I get this all the time. Although, my wife gets it worse than me.
Seriously, group of teachers, early thirties practically turned their noses up at us when we mentioned that we were travelling to Chicago for two shows this past summer. "You mean like Even Flow/Jeremy Pearl Jam, ugh, who knew they were still around and why?"
These are people we are friends with for years and they looked at us like we were attending a clan meeting. Then not ten minutes later they were discussing - I kid you not - since they were already going to see Rascal Flats, should they postpone their San Diego trip by two days so they can see Poison/Whitesnake at PNC bank arts center.
Some people just live in a bubble. Granted that bubble is made completely out of ignorance bad taste, but it is still a bubble.
That's very funny. I had the good fortune of having my high school girlfriend turn me on to Pearl Jam during my senior year right around the release of Vitalogy ('94 - '95). I was really into her so I gave her band a shot and fell in love... by the way, my relationship with Pearl Jam has lasted about 14 years longer than my relationship with her.
Anyways, my point is that, had it not been for her, I probably wouldn't have gotten into Pearl Jam. For whatever reason, I wasn't really aware of what they were about with Ten and Vs. If it had been up to the normal channels (radio, TV, magazines), I would've been like most people and only heard of "Alive", "Even Flow", "Better Man" or "Jeremy" and I might not have delved deeper. The people who like Poison, Whitesnake, and Rascal Flatts are funny... these bands were everywhere at some given time and very easy to glob onto like the rest of the ignorant sheep.
I was too young or too focused on other stuff to realize Pearl Jam's greatness when they were blowing up. Thankfully, a chick I thought was pretty cool opened my eyes, introduced me to some album tracks, and the rest is history.
Bad Religion is no where near as successful as Pearl Jam. Otherwise they would be selling out the Spectrum 4 nights in a row. I am not saying they are bad. I personally never liked any of their stuff (and I've tried). There is no arguement here. I wouldn't even be able to talk to that bartender about the subject. It is OK not to like Pearl Jam, but to say that they don't deserve to share the same stage with Bad Religion is insane. Nonsense
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That's very funny. I had the good fortune of having my high school girlfriend turn me on to Pearl Jam during my senior year right around the release of Vitalogy ('94 - '95). I was really into her so I gave her band a shot and fell in love... by the way, my relationship with Pearl Jam has lasted about 14 years longer than my relationship with her.
Anyways, my point is that, had it not been for her, I probably wouldn't have gotten into Pearl Jam. For whatever reason, I wasn't really aware of what they were about with Ten and Vs. If it had been up to the normal channels (radio, TV, magazines), I would've been like most people and only heard of "Alive", "Even Flow", "Better Man" or "Jeremy" and I might not have delved deeper. The people who like Poison, Whitesnake, and Rascal Flatts are funny... these bands were everywhere at some given time and very easy to glob onto like the rest of the ignorant sheep.
I was too young or too focused on other stuff to realize Pearl Jam's greatness when they were blowing up. Thankfully, a chick I thought was pretty cool opened my eyes, introduced me to some album tracks, and the rest is history.
2000: 8/15, 8/18, 10/9, 10/11, 10/12
2003: 6/18, 6/21, 6/22
2005: 9/9, 9/28
2006: 5/16, 5/17, 6/26, 6/27
2007: 8/5
2009: 8/23, 8/24
2010: 5/3, 5/4, 5/21
2011: 9/3, 9/4, 9/11, 9/12
2013: 7/19, 11/16
2014: 10/3, 10/9, 10/12, 10/17
2016: 4/16, 8/20, 8/22
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2022: 9/18
2023: 8/31, 9/2, 9/5
2024: 5/18, 6/29