What's up with so many fans wearing PJ shirts to the shows?

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  • Ms. Wes C.addle
    Ms. Wes C.addle Posts: 2,559
    U R A Crazy Breed wrote:
    ms. wes c.addle wrote:
    :lol::lol::lol: Damn you crazy! My secret is out! I will now post on every random thread possible just to be a show-off! I only chime in where my awesomeness can have an affect on the world!!! Done! You are now cool like me, my new best friend!!! bahaha!

    (really, I am still home sick and have nothing better to do and want to ride-out this high I'm on)

    home sick? you're are not home yet???

    .....and i'm all for "staying high"!
    ;):mrgreen::lol:
    No!!! Haha Like home sick- feeling like I got ran over by the tour bus, backed up over, abd then drove over again!!! Fuckin miserable!!! I want it to be last week again!
  • starmap3333
    starmap3333 Posts: 3,925
    all dead-ies wore dead shirts to dead shows, so why not... even though i choose to wear a nofx shirt most of the time :mrgreen:
  • NoelMichael
    NoelMichael Posts: 1,635
    I've actually never worn a PJ shirt to a show before--- until reading through this thread. Now, more than ever, I wanna wear their shirt to a show
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  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    I've always thought that it is uncool to wear a band's shirt to that show. I don't think that there is anything terribly wrong with it, or that people shouldn't do it - just that it's uncool.

    Some people said that Eddie wore a shirt at a show - that's uncool too (keep in mind that he also wears white pants). Do what you like if it's not hurting anyone - squeeze into a pearl jam onesie if you want to. I just think that it is uncool.

    For anyone who thinks that talking about being cool/uncool is superficial - you're probably right, but coolness has always been a part of rock and roll. I think that fashion has a lot to do with being subtle, and wearing a band's shirt to their show is anything but.

    Just my thoughts on the matter.

    Ps. some people have mentioned flannel shirts being out dated - from what I've been seeing these days, they're everywhere & are a pretty big trend right now
  • Child Of The 90s
    Child Of The 90s Posts: 526
    I did see a guy at a Pearl Jam show wearing a Nickleback shirt this summer - that was definitely uncool.
  • PJINFLA
    PJINFLA Posts: 844
    Kat wrote:

    Anyone out there have a Drop In The Park t? That's an interesting shirt to wear. :lol:


    Yes! Definitely get some stange looks when I wear my Drop In The Park shirt.
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  • stardust1976
    stardust1976 Posts: 1,301
    People should be more like me...wear whatever they want, to where ever they want....and then they would all be cool like me!!! Oh, wait, that would make me uncool cause then I would be wearing what everyone else was wearing......so scrap that idea! :lol: Seriously people - like so many other people have mentioned on here, who gives a toss what the hell you wear?! Wear what ever the bloody hell you feel like, and don't give a shit.......so long as you don't turn up naked, I really doubt anyone is going to think you are 'cool' or uncool'......at 33, I long since stopped worrying about THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 8-)
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  • DeRamos
    DeRamos Posts: 46
    I think this is a non-issue for many Pearl Jam fans. I might have seen that Piven movie before, but for the life of me, I don't think I've ever heard that rule. Lots of people at the Gibson in LA were "that guy," apparently (yours truly included).

    I'd hate to be part of a clique/group of friends where the "alpha" declares this non-issue to be any sort of rule. (I'd hate to be in a clique where everyone follows whatever an "alpha" character says!) Like so many other posters have said, I'm not going to obsess about what other people wear to a show, and I'm a bit too old to care what others might think of what I wear. If they wear a PJ shirt to a PJ show, that might actually break the ice in starting a conversation...who knows?

