I tend to not give a shit if someone I know likes the band or not. A lot of people around here need to quit getting their panties all twisted when someone says they don't like the band. Its their opinion end of story...
This^^^ I mean, god forbid someone has a different opinion than us eh? I'm sure PJ isn't crying their eyes out.
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Yep Pearl jam are number 1 for me and have been for years and years, i totally get it, because I have dedicated myself to them over a period of time, i do totally understand how someone hearing PJ for the first time as a casual music fan would think its shit.
Kids these days listen to all kinds of shite to me,
My wife even thinks Dizzee Rascal and Jay Z are good, to me its bollocks, but thats life and thats music
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I have some friends that make fun of my love of Radiohead and Pearl Jam. They say that Radiohead is just noise and Pearl Jam has sucked since 94. I laugh because they go to Kenny Chesney Concerts and blast that stupid Zack Brown Band and sing along. They also go to Dave Matthews concerts.....so I just nod my head and look down upon them and laugh becuase their taste in music is horrid.
my ex girlfriend just told me that shes starting to like pearl jam
oh god no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
my then-gf was really starting to love pj after the chicago show. then i dumped her.
every generation thinks the one before had shitty music and the one right after is worse. you all hated 80s rock and now you hate the punk scene. those kids hate pj and in 15 years they'll hate whatever's next. why does this surprise anyone? you were the same way at their age.
who gives a shit what a kid likes? I liked shit bands when I was young too (until about 1991, of course ).
I've always wondered why we adults seem to get annoyed when kids don't like "good" music, but on the flipside we feel vindicated when they like "good" music.
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Similar thing happened to me, i was sitting in my art class and we were talking about music, and a kid in my class was in my speech class the year before, in which I did an amazing speech on Pearl Jam, with this video as an intro to the speech (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK3Mg2aoNMk). But anways, Im doing an Eddie Vedder carving on a sheet of linoleum, with Eddie playing the guitar, Stickman in the back, with Pearl Jam carved out below him. Anyways, the kid got really mad cuz someone was talking shit to him, and he started going off on everything, and he the only comeback he could come up for me was "Dude, all you do is listen to that band Pearl Jam." I literally just laughed and and told him your loss. I dont know why people shun Pearl Jam when they see them. They just shake them off as some band from the 90s.
Sucks to be in high school when 98% of the student body listens to Taylor Swift and Miley Cyrus and the other 2% listen to Nirvana.
My 6 year olds First Grade Class has a project where each kid has to "publish" his/her own book and present it to the class. My son wrote an "Pearl Jam" book where he drew each band member and told the story of going to the show in San Diego.
Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
My 6 year olds First Grade Class has a project where each kid has to "publish" his/her own book and present it to the class. My son wrote an "Pearl Jam" book where he drew each band member and told the story of going to the show in San Diego.
Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
A father has never been so proud.
I love it! I can not stop laughing.
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But instead I got a lot of "Who's Pearl Jam?" and "That's cool I guess." For one girl I know, I had to liken it to her getting on stage and singing with Miley Cyrus for her to truly understand the significance of what had just happened! Oh, well...
I often have people hang shit on me for loving Pearl Jam. Usually people in their late teens who think they know everything. I always want to say "at least in 20-30 years time people will still talk about Pearl Jam, not your shitty Fall Out Boy and other rubbish". But I figure they want a reaction from me so I don't really give it to them. Does it really matter?
I remember in 1994 saying I wish all these fucking poseurs would just go away. And within a few years, I actually got my wish thanks to the band sabotaging their career. Every time my friends (all in their 30s now) make fun of me for liking Pearl Jam I smile to myself because I got my wish. There is nothing anyone can say that will change how I feel about this band. They are the best ever.
For the kids today-- I say let em be. Let them find their own music--let them find their own soundtrack. Pearl Jam is ours .. for now.
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My 6 year olds First Grade Class has a project where each kid has to "publish" his/her own book and present it to the class. My son wrote an "Pearl Jam" book where he drew each band member and told the story of going to the show in San Diego.
Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
A father has never been so proud.
Haha I love this so much! You have by far the best son ever. Great job training him! You couldn't be prouder.
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My 6 year olds First Grade Class has a project where each kid has to "publish" his/her own book and present it to the class. My son wrote an "Pearl Jam" book where he drew each band member and told the story of going to the show in San Diego.
Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
A father has never been so proud.
taking a 6 year old to a pearl jam concert??? really???
well if someone says PJ sucks, their loss. I guess some kids will just never "get it."
Based on the bands the OP listed that the culprit listed, he seems to be a radio listener and listen to major label cash cow "in" stuff. His loss. All those bands he listens to just sounds so bland and have the same sound.
I do have one question though regarding Korn. How come they get roped into this whole "nu-metal" genre? Their first record came out in 93 or 94. I still remember the maroon KORN shirts that promoted the album. HAHA. Are the considered the founders of this movement or something? I mean I can understand throwing Limp Bizkit and any latter 98-2000 bands in there, but just seems odd why Korn would be in there. The first album was a new sound at the time. Not like Pantera type heavy sound, but still heavier then most modern rock of early 90-95. Just curious I guess I just see Korn as before the genre hit.
