Why do people think wearing a t-shirt of the band you are seeing is a no-no?

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  • DriftingByTheStorm
    DriftingByTheStorm Posts: 8,684
    THAT IS A CRY FOR HELP!

    God.
    i need to buy this and watch it again.
    I always think about this movie once or twice a year.

    My favorite part, besides "We're not interested in your penis!", is the shit where Piven is handing out thesis papers to people, and the one guy says he needs one in sanskrit ... and he is like "Your majoring in a 3000 year old dead language! here, Latin! Take it! Get out!"

    ROFL!
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  • halszka123
    halszka123 Posts: 1,109
    Since '91 wrote:
    I'd feel naked if I went to a PJ show without a PJ shirt. The older, the better, in my opinion, but regardless--it's support for the band.

    When I met Matt (at a coffee shop in Seattle), he was wearing a PJ jacket. That says it all.

    So i feel naked IN a PJ shirt... And i'm not 16 and pretentious (i hope so). But i love when people wear them...
    For me - i keep for myself my music taste. I feel no need to show people my admiration of PJ
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  • restlesssoul
    restlesssoul Posts: 6,952
    this rule has been pissing me off for a while now. wearing a shirt to the band you are seeing is lame? cmon. what nonsense. i will always wear a pj shirt to the shows. always. i used to wear my alive shirt to "represent" at other shows too!

    wear the shirt.
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  • RockKing
    RockKing Posts: 431
    I didn't read this thread, so I dunno if anyone already mentioned this or not, but what makes a concert different than a sporting event? You wear a jersey or shirt of the team you root for when you go to see them play. I think the same is kinda true of concerts if you really think about it.

    That being said, though......c'mon, don't be that guy! :)
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  • boxwine_in_hell
    boxwine_in_hell Posts: 1,263
    hrd2imgn wrote:
    From time to time I see people ripping on fans who wear attire of the band they are going to see. It was on some top ten list I read on some website(maybe Rollingstone.com which says it all) that wearing a t-shirt of the band that is performing is a fopaw(not sure how to spell this word)

    personally if I love a band I want them to know it I'm wearing that t-shirt. I don't think of it as being a mark anymore than being on messgae pit, in the fan club etc.

    what do you all think?

    I vote wearing a PJ shirt to a PJ concert is the right thing to do by golly!

    It's fine to wear the band's t-shirt. I'm more concerned with your attempt to spell faux pas. That wasn't even close....lol.
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  • Heineken Helen
    Heineken Helen Posts: 18,095
    RockKing wrote:
    I didn't read this thread, so I dunno if anyone already mentioned this or not, but what makes a concert different than a sporting event? You wear a jersey or shirt of the team you root for when you go to see them play. I think the same is kinda true of concerts if you really think about it.

    That being said, though......c'mon, don't be that guy! :)
    very good point... I usually compare the whole PJ thing to a football or rugby obsession or something. If people don't understand I explain about how there are people who travel to every single away rugby or football game and it's not considered in the least bit weird and people often envy them (especially rugby). They seem to understand what I'm talking about then... so yeh, I guess PJ IS a sporting event :)
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  • lowlight1
    lowlight1 Posts: 273
    I wear something PJ almost everyday.
  • SENROCK
    SENROCK Posts: 10,736
    lowlight1 wrote:
    I wear something PJ almost everyday.

    yeah so why should it be different for shows right??? either way, i always wear a custom made shirt, so its all good! :D
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  • pjfan31
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    boxwine_in_hell wrote:
    It's fine to wear the band's t-shirt. I'm more concerned with your attempt to spell faux pas. That wasn't even close....lol.


    :D haha at least they got hte f bit right :D It is a tough word. Plus it is french, so i will let it slip
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  • NeverNamed068
    NeverNamed068 Posts: 118
    What if my whole wardrobe consists of PJ shirts?
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  • given2fly78
    given2fly78 Posts: 404
    Why does anyone care what others think about what you wear???? Be comfy! Wear your favorite clothes! Do what you want, you aren't hurting any other people!

    That reminds me of the Borgata Night 1. I was with my best bud (I'm a girl, he's a guy) and we were about 5 rows back waiting for the show to start (and we were SOOOOO excited!) So my friend and I were talking about what was going to open. I said I wanted Of The Girl, but I figured Long Road. He agreed.

    The guy standing next to me was listening. He says "Excuse me, what do you know about Pearl Jam?"

    I gave him a blank stare.

    So he proceeds "From one look at you, I'd guess you are "one of those" whose daddies got comp tickets from being a high roller at the casino, you're not a real fan"

    "Oh, really? That's a pretty ballsy statement based on someones appearance" I said back

    So, he tells me to list 5 songs NOT on records as a "test".

