****Official SNL Viewing Thread****

ACCBootlegGoddess

doompony wrote:

man. no friggin SNL in nz. any of you fine folks record it? yeah? yeah? yeah?

There are links earlier in this thread doom.

doompony

this is a long thread..

i'll do some searchin'

Yes Way

Sometimes when I read the posts on this board, I realize there are a lot of stupid people here. You know who you are.

Wait, no you don't. Oh well...

No Way

pdalowsky wrote:

Some really expected them to go a rock assault on tv, to be anti establishment and try to alienate the mass watching audience to please the minority hardcore fanclub members? To say fuck you to the mainstream? I'm sorry... The band grew up .... Shame so many got left behind

oh and yeah I enjoyed it. I love watching pearl jam do what they do

Well put - I couldn't agree more. I thought both performances were great. It's always a treat to see PJ on live TV.

JA15261

Gentlepeople please, this is not "old" vs. "new" PJ.

PJ “grew up” – get over yourself.

This is PJ in the context in which we currently live.

This is nothing short of the battle for the soul of the PJ as we know and love it.

And for the haters that don't want the "political" vibe; well, life/music is the ultimate political act.

No sh*t - PJ rocks and the performance tonight was fuc*ing top-notch as usual; however, you can't divorce the performance from context and reality.

PJ's next album has to be Riot Act II or nearly all is lost. Not because I say, but because PJ - by their previous actions and art - have cast the stone and moniker. If they abrogate their previous acts, beliefs, and art, then – well - they have sold out to Target and the long list of BS that they have engaged (e.g. SNL tonight).

Yeah – Bu$hleaguer; if you don’t hear it and its associated argument articulated in the entire catalog then you are lost.

Look at what we ascribe to their music – we better want more than a “solid” performance; in fact, we need more. This is why we love PJ. We love; but more importantly, we hope they will articulate and pursue what we cannot accomplish on our own. We want to rally behind the power of PJ as they facilitate the power of the populace.

PJ Forever - I hope.

"Why must we trust all these rusted men, they don't want no change they're already dead".

I love the M-F’s who feel the original Yellow Ledbetter, etc., but life goes on. Those jackholes who embrace the new, corporate “mainstream” that PJ has supposedly embraced are equally lost and their souls divorced of empathy and justice.

We don’t follow these guys around the globe and spend countless dollars, just because of the pure beauty of music.

“Dialing for corporate dollars keeps the job simple. He’s not a leader, he’s an Ivy Leaguer”

dunkman

by fuck some PJ fans bore me to tears... even as i sit here in my job, I'm a self-employed WatchingPaintDry executive... i'm still sitting here thinking, ah well life could be even more boring... i could be a PJ fan who has borrowed a Delorean and still thinks it's 1992.

doompony

well dang. i must be unitarded because i didn't see any links to the videos. live streams don't help when the show is over.

ho hum

imissyoualways

here is one...hopefully it won't be taken down

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4xWpPOjfSU

doompony

thanks dude. just watched that one. beautiful.

bigbadbill

pdalowsky wrote:

This was a no win situation for pj. It's a media event, a major one at that, so people were always going to slag it off, much in the way they did the target deal without having heard any of the details

it's funny as if this had been a secret improntu performance in Seattle that only 50 people saw it would be being lauded as amazing. But no were reduced to picking up on the perceptions of the bands mood from their performance. Are you people really that bored?

Some really expected them to go a rock assault on tv, to be anti establishment and try to alienate the mass watching audience to please the minority hardcore fanclub members? To say fuck you to the mainstream? I'm sorry... The band grew up .... Shame so many got left behind

oh and yeah I enjoyed it. I love watching pearl jam do what they do

I agree with you. As much as I love seeing Pearl Jam play the fast songs on SNL or even Letterman, people need to realize they are 16 years older from the 1994 SNL (where Ed was just pissed off). I like the fact that all the members of the band seemed to be having a blast on the show. I also like the "Zinn" on Ed's guitar.

imissyoualways

you are welcome

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybssQ3I1-Cg

PJFAN_seattle

That was fuckin awesome!! I loved seeing them in a skit and UT JB was great

South of Seattle

So I just watched these videos finally.

All I can say is wow, you guys have way too much time on your hands. The performance was standard Pearl Jam that we've seen for the last several years.

This thread is kind of like the 10 club section at the shows almost. People standing there complaining with their arms folded that "Tremor Christ" wasn't the opener and complain that they're sell outs. Then these same people will beg for closer tickets, cut the poster line, mooch food and money off of other show goers and then they'll still complain. :thumbup:

doompony

yeah, they did a fine job. now i just need to see the skit and i'm set.

pandora

Super impressed they've grown up so very fine!

demetrios

doompony wrote:

yeah, they did a fine job. now i just need to see the skit and i'm set.

All are available over @ Facebook.

glb

No Way wrote:

pdalowsky wrote:

Some really expected them to go a rock assault on tv, to be anti establishment and try to alienate the mass watching audience to please the minority hardcore fanclub members? To say fuck you to the mainstream? I'm sorry... The band grew up .... Shame so many got left behind

oh and yeah I enjoyed it. I love watching pearl jam do what they do

Well put - I couldn't agree more. I thought both performances were great. It's always a treat to see PJ on live TV.

I thought it was awesome as well. Unthought Known blew me away. It was great to hear and the band did great with it. Eddie nailed Just Breathe. Don't know why anyone would complain about the songs they choose to play. I liked the selection. One song that a lot of people would know and one song that is fricking amazing. What better way could they have done it? They've only got TWO songs to play!! Anyways, I enjoyed the fuck out of it!

Dr. Delight

People, it was a good overall performance....not great though.

I agree with the one poster about the audio -echo effects on UnthoughtKnown. Just terrible,unnecessary, and it DID make the song come off as cheap and cheesy. Though I believe Unthought will never be played live as good as the studio version is.
To the people who say that "Backspacer" has no good mid-tempo songs, you're crazy. Amongst the Waves and UnthoughtKnown are 2 very good songs, as good as they have done in many years.

I could do without Just Breathe. Ifthat track was on Into the Wild it still wouldnt be in my top 3 songs. It's an OK song, but nothing great. The majority of the ITW songs are much stronger IMO.

pandora

I think the band is very proud of Just Breathe and likes its message. Also seeing the softer side of PJ brings new fans

Bathgate66

Funny seeing Seinfeld up on the stage at shows end
talking and chatting with Ed and the other fellas,
he must be a fan .