Haha the other day my dad and i were talkng about my dad seeing pj at the gorge in 1993, and then we started talking about my dads favorite band the Grateful Dead playing The gorge and my sister says "both those bands suck"
I dont know how she can say that but ya just gotta accept not everyone has your same music taste
Hey people just for the record (there was some stuff said about kids earlier)
I love PJ, they're my favorite band, and I'm 14. Kids who don't like them have never listened to them, or they like black people (no offense) who shout and complain into microphones to a very basic and dumb beat while wearing strange urban clothes (aka rap).
So don't label all us modern teens, please. PJ forever.
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Great that you're 14, and you like PJ. I'm taking my 14 year old to her first rock concert ever - PJ in Adelaide next week. Guess everyone's entitled to like whatever music they please, and though I am of the opinion a lot of the music coming out these days is crap, not all of it is. I like a band who can stand the test of time - PJ is the classic case here. I've liked all sorts of music through the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s and some of what's coming out now. My 15 year old likes some good music, and some which I would put in the "crap" category, Dot_Dot Curve, for instance I simply cannot get into. At least she still likes PJ and is coming to their Sydney concert with me. She tries to get me into her kind of music, I try to keep an open mind here cos she listens to some stuff I'd never have even heard of and it's not always too bad.
Hey people just for the record (there was some stuff said about kids earlier)
I love PJ, they're my favorite band, and I'm 14. Kids who don't like them have never listened to them, or they like black people (no offense) who shout and complain into microphones to a very basic and dumb beat while wearing strange urban clothes (aka rap).
So don't label all us modern teens, please. PJ forever.
My 6 year olds First Grade Class has a project where each kid has to "publish" his/her own book and present it to the class. My son wrote an "Pearl Jam" book where he drew each band member and told the story of going to the show in San Diego.
Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
A father has never been so proud.
taking a 6 year old to a pearl jam concert??? really???
I guess you think it's too young? For most kids, yeah probably, but if the kid actually WANTS to be there, like this kid obviously was, I don't think there's really a problem with that. There will definitely be less whining and complaining if the kid is there of their own volition.
I'm probably the vast majority here. So I'll start off with saying that Pearl Jam is my favorite band ever hands down. But after Pearl Jam my favorite bands are pop punk and hardcore/post hardcore bands.
I mean I enjoy New Found Glory, but theres more to pop punk then just them, and it crosses over between genres, though mainly with hardcore. Besides Pearl Jam my favorites are Set Your Goals, Crime in Stereo, Polar Bear Club, Title Fight, Agent, Fireworks, Have Heart, Soul Control, Thrice and various other PopPunk/Hardcore/Post Hardcore bands.
I know many of you think theyre kids music and hey I'm 18, but look at yourselves when you were my age and Pearl Jam was just jitting it. Older people were complaining about your music. They cultures between the origin of Pearl Jam and various bands today is similar to, you all say that you would never mosh and it ruins the expierience of the concert, but look at Pearl Jam concerts from the begining, you guys were doing the same stuff. The music is just about being in your youth and letting it all out. Now I prefer to rush to the front in these bands shows because I think its greater to be right there instead of moshing. But I was at Warped Tour and moshed, and if I didnt have a split lip (5 stiches from wrecking my '65 Mustang NOT MY FAULT) I wouldve done the same thing at Bamboozle.
So I just ask before you all go off saying that the music sucks and blah blah blah realize that theyre are some over laps in the fanbases and culture. Remember what it was like to be that age.
And hey if your like me just think of Pearl Jam (who originated in the Punk/Hardcore scene of the 80's) as grandfathers to todays Pop Punk/Hardcore/Post Hardcore resurgence. Anyway I'm sure theres more then a few of you on here that like H2O, Madball, and Gorilla Biscuts.
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Hey people just for the record (there was some stuff said about kids earlier)
I love PJ, they're my favorite band, and I'm 14. Kids who don't like them have never listened to them, or they like black people (no offense) who shout and complain into microphones to a very basic and dumb beat while wearing strange urban clothes (aka rap).
So don't label all us modern teens, please. PJ forever.
None of those dicks who listen to Breaking Benjamin and Miley Cyrus will ever affect my love for PJ, but it would be nice to know someone my age (18) who appreciates such a band and such music...
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As a high school student all of my friends love this "new age" music thing. I've got friends that love Shinedown, New Found Glory, etc. I just hate these bands. I don't see how anyone can like them. It seems glaringly evident that they don't write their own music, that all of it is pure producer feed bullshit.
Gimmie' some truth in Pearl Jam any day of the week.
Live and let live - why must one insist on dualism in representing a continuum of like and dislike? Enjoy your music (that's your prerogative) and let others enjoy dissing you about your tastes (that's their prerogative).
This has nothing to do with all of you are probably thinking. This is a story of what happened to me today at school while working.
