I just wanted to clarify why some were pointing out the work status of the extras. No one is a professional extra, you can't make enough money only being an extra.
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  • cippociappo
    cippociappo Posts: 692
    Mmm, I like it. Not very PJ style maybe, with the crowd and the crowd noises (those I really don't like).

    Overall, it's just them playing, only this time with a bunch of video effects and jumping crowd.
    The song rocks, IMHO 8-) , and that's the most important thing!
    Makes me ache, makes me shake...
    ...is it so wrong to think that love can keep us safe?
  • luxpjamer
    luxpjamer Posts: 837
    I love Pearl Jam
    I loved their attitude against modern Music Industry
    I loved Eddie Vedders kryptical lyrics
    I loved the way they changed their musical style with each record without being unfaithfull to themselves.
    I loved the pessimistic atmosphere.
    I loved their explosive shows

    What is left ?

    They make videos, they became optimistc, the lyrics are straight, even the crowd is calmer... . On the other side I must admit that I really like the fixer and got some but I'm not sure that they have the potential to really reach me like songs like Release, immortality, Not for you, given to fly, tremor christ and many others
    Beavis : Is this Pearl Jam?
    Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
    Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
    Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
    Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    cippociappo wrote:
    Mmm, I like it. Not very PJ style maybe, with the crowd and the crowd noises (those I really don't like).

    Overall, it's just them playing, only this time with a bunch of video effects and jumping crowd.
    The song rocks, IMHO 8-) , and that's the most important thing!

    It's like the Alive video without the realism
    2000: Camden 1, 2003: Philly, State College, Camden 1, MSG 2, Hershey, 2004: Reading, 2005: Philly, 2006: Camden 1, 2, East Rutherford 1, 2007: Lollapalooza, 2008: Camden 1, Washington D.C., MSG 1, 2, 2009: Philly 1, 2, 3, 4, 2010: Bristol, MSG 2, 2011: PJ20 1, 2, 2012: Made In America, 2013: Brooklyn 2, Philly 2, 2014: Denver, 2015: Global Citizen Festival, 2016: Philly 2, Fenway 1, 2018: Fenway 1, 2, 2021: Sea. Hear. Now. 2022: Camden, 2024: Philly 2, 2025: Pittsburgh 1

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  • luxpjamer
    luxpjamer Posts: 837
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    cippociappo wrote:
    Mmm, I like it. Not very PJ style maybe, with the crowd and the crowd noises (those I really don't like).

    Overall, it's just them playing, only this time with a bunch of video effects and jumping crowd.
    The song rocks, IMHO 8-) , and that's the most important thing!

    It's like the Alive video without the realism
    +1 !
    Beavis : Is this Pearl Jam?
    Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
    Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
    Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
    Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
  • comatose_253
    comatose_253 Posts: 271
    norm wrote:
    MrSmith wrote:
    actually, visually i liked both those commercials (dont care for those songs). the visuals were pretty cool. this isnt similar at all. this is just the band playing to a crowd with screens in the back. so what?


    hey i couldn't give 2 shits about this but it's edited in such a way to appeal to a younger demographic who has the attention span of a gnat on meth...wait until you see the 15 and 30 second commercials...those will make this look like citizen cane :D
    \

    "gnat on meth" that is great!! LOL . . LOL . . .LOL!!! You called it, most folks seem to have gnat on meth attention span.
  • i shit and i stink
    i shit and i stink Posts: 1,122
    luxpjamer wrote:
    I'm not sure that they have the potential to really reach me like songs like Release, immortality, Not for you, given to fly, tremor christ and many others

    Have you heard 'The End' yet? The played it at SBE and it will reach you, I'm sure, perhaps not in the same way as some of the songs you listed but it is really one to grip you from within. And Just Breathe sounds pretty deep too on the Clinch video on the PJ home page. Good balance on the new album I think
    we're all going to the same place...
  • twojawas
    twojawas Posts: 318
    Bon Jovi called. They want their video back.

    The video looks like it has been edited by a high school kid. Great song and the potential for a great video, but it's been destroyed in the editing room.
    My Pearl Jam concert footage:
    http://youtube.com/profile_videos?user=twojawas&search_query=pearl+jam&search=Search
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    cippociappo wrote:
    Mmm, I like it. Not very PJ style maybe, with the crowd and the crowd noises (those I really don't like).

    Overall, it's just them playing, only this time with a bunch of video effects and jumping crowd.
    The song rocks, IMHO 8-) , and that's the most important thing!

    It's like the Alive video without the realism
    the crowds back in the Alive days were a lot better than nowadays. :);)
  • comatose_253
    comatose_253 Posts: 271
    twojawas wrote:
    Bon Jovi called. They want their video back.

    The video looks like it has been edited by a high school kid. Great song and the potential for a great video, but it's been destroyed in the editing room.

    I guess Cameron Crowe needs to go back to film school ? ;-)
  • luxpjamer
    luxpjamer Posts: 837
    i shit and i stink wrote:
    luxpjamer wrote:
    I'm not sure that they have the potential to really reach me like songs like Release, immortality, Not for you, given to fly, tremor christ and many others

    Have you heard 'The End' yet? The played it at SBE and it will reach you, I'm sure, perhaps not in the same way as some of the songs you listed but it is really one to grip you from within. And Just Breathe sounds pretty deep too on the Clinch video on the PJ home page. Good balance on the new album I think
    Unfortunaly I didn't get the chance to listen to them I'll have to wait "Backspacer".
    Beavis : Is this Pearl Jam?
    Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
    Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
    Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
    Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
  • kiljoythemerciful
    kiljoythemerciful Posts: 549
    comatose_253 wrote:
    twojawas wrote:
    Bon Jovi called. They want their video back.

    The video looks like it has been edited by a high school kid. Great song and the potential for a great video, but it's been destroyed in the editing room.

    I guess Cameron Crowe needs to go back to film school ? ;-)

    Yeah, that dude's a hack. twojawas should have edited it, would have been so much better :arrow:
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    (shameless repost from another board...)

    lets see...

    option one: young, attractive, excited crowd jumping and cheering.

    option two: 30something crowd of bored onlookers waiting for a rare b-side who take pee breaks during Even Flow and complain of crowd surfing and GA audiences.


    i can't believe they went the way they did! FUCKING SELLOUTS!

    listen to me, im defending The Fixer!
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 17,005
    MrSmith wrote:
    (shameless repost from another board...)

    lets see...

    option one: young, attractive, excited crowd jumping and cheering.

    option two: 30something crowd of bored onlookers waiting for a rare b-side who take pee breaks during Even Flow and complain of crowd surfing and GA audiences.


    How about NO CROWD?
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    Pearl Jam bootlegs:
    http://wegotshit.blogspot.com
  • LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun
    LikeAnOpeningBandForTheSun Posts: 6,097
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    MrSmith wrote:
    (shameless repost from another board...)

    lets see...

    option one: young, attractive, excited crowd jumping and cheering.

    option two: 30something crowd of bored onlookers waiting for a rare b-side who take pee breaks during Even Flow and complain of crowd surfing and GA audiences.


    How about NO CROWD?
    nah. i've had enough of that. Pearl Jam is a great live band. this song wouldn't work at all with that either.

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