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  • jimbojones1138
    jimbojones1138 Posts: 3,640
    AmherstJammer wrote:
    Cool people wear Pearl jam shirts at Pearl Jam shows! 8-)

    I got harassed at Hartford 08 :evil: but nothing will stop me from wearing what i want :twisted:


    if wearing a pearl jam shirt at a pearl jam show is cool... than consider me miles davis!
    it's largely due to eddie that i liked to jump off of things as a child...
  • PJ_Jammer
    PJ_Jammer Posts: 90
    I think, wearing a pj shirt to a show isn't that uncool especially if it has some tour dates, from other shows, I never wear mine at all, and take it to the show just for the occasion. I don't see the big deal about it..
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  • Evergreen
    Evergreen Posts: 492
    Ok, so urban legend has it that it is bad luck to wear the band's own shirts to the concerts. So, no one wants to be "that guy".

    Who the fuck started that anyway?

    I find it incredibly uncool of all the peeps trying to be cool by not wearing them. Personally, I think it is totally cool to be uncool. Uncool is the new cool, and why do you want to be like 15,000 uncool concert goers who follow this rule, thinking they are cool. I am sure NO ONE can tell you why it is considered "uncool" anyway. Fucking sheeple.

    I always wear one, except on Halloween. I think it is especially cool if you wear one that is 8 years or older that you actually purchased at a show...that give you HUGE street cred as a long time fan.
    :D
  • EPOTTSIII
    EPOTTSIII Posts: 190
    I'll give ya a good reason.....
    I'm a tool fanboy! I have great PJ shirts and I will wear them to every show.
    Now wearing a Dark Knight t-shirt on opening night at the AMC .......... That's different altogether.
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  • SOLAT319
    SOLAT319 Posts: 4,609
    Scott36 wrote:
    There's an old rule that you never wear a band's shirt to their concerts. PJ fans seem to disregard this completely! Any particular reason? If you're at the show, why do you need to be wearing a PJ shirt? Just curious.

    Not only will I wear a Pearl Jam shirt but there is a huge possibility that it will be the shirt I just bought that very night :twisted:
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  • JohnD.
    JohnD. Posts: 63
    Don't know if this has been pointed out yet, but the "That guy" line was written by PJ's new documentarian Cameron Crowe himself. At LA1, me and my buddy shared an escalator ride with him!! :shock:

    But yeah I saw wear what you want to a show. I won't judge.
  • Wallawallapj
    Wallawallapj Posts: 83
    Who else is going to appreciate my 92 Drop in the Park tshirt than a true fan?
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  • pjamaholic
    pjamaholic Posts: 1,225
    cableguy119 wrote:
    I thought the same thing to wear it or not? I said yes and wore PJ shirts 3 out of 4 nights. FIgured you know what this is my equivalent to team playing in the big game and that I would proufly let my freak flag fly :)

    Stuff this for a joke. I'll flamin well wear whatever I please, and if that means I want to break out a different PJ t for each show I'm going to, then I'm going to do that regardless of what anyone else thinks. I have 8 different ts and plan on wearing 4 of them to the shows I'm going to. I couldnt give a shit what anyone else thinks. My daughter's probably going to wear her avocado t, she only has the one and she'll want to wear it. And I'm going to buy a new one at the first show I go to.
  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    when I was young and ignorant, I used to think it was uncool to wear a band's shirt to their concert.

    then I grew up. :lol:

    like the last guy said, the next time I see PJ, I'll be sporting my 1993 Canadian tour shirt (the one that says Winnipeg by mistake, but really the show was in Gimli).
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  • Hugh Freaking Dillon
    Hugh Freaking Dillon Posts: 14,010
    Wallawallapj wrote:
    Who else is going to appreciate my 92 Drop in the Park tshirt than a true fan?

    you were at drop in the park? JERK. ;)
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  • dimitrispearljam
    dimitrispearljam Posts: 139,725
    Wallawallapj wrote:
    Who else is going to appreciate my 92 Drop in the Park tshirt than a true fan?
    A FOTO PLEASE??
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  • aus_suz
    aus_suz Posts: 9,406
    I cant decide what tee to wear in 10days time.....might be the one they are selling at the merch
    tent b4 the show.....:)
    At the moment my favourite tee is the Ev solo tour one...its so comfy.....it will probably be that....:)

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