I was working in the student lounge at one of the regional campuses of UConn and I was on YouTube watching some videos. I started off with some White Stripes and then our favorite, Pearl Jam. I was watching Alive and Even Flow from Reading 2006. As the solo of Even Flow comes on, a kid comes up to the computer and says, "What the fuck are you listening to?" So he goes around the desk and looks at the computer and says, "You have the worst taste in music." How the hell does he say Pearl Jam sucks?
My music taste:
The Beatles
Led Zeppelin
Pearl Jam
The Who
Radiohead
The White Stripes/The Raconteurs/The Dead Weather
Jimi Hendrix
Nirvana
Foo Fighters
RATM
The kids taste:
Breaking Benjamin
Three Days Grace
New Found Glory
and a bunch of other shit
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This^^^ I mean, god forbid someone has a different opinion than us eh? I'm sure PJ isn't crying their eyes out.
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it just is
Kids these days listen to all kinds of shite to me,
My wife even thinks Dizzee Rascal and Jay Z are good, to me its bollocks, but thats life and thats music
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my then-gf was really starting to love pj after the chicago show. then i dumped her.
every generation thinks the one before had shitty music and the one right after is worse. you all hated 80s rock and now you hate the punk scene. those kids hate pj and in 15 years they'll hate whatever's next. why does this surprise anyone? you were the same way at their age.
I've always wondered why we adults seem to get annoyed when kids don't like "good" music, but on the flipside we feel vindicated when they like "good" music.
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Go a 5/5. A bunch of the kids in his class have asked him for some Pearl Jam so they can play it at home. He had to explain to them that each show is different as they change the set list. Then they wanted more. One girl asked if it is ok to still listen to Miley Cyrus. He said no and she is complying
A father has never been so proud.
I love it! I can not stop laughing.
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For the kids today-- I say let em be. Let them find their own music--let them find their own soundtrack. Pearl Jam is ours .. for now.
Haha I love this so much! You have by far the best son ever. Great job training him! You couldn't be prouder.
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Based on the bands the OP listed that the culprit listed, he seems to be a radio listener and listen to major label cash cow "in" stuff. His loss. All those bands he listens to just sounds so bland and have the same sound.
I do have one question though regarding Korn. How come they get roped into this whole "nu-metal" genre? Their first record came out in 93 or 94. I still remember the maroon KORN shirts that promoted the album. HAHA. Are the considered the founders of this movement or something? I mean I can understand throwing Limp Bizkit and any latter 98-2000 bands in there, but just seems odd why Korn would be in there. The first album was a new sound at the time. Not like Pantera type heavy sound, but still heavier then most modern rock of early 90-95. Just curious I guess I just see Korn as before the genre hit.
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I dont know how she can say that but ya just gotta accept not everyone has your same music taste
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I love PJ, they're my favorite band, and I'm 14. Kids who don't like them have never listened to them, or they like black people (no offense) who shout and complain into microphones to a very basic and dumb beat while wearing strange urban clothes (aka rap).
So don't label all us modern teens, please. PJ forever.
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Hey, I'm 14 too! Nice to know I'm not alone!
Best. Night. Ever.
I guess you think it's too young? For most kids, yeah probably, but if the kid actually WANTS to be there, like this kid obviously was, I don't think there's really a problem with that. There will definitely be less whining and complaining if the kid is there of their own volition.
Best. Night. Ever.
I mean I enjoy New Found Glory, but theres more to pop punk then just them, and it crosses over between genres, though mainly with hardcore. Besides Pearl Jam my favorites are Set Your Goals, Crime in Stereo, Polar Bear Club, Title Fight, Agent, Fireworks, Have Heart, Soul Control, Thrice and various other PopPunk/Hardcore/Post Hardcore bands.
I know many of you think theyre kids music and hey I'm 18, but look at yourselves when you were my age and Pearl Jam was just jitting it. Older people were complaining about your music. They cultures between the origin of Pearl Jam and various bands today is similar to, you all say that you would never mosh and it ruins the expierience of the concert, but look at Pearl Jam concerts from the begining, you guys were doing the same stuff. The music is just about being in your youth and letting it all out. Now I prefer to rush to the front in these bands shows because I think its greater to be right there instead of moshing. But I was at Warped Tour and moshed, and if I didnt have a split lip (5 stiches from wrecking my '65 Mustang NOT MY FAULT) I wouldve done the same thing at Bamboozle.
So I just ask before you all go off saying that the music sucks and blah blah blah realize that theyre are some over laps in the fanbases and culture. Remember what it was like to be that age.
And hey if your like me just think of Pearl Jam (who originated in the Punk/Hardcore scene of the 80's) as grandfathers to todays Pop Punk/Hardcore/Post Hardcore resurgence. Anyway I'm sure theres more then a few of you on here that like H2O, Madball, and Gorilla Biscuts.
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oh my. oh my my. where to go with this?
many people have much to learn about rap.
None of those dicks who listen to Breaking Benjamin and Miley Cyrus will ever affect my love for PJ, but it would be nice to know someone my age (18) who appreciates such a band and such music...
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I was just kidding lol.
I don't like rap, but I respect it.
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Gimmie' some truth in Pearl Jam any day of the week.