Would Pearl Jam ever do a Super Bowl Halftime show?

thunderDAN
thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
edited June 2008 in The Porch
I don't think it's a question of whether or not they are big enough, but would they actually oblige to do it? If you asked me 2 years ago if they would I would definitely say not a chance, but 2 things make me think they actually might 1)Tom Petty doing it (I just think they respect him enough) 2)the whole Verizon thing this summer
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    seriously doubt it
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  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    A resounding...NO
    V-CAST was cutting it close to drawing the line
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  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    A resounding...NO
    V-CAST was cutting it close to drawing the line

    I'm thinking the Verizon thing might be a slippery slope into things such as Halftime shows
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    Pearl Jam would never be asked to play a superbowl halftime in a million years.
    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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  • thunderDAN
    thunderDAN Posts: 2,094
    Ledbetterman10 wrote:
    Pearl Jam would never be asked to play a superbowl halftime in a million years.

    they might. Tom Petty did...but never during an election year
  • Ledbetterman10
    Ledbetterman10 Posts: 16,994
    thunderDAN wrote:
    they might. Tom Petty did...but never during an election year

    Tom Petty kinda appeals to the masses. I just don't think PJ has the popularity to ever be asked to perform. they're not justin timberlake.

    either way, I wouldn't want to see 15 minute medley set from PJ at the Superbowl.
    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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  • Yellow Bedwetter
    Yellow Bedwetter NYC Posts: 2,832
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I'm thinking the Verizon thing might be a slippery slope into things such as Halftime shows

    maybe, but only if the Bears make the Superbowl. Otherwise, Ed will never sing with fervor
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  • LukinFan
    LukinFan Florida Posts: 29,119
    Yellow Bedwetter wrote:
    maybe, but only if the Bears make the Superbowl. Otherwise, Ed will never sing with fervor
    go bears
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  • MayDay10
    MayDay10 Posts: 11,853
    i disagree with a few posts up. I think that there is enough popularity for PJ. The Superbowl definitely has gotten a few decent acts.

    However, the political thing would be a deal-breaker both ways. Eddie would want the freedon to say whatever he wants on that world-wide stage, and the network/NFL would have none of it, and you know how Eddie is about being restricted in speaking his mind.

    So no, I dont see it ever happening.
  • bootlegger10
    bootlegger10 Posts: 16,256
    thunderDAN wrote:
    I don't think it's a question of whether or not they are big enough


    You are correct. There is no question that they are not big enough. They are not as big as U2, they are not as pop as Justin Timberlake, and they are not beloved like Tom Petty.

    What songs would they play anyway? Alive, about a kid who found out his dad wasn't his real dad? Jeremy, a song about suicide? Black, a song about lost love? Better Man would be weird.
  • norm
    norm Posts: 31,146
    bootlegger10 wrote:
    You are correct. There is no question that they are not big enough. They are not as big as U2, they are not as pop as Justin Timberlake, and they are not beloved like Tom Petty.

    What songs would they play anyway? Alive, about a kid who found out his dad wasn't his real dad? Jeremy, a song about suicide? Black, a song about lost love? Better Man would be weird.


    lukin


    then walk away :)
  • Evo2010
    Evo2010 Posts: 90
    cutback wrote:
    lukin


    then walk away :)

    word
  • fs0652
    fs0652 Posts: 25
    as much as i LOVE pearl jam...

    they are nowhere NEAR popular enough anymore to do this...
    you have to have super mass appeal to do this and they just dont cut it...

    think when you tell people you are going to see pearl jam and they say "they are still a band?" i hear it all the time...

    we have a huge devoted following, but not a mass appeal across all media...
    which i think is kind of what they wanted all along and i'm quite ok with that :)
  • LavaLamp_GuitarTramp
    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp Posts: 143
    I really don't think Pearl Jam would be interested in doing that - they even turned down The Simpsons.
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  • LavaLamp_GuitarTramp
    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp Posts: 143
    fs0652 wrote:
    as much as i LOVE pearl jam...

    they are nowhere NEAR popular enough anymore to do this...
    you have to have super mass appeal to do this and they just dont cut it...

    think when you tell people you are going to see pearl jam and they say "they are still a band?" i hear it all the time...

    we have a huge devoted following, but not a mass appeal across all media...
    which i think is kind of what they wanted all along and i'm quite ok with that :)

    Tom Petty is nowhere near as popular as Pearl Jam & he did a halftime show recently.
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  • LavaLamp_GuitarTramp
    LavaLamp_GuitarTramp Posts: 143
    cutback wrote:
    lukin


    then walk away :)

    Do Foxy Mop live too =)
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  • Fahka
    Fahka Posts: 3,187
    If they ever did this.. id have to hang up my pearl jam shirts for the long haul :D



    i cant see it happening then again.. i couldnt see alot of things happening to pj that have been done..
  • LONGRD
    LONGRD Posts: 6,036
    There's a huge PJ fanbase amongst sports writers and broadcasters...and I'm sure there's afew football fans who likes PJ as well... ;) so there is a chance.

    But PJ prefers basketball over football anyways.
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  • nocode23
    nocode23 Posts: 411
    Good god I hope not.
  • 395486pj10
    395486pj10 Posts: 95
    It's just something I couldn't see PJ doing -- or even wanting to do. I really can't picture it...

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