Thanks (long winded but plenty of PJ at the end)
Lanternjaw
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I used to go to concerts by the bushel... worked at SPAC (Saratoga Performing Arts Center) throughout high school and had the good fortune to see numerous great rock bands come and go, night after night. In the late 80's, SPAC employees even shared a backstage bathroom with the artists -- had my share of 'Forrest Gump' moments before I even knew any better. I also got pretty jaded... thought most artists sounded better on their studio recordings than they did live. I was a young teenager when Bruce Springsteen made it big with 'Born in the USA.' He came my way and I passed up the opportunity to see him, deeming him a commercial product that was pounded into the public's head via MTV and a play every 15 minutes on every other radio station. "You've gotta see him live!" they told me... meh -- nobody sounds as good live as they do in the studio and I'm sick of BITUSA and Glory Days already. I'm a live music expert, afterall.
Fast forward 20+ years to January 2009. I've just wrapped up a brutally painful divorce that lasted nearly 5 years and cost me roughly $60k, a father of two wonderful daughters (aaged 9 and 13), and happily remarried to a good woman who is financially responsible and tough enough to keep me in line. My wife and I check out this new HD channel -- Paladia -- and happen upon a Springsteen concert from 2003 in Barcelona. We were flipping channels a week before the Super Bowl and couldn't manage to flip it again after we watched for a few minutes. Three hours later we both looked at each other and said "we've gotta see him live." So we did... about 4 months later in Albany. It was the first concert I'd been to since Bowie was at SPAC in 1990 and it blew away any show I'd ever been to. I wound up grabbing 5 more shows on this past tour, culminating in the epic "River" show at MSG this past November. What bummed me out was that I waited so long that I likely saw the last of one of the greatest rock performers ever.
Where does PJ fit into all this? My oldest daughter has been a huge fan since she was old enough to be into music. She bought the MSG DVD a few weeks ago and we both watched it together in awe. I took her to two Springsteen shows last year and that turned her into a concert junkie... I also promised her after seeing that DVD that if PJ ever came close to home again I'd take her to see them. A couple weeks later I hear rumors that PJ will announce some more US dates beyond the Jazz fest in NO. I take a chance and buy her a 10C membership... wouldn't you know it -- the next day the shows are announced and I'll have a chance to take her to feel the MSG shake shake like I did last November.
I've got a lot of catching up to do.. love the PJ sound and also dig Band of Horses. Have listened to '10' and 'Backspacer' a bunch but know I'm missing a lot in between...
Reagrdless -- thank you, Pearl Jam, for carrying the torch... and Eddie -- I know you're a Bruce fan -- do us all a favor and start eating and exercising like he does because I need to make up for lost time! And your legions of diehard fans deserve the best you can give them for many years to come.
That is all.
Fast forward 20+ years to January 2009. I've just wrapped up a brutally painful divorce that lasted nearly 5 years and cost me roughly $60k, a father of two wonderful daughters (aaged 9 and 13), and happily remarried to a good woman who is financially responsible and tough enough to keep me in line. My wife and I check out this new HD channel -- Paladia -- and happen upon a Springsteen concert from 2003 in Barcelona. We were flipping channels a week before the Super Bowl and couldn't manage to flip it again after we watched for a few minutes. Three hours later we both looked at each other and said "we've gotta see him live." So we did... about 4 months later in Albany. It was the first concert I'd been to since Bowie was at SPAC in 1990 and it blew away any show I'd ever been to. I wound up grabbing 5 more shows on this past tour, culminating in the epic "River" show at MSG this past November. What bummed me out was that I waited so long that I likely saw the last of one of the greatest rock performers ever.
Where does PJ fit into all this? My oldest daughter has been a huge fan since she was old enough to be into music. She bought the MSG DVD a few weeks ago and we both watched it together in awe. I took her to two Springsteen shows last year and that turned her into a concert junkie... I also promised her after seeing that DVD that if PJ ever came close to home again I'd take her to see them. A couple weeks later I hear rumors that PJ will announce some more US dates beyond the Jazz fest in NO. I take a chance and buy her a 10C membership... wouldn't you know it -- the next day the shows are announced and I'll have a chance to take her to feel the MSG shake shake like I did last November.
I've got a lot of catching up to do.. love the PJ sound and also dig Band of Horses. Have listened to '10' and 'Backspacer' a bunch but know I'm missing a lot in between...
Reagrdless -- thank you, Pearl Jam, for carrying the torch... and Eddie -- I know you're a Bruce fan -- do us all a favor and start eating and exercising like he does because I need to make up for lost time! And your legions of diehard fans deserve the best you can give them for many years to come.
That is all.
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Have fun at the MSG shows with your daughter!!!!!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
I don't even care what they call it these days (grunge, alternative?) -- PJ is pure Rock and Roll.
When I went to see Bruce at the Philly Spectrum last October 14th, I saw the massive PJ banner out front announcing the final dates at the Spectrum and thought -- maybe I should go... take Alexis (my oldest), but it was already sold out. The day of the final show (10/31/09) I checked in at the BTX (Springsteen forums) and someone was offering face value tix. I balked, thinking they'd do more dates... and then they didn't.
Needless to say -- I'm stoked, and more importantly, my daughter is stoked. She's also learning the electric guitar and can play the chords to about a dozen PJ tunes.
So happy,,, and so happy to share my story with folks who've loved this band a lot longer than I.
I call it, THE BEST LIVE BAND ON PLANET EARTH!!!!!!
Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
listen to yield over and over and over
ENJOY THE SHOWS
(also buy single video theory)
Can't wait for late May!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8VysD-54rI
This....
Also, to the OP, great story about you and your family! That girl of yours has great taste in music
The whole world will be different soon the whole world will be RELIEVED
#resistgezi #resistturkey #resisttaksim #direnturkiye #direngezi
#standingman #duranadam
don't ever start buying posters.......seriously.
"..That's One Happy Fuckin Ghost.."
“..That came up on the Pillow Case...This is for the Greek, With Our Apologies.....”
PJ is kickass with its posters, etc. -- one of the best fan-sites I've seen as far as official merchandise.
How big are the posters, btw? I'd love to get a few of them...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amcnETsagrg
They were crushed and dying in the dirt.
We tried to pick up the pieces,
And get away without getting hurt,
But they caught us at the state line,
And burned our cars in one last fight,
And left us running burned and blind,
Chasing something in the night.