    I shouldn't have, but I do...and just keep going. Just to prove a point that looks are deceiving. So, he gets really excited to meet a girl fanatic.

    Turns out, he wasn't soooo bad after all. Once we got talking, he was OK. But I was pretty pissed that because of how I "look" (I'd driven from Upstate NY FROM work to go to the show) he tagged me as a "comp girl".
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  • ajedigecko
    ajedigecko \m/deplorable af \m/ Posts: 2,431
    vital5 wrote:
    Mike McCready even wore a Pearl Jam shirt on stage.... That's gotta make it okay ;) I wonder which band member is his favourite? :eek:
    what????.....the next time i see mike wearing a pj shirt to his own show i will inform him that he looks silly and it is not wise.
    live and let live...unless it violates the pearligious doctrine.
  • glasshouse
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    don't forget not to where white socks with dark trousers. lol
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  • Come Back in Black
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    given2fly78 wrote:
    Why does anyone care what others think about what you wear???? Be comfy! Wear your favorite clothes! Do what you want, you aren't hurting any other people!

    That reminds me of the Borgata Night 1. I was with my best bud (I'm a girl, he's a guy) and we were about 5 rows back waiting for the show to start (and we were SOOOOO excited!) So my friend and I were talking about what was going to open. I said I wanted Of The Girl, but I figured Long Road. He agreed.

    The guy standing next to me was listening. He says "Excuse me, what do you know about Pearl Jam?"

    I gave him a blank stare.

    So he proceeds "From one look at you, I'd guess you are "one of those" whose daddies got comp tickets from being a high roller at the casino, you're not a real fan"

    "Oh, really? That's a pretty ballsy statement based on someones appearance" I said back

    So, he tells me to list 5 songs NOT on records as a "test".

    I shouldn't have, but I do...and just keep going. Just to prove a point that looks are deceiving. So, he gets really excited to meet a girl fanatic.

    Turns out, he wasn't soooo bad after all. Once we got talking, he was OK. But I was pretty pissed that because of how I "look" (I'd driven from Upstate NY FROM work to go to the show) he tagged me as a "comp girl".

    What a douche.... some of these Pearl Jam freaks are so elitest. I'm sure the spaz posts here.
  • JaneNY
    JaneNY Posts: 4,438
    People are awfully suggestible if they take their clothing ideas from one line in one movie. Where whatever the fuck you want. The people around you at the show are either drunk, stoned, making out, and/or getting into the music. They're not looking around going omg he wore a pj shirt to a pj show.
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  • fanch75
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    ajedigecko wrote:
    what????.....the next time i see mike wearing a pj shirt to his own show i will inform him that he looks silly and it is not wise.

    Yeah, what a dumbass :rolleyes:
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  • borisdisco
    borisdisco Posts: 123
    I wore my Cheap Ones t-shirt when I was in the front row in Pittsburgh, Mike obviously dug it. Hell he threw me a pack of M*A*S*H* trading cards.
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  • yield2me
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    hrd2imgn wrote:
    From time to time I see people ripping on fans who wear attire of the band they are going to see. It was on some top ten list I read on some website(maybe Rollingstone.com which says it all) that wearing a t-shirt of the band that is performing is a fopaw(not sure how to spell this word)

    personally if I love a band I want them to know it I'm wearing that t-shirt. I don't think of it as being a mark anymore than being on messgae pit, in the fan club etc.

    what do you all think?

    I vote wearing a PJ shirt to a PJ concert is the right thing to do by golly!

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  • PJfanJen
    PJfanJen Florence, SC formerly East Peoria, IL Posts: 58
    I read that same top ten list, it was on AOL a while back. I thought, who cares, I wear my PJ shirts to all their concerts, sometimes I wear an older one to see if anyone else notices it or is wearing the same one. I saw a guy in Chicago last time around wearing my sister's favorite Yield shirt, that was in 1998. In fact, I'm wearing my '06 tour shirt right now. Wear em and be proud.
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  • prljmfan92502
    prljmfan92502 Posts: 144
    yeh, i've heard that before. I think it's stupid too. I definitely wear a PJ tshirt to every PJ show. Hell i wear pj shirts to almost every concert, pj or not! I like to let my freak flag fly!

    hrd2imgn wrote:
    From time to time I see people ripping on fans who wear attire of the band they are going to see. It was on some top ten list I read on some website(maybe Rollingstone.com which says it all) that wearing a t-shirt of the band that is performing is a fopaw(not sure how to spell this word)

    personally if I love a band I want them to know it I'm wearing that t-shirt. I don't think of it as being a mark anymore than being on messgae pit, in the fan club etc.

    what do you all think?

    I vote wearing a PJ shirt to a PJ concert is the right thing to do by golly!

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